Student-centred learning: the role and responsibility of the lecturer     

Alan McCabe 《Teaching in Higher Education》2013,18(4):350-359

A student-centred approach to learning encourages students to have more responsibility for their learning and is a process that relies heavily on professional confidence to ‘let-go’ of traditional teaching responsibilities. This paper describes the introduction of a student-centred approach within one further education college in Ireland, explores the facilitation role of the lecturer and identifies strategies that have enabled effective transition from traditional pedagogical practice. The research incorporated semi-structured interviews with five lecturers who adopted student-centred learning in their teaching, focus group sessions with 36 students who engaged in a student-centred module and two classroom observations. The research identified some common understanding of a student-centred approach, although the emphasis differed slightly between lecturers and students, highlighting some implications for on-going practice.  相似文献   

Transformation at the University of Fort Hare,Eastern Cape Province,South Africa     

Alan Shaw 《Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education》2013,17(4):114-117

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Developmental Reporting for Professional Practice     

Alan Pritchard 《Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning》2013,21(2):21-27

A mentorship scheme based on supplemental instruction was established in a degree programme at the University of Sunderland. The aim of the scheme was to help with the integration of level two students (proteges) from franchise colleges onto the degree programme. Each mentor was responsible for three to four proteges. The mentors (level three students) kept diaries which have been analysed using qualitative principles. Four stages in the mentors career have been identified. The analysis has helped inform the progress of future developments in mentoring.  相似文献   

A Comparative Study of Two Models of Initial Teacher     

Ian Abbott  Linda Evans  Rosalind Goodyear  Alan Pritchard 《Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning》2013,21(2):37-39

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The Role of the Year Leader: an Analysis of the Perceptions of Year Leaders and Deputy Heads in 8‐12 Middle Schools     

Alan Paisey Head of Administrative Studies  Keith Alan‐Smith Pro‐Rector 《School Leadership & Management》2013,33(4):333-340

Today's school leaders are searching for a way to give value to and effectively manage a school's intangible assets to create a more holistic picture of student success. Schools establish partnerships with community organizations towards this end and to ultimately impact student learning. Utilizing the framework of principals as knowledge managers, this paper describes how school principals involved in a university partnership developed a tool to manage and intentionally utilize the intangible assets of the school–university partnership to increase student learning. Included are examples of how the tool was applied and suggestions for adapting the tool to any school partnership.  相似文献   

Recruitment and management development for primary headship     

Alan A. Coulson 《School Leadership & Management》2013,33(2):111-123

This article seeks to explain the ways in which leadership makes a difference to the quality of instruction in US schools by reviewing research published since 2000. The review of research is presented in three major sections, organised according to the methodology used in each study. The first section looks into quantitative studies that probe the structural relationships among members and activities related to teaching and learning. Primarily drawing on surveys completed by school stakeholders, these studies uncover patterns of influence using advanced statistical methods. The second section summarises findings from qualitative case study research, which provide specific examples of conditions that support the leadership patterns previously identified. The final section offers further explanations of how these patterns of influence operate by examining the alignment of formal and social components of interactions through network methodology.  相似文献   

AD/HD: Towards Resolution – A Personal View     

Alan Train 《Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties》2013,18(2):52-60

The debate on AD/HD has stimulated a great deal of interest, and parents are beginning to ask whether their children may have the condition and how they might be treated.

Professionals need to create a personal philosophy and be ready to advise parents in relation to any fears and apprehensions they may have.

In this paper the author presents his philosophy, summarises its practical benefits and describes how he would reassure parents (and professionals) in relation to common concerns regarding the implementation of a multi-modal approach.

Part of the paper is based on a chapter from the author's new book ADHD: How to Deal with Very Difficult Children, published by Souvenir Press Ltd. in March 1996.  相似文献   

Improving school attendance: can participation in outdoor learning influence attendance for young people with social,emotional and behavioural difficulties?     

Alan Price 《Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning》2013,13(2):110-122

The link between good attendance in school and academic performance has been acknowledged for some time now. However, improving school attendance for young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD) or pupils at risk of exclusion can be a challenging task for educational leaders. This paper begins with a discussion of earlier studies on outdoor learning and school attendance. It adds to the discourse by presenting findings from a one-year outdoor learning programme situated within an English special school for young people with SEBD. The research reported here is part of a larger study that used an action research design. The paper concludes that although improvements in attendance can be achieved, the factors affecting attendance are complex and that improvements may be restricted to programmes that utilise an outdoor learning approach rather than being achievable across the whole school curriculum.  相似文献   

Expeditionary Learning in Information Systems: Definition,Implementation, and Assessment     

Alan S. Abrahams  Tirna Singh 《Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education》2013,11(1):47-75

In the natural sciences, collecting, cataloguing, and comparing living specimens have long been a popular, collaborative mode of discovery and learning. New species are discovered, and the relationships between species are theorized. From Aristotle's “History of Animals” to Darwin's “On the Origin of Species”, and beyond, this process of learning through expedition has yielded bountiful knowledge and insights to students of science. In this paper, we propose that expeditionary learning can be applied to a softer science: the field of information systems. In the field of information systems, specimens (information systems) are created by humans, evolving with great speed. Expeditionary learning—where students collaboratively discover, catalog, and compare rapidly evolving information system specimens—is an innovative approach for learners in the IS field, and is effective in increasing IS program visibility and delivering significant, measurable community impact. Our results indicate that learning by expedition has a strong, positive community impact through educating external learners (such as high school and community college students, and the general public), and compares favorably to conventional experiential and service learning styles. Though expeditionary learning does not yield improved course evaluations, we demonstrate that learners’ perceived self‐knowledge and intentions to pursue the subject area are improved.  相似文献   

A study of the difficulties of care and support in new university teachers’ work     

Caroline Walker  Alan Gleaves  John Grey 《Teachers and Teaching》2013,19(3):347-363

This paper discusses some findings from a small‐scale qualitative study involving ‘new’ teachers in a medium sized, regional English university. Using Grounded Theory methods to inform and guide the research, the study explores participants’ views on working as both teachers and researchers whilst also managing considerable amounts of ‘caring work’ with a diverse body of students who often need academic and pastoral support in excess of that assumed within the university academic timetables or support networks. The voices of these teachers suggest that care is an overlooked aspect of university teachers’ work, yet it plays an important part in maintaining their and their students’ sense of scholarly endeavour. Further, our findings suggest that within the university at large there is a ‘discourse of difference’ in the way that many academics conceptualize and represent the student body and students’ needs to be supported. This discourse impacts on the development of new teachers’ identities and aspirations. Some implications of these findings for implementing strategies for supporting teachers to develop both academic and pastoral roles within universities are discussed.  相似文献