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Integrating Critical Multiliteracies Pedagogy In Esl/Efl Teaching, Sujin Kim, Kathleen A. Ramos, Hyunsun Chung, Sungshim Choi

Journal of English Learner Education

This article argues for enacting a synthesis of English language teaching (ELT) and critical pedagogy into what we call critical multiliteracies pedagogy (CMP) in the context of ESL/EFL teaching. CMP challenges and expands language and literacy instruction beyond a skills-based pedagogy to be inclusive of diverse modes, voices, and identities to address critical issues across local, global, and transnational contexts in ESL/EFL classrooms. Particularly, we share how an international professional development program has promoted CMP for 20 Korean English teachers working with adolescent multilingual learners in South Korea. Findings show how participating teachers critically reframed their vision of ELT, enacting …

From Esl To Eal: Moving From A Deficit Framework To An Asset Framework, Karen Bordonaro

Journal of English Learner Education

This article describes a self-directed autoethnographic research study of how the author moved from a deficit to an asset perspective in working with non-native speakers of English. Reframing this perspective took place by investigating how the author’s lived experiences as an ESL instructor intersected with the learning theories of language learner autonomy, plurilingualism, and internationalization at home to create positive flashpoints. These flashpoints included offering choices, marking learner success, and embedding cultural information into domestic settings. By engaging in these reflections, a widened perspective of moving from English as a second language to English as an additional language was reached. …

Collaborating With K-12 Partners: Improving Preservice Teachers’ Self-Efficacy In Teaching Rural English Learners Science Through A Guided Experiential Learning Opportunity, Dana Manning, Erin Pearce

Journal of English Learner Education

With changing demographics in the United States, educator preparations programs (EPPs) must consider incorporating more experiential learning opportunities for preservice teachers to grow in their self-efficacy when working in diverse classrooms. At a rural university in the southern United States, researchers designed an instructional unit that transcended three educator preparation courses to provide an opportunity for students to design and deliver a 5E science lesson to English learners from a rural school district. The results from this study indicate that preservice teachers’ self-efficacy in teaching English learners increased as evidenced by the Teacher Sense of Self- Efficacy Scale, adapted for …

Embracing The New Normal: Infusing Academic Language And Technology To Empower Ells, Scott B. Freiberger

Journal of English Learner Education

This au courant, research-based article offers specific program ideas for teachers during this unprecedented time when supporting our ELLs is especially needed.

Re-Entering Schools After The Pandemic: An Analysis Of Helping Children After A Disaster, Amy L. Pahl

The Interactive Journal of Global Leadership and Learning

Modern schools have not had experience dealing with a pandemic, and as such, there is no pattern to follow when working with students as they re-enter the school system. Pahl draws comparisons from research on disaster recovery and lays out a plan for re-entering schools post-pandemic. The plan takes trauma into account while focusing on resiliency, utilizing student input and creating opportunities to review strengths and supports over time.

Assessing Healthcare Leader Competency Proficiency Levels In Evaluating Graduate Healthcare Leadership Student Competency Proficiency Levels And Curriculum, Brandi A. Sillerud, Heather C. Winkler

The Interactive Journal of Global Leadership and Learning

Healthcare leaders must possess specific competencies to perform their job requirements by identifying what competencies may need development and take steps to further their education, knowledge, and proficiency. This exploratory research aims to utilize industry data when evaluating student competency proficiency and how that data might impact curriculum development. The research question that is addressed: At what competency proficiency level do working healthcare leaders rate themselves utilizing Benner’s Novice to Expert Theory (1982)? Graduate programs should evaluate current industry data to evaluate how students’ progress in their programs and determine if curriculum changes are needed. Graduate programs should …

Bridging The High School Transition: Assessing The Impact Of A Freshman Academy On Student Success, Victoria A. Honetschlager

