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Problem-Seeking In Teacher Education: Empowering Students To Grapple With The Complexities Of The Profession, Julie Ballantyne, Libby Flynn, Tammie Olm-Madden

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Preparing teachers for the realities of the profession is an ongoing concern for teacher education providers. In a climate where the future of teaching is largely unknown and the issues to be faced by teachers throughout their career largely imagined, the ability to identify and solve problems becomes increasingly important. This paper documents an evaluation of a pilot approach to preparing pre-service teachers for the realities of their profession. This approach, which centred on students utilising mobile technologies to problem-seek, was evaluated in terms of students’ perceived preparedness for the profession and their development of problem-solving skills and strategies. Results …

Preservice Teachers As Document Detectives, Lorna Quinnell, Radha Iyer, Bronwyn Ewing

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Literacy today relies on a readers’ ability to analyse text critically. This case study investigated preservice teachers’ critical analysis of media text containing visuals and representations. In particular, the analysis focused on mathematical factors that impact on readers’ interpretation of diverse visuals.

Data was gathered from the 23 preservice teachers, enrolled in the Graduate Diploma program at one Australian university. They participated in a series of mathematics learning sessions focused on the critical analysis of a selection of media items.

The paper argues that the ability to critically analyse graphs and visuals relies on mathematical knowledge and that the ability …

Being And Belonging: Student-Teachers’ Contextual Engagement In Schools, Enda Donlon, Elaine Mcdonald, Sabrina Fitzsimons, Pj Sexton

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

While School Placement is long established as a central component of Initial Teacher Education programmes, there is an increasing awareness that these placement experiences should go beyond the practical activities most directly associated with teaching. This paper considers how engagement in a school placement period with a focus on non-teaching activities contributes to the professional and personal development of student-teachers, and to their sense of ‘belonging’ while on placement. Drawing primarily on the analysis of data obtained from online logs maintained by student-teachers during this predominantly non-teaching placement, it establishes the activities that they engaged in, and their reflections and …

Voices On Data Literacy And Initial Teacher Education: Pre-Service Teachers’ Reflections And Recommendations, Shannon Kennedy-Clark, Vilma Galstaun, Peter Reimann, Taylor Martyn, Kiatin Williamson, Jessica Weight

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

The purpose of study was gain insight into pre-service teachers’ experiences in using classroom data to make learning and teaching decisions. The qualitative study is based on the reflections and recommendations of three pre-service teachers’ that participated in a data-driven decision-making intervention whilst on an immersive 10-week professional learning experience. This study is underpinned by an action research framework. There are many understandings of action research, here the approach is understood to be a systematic investigation into one’s own practice with the aim of improving teaching and learning. From the thematic analysis of the reflections, several recommendations were put forward …

Examining Teacher Agency Among Teacher Educators: An Action Research In Vietnam, Tung Ngoc Vu

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Teacher agency is an important topic in educational research, but its theoretical observations have not filtered down into practical Vietnamese teaching contexts. The action research project described here showcases a training-based intervention for teacher educators in various disciplines at eight universities in Vietnam. The intervention aimed to develop teaching skills and increase knowledge for teacher educators by helping them explore their students’ learning needs and facilitate their professional development. This study occurred within the context of changing Vietnamese political, cultural, economic, and social ways of being. Eight Vietnamese teacher educators of different cultural backgrounds, and working across a variety of …

Teacher Crisis: Critical Events In The Mid-Career Stage, Katie Cawte

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

To understand the ways in which teachers in the mid-career stage might be retained and maintained in the classroom and the profession, this article identifies the critical events in the journey of the mid-career teacher. The findings of a qualitative study that drew on narrative inquiry are used to explore the reasons why 20 mid-career teachers in Queensland, Australia, exited or remained in the classroom and/or profession. The article concludes with a profile of the mid-career teacher which helps to understand how to provide and/or develop job satisfaction and motivation and retain the knowledge, experience and skills of experienced teachers.

Entangling Our Thinking And Practice: A Model For Collaboration In Teacher Education, Peta White, Jo Raphael, Shelley Hannigan, John Cripps Clark

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Collaboration is a key component of our practice as teachers and teacher educators and there is a need to develop generative models for collaboration among teacher educators. We have created and tested a model of collaboration. Data were drawn from: recordings of monthly group meetings; discussion threads and documents on our leaning management site; individual interviews with all members of the group conducted three times across the project; and reflections on these interview transcripts by individual annotation and group discussions. The model includes a collaborative overarching research project and, nested under this mantle, a series of focused research projects conducted …

Local Wisdom In Regenerative Teacher Practices, Sue E. Smith, Jon C. Mason, Majella Bowden

