Using “Slowmation” to Enable Preservice Primary Teachers to Create Multimodal Representations of Science Concepts

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 1101-1119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garry Hoban ◽  
Wendy Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Primary Teachers ◽  
Multimodal Representations ◽  
Science Concepts

Facilitating Learner-Generated Animations with Slowmation

2011 ◽  
pp. 312-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garry Hoban
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Slow Motion ◽  
Primary Teachers ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Science Concepts

Digital animations are complex to create and are usually made by experts for novices to download from Web sites or copy from DVDs and CDs to use as learning objects. A new teaching approach, “Slowmation” (abbreviated from “Slow Motion Animation”), simplifies the complex process of making animations so that learners can create their own comprehensive animations of science concepts. This chapter presents the learning design that underpins this new teaching approach to facilitate the responsibility for creating animations to be shifted from experts to learners. The learning design has four phases which guides instructors and learners in creating animations of science concepts: (i) planning; (ii) storyboarding; (iii) construction; and (iv) reconstruction. This learning design will be illustrated with two examples created by preservice primary teachers in science education as well as providing a discussion about possible future directions for further research.

Managing the Online Classroom (А Reflexive Observation of the Experience of Primary Teachers in Distance Learning)

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Rumyana Neminska
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Primary Teachers ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Successful Management ◽  
Online Classroom ◽  
Teacher Survey ◽  
Pedagogical Analysis

Online classroom management is an innovation in the overall educational process. Its main characteristics - pedagogical communication, digital methodology and quality of learning in the online environment are the main semantic pillars on which this article is built. Empirical results from a teacher survey are presented. Their professional reflection outlines three research profiles: personal professional, pedagogical-methodological, competence-reflexive. In the pedagogical analysis of these profiles a number of conclusions are formed for the management of the online classroom in the process of distance learning. They are related to issues such as basic methodological skills, digital skills of teachers; quality of education, continuing qualification and others. The question is to develop a digital methodology for more successful management of the online classroom in the process of distance learning.

Application of Project-based Learning for Primary Teachers - A New Direction in Professional Training at Pedagogical Universities and Colleges in Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thi Tam Bui ◽  
T.T.H. Vu ◽  
Q.H. Le ◽  
Trong Luong Pham ◽  
T.M.A. Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Primary Teachers ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Primary Teacher ◽  
Great Success ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Teacher Training Program ◽  
Primary Teacher Training

Teaching staffs in general and primary teachers in particular have been proven to contribute to great success of the comprehensive renovation process in the current Vietnamese education system. Significantly, pedagogical universities specialized in primary education should predominantly pay attention to the quality of training and meet the requirements of society. In the case of Tay Nguyen University in Vietnam, lecturer staffs involved in training of primary teachers have made great efforts in applying new teaching methods. Furthermore, it has been used effectively in many parts of the primary teacher training program is the project-based learning method. In this paper, in addition to general theories about the project-learning method, we will present the advantages of applying the teaching method in the primary teacher training program in general and in the "Crafts and Techniques" module in particular at Tay Nguyen University. Finally, discussion process of applying project-based learning and project evaluation methods of primary education students in teaching this module are preferred.

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