The Interactive Journal of Global Leadership and Learning

This paper focuses on quantitatively assessing the implementation of a freshman academy on multiple educational outcomes for students including academic, behavioral and emotional indicators. Existing research presents mixed findings on the effectiveness of freshman academies on student success, and rarely attempt to measure indicators other than grades or standardized test scores. This study examines not only students’ grades and credits attained, but also attendance, behavior referrals and most innovatively, students’ emotional engagement and connectedness. Data from cohorts prior to and post-freshman academy implementation were quantitatively analyzed using a causal-comparative design. Welch t-tests revealed that academic achievement indicators did not differ …

The Experiences And Perceptions Of Practicing Special Education Teachers During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Marci M. Glessner, Shirley A. Johnson

The Interactive Journal of Global Leadership and Learning

This study examined special education teachers’ perceptions and experiences as they transitioned to distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although there has been much research on preparing teachers to be effective in online environments, there is limited research on the teaching and learning dynamics when teachers are thrust into distance learning without training and preparation (Kormos, 2018; Moore-Adams et al. 2016; Unruh et al. 2016; Vasquez & Serianni, 2012). As described by Steele (1973), environments are affected by six functions: security and shelter, social contact, symbolic identification, task instrumentality, pleasure, and growth. In a classroom setting, these functions work together …

Predictive Measures Of Teacher Effectiveness During Student Teaching, Kristen M. Carlson

The Interactive Journal of Global Leadership and Learning

The student teaching semester of a teacher candidates career is performative in the need to impress a university supervisor, cooperating teacher, and pass any licensure required assessments. Two data collection points during this semester are from a required performance assessment (edTPA) and a perception survey (CM Exit). This article reviews the predictive validity of the two tools based on three years worth of data from one mid-sized, Midwestern teacher preparation program.

Teaching Under Crisis: Impact And Implications Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Education In Minnesota, Boyd L. Bradbury, Ximena P. Suarez-Sousa, Mike Coquyt, Tiffany L. Bockelmann, Amy L. Pahl

The Interactive Journal of Global Leadership and Learning

A mixed-methods exploratory study was conducted to explore the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on Minnesota teachers. A convenience sample of 976 teachers were surveyed in mid-April 2020 via the Qualtrics version of the Swaggert Instructional Practice Under Crisis (SIPUC) questionnaire containing 43 questions. The SIPUC data were analyzed following the Leadership in Times of Crisis Framework for Assessment (Boin et al., 2013), that is, an emergency instructional triage to determine which teachers had been mostly impacted and the scope and effect the pandemic had on their instruction and lives. Teachers described the pandemic as an event that disrupted …

Editor's Note: Volume 1, Issue 2, Boyd L. Bradbury

The Interactive Journal of Global Leadership and Learning

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Mental Health And Discipline In California Community Schools, Damien Phillips

Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this mixed method study was to determine if there is a difference in achievement, absenteeism, graduation rates and suspension for students enrolled in community schools that do and don’t have access to school-based mental health services. In addition, it was the purpose to identify and describe the practices most effective in improving attendance, reduction of suspension, achievement and graduation as perceived by community school employees.

Methodology: This mixed-method dissertation attempted to determine the difference between California county community schools for expelled students who have had access to school-based mental health and those who do not as …

Effectiveness Of Methods For Improving The Technique Of Performing The Snatch In Qualified Weightlifters, Shuhrat Toshturdiyev, Anvar Khodjayev

Eurasian Journal of Sport Science

Aim: of the study is to develop suggestions and recommendations for improving the technique of performing the snatch in qualified weightlifters. Methods:usage of special auxiliary exercises and simulators in training sessions aimed at improving the technique of performing the snatch in qualified weightlifters. Results: pilot program using a new approachthe ability to spread training loads in the preparatory and pre-competition cycles had a positive impact on improving the level of physical fitness, which contributed to the growth of technical skill of weightlifters. Conclusion: usage of special auxiliary exercises, simulators in training sessions and program using a new approach improved level

Didactical Possibilities Of Mobile Applications In Individualization And Informatization Of Education, Khurram Tangirov

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

This paper identifies some didactic opportunities based on the analysis of the experience of using mobile devices as a teaching tool and their use in individualization and informatization of education described in the scientific, pedagogical, methodological and technical literature. The conditions of informatization of society are considered in which: active and constantly expanding use of the intellectual potential of society, concentrated in the printed fund, in scientific, industrial and other activities of its members; integration of information technology with scientific, industrial, initiating the development of all spheres of social production, intellectualization of labor activity; a high level of informatization services, …

Technologies Of Preparing Child For School: Historical And Critical Review Of The Problem, Shukhrat Khudoyberdiev

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

In this article, the author analyzes the positions of prominent figures in pedagogy on the need to prepare a child for school, as well as the technology of this process. The sayings of outstanding teachers about children, the development and expansion of their worldview about primary school are considered.

