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Constructivism And Scientific Realism? Which Is The Better Framework For Educational Research, Peter G. Cole
Constructivism And Scientific Realism? Which Is The Better Framework For Educational Research, Peter G. Cole
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
The doctrines of constructivism and scientific realism have had a profound impact on recent progress in educational research. These doctrines are often depicted as conflicting doctrines in theoretical papers and methodology texts dealing with educational research issues. This paper explores the differences between the major tenets of constructivism and scientific reason. Different values ascribed to the scientific method in the context of these two doctrines are also examined. The paper focuses on three problems that have dogged the education research agenda: the conflict between the constructivist and scientific realistic viewpoints on science, the validity of observation statements and the role …
Teaching To Think, Felicity Haynes
Teaching To Think, Felicity Haynes
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Given that a devolved curriculum empowers a teacher to educate for change, and indeed encourages cross curricular critical and creative thinking, this article offers a broad review of three current strategies for helping anyone to think critically and creatively instruction in formal logic, training in focusing attention, and creating a community of inquiry. It concludes that the latter is the preferred mode of teaching thinking for understanding and responsibility, both in schools and in pre service teacher education, because it captures the best balance between student engagement, the presentation of external social standards and the need for ongoing reflection on …
Lokan, Jan (Editor), (1994), Describing Learning. Implementation Of Curriculum Profiles In Australian Schools 1986, Melbourne, Acer Press, Research Monograph No. 50, Xxviii + 420 Pp., H. E. Melville-Jones
Lokan, Jan (Editor), (1994), Describing Learning. Implementation Of Curriculum Profiles In Australian Schools 1986, Melbourne, Acer Press, Research Monograph No. 50, Xxviii + 420 Pp., H. E. Melville-Jones
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
No abstract provided.
Colin Marsh (1996) Handbook For Beginning Teachers. Addison Wesley Longman: Australia. 406 Pp, Robert G. Baker
Colin Marsh (1996) Handbook For Beginning Teachers. Addison Wesley Longman: Australia. 406 Pp, Robert G. Baker
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
No abstract provided.
Attacking The Articulation Problem In Teacher Education, Robert G. Barker, Shelleyanne Scott, Beverly Showers
Attacking The Articulation Problem In Teacher Education, Robert G. Barker, Shelleyanne Scott, Beverly Showers
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
A continuing challenge for preservice teacher education is the articulation between initial training and subsequent practice. This study investigated the effect of a fully elaborated training model on the transfer of complex teaching strategies into the practice of first year graduates. A cohort of 30 graduates was followed through their first year of full time teaching to determine the frequency and appropriateness of their use of two complex teaching strategies, Concept Attainment and Inductive Thinking (Joyce and Weil, 1996). Although only some 10% of inservice teachers transfer new learning into their active teaching repertoires without workplace support for their new …
Student And Teacher Perceptions Of Teaching/Learning Processes In Classrooms: How Close Is The Partnership?, Robert G. Barker, Wally Moroz
Student And Teacher Perceptions Of Teaching/Learning Processes In Classrooms: How Close Is The Partnership?, Robert G. Barker, Wally Moroz
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
As Hornstein observed in the beginning of the 1990s, the "enduring pattern" of instruction in social studies lessons is that which revolves around traditional "teacher centred and text-centred" teaching strategies (Hornstein, 1990). However, other research programs which have investigated the status of social studies (Cuban, 1991; Good and Harmon, 1987; Haladyna, Shaughnessy and Redsun, 1982a) have indicated that the core subject rates well with students when teaching strategies are interactive, inductive, and student centred. As Hutchens (1993) found, students became "hooked" on social studies when it involved cooperative learning, and student research strategies. In 1995, Moroz, Baker and McDonald, reported …
Practice Teaching In Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Need For Adaptation To The Social And Cultural Context, Gary Partington
Practice Teaching In Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Need For Adaptation To The Social And Cultural Context, Gary Partington
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
As part of the teacher education program at Edith Cowan University, a small group of student teachers experience teaching practice in remote Aboriginal communities. In this paper, student teacher perceptions of their experiences on such a practice are presented to illustrate the influence of the practice on their views about teaching Aboriginal children. Through an investigation of journals written during the practice, it is apparent that students had considerable difficulty adapting their teaching to the context in which they were working, particularly in relation to the different cultural and social demands of the situation.
The Practice Of Beginning Teachers: Identifying Competence Through Case Writing In Teacher Education, Brenda Cherednichenko, Neil Hooley, Tony Kruger, Rose Mulraney
The Practice Of Beginning Teachers: Identifying Competence Through Case Writing In Teacher Education, Brenda Cherednichenko, Neil Hooley, Tony Kruger, Rose Mulraney
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Competent teachers display common attitudes and behaviours, yet it is apparent to those who attempt to categorise teachers' work, attitudes and behaviours that the identification of competence is extremely complex. This article suggests a rationale for demonstrating competence through case writing. Case writing documents and provides examples of student teachers and beginning teachers at work in teaching and leaming situations. These examples of teaching and learning are part of a portfolio of cases of teaching and learning which student teachers, teachers and teacher educators working within the Department of Education at Victoria University have developed. These collections provide 'snapshots' of …
The Importance Of Assessment Procedures To Student Learning Outcomes In Religious Education, Phillip Cox, John Godfrey
The Importance Of Assessment Procedures To Student Learning Outcomes In Religious Education, Phillip Cox, John Godfrey
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
The teaching of religious education has failed, in the past, to utilise the basic principles of good education. The use of assessment and evaluation techniques have been shunned by many teachers. The rejection of such essential teaching strategies has tended to be based on theological ideals rather than sound educational arguments.
Crittenden, B. (1996), Thinking About Education: Essays For Discussion In Teacher Education, Addison Wesley Longman, Melbourne, 180 Pp. $29.95., Bruce Haynes
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
No abstract provided.