Teaching without a blackboard and chalk: conflicting attitudes towards using ICTs in higher education teaching and learning     

Jonathan Tummons  Cathy Fournier  Olga Kits  Anna MacLeod 《高等教育研究与发展》2016,35(4):829-840

This article, derived from a three-year ethnography of distributed medical education provision in a Canadian university, explores the ways in which information and communication technologies are used by teachers and students in their everyday work within technologically rich teaching environments. The environments being researched are two university campuses: a campus at the main university site and a satellite campus in a neighbouring province. The article seeks to contrast dominant, institutional discourses of technology use in higher education teaching with the everyday practices of staff and students. The article concludes that there is a gap between policy and practice in distributed education and that the teaching and learning experience and context of staff and students in different sites need to be analysed in depth, in terms of: whether the experience of learning across sites can be positioned as being comparable; the extent to which technology ameliorates learning and teaching; and understanding the work done by staff.  相似文献   

Burnout and quality of life among Greek municipal preschool and kindergarten teaching staff     

George Koulierakis  Georgios Daglas  Anna Grudzien  Iordanis Kosifidis 《Education 3-13》2019,47(4):426-436

Burnout and quality of life (QoL) were assessed among 415 preschool and kindergarten teaching and assisting staff pertaining to Athens Municipal Nursery. MBI-ES and WHOQOL-BREF were used to collect data. Results revealed average to high levels of burnout; the emotional exhaustion was the salient dimension. QoL was satisfactory to high, except the ‘Environment’ section that was rated as moderate. Higher burnout was identified amongst those with permanent and open-ended work contracts, widows, the eldest, the more experienced and educated and those suffering from health problems. Lower QoL was associated with higher burnout. Data could guide multilevel policies for preventing burnout and improving QoL.  相似文献   

Supporting adaptive learning pathways through the use of learning analytics: developments,challenges and future opportunities     

Anna Mavroudi  Michail Giannakos  John Krogstie 《Interactive Learning Environments》2018,26(2):206-220

Learning Analytics (LA) and adaptive learning are inextricably linked since they both foster technology-supported learner-centred education. This study identifies developments focusing on their interplay and emphasises insufficiently investigated directions which display a higher innovation potential. Twenty-one peer-reviewed studies are identified via a systematic review and classified based on the dimensions of a proposed framework. The findings of the review suggest that interesting work has been carried out during the last years on the topic. We conclude with a need for more research on the topic in specific learning domains and settings. Recommendations include: a clear strategy for adaptation augmented by LA, the combination of on-task with pre-task measures, and the combination of system-controlled adaptation with user-controlled adaptation. Future trends include the emergence of constructivist-collaborative environments that provide insightful models of complex student behaviour.  相似文献   

Has California's Passage of Proposition 227 Made a Difference in the Way We Teach?     

Arellano-Houchin  Anna  Flamenco  Claudia  Merlos  Moisés M.  Segura  Lorena 《The Urban Review》2001,33(3):221-235

The Urban Review - Passage of Proposition 227 has almost effectively eliminated bilingual education in California public schools, tying the hands of teachers who still have to educate students not...  相似文献   

The Voices of Youth: When I First Learned About AIDS     

Shekhtman  Anna 《Prospects》2002,32(2):237-243

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ESD implementation at the school organisation level,part 2 – investigating the transformative perspective in school leaders’ quality strategies at ESD schools     

Anna Mogren  Niklas Gericke 《Environmental Education Research》2017,23(7):993-1014

Previous research has suggested that adopting a transformative school organisation perspective when implementing ESD may be more productive than the previously recommended transmissive perspectives, but it is not clear how transformative perspectives could be introduced. To address this issue, we conducted an empirical mixed methods study of existing practices in 10 highly ESD-active upper secondary schools in Sweden. The schools’ leaders, who were responsible for implementing ESD, were interviewed to obtain information on the quality criteria they used to guide their work. The arguments used by the leaders to justify their criteria were analysed and categorised based on their relationships with the transmissive and transformative quality strategies. Both school organisation perspectives were found to co-exist within the schools. A detailed analysis of schools where the transformative perspective was dominant revealed three distinct quality strategies, one of which was found to embody a strong focus on a transformative approach. This specific quality strategy is discussed and suggested as a way for interested schools to implement ESD in a more transformative way at the school organisation level.  相似文献   

Mathematics and Science Education Research against the Audit Culture     

Anna Tsatsaroni 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2006,4(2):187-193

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Using the History of Electricity and Magnetism to Enhance Teaching     

Binnie  Anna 《Science & Education》2001,10(4):379-389

In the process of developing our modern understandingof electricity, magnetism and electromagnetism, ourpredecessors carried out experiments which are readilyreplicable in the classroom. Their understanding ofthe phenomena concerned followed a similar path tothat followed by modern students as they discover theconcepts of charge, conservation of charge, the natureof electric and magnetic fields and how electricity and magnetism interact. This paper willdescribe the historical development of these ideasincluding some of the experiments and discussionswhich can allow students to correctly form theseconcepts.  相似文献   

The Effects of Inflated Seating Cushions on Engagement in Preschool Circle Time     

Anna M. Seifert  Alexia E. Metz 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2017,45(3):411-418

Inflatable balls and cushions made of non-latex rubber can provide alternatives to sitting on the floor/ground or classroom chairs. This study tested the effect of inflatable cushions (wiggle cushions) placed on the floor for seating during circle time in typical preschool classrooms. The effect on attention was tested using alternating periods of usual seating and wiggle cushions. Four preschool classrooms (n = 25) were utilized, with two randomly assigned to the intervention condition (n = 15) and two as control (n = 10). Circle time was led by classroom teachers. Preschoolers’ engagement was rated using five subscales of the Child Behavior Rating Scale (Mahoney and Wheeden 1999), a five-point Likert-type scale, from video recordings of a uniformly structured seven-minute period at the beginning of circle time. With use of wiggle cushions, there were statistically significant improvements in Attention and Persistence subscales (p = .002, .026 respectively). Teachers provided positive feedback for the intervention, indicating social validity. Results provide support for the use of wiggle cushions to enhance engagement during preschool circle time.  相似文献   

Self-assessment of diversity competence as part of regular teaching evaluations in higher education: raising awareness for diversity issues     

Braun  Edith  Spexard  Anna  Nowakowski  André  Hannover  Bettina 《Tertiary Education and Management》2020,26(2):171-183

Tertiary Education and Management - Higher education institutions face the challenge to promote diversity competence. We suggest a procedure which can help raise awareness for diversity issues...  相似文献