The layering of mathematical interpretations through digital media     

Nigel Calder 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2012,80(1-2):269-285

How might understanding emerge when learners engage mathematical phenomena through digital technologies? This paper considers the ways children’s mathematical thinking was influenced by their interpretations through various pedagogical discourses and how understanding emerged through those various filters. Current research into using digital technologies in mathematics education is predominantly positioned within two theoretical perspectives, semiotic mediation and the instrumental approach. Meanwhile, within a contemporary hermeneutic position, mathematical learning comprises a process of interpretation, where understanding is seen as a formative process as the learner views events from fresh, ever-evolving perspectives. Concepts are then seen in ongoing formation. This paper examines learning through a contemporary hermeneutic frame and the contention is that this opens opportunity for learning to be perceived in alternative ways.  相似文献   

Coping strategies and psychological well-being among teacher education students     

Josep Gustems-Carnicer  Caterina Calderón 《European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE》2013,28(4):1127-1140

The coping strategies used by students play a key role in their psychological well-being. This study examines the relationship between coping strategies and psychological well-being in a sample of 98 undergraduates aged between 19 and 42 years. Coping strategies were evaluated by means of the CRI-A (Moos, 1993), while psychological well-being was assessed using the BSI (Derogatis and Spencer, 1982). The results show a relationship between coping style and psychological well-being. Approach coping strategies as problem solving in teacher education students had a beneficial effect on symptoms of depression, phobic anxiety and overall level of psychological distress. In contrast, cognitive avoidance coping are associated with greater presence of psychological symptoms indicating distress. And behavioural avoidance strategies (search for alternative rewards and emotional discharge) were associated with negative psychological well-being. Coping strategies may help to reduce psychological distress in university students. Specifically, approach-oriented coping is associated with positive scores for psychological well-being, and avoidant emotion-focused coping—above all, behavioural avoidant coping—may be a strong predictor of psychological distress.  相似文献   

Medicalised pupils: the case of ADD/ADHD     

Nigel Kettley  Joan M. Whitehead  John Raffan 《牛津教育评论》2013,39(1):111-129

Changing financial arrangements for undergraduates have led to a growth in widening participation research. However, hardly any studies explore gender differences in the impact of differential funding on students' sense of well‐being, their financial coping strategies and their educational attainment. Our research shows that there are few gender differences in students' actual financial situation, reflecting the similarity of their social class backgrounds, but women perceive themselves to be under greater pressure. Women worry more about their finances and express lower levels of well‐being, but this has no overall effect on their attainment, since the strategies they use to ameliorate worry align with sound educational practice. Men express a more complacent financial attitude, which does not usually affect their attainment. There is, however, evidence of a gender‐related ‘threshold effect’ among students who express low levels of well‐being. Extreme worriers perceive themselves to be, and genuinely are, worse off than other students, despite the apparent homology of their social class backgrounds. In this extreme group, the strategies women devise to cope with worry, such as curtailing their student life and building supportive friendship groups, appear to consolidate their attainment, but men's complacency sometimes pushes them down into the lowest class of degree.  相似文献   

A case example of assessment and evaluation: Building capability in a corporate university     

Shawn Overcast  Therese Schmidt  Kimfong Lei  Carrie Rodgers  Nigel A. Chung 《Performance Improvement》2009,48(6):5-15

One corporate university makes measurement a priority by dedicating resources and assigning responsibilities to a centralized analytics function: the assessment, measurement, and evaluation team. As more measurement became a focus for learning and business leaders alike, the more the team became motivated to take a critical look at how it was approaching assessment, measurement, and evaluation activities and how it could leverage its capabilities, technology, and processes to have a greater reach across the organization.  相似文献   

Ebbs and Flows: A Longitudinal Study of an English Language Instructor’s Motivation to Learn Korean     

Nigel Gearing 《Journal of Language, Identity & Education》2018,17(5):292-305

Native English speaking language teachers who live and work in various parts of the world often express a desire to learn the language of their host country. Without sustained levels of motivation, however, their desires are unlikely to be realized. This article reports the findings of a longitudinal case study of an American English language instructor working at a South Korean university. It examines the factors that impacted her motivation to learn Korean, and explores the ebbs and flows that characterized her motivation over a one-year period. Findings revealed that while the participant did express a desire to learn Korean and formulated learning goals, the action necessary to achieve these goals did not occur. This article draws on the L2 Motivational Self System and the Process Model of L2 Motivation to provide a dual theoretical perspective on the findings.  相似文献   

Book reviews     

Reinhard Bendix  G. de Landsheere  Hermann Röhrs  Christian Kluth  Menachem Gerson  Christine Laconte  Elliot W. Eisner  Ludwig Liegle  Françoise Bacher  Cesar Birzea  A. Harry Passow  G. F. Peaker  Jerry Norman Haar  Paul E. Peterson  Nigel Grant  Bom Mo Chung  Klaus Schleicher  Philip G. Altbach  T. Neville Postlethwaite  Tessa Blackstone 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》1973,19(2):262-298

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After Bloom after philosophy or how philosophy sold its birthright in exchange for a free lunch     

Nigel Douglas 《Interchange》1991,22(1-2):79-88

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Hubert Dreyfus on Distance Education: relays of educational embodiment     

Nigel  Blake 《Educational Philosophy and Theory》2002,34(4):379-385

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Demarcating Darwin     

Paul R. Gross  William M. Calder 《Academic Questions》2002,15(3):5-8

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How to manage public relations: dealing with specific issues     

Nigel Duncan 《Learned Publishing》1995,8(4):221-223

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