“As the Test Collapses In”: Teaching and Learning Amid High-Stakes Testing in Two Urban Elementary Classrooms

2020 ◽  
pp. 004208592090226
Author(s):  
Michiko Hikida ◽  
Laura A. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
High Stakes Testing ◽  
Elementary Classrooms ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Disciplinary Power ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Ethnographic Data

Although there is much research detailing the pedagogical constraints of high-stakes testing (HST), there is less that examines teachers’ practices within and beyond its control. This multiple case study analyzes ethnographic data to explore two teachers’ practices in an urban context where HST was relevant. Drawing on Foucault’s conceptualization of a plague-stricken town, we explore the mobilization of disciplinary power associated with HST. We then examine teachers’ agency as they taught beyond the administrative gaze. We found that teachers sometimes complied with administrative mandates while also articulating tensions of providing access and actively resisting/critiquing the test.

scholarly journals Look How Far We Haven’t Come: The Possible Implications of Current Educational Context and Practices for Young Black Males by Amanda VandeHei Carter

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 142
Author(s):  
Amanda VandeHei Carter
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Standardized Tests ◽  
General Public ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
High Stakes Testing ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
K 12

Data that are derived from high stakes testing in the United States have created rhetoric of fear and criticism around our public K–12 educational system. Stakeholders often blame these low-test scores on the school, administration, or teachers. Due to the way that this data is shared with the general public Different from this narrative, within many schools, high stakes testing data are reported in an aggregated fashion, usually by students’ race. While the general public may be pointing their finger at schools, administrators, or teachers for poorly achieving students, these folks can quickly shift the blame to certain populations of students who are not performing well on standardized tests. Teachers spend time sorting and labeling children into groups and categories in an effort to “fix the problem”. While sometimes well intended, the planning, instruction, and assessment of daily and weekly instruction is focused on an end result of getting particular groups of students to score better on standardized tests. This article provides the counter narrative to this conversation and it strives to tell the story of a student who has fallen victim to standardized unauthentic curriculum. Multiple case study was the methodology used for this research. Consistent with this methodology, the data were gathered through one-on-one interviews, classroom observations, and small group discussions. Hardiman’s model of White Identity Development (WID) and Freebody and Luke’s four resources model were the conceptual frameworks that were used to guide the study. The findings shared in this article represent the data collected from one participant in this multiple case study.

scholarly journals Adoption of innovative e-learning support for teaching: A multiple case study at the University of Waikato

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Marcia Johnson ◽  
Bronwen Cowie ◽  
Willem De Lange ◽  
Garry Falloon ◽  
Craig Hight ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
Learning Support ◽  
Tertiary Teaching ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
The University

<span>In response to recent social, economic, and pedagogical challenges to tertiary-level teaching and learning, universities are increasingly investigating and adopting e-learning as a way to engage and motivate students. This paper reports on the first year of a two-year (2009-2010) qualitative multiple case study research project in New Zealand. Using perspectives from activity theory and the scholarship of teaching, the research has the overall goal of documenting, developing, and disseminating effective and innovative practice in which e-learning plays an important role in tertiary teaching. A "snapshot" of each of the four 2009 cases and focused findings within and across cases are provided. This is followed by an overall discussion of the context, "within" and "across" case themes, and implications of the research.</span>

scholarly journals The Design of Work-Related Teaching & Learning Methods: Case Studies and Methodological Recommendations

2018 ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Daniela Frison
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Teaching Learning

What kind of Work-Related activities/programmes do Italian teachers propose to their students? What are common elements considered in the designing of Work-Related activities by those proposing them? A multiple case study research programme was chosen as a method to explore the current Italian situation regarding Work-Related teaching and learning methods in Higher Education (Coll et al. 2008; Dirkx 2011) and to define some possible methodological recommendations to encourage the design of Work-Related Learning activities/programmes

Problems, Philosophy, and Motivation: Trail Blazing Instructors for the Digital Frontier

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Dirks
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
The Internet ◽  
College Level ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Multiple Case

A qualitative research study was conducted of innovative instructors who use the Internet to deliver college level courses. The study focuses on key concepts expressed by all of the Pioneers as important and develops recommendations for other instructors beginning to use the Internet for instructional purposes. Results are presented on the problems encountered, the Pioneers' philosophies toward teaching and learning, and the Pioneers' motives for moving their courses to the Internet. This research is a multiple case study that used four instructors from a university in the South concerning three courses being taught over the Internet during the Spring term of 1996.

Coaching to support teacher technology integration in elementary classrooms: A multiple case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 103384
Author(s):  
Yin-Chan Liao ◽  
Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich ◽  
Krista Glazewski ◽  
Michael Karlin
Keyword(s):  
Technology Integration ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Elementary Classrooms ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Teacher Technology ◽  
Support Teacher

Die Problematik der Implementierung von Kinästhetik in Einrichtungen der stationären Langzeitpflege – Eine Multiple Case-Study

Pflege ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Carola Maurer ◽  
Heidrun Gattinger ◽  
Hanna Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Multiple Case

Zusammenfassung. Hintergrund: Einrichtungen der stationären Langzeitpflege investieren seit Jahren Ressourcen in die Entwicklung der Kinästhetikkompetenz der Pflegenden. Aus aktuellen Studien geht hervor, dass die Implementierung, bzw. die nachhaltige Förderung der Kinästhetikkompetenz problematisch ist, vertiefte Erkenntnisse zu den Ursachen fehlen jedoch. Fragestellung: Welche Hemmnisse verhindern eine nachhaltige Implementierung von Kinästhetik in Einrichtungen der stationären Langzeitpflege? Methode: Es wurde eine Multiple Case-Study in drei Einrichtungen der deutschsprachigen Schweiz durchgeführt. Aus leitfadengestützten Interviews und (fallbezogener) Literatur zum externen Kontext wurden in den Within-Case-Analysen die Daten induktiv verdichtet und diese Ergebnisse in der Cross-Case-Synthese miteinander verglichen und abstrahierend zusammengeführt. Ergebnisse: Die Synthese zeigt, dass die Implementierung von Kinästhetik innerhalb der Einrichtung auf drei verschiedenen Ebenen – der Leitungs-, Pflegeteam- und Pflegeperson-Ebene – als auch durch externe Faktoren negativ beeinflusst werden kann. Schlussfolgerungen: In der Pflegepraxis und -wissenschaft sowie im Gesundheitswesen benötigt es ein grundlegendes Verständnis von Kinästhetik und wie dieses im Kontext des professionellen Pflegehandelns einzuordnen ist. Insbesondere Leitungs- und implementierungsverantwortliche Personen müssen mögliche Hemmnisse kennen, um entsprechende Strategien entwickeln zu können.

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