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Career Development In Language Education Programs, Saad Fathy Shawer, Saad Ali Alkahtani
Edith Cowan University
Career Development In Language Education Programs, Saad Fathy Shawer, Saad Ali Alkahtani
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
This study assesses the influence of a two-year language program evaluation on program directors and faculty career development. The study makes use of mixed-paradigms (positivism and qualitative interpretive), mixed-strategies (survey research and qualitative evaluation), one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and a post-hoc test of multiple comparisons (Scheffe). The findings indicate that imposed program evaluation experiences help faculty members advance their career skills in terms of course planning, classroom teaching, learning assessment, classroom research, and coping with career pressure. The findings also indicate significant improvement in program director academic and administrative career skills. Moreover, the findings did not show inter-program differences ...
Illuminating With Broad Appeal. A Book Review Of Giving Our Children A Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy, And The Development Of Information Capital, Cat McManus
Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling
Illuminating With Broad Appeal. A Book Review Of Giving Our Children A Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy, And The Development Of Information Capital, Cat Mcmanus
Democracy and Education
The authors of Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy, and the Development of Information Capital effectively explored the differential formation of information capital stemming from variations in use of technology in two Philadelphia public libraries. The authors argued that equalizing technological resources alone cannot close the digital literacy gap and, further, that this gap contributes to the hardening of class stratification.
Resisting The Neoliberal Ambush Of Public Education. A Book Review Of Educational Courage: Resisting The Ambush Of Public Education, Brandy S. Wilson
Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling
Resisting The Neoliberal Ambush Of Public Education. A Book Review Of Educational Courage: Resisting The Ambush Of Public Education, Brandy S. Wilson
Democracy and Education
This is a review of the book Educational Courage: Resisting the Ambush of Public Education.
What Larger Conditions And Logics Are In Play? A Response To "Education As A Human Right In The 21st Century", Paul Tarc
Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling
What Larger Conditions And Logics Are In Play? A Response To "Education As A Human Right In The 21st Century", Paul Tarc
Democracy and Education
Accepting much of the internal logic of Lee's argument, I consider the wider conditions and logic in play such that education as a human right can be comprehended, debated, and ultimately defended and supported in the 21stcentury. I suggest that despite the idealist rhetoric of UN discourse that operated in Lee’s conception of education as a human right, providing (Western) schooling to improve the lives of marginalized individuals in developing-world contexts should be understood as the consolation prize rather than represent an idealized/naturalized education that can innocently transcend the logic of underdevelopment and performativity shaping education’s ...
Evaluating Program Outcomes Via Decision Making Simulations, Steven A. Freeman, Nir Keren
Iowa State University
Evaluating Program Outcomes Via Decision Making Simulations, Steven A. Freeman, Nir Keren
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Presentations, Posters and Proceedings
Decision making-based methodology was proposed for evaluating program outcomes. The methodology was tested to measure the effect of safety enhancing curriculum on Safety Awareness, one of the 15 competencies ABE is using in program outcome evaluations. The results indicated a significant increase in safety awareness and shift in cognitive processes following implementation of the curriculum. Since ABE measures competencies via supervisory evaluation of graduates, the authors examine the opportunity of developing a longitudinal study for measuring the magnitude of impact of curriculum on outcomes at the workplace.
Student Professional Development: Competency-Based Learning And Assessment, Jacqulyn A. Baughman, Thomas J. Brumm
Iowa State University
Student Professional Development: Competency-Based Learning And Assessment, Jacqulyn A. Baughman, Thomas J. Brumm
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Presentations, Posters and Proceedings
The audience will understand the need for student professional development, as well as, the role that competencies and the 360-degree feedback assessment process play. Additionally, a foundational framework for further research studies in competency-based learning and assessment will be presented.
Holistic Student Professional Development In A Lean Manufacturing Course, Jacqulyn A. Baughman, Thomas J. Brumm
Iowa State University
Holistic Student Professional Development In A Lean Manufacturing Course, Jacqulyn A. Baughman, Thomas J. Brumm
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Presentations, Posters and Proceedings
The audience will understand the need for a “holistic” student professional development approach using competency-assessment and backwards design. Specifically, the course design and approach can help provide U.S. manufacturers with the employees they need in order to implement and sustain a lean manufacturing structure vital for competitiveness.