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

In this article, teacher professional practice is conceptualised within a regenerative framing as a synthesis of intercultural perspectives drawn from wisdom traditions, placing ethics-in-action alongside reflection-in-action. Regenerative practice foregrounds the need for renewal connecting professional learning with lifelong learning. Global sustainability agendas also inform this endeavour, reminding us of our connectedness within living ecosystems while ‘local wisdom’ is considered a primary source to inspire regeneration. Ecological models of education are therefore explored to determine the nature and scope of regenerative practices. Isolation imposed by the global pandemic provided opportunity to reflect upon our own practices and how these inter-relational constructs, …

Responding To Policies That Involve Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Students And Content: An International Pre-Service Teacher's Experience, Roxana Aguilar Alonso

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Using auto-ethnography, I write my story as Mexican international student in the role of pre-service teacher in Australia. I focus on exploring my socio-political status and its relationship to assuming a position to respond to education policies about working with students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, and teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content. I argue that assuming a position to respond to these policies as international pre-service teacher is overlapped with a multi-layered process in which epistemological deliberation occur as a consequence of being in a state of constant position shifting. Anzaldúa’s Coyolxauqui imperative and Martin’s Relatedness …

Supporting Pre-Service Teachers In Becoming Reflective Practitioners Using Conversation And Professional Standards, Ondine J. Bradbury, Angela Fitzgerald, Justen P. O'Connor

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

A significant goal of teacher education is to support the development of reflective practitioners. This intention, however, is not easily achieved when after-the-fact recall and reporting are key features of pre-service teacher learning rather than critique and contemplation. This research reports on a small-scale pilot study evaluating a novel approach to help pre-service teachers develop reflective skills in order to both understand and address the requirements of the profession. The approach involved a set of Conversation Cards with a series of question-based prompts directly linked to the APSTs and designed to enhance reflective conversations. Focus group interview discussions unveiled the …

“In Lantite, No One Can Hear You Scream!” Student Voices Of High-Stakes Testing In Teacher Education., Alison L. Hilton, Rebecca Saunders, Caroline Mansfield

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

This article investigates pre-service teachers’ experiences of undertaking LANTITE, a high-stakes literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education students. In this mixed methods study, 189 initial teacher education students from 28 Australian universities participated in an online questionnaire, with 27 students going on to take part in semi-structured telephone interviews. Indicative findings give voice to those most impacted by the implementation of LANTITE in 2017, revealing student concerns about the processing and return of results, and test anxiety. This study provides a unique insight into the experiences of completing this high-stakes test.

Teachers And Research Practices: Perspectives From English Language Educators In A Philippine University, Veronico N. Tarrayo, Philippe Jose S. Hernandez, Judith Ma. Angelica S. Claustro

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Given the paucity of studies regarding research practices of teachers, particularly English language teaching (ELT) practitioners in the ASEAN region and in the Philippines, this study explores the research practices of English language teachers in the Philippines. Using purposive-convenience sampling, a total of 49 teachers of English from a Philippine university were asked to answer a survey. To validate the data, pertinent public university documents were examined, and interviews with the university research heads were conducted. Findings suggest that the teachers were cognizant of the link between teaching and their own and their schools’ research practices. This research also reports …

The Teachers’ Role In Student Engagement: A Review, Megan Pedler, Tony Yeigh, Susan Hudson

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Student engagement is considered to be a malleable, multi-dimensional construct which combines the three dimensions of behavioural, emotional and cognitive engagement. Importantly, the literature reveals a solid understanding of how teachers influence student engagement, highlighting the teacher’s role as paramount to ensuring students are able to experience meaningful engagement. This review includes Australian state educational frameworks, and considers the impact these may have on teaching as a profession. All states and territories include some, or all, of these dimensions in frameworks that address students’ engagement and wellbeing. However, variations in terminology, structure and definition make it challenging for the teaching …

Evidence-Based Reasoning Processes In Education: A Model To Support Interventionist Practice., Natasha Ziebell, Jemma Skeat

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

The Evidence-based Reasoning model is a systematic inquiry into student learning to determine what interventions are required in classroom contexts. The four step process includes noticing students who need additional support in their learning, the use of assessment data to establish an evidence-base, and subsequent interpretation that leads to decision making. The reasoning process is supported by collaborative practice models both within and beyond the teaching profession. The evaluation of interventions is integral in determining the impact that interventions have on student learning.