Description Of Social Attitudes In The Novel “Shirley” By Charlotte Bronte, Gulchehra Darvishova

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

his article is dedicated to Bronte’s most distinctive novel – “Shirley”. The novel stands out from the work of Charlotte Bronte especially due to its differences from her other novels – it differs significantly in the structure, narrative style, setting, characters and general tone. It is also the only novel explicitly touching upon the political issues of the times and is therefore often categorized as a social novel. At the same time, readers may still find some of the themes so typical for the work of Bronte. Bronte’s primary aim was to portray lives of different individuals in context of …

Violence Against Women: A Form Of Discrimination And Human Rights Violations, F. Akhmedshina

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

This article examines the problem of violence against women and girls committed in all countries of the world, which is a serious obstacle to achieving progress in the field of equality, development and peace, as well as ensuring the rights of women and girls. Specific examples show that violence against women and girls remains widespread throughout the world “regardless of social status, and cultural level”.

Integration Of Information Technologies In The Educational Process Of General And Special Schools, H. Akramova

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

This article highlights the features of information integration of information technologies in the educational process of education and special schools based on scientific approaches. It should be noted that at present, special correctional schools are beginning to actively use the computer in the study of individual subjects. The main directions of development and use of information technologies in special education are defined, and the requirements for software products that can be used in working with children with disabilities are highlighted: help in establishing full contact with the child and creating internal motivation for the cognitive process; the possibility of supporting …

Symbiosis Of Civilizations As An Important Factor In The Formation And Development Of Scientific Thinking In Uzbekistan, Shavkat Sharipov

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

The current article discusses the impact of different civilizations on the development of scientific knowledge in the region of Uzbekistan and the high civilizations formed in the ancient regions of Central Asia. In particular, it analyzes the advanced science and cultures and harmonious combination of different civilizations that have gradually formed over the centuries as a result of various political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation in Uzbekistan.

Anthropocentric Study Of Phraseological Units With An Adjective Component, Abdugafur Mamatov

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

This article analyzes the activity of phraseological formation of adjective (qualitative) lexemes from the point of view of anthrocentrism in terms of language and its phenomena. Anthropocentrism was formed as a direction that aimed to approach language and its phenomena from the perspective of the human factor. The emergence of anthropocentric orientation is associated with a deeper study of man in science, the process of describing linguistic activity in conjunction with the personality factor. Anthropocentric study of language means to show the mentality of a particular people, its national identity.

Functional Responsibilities Of Administrations Of Educational Institutions, Akmal Kubaev

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

The article analyses the role and place of communication culture in the performance of the functional duties of the head of an academic lyceum, technical school, vocational school and vocational college.

Ensuring Information Security As An Ideological Problem, Jurabek Norbekov

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

Information security is the protection of the human from destructive ideas that separate it from its own beliefs, sacred ideals, beliefs by directly affecting it. Thus, the need to ensure information and psychological security, first of all, directly related to man and society, man and state, person and his inviolability, nation and national values, including customs, traditions, historical and cultural heritage, succession of generations, the future of the nation the spiritual influence on the values associated with it stems from the presence of destructive ideas and aggressive ideologies. In this regard the article has been conducted to analyze the issue …

Formation Of Creative Relationship Through Students Using The Creativity Of Eastern Thinkers, Dilfuza Sodikova

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

This article highlights the importance of using the work of oriental thinkers in shaping the thinking of creative relationships among students. By highlighting to students the great figures and the exemplary lives of writers and poets who lived and worked in our time, we highlighted the importance of developing students' independent thinking skills. The pedagogical and psychological influence of the works of our ancestors motivates young people to make new discoveries and inventions in science and, most importantly, to act as an active member of society.

