Culture-Creation Component of Architectonics of Humanities Information and Education Spaces: Value Context of Postmodern Era

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Efimovna Bulankina ◽  

There is no shortage of research materials intended to meet the teachers’ need for continuing/life-learning professional development as a creator of the social and educational activities in the national public school spaces in terms of Pedagogy and Knowledge Content Efficacy. The purpose of this manuscript is to stand back from the surface detail of formal education of the teacher and to provide an overall perspective on the teacher’s creative mission as a communicator, a person of high language and communication culture, for harmony and psychological balance within intercultural communication created via different devices. Concept and methodology of this research, based in the main on the principles of humanism which reflect on the ideas of axiological and process approaches that concern the concepts of engaging teachers in a process of recurrent professional development. Results of this research include the comprehensive model that consists of three value concepts for a) creating the humanities educational spaces via acculturation; b) teaching the four skills and spoken communication skills via current devices of language teaching and ideological trend of acculturation; c) involving participants into ‘genuine’ communication via bringing social oriented and language learning activities reflected on the creative mission of national public school education that works its way up through culture experience in the classroom. In conclusion this article presents a handful of arguments of the significance of the growth and level of multilingual culture to affect the diversity of the personality’s vital forces, its development providing opportunities for professional and social self-realization, adaptation, and increasing creative potential in the process of critical thinking and creative communication via Technology, Pedagogy, and Knowledge Content Efficacy of current methodology of teaching and learning in the classroom. By the same token we have grounds for clarifying and verifying our vision on the Concept of “Humanities environment/spaces” in the frameworks of the comprehensive model of its architectonics, i.e. a harmony of the culture-creation elements via languages of education, the polyphony of knowledge, technology, spheres of recurrent professional development of a current educator.

2014 ◽  
pp. 474-497
Author(s):  
Demetrios G Sampson ◽  
Pavlos Kallonis

3D Virtual Worlds provide realistic three-dimensional environments accessible through the web that can offer engaging, interactive, and immersive experiences. This can create new opportunities for teaching and learning. Yet, the possible use of 3D Virtual Worlds in formal education is a major challenge for school teachers, even for those who are experienced and keen on using digital technologies. In this chapter, the authors present a 3D Virtual Classroom Simulation appropriately designed and implemented using SLOODLE for supporting a module for teachers' continuing professional development based on the Synectics “making the strange familiar” instructional strategy, aiming towards acquiring appropriate competences for teaching within 3D Virtual Worlds and for developing innovative educational practices.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  

Formal Education in the 21st Century is focused on the development of learners’ skills and competencies essential to navigate the complexities and uncertainties of the age. Effective acquisition of these skills in the school is predicated on adequate provision of technological resources, adequate school infrastructure and continuous professional development of teachers for innovative instructional delivery. Therefore, this study was carried out to investigate the extent to which infrastructural provisions and continuous professional development of teachers in secondary schools in Nigeria support the development and acquisition of 21st Century teaching and learning skills. The study which adopted the impact of school infrastructure on learning by Barrett et al.as a conceptual framework, used descriptive survey design. Two self-constructed instruments were used to collect data from (20) selected secondary schools, (50) teachers and (200) students. Data were analysed using frequency count, percentage score, mean, and standard deviation. Findings showed that the schools visited lack infrastructural provisions, the teachers do not have the requisite skills and the students are not aware of any other means of learning different from the conventional styles offered by their teachers. Therefore, this study offered a two-prong approach of immediate provision of technological infrastructure for schools and the development of teachers’ professional skills through focused training targeted at enhancing their technological instructional delivery skills.


2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-169
Author(s):  
Nohora Inés Porras ◽  
Lenys Smith Díaz ◽  
Marlen María Nieves

Presently, learning a foreign language is an essential academic requirement in several contexts, hence the importance and the need for effective teaching in this field at all educational levels starting with the first years of school. As a consequence, teaching and learning in elementary school is a key issue to success in the learner’s future language learning. However, at some public elementary schools in Colombia there are many factors that hinder this process. One of them is the fact that most of the teachers who are in charge of teaching English in elementary schools are not sufficiently trained to do this job (McNulty & Quinchía, 2007). For this reason, the aim of this study is to strengthen the pedagogical practices of the participating teachers. Guided by the theoretical foundations of peer coaching and reverse mentoring, this mixed-methods study examined strategies for professional development via results of an English test, class observations, questionnaires, focus groups, interviews, and journals. Findings show the effectiveness of the proposal in terms of the professional growth of the participants who exchanged teaching experiences and pedagogical tools within a mutual and trusting atmosphere. This helped them to enhance their knowledge about teaching a foreign language and test new teaching techniques and strategies to favor their students’ language learning. 