In Defense Of Excellence, Jasper L. Tran

Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc

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Population Demographics: Predictors Of The Relationship Between Alcohol Use Disorder And Major Depression, Mei Grace Behrendt

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

This thesis examines both biological and social explanations of alcohol use disorder (AUD) and major depression (MD) through a thorough review of current literature. Using multiple logistic regression analyses exploring the sociodemographic and alcohol use factors that contribute to reporting of major depression symptoms with data from the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, this thesis demonstrates how there are health disparities that exist among different demographic populations. Specifically, certain demographic characteristics such as racial or ethnic identity, gender, and socioeconomic status may contribute to increased risk of developing and reporting episodes of lifetime and past year major …

Curriculum For Hippotherapy For Children With Autism, Brenna Schulte, Kristy Weissling

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

Innovative effective forms of allied health therapies across disciplines including occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy are being continuously researched and implemented for people with a variety of disabilities. One form of therapy increasing in popularity is Hippotherapy (HPOT). There is a variety of terms related to hippotherapy. More broadly, Equine Assisted Therapy (EAT) is the use of horses to promote physical and mental health and can be utilized for a wide variety of disabilities, such as ADHD and Autism, as well as physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy. HPOT occurs when OT, PT, and ST professionals utilizes horse …

Federal Dollars For All Humankind: Using Procurement Law To Increase Diversity In The Space Industry, Nicole A. Williamson

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

This Article explores how to employ federal government contracting programs to increase gender and racial diversity within the space industry. Part II of the Article touches briefly on the importance of diversity generally and examines the underrepresentation of women and minorities within the $325 billion industry surrounding outer space activities. Part III provides a high-level overview of federal government contracting, in particular focusing on Small Business Administration programs intended to benefit small businesses, minority-owned businesses, and women-owned businesses. Part IV concentrates on contracting within the space industry. Part V offers three suggestions to increase contract awards to women and minority …

Turnaround Management Of Airport Service Providers Operating During Covid-19 Restrictions, Bassam Buhusayen, Pi-Shen Seet, Alan Coetzer

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Many sectors worldwide have been impacted by government restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, restrictions on travel have resulted in major losses for organizations operating within the aviation sector. This study aims to emphasize the challenges faced by these organizations while they implement turnaround management strategies. The study is based on 30 semi-structured interviews with frontline managers working for airline service providers in three different departments of an airport in Australia. The organization has implemented several turnaround management strategies to survive the crisis caused by COVID-19 restrictions, creating new …

The History Of Geology: Oberlin College Rock Garden Unearths Ohio’S Geologic History, Monica Dix

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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The Psychological Crisis Of Covid-19: Other Ways Lives Are At Risk In The Pandemic, Drew Dansby

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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The Breakfast Lab: The History Of Food Science That Gave Rise To The Modern Breakfast Cereal, Josh Holtzman

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Covid-19’S Lesson On Battling Climate Change, Two Global Crises: One Theory To Prompt Necessary Collective Action, Alexa Myles

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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E Racism Under The Microscope: Examining Structural Inequalities Through A Biological Perspective, Lanie Cheatham

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Quetiapine And Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Michael Chen, Hassaan Gomaa, Alonso Cortez-Resendiz, Christopher Martin, Andrew Francis, Alfredo Bellon

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Faculty Papers

Quetiapine is occasionally associated with cardiovascular adverse effects such as QTc prolongation. QTc prolongation is a side effect that requires monitoring in order to avoid more serious cardiac complications. One particular understudied area is the potential for antipsychotics to elicit electroconduction abnormalities in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome. In the present report, we describe a case of quetiapine overdose in a patient with WPW.

We Died And Were Reborn: An Anthropological Study Of Health-Seeking Strategies For Mental And Emotional Distress In Post-War Eastern Sri Lanka, Daniel Ball

Theses and Dissertations--Anthropology

Since the early 2000s, Sri Lanka has made major gains in decentralizing and expanding state-based mental healthcare access and services outside of Colombo. However, little evidence exists related to on-the-ground experiences of Sri Lankans who access these services, the quality and sustainability of services, and the effects services have on individual therapy management of mental and emotional distress. In addition to an extensive historical review of mental health service provision, this dissertation explores strategic health-seeking practices among Tamil-speaking communities in eastern Sri Lanka—an area ravaged by high rates of poverty, 26 years of civil war, and the 2004 tsunami catastrophe. …

