Conceptualising play-based learning from kindergarten teachers’ perspectives   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Ellen Fesseha  Angela Pyle 《International Journal of Early Years Education》2016,24(3):361-377

This study sought to gain insight into how Ontario teachers define play-based learning, and how their perspectives affect its implementation in kindergarten classrooms. Using survey data from kindergarten teachers from around the province of Ontario, two definitions of play were developed: one focused on social development through play and the other on academic and social development in play. Results revealed inconsistencies in participants’ definitions and implementations of play-based learning in kindergarten classrooms. Several participants described the enactment of play that was entirely separate from learning, yet still indicated some belief in the ability to learn through play. While all participants described positive perspectives of play-based learning, more than half described the implementation of kindergarten programmes that did not fully integrate play-based learning as it is described in the Ontario curriculum. Participants were also asked to identify challenges they experienced in their implementation of play-based pedagogy. Participants in all enactment groups indicated experiencing challenges to their play implementation. These results support the need for a clear and consistent definition of play-based learning that will help determine how best to integrate play and the learning of academic skills.  相似文献   

University teachers’ learning paths during technological innovation in education     

Roeland van der Rijst  Yvette Baggen  Ellen Sjoer 《International Journal for Academic Development》2019,24(1):7-20

Curriculum development initiatives, especially those involving educational technologies, provide a rich learning space for university teachers. In-depth interviews with teaching staff (n = 11) were qualitatively analysed to gain insight into the variety of individual learning paths and to identify potential relationships between learning paths, motivation, and conceptions of teaching and learning through educational technology. Three distinct learning paths relating to teachers’ learning preferences and activities were identified: learning by performing daily teaching activities; deliberately experimenting with new teaching approaches; and reflecting on teaching experiences. The relationships between learning paths and relevant factors are described and implications for professional development practices are discussed.  相似文献   

Strategies by Norwegian universities to meet diversified market demands for continuing education     

Ellen Brandt 《Higher Education》2002,44(3-4):393-411

In the 1990s, universities received morediversified demands for continuing education.Market demands may contribute to createinnovative courses and introducing newperspectives. A critical question is, however,if universities should respond to all marketdemands, or base continuing education onresearch-oriented teaching and learning. Casestudies of Norwegian universities show thesecond understanding to be universal there.Strategic plans are quite general, so differentstrategies for continuing education areinferred from course offers and interviews. Sixstrategies are presented and discussed:Research news for professionals; Same contentwith flexible delivery; Adapted specialisation;Interdisciplinary Master's degrees;Interdisciplinary courses for new markets;Tailor-made on commission.  相似文献   

Biological Inquiry: A New Course and Assessment Plan in Response to the Call to Transform Undergraduate Biology     

Ellen S. Goldey  Clarence L. Abercrombie  Tracie M. Ivy  Dave I. Kusher  John F. Moeller  Doug A. Rayner  Charles F. Smith  Natalie W. Spivey 《CBE life sciences education》2012,11(4):353-363

We transformed our first-year curriculum in biology with a new course, Biological Inquiry, in which >50% of all incoming, first-year students enroll. The course replaced a traditional, content-driven course that relied on outdated approaches to teaching and learning. We diversified pedagogical practices by adopting guided inquiry in class and in labs, which are devoted to building authentic research skills through open-ended experiments. Students develop core biological knowledge, from the ecosystem to molecular level, and core skills through regular practice in hypothesis testing, reading primary literature, analyzing data, interpreting results, writing in disciplinary style, and working in teams. Assignments and exams require higher-order cognitive processes, and students build new knowledge and skills through investigation of real-world problems (e.g., malaria), which engages students’ interest. Evidence from direct and indirect assessment has guided continuous course revision and has revealed that compared with the course it replaced, Biological Inquiry produces significant learning gains in all targeted areas. It also retains 94% of students (both BA and BS track) compared with 79% in the majors-only course it replaced. The project has had broad impact across the entire college and reflects the input of numerous constituencies and close collaboration among biology professors and students.  相似文献   