Strategies To Alleviate Test And Mathematics Anxiety, Clara R. Brandt
Valparaiso University
Strategies To Alleviate Test And Mathematics Anxiety, Clara R. Brandt
Education Senior Action Research Projects
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of two anxiety-reducing techniques in a 7th grade Tier 2 (average) mathematics classroom. Based on the work of Ford, Ford, Boxer, and Armstrong (2012), one of the techniques used was the use of humor. The other technique is the use of visualization (see Shobe, Brewin, & Carmack, 2005). Ultimately, this study sought to determine if either of the anxiety-reducing strategies lowered student's anxiety; if they were effective, which was more effective; and if the strategy had any apparent effect on the students' academic performance.
Academic Achievement Motivation And High School Dropout: An Integrative Model, Alyssa Parr '13
Lake Forest College
Academic Achievement Motivation And High School Dropout: An Integrative Model, Alyssa Parr '13
Senior Theses
High school dropout is a pressing issue in the United States as 7.1% of all 16 to 24 year olds in the United States are high school dropouts (U.S. Department of Commerce, 2012). To create effective dropout prevention programs, we must understand the factors that contribute to this national crisis. Two factors that play a role in educational outcomes are achievement motivation and performance. The purpose of this study was to test a model, based on SCCT and EVT, which predicts high school dropout from self-efficacy, performance, and subjective task value. The model was tested through the statistical ...
Parents' Perspectives On The Literacy Instruction Received By Their Children With Intellectual Disabilities, Michelle A. Duffy
Syracuse University
Parents' Perspectives On The Literacy Instruction Received By Their Children With Intellectual Disabilities, Michelle A. Duffy
Reading and Language Arts - Dissertations
The purpose of this qualitative interview study was to explore the perspectives of 22 parents of children with intellectual disabilities on the literacy learning opportunities the children were provided in school. It asked: 1) What are the perspectives of such parents on the literacy instruction offered to their children?, and 2) What are the perspectives of such parents on the opportunities available to them to participate in decision-making about this literacy instruction?
This study was grounded in disability studies and critical interpretivist frameworks, which provided a lens for understanding participants' views in the context of our society's historically unjust ...
Desegregation In A "Color-Blind" Era: Parents Navigating School Assignment And Choice In Louisville, Ky, Rebecca Page Johnson
Syracuse University
Desegregation In A "Color-Blind" Era: Parents Navigating School Assignment And Choice In Louisville, Ky, Rebecca Page Johnson
Cultural Foundations of Education - Dissertations
This dissertation is a qualitative study of how parents in Louisville, Kentucky navigate the marketplace of schools. The study focuses on how parents choose schools in a metropolitan area where the primary public school district, Jefferson County Public Schools, which was originally racially desegregated by court order, instituted an assignment plan that relies on a measure of race, income and education level in neighborhood clusters to assign students to schools. I argue that this assignment plan, although crafted to increase equity among students, is resisted by parental decision-making. Parents represent this resistance as "color-blind," connected to the logistical and academic ...
It's Not Just About The Technology: Changing The Focus From Technology To Collaboration In Videoconferencing Room Design, Tamela W. Smith
Western Kentucky University
It's Not Just About The Technology: Changing The Focus From Technology To Collaboration In Videoconferencing Room Design, Tamela W. Smith
Dissertations
Videoconferencing technologies are being increasingly utilized in today’s business and educational environments. However, implementation rates continue to be lower than projected, and user perceptions on the level of collaborative environment provided by videoconferencing rooms vary widely, depending on room design. This study found that, while few videoconferencing professional characteristics impact the level of collaborative environment designed for end-users, the perceived closeness levels provided to end-users significantly impacted their perceptions on the technology. The study also found that videoconferencing professionals’ views and end-users’ views on the level of collaboration within videoconferencing environments vary significantly. By shifting the design of videoconferencing ...
The Development Of Introductory Statistics Students' Informal Inferential Reasoning And Its Relationship To Formal Inferential Reasoning, Bridgette Lynn Jacob
Syracuse University
The Development Of Introductory Statistics Students' Informal Inferential Reasoning And Its Relationship To Formal Inferential Reasoning, Bridgette Lynn Jacob
Teaching and Leadership - Dissertations
The difficulties introductory statistics students have with formal statistical inference are well known in the field of statistics education. "Informal" statistical inference has been studied as a means to introduce inferential reasoning well before and without the formalities of formal statistical inference. This mixed methods study investigated the development of introductory statistics students' informal inferential reasoning and its relationship to their formal inferential reasoning. A pre/posttest was administered to 136 students enrolled in introductory statistics classes taught in their secondary schools. Four task-based interviews were also conducted with seven pairs of those students.