กลวิธีทางภาษาในการพูดเพื่อสร้างแรงบันดาลใจของ สินธุเสน เขจรบุตร, วริฏฐา ศรีช่วย

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยชิ้นนี้เป็นงานวิจัยแบบผสมผสาน (Mixed Methods Research) มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อวิเคราะห์ประเภทและลักษณะของทำเนียบภาษา ตลอดจนสังเคราะห์ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างทำเนียบภาษากับเนื้อหาต่างประเภทในการสื่อสารเพื่อสร้างแรงบันดาลใจของ สินธุเสน เขจรบุตร ผู้วิจัยใช้วิธีการวิเคราะห์ตัวบท และการวิเคราะห์เนื้อหา โดยเก็บข้อมูลจากแหล่งข้อมูลเนื้อหาจากคลิปวีดิทัศน์ที่เผยแพร่ในเฟซบุ๊กแฟนเพจของสินธุเสน เขจรบุตร ภายใต้ชื่อว่า K.S. Khunkhao จำนวน 30 คลิป ก่อนนำมาตรวจสอบข้อมูลแบบสามเส้าเพื่อความถูกต้องและครบถ้วนของข้อมูล ผลการศึกษาพบว่า ประเภทและลักษณะของทำเนียบภาษาที่ สินธุเสน เขจรบุตร ใช้ในการสื่อสารเพื่อสร้างแรงบันดาลใจ ประกอบด้วยการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลและจำแนกประเภทการใช้คำในมิติทำเนียบออกเป็น 2 ส่วน คือ 1) ทำเนียบภาษาตามประเภทไวยากรณ์ พบการใช้คำที่ปรากฎเป็นลักษณะเด่นจำนวนทั้งสิ้น 11 ประเภท โดย 3 อันดับแรกที่พบการใช้สูงสุด ได้แก่ การใช้คำซ้ำ การใช้คำลักษณวิเศษณ์ การใช้คำสัมผัสคล้องจอง และ 2) ทำเนียบภาษาตามกลุ่มความหมาย แบ่งเป็นจำนวนทั้งสิ้น 6 กลุ่มความหมาย ได้แก่ หมวดคำที่เกี่ยวข้องจิตใจ สติปัญญา ความคิด ความรู้สึกของมนุษย์ในเชิงจิตวิทยา หมวดคำที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการกระทำของมนุษย์ในเชิงพฤติกรรม หมวดคำที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการมีหรือการสร้างปฏิสัมพันธ์ทางสังคมของมนุษย์ หมวดคำที่เกี่ยวข้องกับสรรพสิ่ง สัจธรรมต่าง ๆ ของมนุษย์ หมวดคำที่เกี่ยวข้องกับบ้านเมือง สภาพสังคมและเศรษฐกิจ และหมวดคำที่เกี่ยวข้องกับเวลา การสังเคราะห์ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างทำเนียบภาษากับเนื้อหาต่างประเภทในการสื่อสารเพื่อสร้างแรงบันดาลใจของ สินธุเสน เขจรบุตร ประกอบด้วยเนื้อหาต่างประเภทจำนวน 2 กลุ่มหลัก คือ 1) ประเภทเนื้อหาด้านการดำเนินชีวิต และ 2) ประเภทเนื้อหาด้านความสัมพันธ์ ที่ส่งผลต่อลักษณะการใช้ทำเนียบภาษาตามประเภทไวยากรณ์และทำเนียบภาษาตามกลุ่มความหมายที่แตกต่างกัน ซึ่งลักษณะการใช้ภาษาดังกล่าวข้างต้นมีความสำคัญต่อการสร้างเอกลักษณ์ของผู้พูดในฐานะนักสร้างแรงบันดาลใจให้กับผู้ฟังหลากหลายกลุ่มอย่างครอบคลุม และได้รับความนิยมในสังคมออนไลน์เป็นอย่างมาก ทั้งนี้ พบว่า โครงสร้างการออกแบบสารเพื่อสร้างแรงบันดาลใจของสินธุเสน เขจรบุตร มีลักษณะเด่น กล่าวคือ ส่วนนำ เริ่มต้นการพูดด้วยการถามนำหรือการตั้งคำถามก่อนนำเข้าสู่เรื่องที่จะพูด เพื่อกระตุ้นให้ผู้ฟังมีส่วนร่วมตลอดจนเป็นการสร้างปฏิสัมพันธ์ระหว่างผู้พูดกับผู้ฟัง ส่วนเนื้อหา เป็นการเล่าตามลำดับเวลาแบบเรื่องเล่าหรือเป็นการอธิบาย แต่จะมีการลงรายละเอียดที่มากกว่าหรือเป็นการขยายสิ่งที่เกิดขึ้นจากส่วนนำ ส่วนสรุป ผู้พูดใช้อนุพากย์บอกเล่าที่มีรูปแบบของการฝากหรือทิ้งด้วยถ้อยคำอย่างวลี “เพราะฉะนั้น จงจำไว้ว่า” สอดคล้องกับความคุ้นเคยของคนไทยคล้ายการฟังนิทานอีสปที่ทิ้งท้ายด้วยข้อคิด หลังจากนั้นจะเป็นการกล่าวลาด้วยการอวยพรเพื่อแสดงความปรารถนาดี