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Survive And Thrive During Testing Season, Lori Desautels Apr 2014

Survive And Thrive During Testing Season, Lori Desautels

Scholarship and Professional Work – Education

Right now, students across the nation are embarking upon a series of standardized tests following intense days and weeks of test preparation accompanied by anxiety and worry from both parents and educators. Many of these test participants are English as a Second Language (ESL) learners with a wide diversity of learning potential, social and emotional challenges, strengths, cultures and interests. Among these young learners, there are many who put themselves to bed in the evening, get themselves up and ready for school, and do not have breakfast, arranged homework times or adult support to guide their school days...


Características De Los Modelos Didácticos En La Formación De Maestros De La Escuela Normal Superior Distrital María Montessori, Gloria Esperanza Castellanos Castillo Jan 2014

Características De Los Modelos Didácticos En La Formación De Maestros De La Escuela Normal Superior Distrital María Montessori, Gloria Esperanza Castellanos Castillo

Maestría en Docencia

La investigación denominada La Formación Pedagógica desde los Modelos Didácticos, se enmarca dentro del macro-proyecto de investigación en Formación docente de la maestría en Docencia de la Universidad de La Salle. Las indagaciones recolectadas entre los años 2012, 2013 y 2014, se validaron por los parámetros de la investigación descriptiva, que el diseño de un trabajo de campo de recolección de información, que incluye la elaboración de entrevistassemi-estructuradas y las observaciones de clase, realizadas en la Escuela Normal Superior Distrital María Montessori de la ciudad de Bogotá DC, tanto a los maestros como a los estudiantes, que sumado a un …


Beyond The Content And Pedagogy : A Step Forward Towards Value Based Teacher’S Professional Development, Sharifullah Baig Jan 2014

Beyond The Content And Pedagogy : A Step Forward Towards Value Based Teacher’S Professional Development, Sharifullah Baig

Professional Development Centre, Gilgit

This paper reviews the contemporary literature of human values and valuation processes, and proposes a re-conceptualized model of a teacher’s professional development. This paper suggests a thorough analysis of the teacher’s personality and devises alternative, well thought-out strategies and approaches to alter self-knowledge, values, valuation processes, and beliefs to imbed the desired impact on their teaching practices. This paper supports the use of deliberate attempts to alter the basic motivation level of teachers and to deliberately expose them to available knowledge to modify their values, attitudes, and actions in their respective professions, organizations, and formal associations. Hence, such professional development …