scholarly journals Making Wine Without Grapes: The Case for Quality Teaching With Limited Resources

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Jasmine Matope

This article illustrates the significant role that creative, conscientious, dedicated, motivated, and committed teachers play in guiding, directing, and developing students' thinking, perspectives, and future lives. It highlights the importance of teacher agency in connecting learning to students' lives. It argues that good teachers can employ pedagogical practices that are not dependent on the availability of resources. It employs Pierre Bourdieu's theories of capital, field, and habitus to show how teachers can develop students' dispositions, consciousness, perceptions, perspectives, and lives. It also uses Nancy Fraser's theory of social justice to show how teachers can develop in working-class students, the essential knowledge, skills, and understandings that enable them to compete on a par with middle-class students. It uses life course theory to understand how the participants' schooling experiences, relationships, interconnectedness, and transitions influenced their thinking, doing, and lives. It employs a qualitative paradigm to explore five students' and one teacher's notions of how teaching and learning practices assisted the students to overcome the issue of inadequate resources. To locate the participants' perspectives and to analyse how their schooling experiences in the period 1968-1990 influenced their lives, the article uses the life history technique. The findings of the research stress that it is the inventiveness, competence, and attitude of the teacher that are the defining factors in the provision of quality education-not merely the availability of material resources.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qatrin Nada Sanya Rossevin

Curriculum administration is the whole process of planned and intentional and deliberate activities as well as ongoing guidance to the teaching and learning situation in order to help the achievement of educational goals effectively and efficiently.In this connection, at any school level the principal task of the school is to ensure that there are good teaching programs for students. Because basically the management or management of education focuses on all its efforts on teaching and learning practices (PBM). This seems clear that in essence all efforts and activities carried out in schools or educational institutions are always directed at the success of PBM.


SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402110138
Author(s):  
Yetti Zainil ◽  
Safnil Arsyad

Teachers often code-switch in the EFL classroom, but the question of whether or not they are aware of their code-switching has not been satisfactorily answered. This article presents the study on teachers’ understandings and beliefs about their code-switching practices in EFL classrooms as well as effective language teaching and learning. The participants of this study came from four junior high schools in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia: five teachers with their respective classes. This research used the conversation analysis and stimulated recall interviews to analyze the data which came from the video recording of classroom observations and the audio recording of stimulated recall interviews with teachers. The results revealed the pedagogical functions and affective functions of teacher’s code-switching. The data also showed that the use of stimulated recall interviews helped teachers to be consciously aware of their code-switching as well as of their other pedagogical practices in the language classroom. Therefore, stimulated recall interviews can be a useful tool for teacher self-reflection that they were not aware of their code switch. This awareness could be incorporated into language teacher professional development and in-service teacher professional learning.


2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anisah Dickson ◽  
Laura B. Perry ◽  
Susan Ledger

International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes are growing rapidly worldwide, driven in part by their global reputation and concept-driven, inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning. This thematic review of a range of literature sources examines the impact of IB programmes on teaching and learning, highlighting trends, challenges, and benefits. Findings of the review revealed that most of the studies, both qualitative and quantitative, examined stakeholders’ perspectives or self-reported experiences of IB programmes; a very small number used research designs that control for confounding factors or allow causal inferences to be drawn. A wide range of stakeholders report that IB programmes develop research and critical thinking skills, intercultural appreciation and global awareness, as well as cultivate collaborative working cultures and creative pedagogical practices among teachers. Challenges include extra demands on teachers for lesson planning and assessment, additional stress for teachers and students, and competing demands and expectations with national requirements. Recommendations are provided which may guide future research endeavours.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Maria Antonietta Impedovo ◽  
Sufiana Khatoon Malik ◽  
Kinley Kinley

Abstract This article explores Pakistani and Bhutanese teacher educators’ digital competences about the use of social media, digital resources and professional online communities and implications of this on professional learning. The two countries, less discussed in international educational literature, are facing a growing use of the Internet in teaching and learning. Data include a survey completed by 67 teacher educators from Pakistan and 37 teachers from Bhutan, as well as semi-structured interviews from both countries. This study provides evidence of how teachers’ interaction on social networks and the use of digital resources play a central role in the introduction of innovative pedagogical practices of teacher educators, and teacher educators remain interested in knowledge sharing through social media for their professional learning.


