Academics’ beliefs about language use and proficiency in Spanish multilingual higher education

AILA Review ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 48-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inmaculada Fortanet-Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Language Policies ◽  
Language Of Instruction ◽  
Third Language ◽  
Stratified Sample

Today, more and more universities in Spain are starting to design language policies, usually including Spanish and English. At the same time, Spain has a special socio-political context since part of its territory is already bilingual. This paper examines the opinions and attitudes of academics at a bilingual Valencian-Spanish university which is about to implement a multilingual policy adding English as a third language of instruction. Therefore, in order to start planning the implementation of the teacher development programme and complementary communication campaigns that are part of the recently approved policy, it was considered important to determine the beliefs of academics regarding their proficiency in the three languages involved and the ways to teach in them (Borg 2003). A questionnaire was distributed to a stratified sample of the lecturers at Universitat Jaume I in order to find out what lecturers believed to be their competence in the three priority languages and to identify what they regarded as the main pedagogical styles used in their discipline. Additionally, lecturers were asked, by means of a semi-structured discussion, about their attitudes towards multilingual teaching. The results of this study shed some light on teacher training needs regarding language and pedagogy and allow for suggestions as to possible measures in support of implementing multilingual language policies.

EMI teacher and student identities and linguistic practices

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-141
Author(s):  
Joan Catherine Ploettner
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Language Use ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Classroom Language ◽  
English Medium Instruction ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Content Specialist ◽  
Shed Light

Abstract Although the incorporation of English Medium Instruction (EMI) in multilingual higher education institutions is widely accepted, it may be a source of tension for university professors for whom English is an additional language, particularly when both teacher and students share an L1 other than English. A need exists to examine how linguistic attributes of EMI are interpreted and executed by participants. This study focuses on dialogue between a content specialist and a language specialist during an EMI teacher development partnership at a multilingual Catalan university. Membership Category Analysis (MCA) explores the categories made relevant in interaction, category associated features and responsibilities, and their procedural relevance within the interaction. The article focuses on results relating to the emerging identities of EMI classroom participants and related linguistic attributes. The results shed light on tensions relating to language use in EMI, and may inform EMI teacher development processes and classroom language policy.

scholarly journals Impact of a spanish Higher Education teacher development programme on approaches to teaching. Psychometric properties of the S-ATI-20 scale

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
José L. González-Geraldo ◽  
Fuensanta Monroy ◽  
Benito Del Rincón Igea
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
Spanish Higher Education ◽  
Formación Docente

La calidad de la formación de los profesores en las Universidades ha sido un debate inacabado entre las autoridades y los académicos debido       a su impacto en el aprendizaje de los estudiantes. Aprender a enseñar en educación superior no es un camino directo, existen pocas oportunidades para aprender cómo enseñar a este nivel antes de entrar a enseñar directamente. Las Universidades deberían monitorizar hasta qué punto los profesores cumplen con sus funciones docentes y se dedican a mejorar sus habilidades y aptitudes docentes, así como sus actitudes y el compromiso hacia sus estudiantes. Siguiendo la línea de investigación sobre enfoques de aprendizaje (SAL), este estudio atiende a la formación docente analizando el impacto de un breve programa de desarrollo en los enfoques de enseñanza a través del uso de un cuestionario en español (S-ATI-20) que no es sino una revisión y validada versión del Approaches to Teaching Inventory (ATI), así como de otra información de corte cualitativo. El diseño es pre-experimental (pretest-postest) sin grupo de control. Se recogió información de 85 profesores a lo largo de tres cursos académicos consecutivos: 2014-2015      (n = 48), 2015-2016 (n = 22) y 2016-2017 (n = 15). Los resultados muestran que los programas de desarrollo cortos tienen un efecto positivo en los enfoques de enseñanza. Además, los resultados corroboran la estructura  de dos factores del S-ATI-20, distinguiendo entre profesores que al enseñar se centran en el cambio conceptual y el estudiante (CCSF) o en la transmisión de la información y en el profesor (ITTF). Por último, la discusión teórica  del impacto en los enfoques de enseñanza nos anima a (re)pensar la relación entre distintas formas de manejar las responsabilidades docentes. ¿Están los enfoques realmente en un continuo bipolar?, ¿deberíamos pensar en los enfoques como si fuera un modelo basado en una muñeca rusa (matrioshka)?

scholarly journals Students’ perspectives on English medium instruction within higher education

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-24
Author(s):  
Trude Bukve
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Language Policies ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
English Medium Instruction ◽  
Using Data

This study aims to explore gender differences in students’ perspectives on language use within higher education (HE), using data from a survey distributed to students at two universities in Norway and Finland. Analysing responses concerning language use in HE, I found that most students were positively inclined towards English medium instruction (EMI). However, while there in both countries were only small differences in attitudes towards EMI between male and female students, in Finland, female students were less confident in their English skills than male students were. Furthermore, female students in both countries reported more difficulties in coping with English in their day-to-day studies, as compared to male students. This article demonstrates the advantages of applying a multidimensional perspective when analysing gendered attitudes in HE. Further, the present study highlights some of the practical challenges that HE institutions should acknowledge in order to implement language policies that meet students’ needs.