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
Amalul Umam ◽  
Yani Awalia Indah

Assessment is central and holds essential role in language learning from which the result of the teaching and learning are derived. It shows that the ability of language teachers in assessing their students is crucial. This study explored the assessment literacy of in-service TEYL teachers in Bogor by employing narrative case study. The subjects of the study were 19 English teachers around Bogor. In collecting the data, CALI (Classroom Assessment Literacy Inventory) and FGD (Focus Group Discussion) were employed. The data gathered from CALI were then scored and analyzed, and FGD data were coded based on the assessment literacy standards from which conclusion were derived. The findings reveal that teachers have poor level of assessment literacy. Consequently, teachers must update themselves by conducting continuing professional development. HIGHLIGHTS: Assessing Young Learners is complicated and challenging for Indonesian teachers because of the demand of the Curriculum 2013. Assessment literacy is central in English language learning from which teachers can assess their students and communicate the results to the stakeholder. Continuing Professional Development is an important action that can be done by teachers to increase their assessment literacy.


Author(s):  
Demetrios G Sampson ◽  
Pavlos Kallonis

3D Virtual Worlds provide realistic three-dimensional environments accessible through the web that can offer engaging, interactive, and immersive experiences. This can create new opportunities for teaching and learning. Yet, the possible use of 3D Virtual Worlds in formal education is a major challenge for school teachers, even for those who are experienced and keen on using digital technologies. In this chapter, the authors present a 3D Virtual Classroom Simulation appropriately designed and implemented using SLOODLE for supporting a module for teachers’ continuing professional development based on the Synectics “making the strange familiar” instructional strategy, aiming towards acquiring appropriate competences for teaching within 3D Virtual Worlds and for developing innovative educational practices.


Abjadia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Santi Andriyani

<p>There are so many questions come to mind in relation to language learning. One of which is the ways in teaching and learning the language especially in formal education. This issue has been discussed since 1980s until now. Linguists who get involved in education field have done research in this field. They found that the main concentration in language teaching is the selection of approach based on the system governed the learners. Some perspectives appear in the language learning. The methods, approach, and principles which come and arise in the language learning are discussed. These terms influence the learning of English as a first language, second language or foreign language. English as a first language will be taught differently. It also happens to the learning of English as second and foreign language. It is because of different purpose in learning the language. In this article, the writer discuss some perspectives in language learning in first language situation, second language situation and foreign language situation.</p><p>هناك كثير من الأسئلة تتبادر إلى الذهن فيما يتعلق بتعليم اللغة. واحدة منها هي الطرق في تعليم وتعلم اللغة وخاصة في التعليم الرسمي. وقد نوقشت هذه المسألة منذ 1980 (ثمانين) حتى الآن. وكان اللغويون يتورطون في مجال التعليم وإجراء الأبحاث في هذا المجال. ووجد الباحثون أن تركيز الرئيسي في تدريس اللغة هو اختيار النهج القائم على نظام محكوم المتعلمين. ويبدو أن بعض وجهات النظر في تعلم اللغة. وتناقش الطرق، والنهج والمبادئ التي تأتي وتنشأ في تعلم اللغة. هذه الشروط تؤثر على تعلم اللغة الإنجليزية كلغة أولى، لغة ثانية أو لغة أجنبية. اللغة الإنجليزية كلغة أولى وسيتم تدريسها بشكل مختلف. ويحدث أيضا في تعلم اللغة الإنجليزية كلغة ثانية والأجنبية. فذلك الاختلاف لأجل أغراض مختلفة في تعلم اللغة. وفي هذه المقالة، قامت الكاتبة بمناقشة بعض وجهات النظر في تعلم اللغة في وضع اللغة الأولى، واللغة الثانية واللغة الأجنبية</p><p>Ada banyak pertanyaan terkait dengan pembelajaran bahasa. Salah satunya adalah tentang bagaimana cara atau metode yang perlu diterapkan dalam proses belajar mengajar khususnya di lembaga pendidikan formal. Masalah ini telah dibahas sejak tahun 1980-an hingga sekarang. Para ahli bahasa di bidang pendidikan juga telah melakukan berbagai penelitian terkait masalah klasik ini. Mereka menemukan bahwa konsentrasi utama dalam pembelajaran bahasa adalah pemilihan pendekatan yang harusnya didasarkan pada sistem yang mengacu pada peserta didik. Oleh karenanya lalu muncul beberapa perspektif dalam pembelajaran bahasa. Ada metode, pendekatan dan prinsip-prinsip yang muncul dalam bahasan pembelajaran bahasa. Istilah-istilah ini mempengaruhi proses belajar bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa pertama, bahasa kedua, atau bahasa asing. Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa pertama akan diajarkan berbeda. Hal itu juga terjadi pada pembelajaran yang menempatkan bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa kedua dan bahasa asing. Perbedaan ini karena tujuan yang hendak dicapai juga beda. Tulisan ini membahas beberapa perspektif dalam pembelajaran bahasa dalam situasi bahasa pertama, situasi bahasa kedua, dan situasi bahasa asing.</p>


