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Jseem 5(1) - Author Biographies, Russell Walton
Jseem 5(1) - Author Biographies, Russell Walton
Journal of Student Engagement: Education Matters
Author biographies for the volume 5, number 1 issue of the Journal of Student Engagement: Education Matters, 2015.
Using Information And Communication Technologies To Promote Participation And Peer Co-Operation During Collaborative Literacy Tasks For English-Language Learners, Callum Downes
Journal of Student Engagement: Education Matters
Collaborative learning tasks have been used extensively to enhance the literacy development of English language learners for many years. In some cases, however, peer-assisted activities stifle language learning due to dominant– passive interaction patterns and the onset of performance anxiety. The proliferation of web-based information and communication technologies has provided an alternative to face-to-face interactions that can potentially overcome these limitations of collaborative literacy tasks. This paper will investigate the use of applications such as Google Docs, Facebook, Internet blogs and wikis in both school and home environments. The benefits of using such technology to increase the participation, co-operation and …
Reactive Attachment Disorder In Children: Impacts On Development, Educational Implications And The Need For Secure Attachment, Alexia Ohtaras
Reactive Attachment Disorder In Children: Impacts On Development, Educational Implications And The Need For Secure Attachment, Alexia Ohtaras
Journal of Student Engagement: Education Matters
The early years of a child’s life are regarded as the most important, in the sense that encounters within infancy tend to influence the child’s maturation. ‘Attachment’ is regarded as a prime contributor to the success or inhibition of child development, making it a vital component of child–caregiver interactions. This paper highlights the detrimental consequences that insecure attachment can have upon the maltreated child and their personal development through focusing on reactive attachment disorder (RAD). RAD is recognised as a clinical disorder that limits the child’s social abilities, emotional regulation and cognitive function. Throughout this paper, RAD will be explored …
Educational Motivation Meets Maslow: Self-Actualisation As Contextual Driver, Michaela Neto
Educational Motivation Meets Maslow: Self-Actualisation As Contextual Driver, Michaela Neto
Journal of Student Engagement: Education Matters
This paper considers motivation and the relationship to the self-actualisation needs proposed by Abraham Maslow, impacting the academic motivation of students. Self-actualisation needs, are applicable to self-determination theory as well general and academic motivation. The work of Maslow and his conceptions of self-actualisation have evolved over time and it is the aim of the author to marry modern notions of self-actualisation and motivation with ways by which they can inform educators’ practices.
Editorial 2015 - Jseem 5(1), Russell Walton
Editorial 2015 - Jseem 5(1), Russell Walton
Journal of Student Engagement: Education Matters
Welcome to the 2015 edition of the Journal of Student Engagement: Education matters. This edition is one of transitions, where the authors represent not just different phases of their undergraduate degrees but also different disciplines. JSEEM’s only real stricture on topic is that an article must have education relevance. While this is able to be quite loosely interpreted it is, nonetheless, one that makes writing for the journal more easily accessible to those students who are already in the School of Education, or at least interested in the field.
Cognitive Load And Asperger’S: Teaching Relevance, Lauren Leonard
Cognitive Load And Asperger’S: Teaching Relevance, Lauren Leonard
Journal of Student Engagement: Education Matters
This paper examines Asperger’s syndrome and Cognitive Load Theory, as well as makes links to teaching relevance and classroom implications. Currently it is recognised that those with Asperger’s may have an impaired sensory register (i.e., sensory overload), however, this may also be extended into Cognitive Load Theory. That being, Cognitive Load Theory may present a further understanding of the potential ‘overload’ occurring in minds of those with Asperger’s syndrome (i.e., working memory overload).