With probabilistic reasoning essential for formal ...
A Relationship Between Course-Level Implementation Of First Principles Of Instruction And Cognitive Engagement: A Multilevel Analysis, Sunghye Lee
Syracuse University
A Relationship Between Course-Level Implementation Of First Principles Of Instruction And Cognitive Engagement: A Multilevel Analysis, Sunghye Lee
Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation - Dissertations
Cognitive engagement is an indicator of how students engage in their learning process in classroom context, and the levels of cognitive engagement are conceptualized by the use of cognitive and metacognitive strategies. As the levels of cognitive engagement are thought to be a result of interactions between students and learning contexts, previous studies have explored how certain practices within a course promote student cognitive engagement, but placed less emphasis on the integration of instructional design principles. Given the theoretical and practical importance of First Principles of Instruction, this dissertation answers the question of whether the degree to which the First ...
Gaines, Elizabeth, B. 1852 (Sc 999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Western Kentucky University
Gaines, Elizabeth, B. 1852 (Sc 999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 999. Recollections of Elizabeth Gaines about her life in Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky. She discusses residents, schools, and businesses. Gaines includes a detailed account of Civil War incidents in Bowling Green that she recalls from her childhood.
I See, I Think I Wonder: An Evaluation Of Journaling As A Critical Reflective Practice Tool For Aiding Teachers In Challenging Or Confronting Contexts, Geoffrey M. Lowe, Peter Prout, Karen Murcia
Edith Cowan University
I See, I Think I Wonder: An Evaluation Of Journaling As A Critical Reflective Practice Tool For Aiding Teachers In Challenging Or Confronting Contexts, Geoffrey M. Lowe, Peter Prout, Karen Murcia
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
In October 2011, five selected Western Australian teachers took part in a teacher mentoring project in Tanzania. The teachers spent a month embedded in local primary and secondary schools, working collaboratively with their Tanzanian counterparts. As a strategy for making sense of their experiences, each teacher was asked to maintain a reflective journal, using the Harvard Visible Thinking Routine of ‘see, think, wonder’ as a critical structure for guiding their journal writing. The purpose of this article is to discuss the effectiveness of journaling for teachers in challenging teaching situations, and the usefulness of the Harvard approach in structuring the ...
Graduate School Commencement Exercises Program, May 16, 2013
Bryant University
Graduate School Commencement Exercises Program, May 16, 2013
Bryant University Commencements
Graduate School Commencement Exercises Program, May 16, 2013.
Undergraduate Commencement Exercises Program, May 18, 2013
Bryant University
Undergraduate Commencement Exercises Program, May 18, 2013
Bryant University Commencements
Bryant University Undergraduate Commencement Exercises Program, May 18, 2013.
How Can Technology Make This Work? Preservice Teachers, Off-Campus Learning And Digital Portfolios, Wendy Moran, Les Vozzo, Jo-Anne Reid, Marilyn Pietsch, Caroline Hatton
Edith Cowan University
How Can Technology Make This Work? Preservice Teachers, Off-Campus Learning And Digital Portfolios, Wendy Moran, Les Vozzo, Jo-Anne Reid, Marilyn Pietsch, Caroline Hatton
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Utilising appropriate Information Communication Technologies (ICT) as instructional tools in teacher education can be a challenging yet worthwhile endeavour. This paper reports the difficulties and benefits of a recent inter-university project requiring preservice primary teachers to construct professional digital portfolios using the support of ICT. Challenges with regard to communication and learning were numerous as 34 preservice teachers (PSTs) from three universities in NSW (situated in country towns, and in Sydney) worked together as a collaborative learning community. Meeting regularly face-to-face during the 12-month process was not always possible and so ICT resources were employed to facilitate instruction and communication ...
The Effects Of Technology In Society And Education, Brian Sutton
The College at Brockport: State University of New York
The Effects Of Technology In Society And Education, Brian Sutton
Education and Human Development Master's Theses
Technology has changed society throughout history. Over the last few decades, cellular devices, iPads, iPods, computers, and most importantly the internet have completely overhauled the way people interact in society and the way educators work in schools. Technology implementation in schools is pivotal to student success post high school due to the changing times and high demands for tech savvy personnel. It is imperative that teachers of the 21st century adjust to the technological revolution and not only prepare themselves but prepare their students for the technological real world. Technology has changed the way society looks, and the way ...
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