Urban Public Middle School Teachers And Their Response To High Student Mobility, 2020 Seton Hall University
Urban Public Middle School Teachers And Their Response To High Student Mobility, Maria J. Ortiz
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
This study examined the teachers’ perspective of student mobility in urban public middle schools in the northeast state of the country. Thirty middle school teachers in an urban public-school system were interviewed about their prior years’ classroom experience with student mobility. They included those teaching English as a Second Language, Special Education, Science, Math and Language Arts, and Social Studies. In addition, student achievement data on standardized tests were studied. The research study concluded that teachers reported that they experienced frustration and anxiety, and that student mobility and its classroom consequences were relegated to the “undiscussable” aspects of the profession; …
Interactional Research Into Problem-Based Learning, 2020 The University of Hong Kong
Interactional Research Into Problem-Based Learning, Susan M. Bridges, Rintaro Imafuku
Purdue University Press Books
Problem-based learning (PBL) has been deployed as a student-centered instructional approach and curriculum design in a wide range of academic fields across the world. The majority of educational research to date has focused on knowledge-based outcomes addressing why PBL is useful. Researchers of PBL are developing a growing interest in qualitative research with a process-driven orientation to examining learning interactions. It is essential to broaden this research base so as to support PBL designs and approaches to leading students into higher-order thinking and a deeper approach to learning.
Interactional Research Into Problem-Based Learning explores how students learn in an inquiry-led …
Covid-19 On Route Of The Fourth Industrial Revolution, 2020 University of Panama
Covid-19 On Route Of The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Luis Bonilla-Molina, Jorge Rodriguez
Education Faculty Articles and Research
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Since 2015 I have been talking about an imminent Global Pedagogical Blackout (GPB) as part of a transitional frame between the Third and Fourth Industrial Revolution (Bonilla-Molina 2016, 2017). The Global Pedagogical Blackout was progressively realized with (a) the de-pedagogization of the reality of education; (b) the construction of an evaluative culture (PISA,Footnote 1 PIAAC,Footnote 2 LLECEFootnote 3-UNESCO tests, TIMMS,Footnote 4 assessments of the national institutes for the assessment of educational quality, among others) justified by notions of quality and relevance; (c) the construction of a paradigm based on the ‘crisis …
Formative Space: Literacy Practices In 21st Century Curriculum Making, 2020 The University of Western Ontario
Formative Space: Literacy Practices In 21st Century Curriculum Making, Mary C. Ott
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Partnerships for 21st Century learning support curricular reforms for global, cross-disciplinary competencies that will leverage and benefit education technologies. However, this research partnership with a literacy program developer occasioned an opportunity to study curriculum making in the 21st century that did not make assumptions about technologies and competencies. The integrated thesis based on this project pushes boundaries on how assessment and curriculum making are conceptualized by exploring broader questions of inquiry and participation through literacy and assessment practices in six junior elementary classrooms in Ontario, Canada, over a two-year period. Chapter 1 provides the background and purpose of the study …
A Perturbed System: How Tenured Faculty Responded To The Covid-19 Shift To Remote Instruction, 2020 Northern Illinois University
A Perturbed System: How Tenured Faculty Responded To The Covid-19 Shift To Remote Instruction, Rachel L. Rupnow, Nicole D. Ladue, Nicole M. James, Heather E. Bergan-Roller
Faculty Peer-Reviewed Publications
This study investigates six university professors' reflections on the shift to remote instruction during the Spring 2020 semester in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The rapid shift in instructional platform presents an opportunity to learn from unresolved challenges that persisted through the semester. Here we present a qualitative study of how experienced (i.e., associate or full) chemistry professors report their teaching practices in light of the COVID-19 disruptions. We observed four major themes: personal factors, contextual factors of the structure and culture, teacher thinking, and teachers' practice. These themes revealed that the professors in this study adapted quickly using …
Achieving Efficient Teacher Talk: A Reflective Analysis Of Teacher-Student Class Communication, 2020 Shaanxi Normal University
Achieving Efficient Teacher Talk: A Reflective Analysis Of Teacher-Student Class Communication, Xiaoyin Wang
Chinese Language Teaching Methodology and Technology