Author(s):  
Danilo Dos Santos Christo ◽  
Sonia Barbosa Camargo Igliori

Este pôster apresenta a contribuição do Grupo de Trabalho 4 (WG 4): Transições para recursos digitais: mudança, invariância e orquestração, na conferência internacional Re(s)sources 2018 Conference - Compreendendo o Trabalho dos Professores Por Meio de Suas Interações Com Recursos para o Ensino - realizada entre os dias 28 e 30 de maio no Instituto Francês de Educação em Lyon, França. A apresentação, discussão e o trabalho coletivo desse grupo abordaram tópicos específicos relacionados com recursos digitais que se tornaram parte importante dos sistemas de recursos dos professores e alunos. A integração de recursos digitais em práticas de ensino e aprendizagem levanta muitas questões para professores e educadores. O Grupo de Trabalho WG4 buscou responder essas questões a partir de perspectivas teóricas, incluindo gênese instrumental, orquestração instrumental e gênese documental. Para esse pôster focamos as contribuições que o Grupo de Trabalho 4 (WG4), no qual os autores deste pôster estiveram participando das discussões sobre as pesquisas apresentadas referentes aos conceitos de recurso e documento na Gênese Documental de Gueudet e Trouche.ResumenEste post presenta la contribución del Grupo de Trabajo 4 (WG4): Transiciones a recursos digitales: cambio, invariancia y orquestación, en la conferencia internacional Re(s)sources 2018 Conference - Entendiendo el trabajo de los profesores por medio de sus interacciones con recursos la Enseñanza - realizada entre los días 28 y 30 de mayo en el Instituto Francés de Educación en Lyon, Francia. La presentación, discusión y el trabajo colectivo de este grupo abordaron temas específicos relacionados con recursos digitales que se convirtieron en parte importante de los sistemas de recursos de los profesores y alumnos. La integración de recursos digitales en prácticas de enseñanza y aprendizaje plantea muchas cuestiones para profesores y educadores. El Grupo de Trabajo WG4 buscó responder estas cuestiones a partir de perspectivas teóricas, incluyendo génesis instrumental, orquestación instrumental y génesis documental. Para este póster enfocamos las contribuciones que el Grupo de Trabajo 4 (GT4), en el cual los autores de este póster estuvieron participando en las discusiones sobre las investigaciones presentadas referentes a los conceptos de recurso y documento en el Génesis Documental de Gueudet y Trouche.Résumé Cette affiche présente la contribution du Groupe de travail 4 (WG4): Transitions aux ressources numériques: changement, invariance et orchestration, à la conférence internationale Re(s)sources Conférence 2018 - Comprendre le travail des enseignants à travers leurs interactions avec les ressources pour o Enseignement - tenu entre le 28 et le 30 mai à l'Institut Français de l'Education à Lyon, France. La présentation, la discussion et le travail collectif de ce groupe ont porté sur des sujets spécifiques liés aux ressources numériques qui sont devenues une partie importante des systèmes de ressources des enseignants et des étudiants. L'intégration des ressources numériques dans les pratiques d'enseignement et d'apprentissage soulève de nombreuses questions pour les enseignants et les éducateurs. Le groupe de travail WG4 a cherché à répondre à ces questions à partir de perspectives théoriques, y compris la genèse instrumentale, l'orchestration instrumentale et la genèse documentaire. Pour cette affiche, nous mettons l'accent sur les contributions du Groupe de Travail 4 (WG4), dans lequel les auteurs de cette affiche participaient aux discussions sur les recherches présentées sur les concepts de ressource et de document dans la Genèse documentaire de Gueudet et Trouche. AbstractThis poster presents the contribution of Working Group 4 (WG4): Transitions to digital resources: change, invariance and orchestration, at the international conference Re(s)sources 2018 Conference - Understanding Teachers' Work Through Their Interactions with Resources for o Teaching - held between the 28th and 30th of May at the French Institute of Education in Lyon, France. The presentation, discussion and collective work of this group addressed specific topics related to digital resources that have become an important part of the resource systems of teachers and students. The integration of digital resources into teaching and learning practices raises many questions for teachers and educators. The Working Group WG4 sought to answer these questions from theoretical perspectives, including instrumental genesis, instrumental orchestration and documentary genesis. For this poster, we focus on the contributions of Working Group 4 (WG4), in which the authors of this poster were participating in the discussions on the researches presented regarding the concepts of resource and document in the Documentary Genesis of Gueudet and Trouche.


