Preparing early childhood preservice teachers for science teaching: aligning across a teacher preparation program     

Christine N. Lippard  Kristina Tank  Melissa C. Walter  Jackie Krogh  Karen Colbert 《Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education》2018,39(3):193-212

In early childhood education and early childhood teacher preparation, science is often a challenging academic content area. However, young children are primed for science learning, and early science learning is important for later science achievement. The current study presents an embedded case study of one early childhood teacher preparation program that undertook a process of infusing and aligning science teaching preparation across a curriculum preparing preservice teachers to work with children ranging in age from birth through third grade. Major themes fell into the three categories—motivation for change; the process of improving and aligning across a program; and science attitudes, beliefs, and experiences in the midst of change. Implications are discussed in terms of improving preparation for teaching early science and aligning across courses in early childhood teacher preparation.  相似文献   

Developing and managing school human capital for information and communication technology integration: a case study of a school-based e-learning project in Hong Kong     

Vicky C. Tam  Jackie W. W. Chan  Sandy C. Li  Jacky Pow 《International Journal of Leadership in Education》2018,21(4):447-461

The application of information and communication technology (ICT) in education has been gaining attention worldwide. Educators and school administrators are interested in the myriad possibilities offered by new technologies to enrich teaching materials and to provide ubiquitous learning environments to enhance students’ learning. This case study examined the implementation of a school-based e-learning initiative in a primary school in Hong Kong by focusing on the development and management of forms of school human capital. The findings drew from interviews with 25 staff members in the case school and elucidated how school reform and transformation were effected through the development and management of intellectual, social, and organisational capitals. The interplay between these three forms of school human capitals highlighted the significance of shared vision, differentiated leadership as well as a culture of learning community in advancing towards ICT integration. Suggestions are made for establishing practices of distributed leadership and professional learning communities in the case school and other settings undertaking ICT integration.  相似文献   

Quantitative versus qualitative evaluation: A tool to decide which to use     

Jackie L. Dobrovolny  Stephanie Christine G. Fuentes 《Performance Improvement》2008,47(4):7-14

Evaluation is often avoided in human performance technology (HPT), but it is an essential and frequently catalytic activity that adds significant value to projects. Knowing how to approach an evaluation and whether to use qualitative, quantitative, or both methods makes evaluation much easier. In this article, we provide tools to help determine appropriate evaluation methods. Successful evaluation provides insightful data with which to make informed decisions.  相似文献   

Is monitoring employees' E-mail an invasion of privacy?     

Gary D. Geroy  Jackie L. Jankovich 《Performance Improvement》1996,35(3):18-19

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A preliminary evaluation of the associations among functional performance tasks and quality of life in obese and healthy weight youth     

Matthew S. Briggs  Sharon Bout-Tabaku  Jackie Buell  Susan White  Patricia F. Rosenstein 《Journal of sports sciences》2019,37(1):20-28

The associations among lower extremity functional performance and quality of life in obese youth are unknown. The aims of this study were to compare lower extremity strength, lower extremity functional performance, and health related quality of life between obese and healthy-weight youth and evaluate the relationships between lower extremity performance and health related quality of life in obese youth. Twenty obese and 20 age and sex matched healthy-weight youth were recruited. Peak torque of the major lower extremity muscles were measured. Functional performance was measured with single leg hop and single leg balance tests. The Paediatric Quality of Life questionnaire's physical and psychosocial health subscales were used. Paired t-tests and multiple regression analyses were performed. Obese youth demonstrated decreased peak torque in all muscles measured (P < 0.05), poorer functional performance (P < 0.05), and worse physical health related quality of life (P < 0.05) compared to healthy-weight youth. Lower extremity functional performance was associated with aspects of quality of life in the obese group (P = 0.002), but not in the healthy-weight group (P < 0.05). These results may assist in encouraging best practices in the promotion of exercise, physical activity, and quality of life in obese youth.  相似文献   

English Reading Growth in Spanish-Speaking Bilingual Students: Moderating Effect of English Proficiency on Cross-Linguistic Influence     

Jackie Eunjung Relyea  Steven J. Amendum 《Child development》2020,91(4):1150-1165

This study examined the extent to which kindergarten Spanish reading affected English reading growth trajectories through fourth grade among nationally representative Spanish-speaking bilingual students (N = 312) in the United States and whether the association varied by students' English oral proficiency. Multilevel growth curve analyses revealed that stronger early Spanish reading was related to greater English reading growth. Within the stronger Spanish reading group, students with lower English oral proficiency initially began behind their counterparts but caught up with and surpassed them later. Within the weaker Spanish reading group, the difference between lower and higher English oral proficiency groups increased over time. Findings suggest that initially well-developed Spanish reading competence plays a greater role in English reading development than English oral proficiency.  相似文献   

Introduction: critical discourse analysis,or life after the linguistic turn     

Barbara Kamler  Barbara Comber  Jackie Cook 《Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education》1997,18(3):325-327

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Promoting Quality Education in Refugee Contexts: Supporting Teacher Development in Northern Ethiopia     

Jackie Kirk  Rebecca Winthrop 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》2007,53(5-6):715-723

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Mothers’ and Fathers’ Reports of Their Supportive Responses to Their Children’s Negative Emotions Over Time     

Jackie A. Nelson  Nicole B. Perry  Marion O’Brien  Susan D. Calkins  Susan P. Keane  Lilly Shanahan 《Parenting, science and practice》2016,16(1):56-62

Objective. Parents’ emotion socialization practices are thought to be moderately stable over time; however, a partner’s socialization practices could initiate change. Design. We examined mothers’ and fathers’ reports of their supportive responses to their children’s negative emotions when the target child was 7 years old and again at age 10. We tested a dyadic, longitudinal path model with 111 mother–father pairs. Results. Significant actor and partner effects emerged: Parents’ age 7 responses predicted their own age 10 responses and their partners’ later responses. Conclusions. Parents’ reported responses to children’s negative emotions during middle childhood are predicted by their own earlier responses and by their partners’ responses.  相似文献   

‘Unboxing’ videos: co-construction of the child as cyberflâneur     

Jackie Marsh 《Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education》2016,37(3):369-380

This paper draws on data from a study of a four-year-old child, Gareth, in his first year of formal schooling in England. The aim of the study was to identify the nature of Gareth's literacy practices across home and school spaces. The focus for this paper is an analysis of one aspect of Gareth's home digital literacy practices: his repeated viewings at home of ‘unboxing’ videos on YouTube. These include videos that feature the unpacking of commercial products. It is argued that the child viewer/reader is co-constructed in these practices as cyberflâneur and that this mode of cultural transmission is a growing feature of online practices for this age group in the twenty-first century. The paper addresses issues concerning young children's online practices and their relationship to material culture before analysing the growth of interest in peer-to-peer textual production and consumption in the digital age.  相似文献