Beyond the workshop: An interpretive case study of the professional learning of three elementary music teachers

2020 ◽  
pp. 1321103X1987107
Author(s):  
Jody Stark
Keyword(s):  
Professional Learning ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Elementary Music ◽  
Collective Case Study ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Cross Case Analysis

This article outlines the methodology and findings from an interpretive collective case study exploring the professional learning of three elementary music teachers. Participants were purposefully selected based on their differing career stages, background, and teaching situations, and each participant was interviewed five or six times over the course of the 5-month study. Additional data sources included field notes from classroom observations, a variety of artifacts provided by the participants, and responses to Pre-Interview Activity prompts. Through hermeneutic analysis of individual case data related to each participant’s teaching and experience of professional learning, participants were found to have a variety of highly personalized learning processes which they used as mechanisms for their ongoing professional growth. Cross-case analysis revealed three larger themes related to the participants’ professional learning: (1) The quality of the participants’ learning was always instrumental and related to specific personal goals for/issues in practice; (2) meaningful professional learning had a temporal element and was characterized by continuity; and (3) the participants’ professional learning was social in nature.

scholarly journals Young families become mindful of their possibilities through the appreciation of their family life

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Poggenpoel ◽  
Frieda E. Jacobs ◽  
Chris P.H. Myburgh ◽  
Annie M. Temane
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Family System ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Young Parents ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Cross Case Analysis ◽  
Case Validation

Young families, as viewed through a multi-generational lens, provide the environment in which children can be nurtured and socialised. The purpose of the research is to explore and describe how the parents and grandparents of young families appreciate their family life. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual multiple case study design was used to conduct the study. Purposive sampling methods were applied to select families according to the sampling criteria, each family representing an individual case study. Appreciative inquiry interviews were conducted with the young parents and available grandparents, during which the participants were asked four open-ended questions. Data collection was enriched by means of reflective letters to participants, collages created by the young parents, and the researcher's field notes and journal inscriptions. The data collected from each individual case study was analysed and then synthesised by means of a cross-case analysis. A cross-case validation report was compiled. The themes and categories that emerged from the data were discussed. The research study concluded that when young families embarked on a journey of discovering their strengths and potential in the larger family system, they creatively envision and discovered the possibilities to transform their destiny in a purposeful and constructive way.

scholarly journals Professional Behavior In Physical Therapist Educational Programs: Perspectives of Selected Senior Faculty

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Phelan
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Physical Therapist ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Professional Behavior ◽  
Senior Faculty ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Cross Case Analysis

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze how selected senior instructors in physical therapist educational programs define and seek to impart information on professional behavior. Methods: A qualitative case study approach was used to gather data from eight instructors teaching in four physical therapist educational programs in a selected region. Each interview was analyzed as an individual case study, followed by a cross case analysis to identify common themes. Results: Interpretational analysis using a process of constant comparison revealed nine common themes: 1) Instructors found it difficult to broadly define professional behavior. 2) Instructors expect students to be on time. 3) Instructors expect students to speak and act with courtesy and respect. 4) Instructors expect students to communicate appropriately. 5) Instructors expect students to dress appropriately. 6) Instructors expect students to participate in class. 7) Instructors consciously model professional behavior as a way to communicate their expectations. 8) Instructors give instructions and provide students with feedback about professional behavior. 9) Instructors do not attach a specific grade to professional behavior. Conclusions: Although instructors indicated a lack of confidence in consistency regarding professional behavior expectations, the themes that emerged in this study fit within existing descriptions of professional behavior for clinical physical therapists. Instructor perceptions of strategies for conveying information about professional behavior to students were consistent with existing literature on modeling and explicit teaching. .

scholarly journals MANFAAT KETERLIBATAN PETANI DALAM POLA KEMITRAAN AGRIBISNIS SAYURAN DI JAWA BARAT

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ninuk Purnaningsih ◽  
Basita G. Sugihen
Keyword(s):  
Pesticide Use ◽  
Small Farmers ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
Collective Case Study ◽  
Vegetable Farmers ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Intensive Use

The main problems for vegetable farmers are low technology and intensive use of pesticide, therefore farmers cannot produce vegetables with good quality continually. By applying agribusiness partnership it is expected the farmers would be able to overcome the limitation of technology and capital for small farmers attainment a good quality of vegetables, and problem of marketing. This study was aimed to analyze benefit involvement of farmers in agribusiness partnership. Collective case study method was used in five agribusiness companies and one co-operation which applying partnership of agribusiness in West Java: i.e. Bogor, Cianjur, Bandung, and Garut. The population are farmers around company and co-operation, the unit of analysis is farmers household counted of the 285 farmers. Involvement of farmers in partnership has effect on the improvement of farmers income, the use of technology (production and handling), appropriate pesticide use use, labor absorption, and capital usage. Involvement of farmers in partnership also has effect on continuity of farmers business.