2021 ◽  
pp. 113-114
Author(s):  
Melise Maia Ribeiro

The objective of this research is to know new decisions about the teaching and learning process in the context of the pandemic in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. The pandemic suspended classroom classes at more than 200 schools, causing the reorganization of pedagogical practices in distance education. The result was the applicability of the Special Regime of Non-Attendance Classes adopted by the Government of Amazonas (Aula em Casa Project). It is concluded that new directions can be taken from formal education in view of this new reality.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Junko Winch

Abstract An increasing number of international students, whose culture of teaching and learning practices are very different from UK students, are studying at British universities. This study investigates multicultural students’ preferences using two different teaching approaches in the 2009/2010 academic year, which is explained in the framework of this study. The study sample was two groups, a total of 34 students who were studying Japanese as a non-credited module. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected using questionnaires. The results showed that students’ preferences in teaching and learning appeared to be altered and influenced by the British educational culture regardless of students’ previous educational culture. In addition, the sample participants’ preference of teaching and learning are categorised into three types based on the framework of the study. Those who are in the teaching profession in a multicultural learning environment are encouraged to take consideration of students’ previous educational culture. It is suggested to incorporate teaching and learning practices from non-Anglophone countries to the Anglophone originated teaching approach to capture different preferences of multicultural students, reflecting global international characteristics of teaching and learning environments.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 474
Author(s):  
João Batista Bottentuit Junior ◽  
Larize Kelly Garcia Ribeiro Serra ◽  
Mizraim Nunes Mesquita

This study aims to investigate Brazilian scenario regarding the integration of ICT and Internet in education. It aims to investigate these effects by means of a bibliographic research, with a qualitative approach and exploratory and descriptive nature. It presents a brief explanation about cyberculture, information society and the presence of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Internet in educational scenarios, considering the ponderations of authors as Castells (2003), Levy (2010), Primo, Valiati, Lupinacci and Barros (2017), Santaella (2013), among others. It discusses data about schools’ structure in terms of ICT and Internet availability, Internet connection, teacher’s formation to use digital technologies in the teaching and learning process, use of ICT and Internet by students, etc. It highlights the advances and limitations of Brazilian schools towards the integration of technologies for learning. It recognizes that Brazilian public schools are the most limited in this context, especially those that work with the elementary level. It observes that students are every day more connected to the Internet through mobile technologies and, therefore, they could be better explored for educational purposes. It notes that, in general, the North and Northeast regions are those with more struggles to integrate ICT in pedagogical practices.


2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-69
Author(s):  
Denize Minatti Ferreira ◽  
Alexandre Meira Vasconcelos ◽  
George Wilson Aiub ◽  
Alvaro Lezana

Resumo: O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar as diretrizes e práticas socioambientais implantadas na Unifebe. O resultado poderá subsidiar a elaboração de projetos e práticas docente e discente, bem como novas políticas institucionais para o meio ambiente. Um questionário foi aplicado com docentes e discentes da instituição, e foram analisados parâmetros pela teoria clássica dos testes (índice de facilidade, índice de discriminação, média e desvio padrão das respostas positivas do teste e intervalo de confiança para a média do total dos escores). Os resultados apontam a necessidade de a Unifebe criar uma política institucional clara, formalmente estabelecida, divulgada e implantada em todas as instâncias, pois diretrizes e políticas amplas que definam e determinem objetivos e metas devem preceder as práticas antes de serem aplicadas na instituição. Palavras-chave: Gestão Socioambiental; Docente; Discente; Unifebe; Política Institucional Socioambiental. Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the guidelines and environmental practices implemented at Unifebe. The result may support the development of projects and teaching and learning practices as well as new institutional policies for the environment. A questionnaire was administered to teachers and students of the institution, and parameters were analyzed by classical test theory (index of ease, discrimination index, mean and standard deviation of the positive responses of the test and confidence interval for the mean of total scores). The results indicate the need for Unifebe to create a clear institutional policy, formally established, disseminated and implemented at all levels, as guidelines and policies broad that define and determine goals and objectives must precede practice before being applied in the institution. Keywords: Socioenvironmental Management; Teachers; Students; Unifebe; Institutional Environmental Policy.


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