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of studies on “teacher talk” used in TCSL classrooms. Many of these studies are focused on language interactions between the teacher and the students as well as on the individual functions of “the teachers’ classroom talk.” This article examines the current status of, and problems associated with, teachers’ instructional language, i.e., teacher talk. Based on transcripts of audio recordings of teachers’ instructional language, this study analyzes problems ranging from inaccurate to excessive words in the instructional language and the causes of these problems. This article also validates the study …
What Drives Your Spirit And Commitment To Middle Level Education? Exploring A Middle School Mindset, 2020 UNC-Asheville
What Drives Your Spirit And Commitment To Middle Level Education? Exploring A Middle School Mindset, Nancy B. Ruppert
Current Issues in Middle Level Education
Over the past two years, middle school advocates have been sharing their thoughts on the following prompt: “What drives your spirit and commitment to middle level education?” The purpose has been to capture ‘the spirit’ of middle school* educators?’ From these stories five characteristics emerged that can help us consider how to promote the next generation of middle school leaders. Perhaps using the findings from this exercise can help us advocate for the next generation of middle school leaders. * For the purpose of this study, middle school refers to those who work with 10-15 year olds and includes intermediate …
Curriculum Integration: Walking The Walk, 2020 Georgia Southern University
Curriculum Integration: Walking The Walk, Taylor A. Norman, Amanda Wall
Current Issues in Middle Level Education
Curriculum integration is a hallmark of middle level education. This approach to education involves blending topics across content areas as a way of studying topics and problems of interest to young adolescents. Approaches to curriculum integration and interdisciplinary curriculum overlap with concepts like democratic education, place-based learning, student agency, and student-designed curriculum. Here, two teacher educators report on a recent initiative in which we co-designed integrated curriculum along with middle level teacher candidates. We drew on place-based instruction and models of collaboration to develop this project. Candidates then developed integrated units appropriate for middle school classrooms.
Collaborating With The European League For Middle Level Education, 2020 UNC-Asheville
Collaborating With The European League For Middle Level Education, Nancy B. Ruppert, Deborah Mcmurtrie, Bridget K. Coleman, Gary J. Senn, Sarah Ellyson
Current Issues in Middle Level Education
Collaborations between the National Association for Middle Level Education (NAPOMLE) and the European League for Middle Level Education (ELMLE) can be mutually beneficial. This article reflects on NAPOMLE’s past experiences with our global affiliate ELMLE and promotes future partnerships expanding our commitment to supporting the development of middle schools and middle level leaders. We advocate a global approach to preparing and empowering the next generation of middle school leaders.
Introduction To The Issue: Preparing The Next Generation Of Middle School Leaders, 2020 Georgia Southern University
Introduction To The Issue: Preparing The Next Generation Of Middle School Leaders, Amanda Wall, Nancy B. Ruppert, Bridget K. Coleman, Jeanneine Jones
Current Issues in Middle Level Education
The articles in this issue of Current Issues in Middle Level Education are based on a Symposium that did not take place as planned. In May 2020, middle level educators and researchers from across the Southeast and beyond would have gathered in Asheville, NC, for a Symposium sponsored by the Southeast Professors of Middle Level Education (SEPOMLE). Due to COVID-19, however, the in-person Symposium was canceled, and accepted authors were invited to submit manuscripts based on their work for this issue.
These articles represent ideas on the Symposium theme of “Preparing the Next Generation of Middle School Leaders.” Across the …
Language And Identity: Multilingual Immigrant Learners In South Africa, 2020 University of Pretoria, South Africa
Language And Identity: Multilingual Immigrant Learners In South Africa, Saloshna Vandeyar, Theresa Catalano
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
Increased multilingualism and mobility have witnessed an increased focus on multilingual immigrant learners. This study aims to help educators understand experiences of immigrant students in South Africa that relate to language and identity by comparing such experiences across three different school settings: an urban school with a high (Black) immigrant and indigenous population, a former Indian school, and a former White school. Drawing on semi-structured interviews from a larger case study, this study makes visible the immigrant learner experience in multilingual settings in which xenophobic conditions arise. The findings reveal similarities as well as differences in individual identity construction and …
Winter 2021 Call For Manuscripts, 2020 Bridgewater College
Winter 2021 Call For Manuscripts, Jenny M. Martin
Virginia English Journal
No abstract provided.