scholarly journals Pathways Through Peer Assessment: Implementing Peer Assessment in a Lower Secondary Physics Classroom

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 1465-1484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Ketonen ◽  
Markus Hähkiöniemi ◽  
Pasi Nieminen ◽  
Jouni Viiri
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Peer Feedback ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Constructive Feedback ◽  
Audio Recordings ◽  
Field Notes

AbstractPeer assessment has been shown to advance learning, for example, by improving one’s work, but the variance of learning benefits within or between studies has not been explained. The purpose of this case study was to examine what kinds of pathways students have through peer assessment and to study which factors affect them when peer assessment is implemented in the early stage of physics studies in the context of conducting and reporting inquiry. Data sources used include field notes, audio recordings of lessons, student lab reports, written peer feedback, and student interviews. We examined peer assessment from the perspective of individual students and found 3 profiles of peer assessment: (1) students that improved their lab report after peer assessment and expressed other benefits, (2) students that did not improve their lab report but expressed other benefits, and (3) students that did not experience any benefits. Three factors were found to explain these differences in students’ pathways: (1) students’ engagement in conducting and reporting inquiry, (2) the quality of received feedback, and (3) students’ understanding of formative assessment. Most students experienced some benefits of peer assessment, even if they did not put effort into their own work or receive constructive feedback. Nevertheless, in this case study, both improving one’s work and experiencing other benefits of peer assessment required sufficient accomplishment of all 3 factors.

scholarly journals Pursuing Opportunities Available to Support Your Own Learning: A Case Study: University of Guyana Library

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Debra Lowe ◽  
Simmone La Rose ◽  
Nalisa Bhagwandin
Keyword(s):  
Personal Growth ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
The University ◽  
Continual Learning

This article provides an assessment of the pathways Librarians at the University of Guyana Library (UGL) explored to achieve continual learning for professional growth and self-development.The writers adopted a survey method to capture data from sixteen senior professionals from the University of Guyana Library. The findings revealed that while the University of Guyana Administration provided some avenues for professional growth and development for all professionals, there were some areas that required a more structured and equitable approach.  The findings indicated that much more can be done to facilitate growth and development for senior Library professionals, particularly in the field of Librarianship. From the discussions, the researchers concluded that in spite of the limited access to available resources, Library senior professionals actively pursued alternative avenues to enhance and advance learning. This was intended to acquire current knowledge and practice so that they may provide a higher quality of service to their clientele; further, their experience (in the process) will assist in enhancing their professional development and personal growth.

scholarly journals MENAJAMEN MUTU TERPADU

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
wiramarnia ◽  
Hade Afriansyah ◽  
Rusdinal
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Program Implementation ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Study Research ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
School Programs ◽  
Field Notes

This study aims to describe a number of things that include planning processes for improving management quality through school programs, the process of implementing school programs, evaluating school programs, constraints and solving problems encountered in implementing strategies to improve management quality through school programs. The type of research used is case study research using a qualitative approach. In case study research, researchers go directly to the field to observe and explore data from research objects. Data collection is done using interview techniques, observations, field notes and documentation. Based on the results of data analysis, the following conclusions are obtained. First, planning activities for improving the quality of management through school programs is a design to follow up on previous programs after program evaluation. Secondly, the programs included religious formation, intelligent child development, sympathetic teacher formation, and the creation of a beautiful environment. Third, supervision of program implementation is carried out internally and externally. Fourth, the constraints faced in implementing school programs to improve the quality of education management are the management of human resources and management of facilities and infrastructure that are still weak so that it is necessary to evaluate the implementation of school programs and make improvements with more disciplined management of human resources and management school facilities and infrastructure.Keywords: strategy, quality management, and school program

scholarly journals PERAN BIMBEL IBU BANGSA DALAM MENDUKUNG KESIAPAN BERSEKOLAH ANAK USIA DINI DARI KELUARGA KURANG MAMPU SEBUAH STUDY KASUS

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-78
Author(s):  
Brotojoyo Retnowati ◽  
Agus Santoso
Keyword(s):  
School Readiness ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Children And Parents ◽  
Poor Families ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
The Subject

Children from poor families are facing great challenges as they are growing up. Limited resources, low-level parents’ education, and environments have given impacts on how the families raise their children and prepare them for school. This research is to find out how a school readiness program initiated by Bimbel Ibu Bangsa for children of poor families at Kampung Gunung Sari can help them to get a quality education program and also to help parents implement effective parenting styles for the success of their children. A qualitative approach with a case-study model was used. The subject of this study consisted of 4 students out of the 16 students involved in the program. The data were collected by using participatory observations, home-visit notes, field notes, voice and visual recordings, and also by interviewing the parents and teachers. The validity of data was determined by triangulating and member-checking the data. The results of this research indicate that this program is quite able to be held with low budgets and will still be able to give quality education if the program is supported by the stakeholders in the community. The results also show that children and parents enrolled in this program gain many benefits shown by their adaptive parenting styles and children’s modified behaviours for the upcoming school readiness and overall better quality of life.

