Empirical Research on Co-construction of Core Teaching Practices

2018 ◽  
pp. 200-210
Author(s):  
Jianglian Li ◽  
Xiaodong Xu
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Teaching Practices

scholarly journals Os efeitos da introdução de uma nova ferramenta de ensino nas práticas docentes em sala de aula – o caso de uma sequência didática

Horizontes ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Graça ◽  
Luísa Álvares Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching Tool ◽  
Teaching Tools ◽  
Theoretical Issues ◽  
Opinion Article

A nossa contribuição inscreve-se no quadro das investigações atinentes ao trabalho do professor e ao objeto ensinado. Área esta, na verdade, ainda pouco desenvolvida mesmo no plano internacional. Depois de uma breve apresentação das principais problemáticas teóricas norteadoras do nosso estudo, descreveremos a pesquisa empírica realizada. O estudo foi feito junto de seis professores – e das suas respetivas turmas – a lecionar língua portuguesa ao 6.º ano de escolaridade e procurámos analisar, precisamente, o trabalho do professor em sala de aula, centrando-nos na análise da forma como a introdução de uma nova ferramenta de ensino – no caso, uma sequência didática para a escrita do artigo de opinião –, a mobilizar pelo professor, poderia desencadeartransformações quer no plano das práticas de ensino propriamente ditas quer no próprio objeto de estudo ensinado. Assim, é nosso intuito, muito particularmente, fornecer dados que contribuam para a discussão em torno da importância das ferramentas de ensino de que o docente dispõe e/ou pode dispor, na sua práticas de ensino.Palavras-chave: ferramenta de ensino; ensino da produção escrita; sequência didática.The effects of the introduction of a new teaching tool in teaching practices in the classroom - the case of a didactic sequence AbstractOur contribution falls within the framework of the researchs about the work of the teacher and the taught object. This area, in fact, is still undeveloped even internationally. After a brief presentation of the main theoretical issues guiding our study, we will describe the empirical research. The study was conducted with six teachers - and their respective classes - of Portuguese language, in the 6th grade, and sought to analyze, precisely, the work of the teacher in the classroom, focusing on the analysis of how the introduction of a new teaching tool - in this case, a didactic sequence for writing an opinion article -, that will be mobilized by the teacher, could trigger changes both in terms of teaching practices or the taught object itself. Thus, it is our aim, more particularly, to provide data that contribute to the discussion on the importance of the teaching tools that the teacher could have in their teaching practice.Keywords: teaching tool; writing; didactic sequence.

scholarly journals Lawzone: Mapping unmet legal need

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Richard Owen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Human Geography ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Pedagogical Issues ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
Research Skills

Mapping unmet legal need assists university law clinics plan activities to meet the needs of the communities they serve.  This article, by looking at a project where students started mapping unmet legal need in their locality, will consider the pedagogical issues associated with identifying unmet legal need and how it might enable university law clinics to be better embedded into their local communities by considering aspects of physical and human geography when considering injustice.  It will also look at exiting research methodologies in this area and how mapping unmet legal need can develop students’ empirical research skills.  The article also assesses the project’s aims to develop attributes such as entrepreneurship, as well utilising teaching practices such as visualisation to enable students to think spatially to perceive and understand social inequalities more clearly.  It will argue that involving students in mapping unmet legal need will help them make those services more accessible; devise holistic solutions to clients’ problems; and enable them to work more effectively with other disciplines to both their own and their clients’ benefit.

scholarly journals Video artivism: The poetics of symbolic conflict

Comunicar ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (57) ◽  
pp. 49-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Concha Mateos ◽  
Ana Sedeño
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Conceptual Definition ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
Hybrid Code ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Intervention Function

