Joining the organizational game—response to Thornton’s ‘Towards a group analytic praxis II’

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-113
Author(s):  
Margaret Smith
Keyword(s):  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1221-1230
Author(s):  
Jane Roitsch ◽  
Kimberly A. Murphy ◽  
Anastasia M. Raymer

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate executive function measures as they relate to clinical and academic performance outcomes of graduate speech-language pathology students. Method An observational design incorporating correlations and stepwise multiple regressions was used to determine the strength of the relationships between clinical outcomes that occurred at various time points throughout the graduate program (clinical coursework grades throughout the program and case study paper scores at the end of the program), academic outcomes (graduate grade point average and Praxis II exam in speech-language pathology scores), and executive function (EF) scores (EF assessment scores, self-reported EF scores). Participants were 37 students (36 women, M age = 24.1) in a master's degree program in speech-language pathology at a southeastern U.S. university during the 2017–2018 academic year. Results Findings of this preliminary study indicated that a limited number of objective EF scores and self-reported EF scores were related to clinical and academic outcomes of graduate speech-language pathology students. Conclusion As results of this preliminary study suggest that EF tests may be related to clinical and academic outcomes, future research can move to study the potential role of EF measures in the graduate admissions process in clinical graduate programs such as speech-language pathology.


Author(s):  
Patricia Kristine Sheridan ◽  
Jason A Foster ◽  
Geoffrey S Frost

All Engineering Science students at the University of Toronto take the cornerstone Praxis Sequence of engineering design courses. In the first course in the sequence, Praxis I, students practice three types of engineering design across three distinct design projects. Previously the final design project had the students first frame and then develop conceptual design solutions for a self-identified challenge. While this project succeeded in providing an appropriate foundational design experience, it failed to fully prepare students for the more complex design experience in Praxis II. The project also failed to ingrain the need for clear and concise engineering communication, and the students’ lack of understanding of detail design inhibited their ability to make practical and realistic design decisions. A revised Product Design project in Praxis I was designed with the primary aims of: (a) pushing students beyond the conceptual design phase of the design process, and (b) simulating a real-world work environment by: (i) increasing the interdependence between student teams and (ii) increasing the students’ perceived value of engineering communication.


2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 969-992
Author(s):  
James V. Shuls

State policy makers are constantly looking for ways to improve teacher quality. An oft tried method is to increase the rigor of licensure exams. This study utilizes state administrative data from Arkansas to determine whether raising the cut-scores on licensure exams would improve the quality of the teacher workforce. In addition, the study explores the trade-offs of such a policy decision. It is concluded that raising the required passing score on the Praxis II would increase the quality of the teacher workforce, as measured by value-added student achievement. This change, however, would be accompanied with an important trade-off as it would reduce the number of minority teachers and potentially lead to negative outcomes in disadvantaged schools.


1899 ◽  
Vol 237 (5) ◽  
pp. 391-392
Author(s):  
O. Rössler
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Perspectiva ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 330-350
Author(s):  
Kátia Augusta Augusta Curado Pinheiro Cordeiro da Silva
Keyword(s):  

Partindo de reflexões que estudam os paradigmas da racionalidade teórica, racionalidade técnica, epistemologia da prática na formação de professores, discute-se no presente artigo pressupostos epistemológicos que podem contribuir para reelaborar perspectivas no processo da formação docente. Tendo como problema de referência conceitual, a partir da epistemologia da práxis, busca-se explicitar uma proposta para a formação de professores, referenciada em quatro teses: i) organizar a formação de professores a partir da epistemologia da práxis; ii) aliar a)formação de professores ao debate político da educação: a crítica social; iii) o trabalho docente constitui o ser profissional; iv) referenciar na Base Comum Nacional que compreende os sentidos epistemológico, político e profissional da formação de professores. O estudo foi realizado a partir de pesquisa bibliográfica para fundamentação teórica sobre a formação de professores e, também, como resultado de diferentes trabalhos empíricos que contribuíram com a construção da perspectiva crítica emancipadora. Considera-se que o professor necessita, pela natureza do seu trabalho, vivenciar uma formação de natureza científica, artística, ética e técnica de elevado nível que impõe, portanto, duas atividades de prática e teoria, a fim de construir o sentido da práxis como ação transformadora sustentada pelo conhecimento da realidade e reflexão, que fortalece o sentido histórico da ação educativa a favor da emancipação. Palavras-chaves: formação de professores. Epistemologia da práxis. Perspectiva crítica emancipadora.


2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyn L. Paris ◽  
Judy L. Paris
Keyword(s):  

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