Disciplinary Literacy: From Infusion to Hybridity

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen A. Hinchman ◽  
David G. O’Brien

This article argues that for disciplinary literacy to be addressed successfully by subject-area teachers and students, it needs to choose a different path than the one it has been on. It explains how the road disciplinary literacy has traveled to date has been marked by justifiable subject-area teacher resistance to requirements to infuse literacy teaching and learning strategies into their teaching without regard for disciplinary epistemologies or local perspectives. It argues for an alternative approach that immerses literacy experts in the hybridity of classroom disciplinary learning spaces with respect for literacy and disciplinary discourses as well as school and community subcultural beliefs, practices, and resources. It examines the ways such hybridity has been addressed by disciplinary literacy researchers in the Journal of Literacy Research to date, and it offers recommendations for advancing research, practice, and policy.

Author(s):  
Rita Gravina ◽  
Helena Pereira-Raso

Collaboration is an important aspect of how our world functions today and an element at the core of rich learning opportunities. The role of educational institutions is one that provides provoking settings so that learning is deep and sustained well beyond the classroom walls. Learners are currently in a paradigm where they are able to learn at all hours of the day; they are no longer in a framework where learning is exclusive to a classroom. Teachers and students at The Bishop Strachan School are exploring this through the various uses of teaching and learning strategies and enriching these strategies with Web 2.0 applications. This chapter will present early explorations in the school with Wiki pages, social networking tools, such as NINGs, interactive timelines, and real-time applications, such as Google apps. Each of the cases provides an authentic learning experience for students and moves the student’s work out into the world.


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (31) ◽  
pp. 96-108
Author(s):  
Joana Viana ◽  
Conceição Coelho

RESUMO Assente na ideia do professor como agente transformador, apresenta-se a abordagem estratégica adotada numa escola EB1 com jardim de infância, com vista à promoção do uso das tecnologias digitais como enriquecimento das estratégias de ensino e de aprendizagem, por iniciativa de uma das professoras em resposta às fracas condições existentes na escola para que tal fosse possível com a naturalidade esperada. Foi criado o laboratório TIC, reunindo-se os recursos tecnológicos existentes na escola e criando-se diferentes ambientes de trabalho (à semelhança das “salas de aula do futuro”), onde são desenvolvidos projetos, articulados transversalmente com o currículo, e se promove o desenvolvimento de competências em TIC e de competências transversais. Professores e alunos da escola reconhecem que as atividades realizadas no laboratório TIC têm constituído experiências de aprendizagem enriquecedoras e significativas, que permitem aprofundar os conhecimentos adquiridos e desenvolver competências, como ilustram os resultados preliminares que se apresentam neste texto. Palavras-Chave: Tecnologias digitais. Professores. Práticas pedagógicas. Ambientes educativos inovadores. ABSTRACT Based on the idea of the teacher as an agent of transformation, we present the strategic approach used in one primary school with kindergarten, with the purpose of promoting the use of digital technologies as an enrichment of the teaching and learning strategies, under the initiative of one of the teachers in response to the weak conditions in the school so that it would become possible with the expected naturality. An ICT (Information and Communication Technology) laboratory was created. Through gathering all the school’s technological resources and providing different work environments (similarly to the “classrooms of the future”), projects -transversally articulated with the curriculum - are developed, and ICT and transversal skills are promoted. School teachers and students recognize that the activities performed in the ICT lab have been enriching and meaningful learning activities, which allow the deepening of acquired knowledge and the development of skills, as illustrated by the preliminary results presented in this text. Keywords: Digital technologies. Teachers, Pedagogical Practices. Innovative learning environments. RESUMEN Basado en la idea del profesor como agente transformador, se presenta el enfoque estratégico adoptado en una escuela de primaria con educación infantil, con el propósito de promover el uso de las tecnologías digitales como enriquecimiento de las estrategias de enseñanza y de aprendizaje, por iniciativa de una de las profesoras en respuesta a las débiles condiciones existentes en la escuela para que fuera posible con la naturalidad esperada. Se creó el laboratorio TIC (Tecnología de la Información y la Comunicación), reuniendo todos los recursos tecnológicos existentes en la escuela y creando diferentes ambientes de trabajo (a semejanza de las "aulas del futuro"), donde se desarrollan proyectos, articulados transversalmente con el currículo, y se promueve el desarrollo de competencias en TIC y de competencias transversales. Los profesores y alumnos de la escuela reconocen que las actividades realizadas en el laboratorio TIC han sido experiencias de aprendizaje enriquecedoras y significativas, que han permitido profundizar los conocimientos adquiridos y desarrollar competencias, como ilustran los resultados preliminares que se presentan en este texto. Palabras Clave: Tecnologías digitales. Profesores. Prácticas pedagógicas. Entornos educativos innovadores. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22169/revint.v14i31.1503


