Conflicting Interpretations of Scientific Pedagogy     

Arthur Galamba 《Science & Education》2016,25(3-4):363-381

Not surprisingly historical studies have suggested that there is a distance between concepts of teaching methods, their interpretations and their actual use in the classroom. This issue, however, is not always pitched to the personal level in historical studies, which may provide an alternative insight on how teachers conceptualise and engage with concepts of teaching methods. This article provides a case study on this level of conceptualisation by telling the story of Rómulo de Carvalho, an educator from mid-twentieth century Portugal, who for over 40 years engaged with the heuristic and Socratic methods. The overall argument is that concepts of teaching methods are open to different interpretations and are conceptualised within the melting pot of external social pressures and personal teaching preferences. The practice and thoughts of Carvalho about teaching methods are scrutinised to unveil his conflicting stances: Carvalho was a man able to question the tenets of heurism, but who publicly praised the heurism-like “discovery learning” method years later. The first part of the article contextualises the arrival of heurism in Portugal and how Carvalho attacked its philosophical tenets. In the second part, it dwells on his conflicting positions in relation to pupil-centred approaches. The article concludes with an appreciation of the embedded conflicting nature of the appropriation of concepts of teaching methods, and of Carvalho’s contribution to the development of the philosophy of practical work in school science.  相似文献   

Who says we are not attracting the best and brightest? Teacher selection and the aspirations of Australian school students     

Jennifer Gore  Rosie Joy Barron  Kathryn Holmes  Maxwell Smith 《The Australian Educational Researcher》2016,43(5):527-549

Internationally, the quality of teachers is a growing focus of educational reform, with new policies attempting to ensure that only the ‘best and brightest’ are selected for the teaching profession. This article tests the assumption underpinning these developments that prospective teachers lack the desired academic and personal qualities. Drawing on data on the career aspirations of 6492 Australian school students in Years 3–12, we investigated who, among these students, expressed interest in teaching and their reasons for doing so. Using logistic regression, we found that interest in teaching was widespread and prior academic achievement was not a significant predictor. Thematic analysis of reasons expressed for interest in teaching indicated that working with children and/or in specific subject areas, altruism, and perceptions of personal suitability for the job dominated student responses. These data provide a counter-narrative to the primacy, in policies for teacher recruitment and selection, of needing to attract ‘better’ students. We argue that policies for improving teacher quality should also capitalise on the widespread interest in teaching among school students. Without such a discursive broadening, we caution that current attempts to attract the ‘best and brightest’ risk undermining the very goals espoused.  相似文献   

Slater,A. and Muir,D. (eds.), The Blackwell Reader in Developmental Psychology. Oxford: Blackwell.     

Cropley  Arthur 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》2000,46(1-2):171-172

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Editorial for EAIT 2016, Issue 6     

Arthur?TatnallEmail author 《Education and Information Technologies》2016,21(6):1457-1463

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Recognizing Creative Potential: An Evaluation of the Usefulness of Creativity Tests 1     

Arthur J. Cropley 《High Ability Studies》1996,7(2):203-219

Creativity can be understood as production of effective novelty. From the point of view of test psychology, it can be looked at either in terms of personal properties associated with novelty production or of psychological processes leading to novel results. Creativity tests can be divided along these lines into two groups: those concentrating on biographical and personal properties (creative person) and those which aim to measure creative thinking (creative process). In the case of school children, creativity tests are most useful as indicators of potential, since few children produce widely acclaimed creative products. Although a variety of creativity tests exists, their ability to measure real life creativity in a reliable way is open to doubt. This may well be because creativity involves a combination of psychological elements, some of them apparently contradictory or paradoxical, in both cognitive and noncognitive domains. Measurement of creativity probably requires new procedures that cross conventional test boundaries. Despite unresolved questions about their psychometric properties, creativity tests measure something that is not adequately covered by existing tests, especially intelligence and achievement tests, and are worth persisting with.

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Professional experience: learning from the past to build the future     

Rosie Le Cornu 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》2016,44(1):80-101

The title of the 2014 Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) conference was Teacher Education, An Audit: Building a platform for future engagement. One of the conference themes was Professional Experience: What works? Why? I seized upon this theme and the title of the conference as it afforded me an opportunity to do an audit of my research in professional experience over the last 25 years. This article presents this evidence base and the messages I have taken from this evidence. I have done this in the hope that, by collating some of the insights gained from the past and the present, it will help to “build a platform for future engagement” in professional experience. In preparing this article I was asked by the Editors to reflect also on how I developed my distinctive line of inquiry and expertise in relation to the practicum across an extended period. These reflections are included. I hope they will support university-based teacher educators in enhancing their satisfaction and achievements from working in this stimulating and provocative field of study.  相似文献   

Laboratory-based technology education at Motorola     

Joanne B. Willard  Arthur E. Paton 《TechTrends》1990,35(6):10-16

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Counseling International Students in Canadian Schools   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Natalee Popadiuk  Nancy Arthur 《International journal for the advancement of counseling》2004,26(2):125-145

International students face many demands as they navigate the cross-cultural transition of living and learning in host countries such as Canada. The cultural diversity represented in this student population poses unique challenges for multicultural counseling. The ways that international students have been represented in the literature may contribute to barriers for effective counseling services. The discussion begins with a summary of the issues faced by international students when living and learning in a foreign country. Several limitations in the counseling literature about international students are addressed, including, the limitations of culture shock as a model of cross cultural transition, the lack of methodological diversity in research involving international students, a focus on group characteristics, and the continued emphasis on the problems experienced by international students. Suggestions for counselors are given to enhance their multicultural counseling competencies for working with international students.  相似文献   

The scientific matrix     

Arthur L. Benton  Mary Wootton Masland M.A.  Jane B. Levine  Carl L. Kline M.D.  C.R.C.P.  MBR 《Annals of dyslexia》1971,21(1):111-127

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Scaling and Sustaining Effective Early Childhood Programs Through School–Family–University Collaboration          下载免费PDF全文

Arthur J. Reynolds  Momoko Hayakawa  Suh‐Ruu Ou  Christina F. Mondi  Michelle M. Englund  Allyson J. Candee  Nicole E. Smerillo 《Child development》2017,88(5):1453-1465

We describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive preschool to third grade prevention program for the goals of sustaining services at a large scale. The Midwest Child–Parent Center (CPC) Expansion is a multilevel collaborative school reform model designed to improve school achievement and parental involvement from ages 3 to 9. By increasing the dosage, coordination, and comprehensiveness of services, the program is expected to enhance the transition to school and promote more enduring effects on well‐being in multiple domains. We review and evaluate evidence from two longitudinal studies (Midwest CPC, 2012 to present; Chicago Longitudinal Study, 1983 to present) and four implementation examples of how the guiding principles of shared ownership, committed resources, and progress monitoring for improvement can promote effectiveness. The implementation system of partners and further expansion using “Pay for Success” financing shows the feasibility of scaling the program while continuing to improve effectiveness.  相似文献