Some Lexical Features Of Translating Binomial Pairs From Uzbek Into English (On The Material Of “Alexander’S Wall” By Alisher Navoi), Sevara Fazildinova

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

In this article we have analyzed the degree of translability of binomial pairs and compared the lingua stylistic peculiarities of the original and their correspondence with their translations into the English language. We have also overviewed different types of binomial pairs falling into five categories i.e. rhyming binomials, with alliteration and binomial pairs joining by different linking words. Considering two language’s possibilities of adequacy in lexical, phonological and semantic fields we have broadly applied comparative typological methods in translation. Furthermore, basing on some scholar’s theories, we have made an attempt to find appropriate equivalencies in two languages between irreversible binomials, …

Role Of Elderly Persons In Public Administration (Xiv-Xvi Centuries), Tuychi Akhmedov

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

The article analyzes the participation of the elderly and experienced persons in the state administration of the Timurids and Shaybanids in the XIV-XVI centuries. In particular, it is emphasized that the experience of older persons has become the basis of many achievements in administrative and military management. According to the article, studying the role of older people, that is, elders in public administration, will allow us to understand how important their role is in strengthening the security and well-being of the country. In any country, special management values are passed down from generation to generation. Likewise, the role of elders …

Using Hearing Aids In Determining The Level Of Speech Development In Children With Hearing Impairment, G. Temurova

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

In hearing impairment, the level of speech development is not the same and depends on the following factors: the degree of hearing impairment; time of occurrence of the auditory analyzer defect; the pedagogical conditions in which the child was after the dysfunction of the auditory analyzer; individual characteristics of the child himself. The creation of a hearing-verbal environment involves verbal communication with the child of all family members. Stable visual attention and memory contributes to the compensation of the auditory defect and the development of speech. Children with severe hearing loss due to the state of speech at an early …

Internationalization Of Higher Education: Definition And Description, Furkat Sharipov

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

Higher education has now become a part of the wider globalization process. Due to globalization, the internationalization of higher education is regarded as one of the leading trends that determine the value foundations of the functioning of modern universities. The internationalization activities of a university in modern conditions can be perceived as a value that requires its introduction into the general system of norms that form the academic culture of an educational institution. This article investigates the concept of higher education internationalization, which has become common practice for almost all higher education institutions all over the world. It discusses …

Civic Consciousness As An Important Element In The Formation Of Civil Society, Umid Norbekov

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

Civic consciousness can be understood as a process associated with the formation of a set of ideas about citizenship, the prospects for the development of society. With this regard the article deals with the issues of the regulatory functions in the civil society, its foundations and elements in the formation of civil society. A strong political relationship between the state and the citizen is an essential condition for an established civil society. The quality and scope of these relationships depend on the civic consciousness that is embedded in the person, and ultimately the civic consciousness that is formed in the …

The Eight Ways To Advance Pedagogy To The Next Level, Fayzulla Usanov, Baxrom Qayumov

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

The state and prospects for the development of teaching are among the most acutely discussed issues in Uzbek society today. So does the language teaching is investigated from different perspectives. The article looks at the education process in general and discusses eight steps to upgrade the pedagogy. It provides recommendation teachers can do to improve the teaching and learning process. In line with teachers’ skills in classroom management, the article analyzes the importance of student role and preference in advancing the teaching. The article touches on the issue of meeting the students’ educational needs as a crucial point in the …

Phraseologism: Essence, Classification, The Methods Of Translation, Sharif Berdiev

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

The article investigates the essence of the concept of phraseological units and discusses the classification of phraseological units and provides techniques for their translation from English into Uzbek. The article discusses the essence of the concept of “phraseologism” and investigates the classification of phraseological units. It also provides several techniques to translate them from English into Uzbek languages. Particular attention is paid to the difference between phraseological unit synonyms and phraseological variants that verbalize this concept in the studied languages, and the relationship between language and culture, national understanding of mentality, the essence of language, the need for in-depth and …