Changing the English Classroom: When Large-scale ‘Common’ Testing Meets Secondary Curriculum and Instruction in the United States     

Sandra K. Cimbricz  Matthew L. McConn 《Changing English: An International Journal of English Teaching》2015,22(4):393-404

This article explores the intersection of new, large-scale standards-based testing, teacher accountability policy, and secondary curriculum and instruction in the United States. Two federally funded consortia – the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and the Partnership for Readiness of College and Careers – prove focal to this paper, as these two organisations are creating new tests that will assess 42–49% of the K–12 student population in the United States in 2014–2015. Because greater teacher accountability for student performance will be given for these tests, there is more reason to pay attention to what these tests measure and what they do not. Our analysis suggests that these new tests will hold secondary English teachers accountable for literacy and disciplinary knowledge outside the field of English and thus raise important questions about what English teachers should, can and will do, especially when their jobs are on the line.  相似文献   

An exploration of instructors' and students' perspectives on remote delivery of courses during the COVID-19 pandemic     

Victoria Chen  Adam Sandford  Matthew LaGrone  Kayla Charbonneau  Jessica Kong  Shenoa Ragavaloo 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2022,53(3):512-533

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Building Women’s Innovation Capacities Through Undergraduate Experiences     

Selznick  Benjamin S.  Mayhew  Matthew J.  Zhang  Lini  McChesney  Eric T. 《Research in higher education》2022,63(4):567-588

Research in Higher Education - This study examines how collegiate climates and practices can promote innovation capacities among an international longitudinal sample of undergraduate women. Using a...  相似文献   

Amplifying organisational discourses to the public: Media narratives of Teach For Australia, 2008–2020     

Stefanie Sze Wing Chan  Matthew A. M. Thomas  Nicole Mockler 《British Educational Research Journal》2023,49(2):231-247

Alternative teacher education programmes have emerged in many countries as a new approach to recruiting, educating and placing teachers in underperforming schools. The media plays an important role in framing perceptions of these programmes and their teachers, including in Australia, but this has not been the subject of significant research to date. This study examines how one alternative teacher education programme—Teach For Australia (TFAus)—has been positioned and framed within the news media since its inception. It critically analyses the portrayal of TFAus and concomitant educational discourses to explore their connection to larger issues surrounding teacher education and teaching quality. Drawing on an analysis of 122 print/online media articles, we identify narratives related to prestige, benevolence and the ‘alternative’ nature of the programme, alongside a narrative critical of TFAus. Despite this critical narrative, in investigating and opening up a dialogue on the perceptions and depictions of TFAus, we posit that the programme—although controversial in nature—has generally benefited from print media coverage, advancing its reputation as a major contributor to education reform and champion of educational equity.  相似文献   

ERIC     

Matthew Burstein 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2013,37(1):69-72

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The Visual Realism of Comenius     

James Turner 《History of education》2013,42(2):113-138

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The Open Air School Movement in Sheffield     

David A. Turner 《History of education》2013,42(1):58-80

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USING COMPUTERS AS INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS     

Matthew Burstein 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2013,37(3):335-339

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Emotion Work Revealed by Job Loss Discourse: Backgrounding-Foregrounding of Feelings, Construction of Normalcy, and (Re)instituting of Traditional Masculinities     

Patrice M. Buzzanell  Lynn H. Turner 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2003,31(1):27-57

Three emotion work themes were displayed in the discourse of individuals who lost their jobs and of their family members. Foregrounding-backgrounding of emotions indicated not only how some individuals and family members exerted effort to express positive emotions, but also why they would do so (for deep authenticity). In the construction of normalcy, respondents made an effort to portray and enact their lives as similar to the way things were before the job loss. By (re)instituting traditional masculinities, the men who lost their jobs were able to be "real" men in an emasculating situation. Taken together, these findings offer possibilities for further theoretical development and for communication interventions that can be applied by human resource professionals, career and outplacement counselors, family members, friends, and the individuals themselves.  相似文献   

A parting shot at misunderstanding: Fuller vs. Kuhn     

David Mercer  Jerry Ravetz  Stephen P. Turner  Steve Fuller 《Metascience》2005,14(1):3-152

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