Writing Conferences For Effective Instruction, 2020 Longwood University
Writing Conferences For Effective Instruction, Sarah Myroup
Virginia English Journal
This article presents an argument on behalf of writing conferences to provide individualized and personal instruction to foster the growth of students as writers. Writing conferences are an approach that centers around the students’ thoughts and goals for their written pieces and allows the teacher to more deeply understand and assist each writer. To host writing conferences in the most effective way possible, it is recommended that teachers make feedback to each student personal and specific to the piece, that they ask questions to guide conversation, but also that they allow the conference to be structured around and driven by …
Autism Speaks: Extending Grammar In The Classroom To Students With Autism, 2020 Longwood University
Autism Speaks: Extending Grammar In The Classroom To Students With Autism, Bailey Nixon, Ashley Schweizer
Virginia English Journal
Developing sentence variety and elaboration are important skills for all students, so we wanted to create grammar lessons to help children with autism with these critical skills. After assessing a group of lesson plans found in Amy Benjamin and Joan Berger’s (2014) book, Teaching Grammar: What Really Works, we adapted lesson plans to cater to the needs of students with autism. We used strategies such as modeling, think-alouds, Applied Behavior Analysis, and the Discrete Trial Teaching Method. We created our lesson plan revisions in order to provide teachers with the best resources to create an inclusive environment within their …
Defining "Teacher", 2020 Woodbridge Senior High School
Defining "Teacher", Kyle D. Trott
Virginia English Journal
The author takes an etymological look at the term “teacher” to humanize the current post-modern teacher’s quarries as to what their purpose is as a teacher. The author explicates the two terms, didaskalōs and pedagogue, to address the competing ideas of the role of a teacher before asserting that success, or virtue, comes in the form of continued development, paideia, of both the teacher and their students. Concluding that the current teacher doesn’t need to be any kind of teacher other than the one who continues to improve.
Making Reading So “Useful” It Sticks, 2020 Longwood University
Making Reading So “Useful” It Sticks, Sarah Tanner-Anderson
Virginia English Journal
In the English language arts classroom, students must not only understand and appreciate the value of reading, writing, and speaking, but they must also learn, employ, and hone these skills for use as contributing members of their current and future societies. Our task, then, is to make learning so “useful” that it sticks-- to build a strong foundation of literacy that may continue to expand as students’ life experiences provide more depth and relevance to their work. For reading, specifically, we must both encourage and support interest, stamina, and understanding of the texts we explore, which is no small feat …
Let’S Get Graphic: The Integration Of Visual Representations To Demonstrate Learning, 2020 Bridgewater College
Let’S Get Graphic: The Integration Of Visual Representations To Demonstrate Learning, Courtneay Kelly
Virginia English Journal
Students derive meaning from knowledge that is presented to them in various ways. An instructor may present information through different modalities, though direct verbal instruction is the mode most often employed (Beesley & Apthorp, 2010). Research indicates that, when information is constructed through the use of visual representations, students gain deeper and more enduring understanding of the content (Jewitt, 2008; Kress, 1997). This article provides an explanation and definition of nonlinguistic and linguistic visual representations, a review of what research indicates in the integration of them, and examples of the inclusion of concept-based visual representations in a college course that …
Helping Freshmen Revise:Collaborative Peer Review Through The Eyes Of Students, 2020 Christopher Newport University
Helping Freshmen Revise:Collaborative Peer Review Through The Eyes Of Students, Jean S. Filetti
Virginia English Journal
No abstract provided.
The Sublime Utility Of Poetry, 2020 Radford Univeristy
The Sublime Utility Of Poetry, Louis Gallo
Virginia English Journal
No abstract provided.
Introduction From The Editor And Vate President-Elect, 2020 Bridgewater College
Introduction From The Editor And Vate President-Elect, Jenny M. Martin
Virginia English Journal
No abstract provided.