1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane W. Davidson ◽  
Jonathan A. Smith

In recent times the types of teaching and learning strategies adopted within higher education in British music conservatoires have been reviewed and reformed. This paper provides a case study of some of the newer practices adopted by one such institution, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. It focuses on the work of the Performance and Communication Skills Department, and, drawing on participant observations, makes a detailed analysis of the success of the implementation of the teaching and learning aims and objectives. The findings suggest that, not only are the changes adopted by the conservatoire useful, but also that they are beneficial to teachers and students at a number of levels.


Author(s):  
Glenda Hawley ◽  
Anthony Tuckett

Purpose: This study aims to offer guidance to lecturers and undergraduate midwifery students in using reflective practice and to offer a roadmap for academic staff accompanying undergraduate midwifery students on international clinical placements. Design: Drawing on reflection within the Constructivist Theory, the Gibbs Reflective Cycle (GRC) provides opportunities to review experiences and share new knowledge by working through five stages—feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan. Findings:  The reflections of the midwifery students in this study provide insight into expectations prior to leaving for international placement, practical aspects of what local knowledge is beneficial, necessary teaching and learning strategies and the students’ cultural awareness growth. Implications: The analysis and a reflective approach have wider implications for universities seeking to improve preparations when embarking on an international clinical placement. It can also inform practices that utilise reflection as an impetus to shape midwifery students to be more receptive to global health care issues. 


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 238
Author(s):  
Silvia Alcaraz-Dominguez ◽  
Mario Barajas

This paper aims to elicit the different conceptions of Socioscientific Issues (SSI) in formal, non-tertiary STEM lessons. An examination of recent publications in the field of science education was conducted to elicit the most common conceptions of SSI as per the components of STEM lessons, namely: purpose, contents, teaching and learning strategies and assessment. As for purpose, the conceptions elicited have been organized in terms of contributing to citizenship goals, or to scientific competence. As for contents, it was found that SSI are related both to knowledge of science and knowledge about science and linked to skills such as argumentation. In terms of teaching and learning strategies, SSI are mainly associated with Inquiry-Based Learning; and with student engagement techniques such as dilemmas and group discussions. Lastly, performance assessment of student learning processes and results is typical when SSI are conceived as a method of assessment of STEM lessons. This conception sets up strong foundations for the design and evaluation of innovative SSI teaching. It shall also help to open new lines of research establishing connections among applications of SSI in different subjects, cultural contexts and educational systems.


1974 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Campbell

A total of 484 tenth-grade students, evenly divided between schools with Commonwealth libraries and those without, were assessed for motivational dispositions (need for achievement, test anxiety, and sense of responsibility for successes and failures), academic values, and displayed motivation (as revealed in choice of tasks). The two groups of students did not differ with respect to dispositions and values, but those from schools with Commonwealth libraries showed greater motivation. This finding is interpreted as evidence that the effects of improved library facilities have now seeped through teaching and learning strategies to an important outcome in students.


1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula A. Cordeiro

This paper presents a model for learning in an educational leadership preparation program. The model depicts various types of teaching and learning strategies that should be included in preparation programs in order for students to learn declarative, procedural, and contextual knowledge. Specifically, the paper describes four types of problem-based learning (PBL). Grounded in research on group problem solving, reflective thinking, problem complexity, and feedback and assessment, PBL has considerable potential to increase the transfer of learning. The paper maintains that real and simulated PBL afford students opportunities to learn all three types of knowledge. Two examples capturing the process of how PBL can be used are offered.


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