Exploring the global/local boundary in education in developing countries: the case of the Caribbean     

June George  Theodore Lewis 《Compare》2011,41(6):721-734

This article focuses on education in developing countries in the context of globalization and with specific reference to the Caribbean. It examines the concept of globalization and related concepts and positions developing countries within this context. It explores the possibility of the creation of a third space where the local and the global can co-mingle and new understandings can emerge. The article argues that although the global/local interface constitutes a zone of tension, it can, in the realm of education, become an area of creative opportunity. It outlines some parameters that can guide the way in which the third space can be shaped when Caribbean and other developing countries are faced with the challenge of accommodating external ideas into local education.  相似文献   

Factors of Professional Learning Community Implementation and Effect on Student Achievement     

Matthew K. Burns  Meredith R. Naughton  June L. Preast  Ze Wang  Robert L. Gordon  Vicki Robb 《Journal of educational and psychological consultation》2013,23(4):394-412

ABSTRACT

Professional learning communities (PLCs) promote collaboration among school personnel in an effort to stimulate student learning. Using data obtained from a larger statewide initiative in Missouri, the current study examined data from 181 schools (102 elementary schools, 32 middle schools, 41 high schools, and 6 other schools, average of 428.76 students) to determine (a) the factors that can be used to assess the effects of PLCs, (b) how well PLCs relate to student achievement, and (c) the extent to which teams differentially implement the factors. An exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analyses resulted in two broader constructs that represented PLC attributes, collaborative leadership process and data-driven systems for learning, both of which correlated with student achievement and together provided unique variance in mathematics beyond school variables and achievement scores from before the PLC began. Directions for future research and implications for practice are discussed.  相似文献   

Re‐credentialling experiences of immigrant teachers: negotiating institutional structures,professional identities and pedagogy     

June Beynon    Marela Dichupa 《Teachers and Teaching》2013,19(4):429-444

Teachers immigrating to Canada with credentials from non‐Canadian jurisdictions are regarded as desirable immigrant professionals because of their high levels of education and yet, nevertheless, are required to redo some or all of their professional training. This research examines sociocultural notions of voice, agency, authorship and identity in considering how a group of 28 teachers with diverse professional and personal backgrounds, and with initial teaching credentials from outside Canada, perceive and respond to the institutional/structural constraints imposed by mainstream ‘gate‐keeping’ institutions. Analysis of data from interviews and questionnaires indicates that teachers initially credentialled outside of Canada potentially have much to add to the education of students in Canadian schools. However, to achieve this potential it is necessary that these educators' encounters with Canadian educational institutions engage rather than silence their voices.  相似文献   

CALIS资源共享建设与发展     

姚晓霞  张俊娥 《数字图书馆论坛》2013,(1):15-20

文章从CALIS资源共享建设思路入手,总结了CALIS资源共享建设的主要内容;ALCALIS联合仓储目录数据库、西文期刊目次数据库、教学参考数据库、引进数据库、中文商业化数字资源、与CADAL的整合等一些典型资源建设实例出发,详细描述了CALIS资源共享建设状况;在此基础上,提出了CALIs资源共享发展的规划。  相似文献   

程序教学在高校足球选项课教学中的运用     

庄钧 《南京体育学院学报(社会科学版)》2002,16(5):42-43

本通过对高校足球课中运球绕杆射门教学方法的改革，提出以程序教学为主体的一种教学模式，着重对该动作技术的程序框面的设计和实施过程及方法进行了初步探索，以求教学过程的定量化、高效化和最佳化，从而提高课堂教学效果。  相似文献   

Instructional support for distance education and faculty motivation, commitment, satisfaction     

June Lee 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2001,32(2):153-160

The purpose of this study is to examine the faculty perceptions of instructional support in relation to faculty members' motivation, commitment, and satisfaction associated with distance teaching. Findings indicated that faculty motivation and commitment toward distance teaching were strong in general. However, faculty motivation and commitment were higher in the institutions with well-provided instructional support.  相似文献   

Get it Off Your Chest: Contexts in Creative Community Working     

June Bianchi 《The International Journal of Art & Design Education》2003,22(1):23-35

Three years ago I started work on the exhibition Get it off your chest, a multimedia project exploring the personal and social role of the breast within British culture. The project would involve over one hundred people as contributors, engaging with ongoing debates within academic, media and informal contexts as to what constitutes and impacts upon constructions of the female image within our society, particularly in relation to the breast as a primary signifier. The working practices evolved in creating Get it off your chest were instrumental in generating a synergy in my own creative activities, enabling some measure of unification to occur within the strands of my art–making and art educational roles. This synergistic approach, which I term ‘creative community working’ will be discussed in this paper alongside the epistemological focus of the exhibition, its inception and its consequent structure, presentation and wider educational role. I will focus throughout on exploring the development of creative community working contexts: the impulse to integrate what sometimes seem like rogue elements of the professional and creative identity is one shared by many members of the art educational community and I hope that this paper will generate feedback and discussion on the diverse ways in which colleagues generate synergy in their own working lives.  相似文献   

Profiles of educational systems of countries participating in practical skills testing     

Zoltan Bathory  Peter Vari  Pinchas Tamir  Masao Miyake  Im In-Jae  Yeoh Oon Chye  Willard Jacobson  Rodney L. Doran  June Miller   《Studies in Educational Evaluation》1992,18(3)

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Movement education: Balance     

June Gustafson Munro 《Early Childhood Education Journal》1986,14(2):28-31

Balance, an important aspect of all movement, is the ability to maintain one's equilibrium in relation to the force of gravity by making minute alterations in one's body position. This article is excerpted from Movement Educationavailable from Munro-Drake Educational Associates, 79 Knollwood Dr., Newport, VA 23602.  相似文献   

Food Safety Training Needs of Child Care Providers     

Anne S. Murphy  Angela Fraser  June P. Youatt  Carol A. Sawyer  Sandra L. Andrews 《Early education and development》1995,6(3):279-289

Millions of children are cared for in child care centers or family day care homes. The care environment can be a significant source of foodborne pathogens if proper food safety practices are not followed by caregivers. To decrease children's risk of foodborne illness, caregivers must know and apply safe food handling practices. To identify what care providers need to know about safe food handling, and how they want to learn, needs assessment research was conducted with a random sample of child care centers and family day care homes in Michigan (n=335). Research Findings. Results indicate that persons who care for young children in licensed centers or homes wanted to know more about the relationship between food and illness. Specifically, they wanted information about what causes food to become unsafe and how to prevent foodborne illness in the child care environment. Providers in both centers and homes preferred print materials (booklets, fact sheets, and newsletters) to videotapes, audiotapes, workshops, teleconferences, or an informational hotline. Implications for Practice. Developing and providing food safety booklets, newsletters, and/or fact sheets which include application-oriented and understand- able food safety information consistent with licensing regulations could reduce the risk of contracting foodborne illness of young children cared for in child care centers or day care homes.  相似文献