scholarly journals Intersectoral actions between health and education: notes on the Health at School Program

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Myriam Dantas Pereira ◽  
Ilana Moutian ◽  
Rafaela das Graças Santiago Faria ◽  
Darilene Rocha Cordeiro ◽  
Selma Maria da Fonseca Viegas
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
School Program ◽  
Education Professionals ◽  
Analytical Technique ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Cross Case Analysis

Abstract Objective: to understand the intersectoral actions between health and education and the Health at School Program context in three municipalities in different health regions in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Method: this is a holistic-qualitative multiple case study, based on Comprehensive Sociology of Everyday Life, with 91 participants, being 38 health professionals and 53 education professionals. Open-ended individual interview and records in operational field notes of the research development were used. Data were collected in 2016 and thematic content analysis was used, obeying the analytical technique of cross-case analysis, in line with the methodological framework of the holistic multiple case study. Results: low involvement between the health and education sectors is pointed out, leading to the practice of fragmented, punctual and limited actions and implying low improvement in health conditions. Conclusions: to modify this context, the involvement of health and education professionals is essential, in addition to the schoolchildren, parents, community and managers themselves. The union of these actors is necessary for the transformation of students’ health conditions. However, this will only be achieved if the actions developed are planned and carried out involving these actors and the school community.

scholarly journals Werk maken van moreel werk van leraren door reflectie en dialoog : Een exploratieve case studie naar de betekenis die leraren geven aan dagelijkse praktijk ervaringen met leerlingen

Pedagogiek ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-72
Author(s):  
Helma de Keijzer ◽  
Gaby Jacobs ◽  
Jacqueline van Swet ◽  
Wiel Veugelers
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Collective Learning ◽  
Critical Dialogue ◽  
Political Dimension ◽  
Field Notes

Abstract Making work of the morality of teachers daily practice through reflection and dialogueAn exploratory case study to teachers’ meaning given to their daily practice experiences with pupilsThis article reports a study into the reflection of teachers. The teachers participated in a professional learning community (PLC) to investigate their interactions with pupils in a dialogical process with colleagues. For this purpose a ‘critical reflexive dialogue’ was developed. First, we investigated how teachers give meaning to their experiences through three types of reflection ‐ content, process and critical reflection ‐ and or a shift in type of reflection takes place with the use of a critically reflexive dialogue. Second, we studied how the moral-political dimension occurred in teachers’ critical reflection. The research was conducted as an explorative case study in which the theoretical framework establishes a connection between moral educational practice with the types of reflection for teachers. Based on observations and field notes from eleven PLC meetings, results show when teachers make sense individually, they mainly pay attention to the content and the process of reflection. In this situation critical reflection is not self-evident. However, the results also show that teachers get more involved in critical reflection through critical dialogue and collective learning with colleagues in the PLC. Moral-political dimension included teachers’ critical reflection, but mainly focus on the meaning of their own beliefs for their daily practice and pupils and rarely on social and political influences. Based on these results, it is recommended that the moral-political dimension receives more explicit attention in teachers’ reflection.

A Year in the Life of a Person Recently Diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation: a Danish Single-Case Study.

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 166-181
Author(s):  
Vibeke Hoegh ◽  
Elizabeth Cummings ◽  
Sam Riahi ◽  
Soeren Lundbye-Christensen ◽  
Kirsten Frederiksen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Patient Journey ◽  
Conflicting Information ◽  
Field Notes

Healthcare services target delivery of a connected patient journey as an indicator of a high quality of care, but knowledge of the patients’ experience is sparse. This case study explores the lived experience of the quality of life and perception of health during the first year of the journey of a person recently diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. Data sources include field notes, transcripts, medical records, letters, and scores from standardized questionnaires. A phenomenologically inspired approach for qualitative data analysis and a descriptive approach for discovering exceptional changes in scores from questionnaires are used. The patient journey in the study consists of; 38 visits to general practice, five visits to the outpatient clinic, and two radio frequency ablations at hospital. Four central themes; balancing responsibilities, navigating the system, adjusting to the situation, and recognizing bodily reactions, are elaborated. In conclusion, hope for a better future is evident throughout the journey. Difficulties of balancing responsibility, conflicting information and lack of support and connection between general practice and the hospital result in putting the participant’s dignity at stake. Despite two ablations the participant is affected in his daily life and family life due to physical limitations. Along the study adjustment to the situation is seen, and his new status as grandfather is surprisingly seen to facilitate this adjustment. 

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