The relationship between signs and human action is one of the most widely studied theories in art and communications. Humans are constantly producing new discourse and new discursive devices and the issue of the relationship between signs / action not only remains open, but is branching off and forming hybrids with other matters. This work explores one of its branches. We performed theoretical research on the foundations of video artivism, with the aim of achieving a conceptual definition. Firstly, the purpose of the study is defined and the historical background and basic sources of influence described in order to trace a map of its fields of application in teaching practices and empirical research. The results therefore come from a bibliographic review of academic as well as artistic and activist sources, which were based on sections of the differentiating features they respectively recognize and self-recognize as artivist. Six identified features are described: the intervention function, the hybrid code, against domination, disruption, disavowal and subversion, which are aimed at establishing processes, procedures, subjects and the specific forms in which artivism has an impact on society. The article also refers to selected cases as a conceptual sample of the theoretical assumptions made and to describe their capacity of transformation. La relación entre los signos y la acción humana representa uno de los asuntos más estudiados en el campo del arte y la comunicación. Y el ser humano no para de producir nuevos discursos y nuevos dispositivos discursivos, por lo cual, la pregunta sobre esa relación signos/acción no solo sigue abierta, sino que se ramifica e hibrida hacia otros materiales. Este trabajo explora una de sus ramas. Realizamos una indagación teórica de los fundamentos del videoartivismo, con el objetivo de realizar una delimitación conceptual. Para ello, se define el objeto de estudio, se describen los antecedentes históricos y fuentes básicas de influencia que permiten trazar un mapa de sus campos de aplicación en prácticas docentes o investigaciones empíricas. Se presentan resultados de una revisión bibliográfica de fuentes académicas, y también artísticas y activistas, a las que se ha interrogado a partir de una rúbrica sobre los rasgos diferenciales con los que respectivamente reconocen y se autorreconocen como artivistas. Se describen seis rasgos identificados: función de intervención, código híbrido, contra dominación, disruptividad, desautorización y subversión, que pretenden fijar los procesos, procedimientos, sujetos y forma específica en que el artivismo impacta en la sociedad. En paralelo, el texto remite casos seleccionados como muestra conceptual de ratificación de los supuestos teóricos, con los que describir su capacidad de transformación.

Selecting the Optimal FM System for Children With Cochlear Implants

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Erin C. Schafer
Keyword(s):  
Speech Recognition ◽  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Background Noise ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Speech Processor ◽  
System Input ◽  
Optimal Type

Children who use cochlear implants experience significant difficulty hearing speech in the presence of background noise, such as in the classroom. To address these difficulties, audiologists often recommend frequency-modulated (FM) systems for children with cochlear implants. The purpose of this article is to examine current empirical research in the area of FM systems and cochlear implants. Discussion topics will include selecting the optimal type of FM receiver, benefits of binaural FM-system input, importance of DAI receiver-gain settings, and effects of speech-processor programming on speech recognition. FM systems significantly improve the signal-to-noise ratio at the child's ear through the use of three types of FM receivers: mounted speakers, desktop speakers, or direct-audio input (DAI). This discussion will aid audiologists in making evidence-based recommendations for children using cochlear implants and FM systems.

The Impact of Visual Feedback Type on the Mastery of Visuo-Motor Transformations

2012 ◽  
Vol 220 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Sülzenbrück
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Visual Feedback ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Motor Planning ◽  
Visual Input ◽  
Closed Loop Control ◽  
Loop Control ◽  
Feedback Type ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Impact

For the effective use of modern tools, the inherent visuo-motor transformation needs to be mastered. The successful adjustment to and learning of these transformations crucially depends on practice conditions, particularly on the type of visual feedback during practice. Here, a review about empirical research exploring the influence of continuous and terminal visual feedback during practice on the mastery of visuo-motor transformations is provided. Two studies investigating the impact of the type of visual feedback on either direction-dependent visuo-motor gains or the complex visuo-motor transformation of a virtual two-sided lever are presented in more detail. The findings of these studies indicate that the continuous availability of visual feedback supports performance when closed-loop control is possible, but impairs performance when visual input is no longer available. Different approaches to explain these performance differences due to the type of visual feedback during practice are considered. For example, these differences could reflect a process of re-optimization of motor planning in a novel environment or represent effects of the specificity of practice. Furthermore, differences in the allocation of attention during movements with terminal and continuous visual feedback could account for the observed differences.

Which Data to Meta-Analyze, and How?

2019 ◽  
Vol 227 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Voracek ◽  
Michael Kossmeier ◽  
Ulrich S. Tran
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Curve Analysis ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Statistical Procedures ◽  
Graphical Displays ◽  
Primary Data Analysis ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Data Analytic

Abstract. Which data to analyze, and how, are fundamental questions of all empirical research. As there are always numerous flexibilities in data-analytic decisions (a “garden of forking paths”), this poses perennial problems to all empirical research. Specification-curve analysis and multiverse analysis have recently been proposed as solutions to these issues. Building on the structural analogies between primary data analysis and meta-analysis, we transform and adapt these approaches to the meta-analytic level, in tandem with combinatorial meta-analysis. We explain the rationale of this idea, suggest descriptive and inferential statistical procedures, as well as graphical displays, provide code for meta-analytic practitioners to generate and use these, and present a fully worked real example from digit ratio (2D:4D) research, totaling 1,592 meta-analytic specifications. Specification-curve and multiverse meta-analysis holds promise to resolve conflicting meta-analyses, contested evidence, controversial empirical literatures, and polarized research, and to mitigate the associated detrimental effects of these phenomena on research progress.

Discipline Theory and Empirical Research Still Await Connection

1983 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 453-454
Author(s):  
Henry S. Lufler
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research
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