Author(s):  
Jennifer Valcke ◽  
Karin Båge

The growth of English-medium instruction (EMI) calls for a new model of teaching and learning fit for the 21st century. It has been argued that formal education must be transformed to enable the new forms of learning needed to tackle complex global challenges. Much EMI research offers compelling arguments for transforming pedagogy to better support the acquisition of these skills. However, the question of how best to teach them has been overlooked. In order to prepare teaching staff for the challenges of multilingual and multicultural learning spaces, educational developers at Karolinska Institutet (KI) have developed a continuous professional development course to cater for the needs of both teachers and education developers in internationalised settings. This chapter will lay out the structure of the course and the thinking that went behind its conception. Through the testimonials of both lecturers and education developers, this chapter will also engage readers in reflections on how lecturers and education developers have apprehended their shifting roles and profiles.


2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
N.E. Bulankina ◽  
◽  
K.B. Umbrashko ◽  

Problem statement of this study links with the relevance of the authors’ longitudinal research in-tended to meet the pedagogues’ interests, possibilities, and their motives for recurrent education based on personalized training strategy and tactics in the frameworks of current university edu-cation and additional professional programmes of the In-Service Institute. The purpose of this paper is to stand back from the surface details of formal and informal education of teachers and to provide some of the prospects on creating axiological priorities of professional education spaces in line with innovative approaches to teaching and learning the ways of interpretation of database on the «difficult» issues of National History and Culture. Methodology and materials of the research reflect on the main concepts of acculturation of the educational environment, harmonious interaction of both educators and learners, historical memo, national and language consciousness which constitute the basis for the comprehensive value dominant model, and are focused on transforming the socio-cultural atmosphere of a particular region and the country where the dominant values of national and cultural identity have sharply worsened during the past twenty years. Results and their discussion based on scientific exposition that concern the axiology of the problem statements distinguished via three main groups of scholarship, method-ology and pedagogy of civil education and national public school education in the frameworks of the problem issues of what to teach (Knowledge Content) and the issue of how to establish for training and learning of students innovation educational practices (Technological Aspects) for efficacy (Personality ConceptSphere of Dominant Values). In conclusion, there come some of the authors’ findings on personalized training and learning that compose the axiological model of «management techniques» on the solution of «difficult» questions of Russian history integrat-ed into the concept sphere of the learner via the Thesaurus and Knowledge Content efficacy of additional professional programmes.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
S. Vijayakumar ◽  
V. Ramesh Babu

The use of mobile phones and other portable devices is beginning to have an impact on how learning takes place in many disciplines and contexts, including language learning. Learners who are not dependent on access to fixed computers can engage in activities that relate more closely to their current surroundings, sometimes crossing the border between formal and informal learning. This creates the potential for significant change in teaching and learning practices. Taking the broader field of mobile learning as the setting within which developments in mobile-assisted language learning may be understood, the paper argues that an emphasis on mobility can lead to new perspectives and practices. With increased popular access to information and knowledge anywhere, anytime, the role of education, perhaps especially formal education, is challenged and the relationships between education, society, and technology are now more dynamic than ever .The present paper was based on secondary sources of data highlighting of concept, Features, values , Challenges and advantages of M-learning.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Halimah Halimah ◽  
Gufran Ali Ibrahim ◽  
Ninuk Lustyantie

CELLO is derived from Community English Language Learning and Orai. It is a new teaching method developed especially in the community of English language learning based on the idea of Curran�s work on teaching method. CELLO is a combination between an innovative teaching method and media technology called Orai Application that is applied in teaching and learning of speaking especially in fostering students� fluency. Today, all graduates face a world transformed by technology, in which the Internet, cloud computing, and social media create different opportunities and challenges for formal education systems. This paper aims to explore the use of CELLO in assisting student�s speaking fluency. This classroom action research consists of three cycles in which each cycle consists of six stages, namely identify the problem, data gathering, data interpreting, action on evidence, evaluation, and revision. The obtained data showed that CELLO method could improve students� speaking fluency. �Based on the finding, implementing CELLO method is strongly recommended in teaching speaking especially at fostering students� speaking fluency.Keywords: CELLO; speaking fluency; technology 4.0; industrial revolution; action research.


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