Limitações e desafios à formação do pedagogo na área de avaliação educacional

2016 ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Wagner Bandeira Andriola
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Teacher Performance ◽  
Educational Assessment ◽  
School Management ◽  
Educational Evaluation ◽  
External Evaluation ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
The Government ◽  
Detailed Diagnosis

RESUMOO texto proporciona reflexões sobre a formação do Pedagogo, enfatizando as limitações mais visíveis na área da avaliação educacional. A partir da análise de matrizes curriculares de cursos de graduação em Pedagogia, constatou-se que algumas das principais demandas da sociedade atual não têm sido atendidas. Propôs-se que as matrizes curriculares fossem revistas, para permitir o desenvolvimento de cinco competências básicas: a) capacidade de compreender os resultados de avaliações externas realizadas pelos municípios, pelos estados e pela federação; b) capacidade de usar os resultados das avaliações externas para aprimorar a atuação docente; c) capacidade de usar os micro-dados das avaliações externas para obter diagnósticos mais detalhados da situação da escola; d) capacidade de usar os resultados dos diagnósticos mais detalhados para planejar ações de aprimoramento da gestão escolar; e) capacidade de avaliar a execução e adequação das ações de aprimoramento da gestão escolar.Palavras chave: Formação do pedagogo, ensino superior, avaliação educacional.Limitations and challenges in the formation of pedagogue in the area of education assessment.ABSTRACTThe study provides reflections on the formation of the pedagogue, emphasizing the most visible limitations in the field of educational assessment. From the analysis of matrices of education curriculum, it found that some of the main demands of today’s society have not been addressed yet. It proposed the revision of the curricular matrices to allow the development of five skills: a) ability to understand the results of external evaluations conducted by municipalities, regions and the government; b) ability to use the results of external evaluations to improve teacher performance; c) ability to use external evaluation microdata for a more detailed diagnosis of the school situation; d) ability to use results of the most detailed diagnostics for planning actions to improve school management; e) ability to assess the implementation and adaptation of the measures to improve school management.Key words: Teacher training, higher education, educational evaluation.

Features of Preparation of Teachers of Higher School: Flexible Management Technologies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
А.Н. Лебедев ◽  
О.А. Бурукина
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Modern Management ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Flexible Management ◽  
Applied Knowledge ◽  
Modern Technologies

авторы рассматривают консерватизм вузовских образовательных программ в качестве одного из препятствий в подготовке потенциальных преподавателей университетов. Рассмотрены особенности подготовки педагогов высшей школы по направлениям социально-гуманитарного образования. Авторы презентуют результаты анкетирования магистрантов и аспирантов, свидетельствующие о дефиците прикладных знаний респондентов в области современных технологий, таких как Agile. Обоснованы предложения по интенсификации программ повышения квалификации преподавателей, насыщению образовательных программ вопросами применения современных технологий менеджмента. the authors consider the conservatism of university educational programs as one of the obstacles in the preparation of potential university teachers. The article discusses the features of training higher education teachers in the areas of social and humanitarian education. The authors present the results of a survey of undergraduates and graduate students, indicating a lack of applied knowledge of postgraduate and graduate students in the field of modern technologies such as Agile. The article substantiates the proposals on the intensification of teacher development programs, the saturation of educational programs with the application of modern management technologies.

Tolerance and Control. Developing a language policy for an EMI university in Uzbekistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-237
Author(s):  
Andrew Linn ◽  
Anastasiya Bezborodova ◽  
Saida Radjabzade
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
The Other ◽  
Language Policies ◽  
Language Ecology ◽  
English Only ◽  
English Medium Instruction ◽  
The One ◽  
And Control

AbstractThis article presents a practical project to develop a language policy for an English-Medium-Instruction university in Uzbekistan. Although the university is de facto English-only, it presents a complex language ecology, which in turn has led to confusion and disagreement about language use on campus. The project team investigated the experience, views and attitudes of over a thousand people, including faculty, students, administrative and maintenance staff, in order to arrive at a proposed policy which would serve the whole community, based on the principle of tolerance and pragmatism. After outlining the relevant language and educational context and setting out the methods and approach of the underpinning research project, the article goes on to present the key findings. One of the striking findings was an appetite for control and regulation of language behaviours. Language policies in Higher Education invariably fall down at the implementation stage because of a lack of will to follow through on their principles and their specific guidelines. Language policy in international business on the other hand is characterised by a control stage invariably lacking in language planning in education. Uzbekistan is a polity used to control measures following from policy implementation. The article concludes by suggesting that Higher Education in Central Asia may stand a better chance of seeing through language policies around English-Medium Instruction than, for example, in northern Europe, based on the tension between tolerance on the one hand and control on the other.

scholarly journals Using the Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBI:TAC) in Supervision

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 216495612198994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Evans ◽  
Gemma M Griffith ◽  
Rebecca S Crane ◽  
Sophie A Sansom
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Reflective Dialogue ◽  
Conditions For Learning ◽  
Teaching Assessment ◽  
Reflexive Practice ◽  
Shared Language

The Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBI:TAC) is a useful framework for supporting teacher development in the context of mindfulness-based supervision (MBS). It offers a framework that enhances clarity, develops reflexive practice, gives a structure for feedback, and supports learning. MBS is a key component of Mindfulness-Based Program (MBP) teacher training and ongoing good practice. Integrating the MBI:TAC within the MBS process adds value in a number of ways including: offering a shared language around MBP teaching skills and processes; framing the core pedagogical features of MBP teaching; enabling assessment of developmental stage; and empowering supervisees to be proactive in their own development. The paper lays out principles for integrating the MBI:TAC framework into MBS. The supervisor needs awareness of the ways in which the tool can add value, and the ways it can inadvertently interrupt learning. The tool enables skills clarification, but the learning process needs to remain open to spontaneous experiential discovery; it can enable structured feedback but space is also needed for open reflective feedback; and it can enable conceptual engagement with the teaching process but space is needed for the supervisee to experientially sense the teaching process. The tool needs to be introduced in a carefully staged way to create optimal conditions for learning at the various stages of the MBP teacher-training journey. Practical guidance is presented to consolidate and develop current practice. The principles and processes discussed can be generalized to other forms of reflective dialogue such as mentoring, tutoring and peer reflection groups.

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