Why do adults learn? Developing a motivational typology across 12 European countries     

Ellen Boeren  John Holford  Ides Nicaise  Herman Baert 《Globalisation, Societies & Education》2012,10(2):247-269

Participation in adult education is today generally considered an individual responsibility. However, participation is the result of a complex bounded agency between individuals, educational institutions and regulating governments. This paper explores the motives of 12,000 European adult learners in formal adult education in 12 European countries. Analysis shows consistent patterns comparable to welfare state typologies. Further exploration demonstrates that motives to participate in adult education courses can be interpreted in relation to the labour market, education and social policy in the country of participation.  相似文献   

The relative difficulty of signed arithmetic story problems for primary level deaf and hard-of-hearing students     

Ansell E  Pagliaro CM 《Journal of deaf studies and deaf education》2006,11(2):153-170

This study determines the relative difficulty and associated strategy use of arithmetic (addition and subtraction) story problems when presented in American Sign Language to primary level (K-3) deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Results showed that deaf and hard-of-hearing students may consider and respond to arithmetic story problems differently than their hearing peers, with the critical dimension in problem difficulty being based on the operation typically used to solve the problem, not the story within the problem. The types of strategies used by the students supported the order of problem difficulty. The visual-spatial nature of the problem presentation appeared not to assist the deaf and hard-of-hearing students in solving the problems. Factors that may have contributed to this pattern of problem difficulty are discussed so that educators can better align mathematics instruction to the thinking of the deaf child.  相似文献   

Parent Involvement,Influence, and Satisfaction in Magnet Schools: Do Reasons for Choice Matter?     

Hausman  Charles  Goldring  Ellen 《The Urban Review》2000,32(2):105-121

This paper explores the relationships between parents' reasons for choosing a magnet school and their levels of satisfaction, involvement, and influence with the school. Data are reported from over a thousand magnet school parents in two urban districts. The results suggest three general findings: (1) As reported in previous research, magnet school parents choose schools for a wide array of reasons and are highly satisfied with their chosen school; (2) parents' reasons for choice are important predictors of their levels of satisfaction, influence, and involvement with the school; and (3) parents who choose for values reasons, as compared to other reasons, are more likely to be involved in and satisfied with their school of choice and report that parents have influence over school decisions.  相似文献   

The TREC-5 Confusion Track: Comparing Retrieval Methods for Scanned Text   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Paul B. Kantor  Ellen M. Voorhees 《Information Retrieval》2000,2(2-3):165-176

A known-item search is a particular information retrieval task in which the system is asked to find a single target document in a large document set. The TREC-5 confusion track used a set of 49 known-item tasks to study the impact of data corruption on retrieval system performance. Two corrupted versions of a 55,600 document corpus whose true content was known were created by applying OCR techniques to page images. The first version of the corpus used the page images as scanned, resulting in an estimated character error rate of approximately 5%. The second version used page images that had been down-sampled, resulting in an estimated character error rate of approximately 20%. The true text and each of the corrupted versions were then searched using the same set of 49 questions. In general, retrieval methods that attempted a probabilistic reconstruction of the original clean text fared better than methods that simply accepted corrupted versions of the query text.  相似文献   

University of California Peer Review System and Post-tenure Evaluation     

Ellen Switkes 《Innovative Higher Education》1999,24(1):39-48

The peer review system at all campuses of the University of California is a long standing program of pre- and post-tenure evaluation. All faculty are reviewed on a schedule of 2 to 4 years by department colleagues, the dean, and a campus faculty committee which normally results in a merit increase. This system of pre- and post-tenure review throughout a faculty members' career poses a substantial workload for faculty, departments, and the campus; but it is regarded by faculty and campus administrators as crucial to maintaining a faculty of very high quality. This article describes the well-established review process, which may provide ideas for those institutions planning on enhancing their approaches to peer review .  相似文献   

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Mary Ellen Warren 《Psychology in the schools》2000,37(4):390-391

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