scholarly journals COVID-19 and Pandemic Teaching: Emergency Remote Teaching and Learning and English Learner Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-50
Author(s):  
Trish Morita-Mullaney ◽  
Michelle Greene ◽  
Jenna Cushing-Leubner ◽  
Michelle Benegas ◽  
Amy Stolpestad

The purpose of this study is to illuminate how English Learner (EL) teachers in the Great Lakes region responded to the sudden shift to emergency remote teaching and learning (ERTL) at the onset of COVID-19 school closures in March 2020. Using an online survey, we examined how EL teachers from Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin continued legal provisions of instruction and service through the end of the 2019-2020 school year. We look closely at the state of Indiana, a state with a more recent immigrant population and where requirements for EL licensure and preparation are not yet required. Although findings show that schools and districts violated legal requirements for ELs, this is polarized by the lack of required training and licensure in Indiana among those serving in the role of EL teacher.

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 703-707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy A. Connelly ◽  
T. Bruce Lauber ◽  
Richard C. Stedman ◽  
Barbara A. Knuth

Sociology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 1026-1042
Author(s):  
Laura Connelly ◽  
Remi Joseph-Salisbury

Although literature on the role of emotions in teaching and learning is growing, little consideration has been given to the university context, particularly from a sociological perspective. This article draws upon the online survey responses of 24 students who attended sociological classes on the Grenfell Tower fire, to explore the role emotions play in teaching that seeks to politicise learners and agitate for social change. Contributing to understandings of pedagogies of ‘discomfort’ and ‘hope’, we argue that discomforting emotions, when channelled in directions that challenge inequality, have socially transformative potential. Introducing the concept of bounded social change, however, we demonstrate how the neoliberalisation of Higher Education threatens to limit capacity for social change. In so doing, we cast teaching as central to the discipline of sociology and suggest that the creation of positive social change should be the fundamental task of sociological teaching.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (57) ◽  
pp. 757-768
Author(s):  
Ingridy Bianca Da Silva Hipólito ◽  
Francisca Ivoneide Benicio Malaquias Alves

Resumo: A criança e o adolescente que permanecem hospitalizados por muito tempo, necessitam do acompanhamento de um pedagogo que atue no hospital em conjunto com outros profissionais de saúde, buscando garantir que o paciente melhore clinicamente, através de atividades desenvolvidas pelo pedagogo, como também continue a desenvolver a aprendizagem. Assim, o artigo se fundamenta na importância de desmistificar a ideia de que a atuação do pedagogo se limita apenas a sala de aula, sendo perceptível que há outros campos de atuação, como por exemplo, o ambiente hospitalar, foco da pesquisa. O objetivo do trabalho é analisar como o pedagogo pode atuar no campo hospitalar. A metodologia adotada para a realização do trabalho se deu através de uma pesquisa bibliográfica. Os resultados encontrados apontaram que a Pedagogia Hospitalar corresponde ao atendimento diferenciado cujo objetivo é dar continuidade ao ensino escolar dentro dos hospitais, em que é importante levar em consideração os conhecimentos que o paciente possui, continuando assim o trabalho que precisou ser interrompido devido á internação. Nesse contexto, o atendimento hospitalar aborda aspectos psicológicos e fisiológicos de cada paciente, em que se pretende elevar a autoestima deles, permitindo-lhes a oportunidade de continuar o processo ensino e aprendizagem mesmo diante do afastamento da escola. Diante do exposto, foi possível concluir que o atendimento hospitalar precisa ser ofertado como garantia dos direitos à saúde e educação, e por isso deve haver a preocupação em oferecer os meios para que o pedagogo hospitalar possa atuar de maneira responsável e tranquila. É válido ressaltar que este profissional carece ter capacidade e autonomia para elaborar suas atividades a partir da análise da realidade de cada paciente, a fim de criar planejamentos diferenciados que contemple a aprendizagem individual deles, levando em consideração as condições clínicas de cada um, faixa etária, ano escolar e seus saberes já adquiridos, buscando desta forma o melhor para o paciente, tanto na saúde como na educação. Palavras-Chave: Pedagogia; Atendimento Hospitalar; Saúde e Educação.  Abstract: Children and adolescents who remain hospitalized for a long time need to be monitored by an educator who works in the hospital together with other health professionals, seeking to ensure that the patient improves clinically, through activities developed by the educator, as well as continuing to develop the Learn. Thus, the article is based on the importance of demystifying the idea that the pedagogue's role is limited to the classroom, and it is noticeable that there are other fields of action, such as the hospital environment, which are the focus of the research. The objective of the work is to analyze how the pedagogue can act in the hospital field. The methodology adopted to carry out the work was through bibliographical research. The results showed that Hospital Pedagogy corresponds to differentiated care whose objective is to continue school education within hospitals, in which it is important to take into account the knowledge that the patient has, thus continuing the work that had to be interrupted due to hospitalization. In this context, hospital care addresses the psychological and physiological aspects of each patient, aiming to raise their self-esteem, allowing them the opportunity to continue the teaching and learning process even when they leave school. Given the above, it was possible to conclude that hospital care needs to be offered as a guarantee of the rights to health and education, and therefore there must be a concern to offer the means so that the hospital educator can act responsibly and calmly. It is worth noting that these professional lacks the capacity and autonomy to develop their activities based on the analysis of the reality of each patient, in order to create differentiated plans that include their individual learning, taking into account the clinical conditions of each one, age group, school year and their knowledge already acquired, thus seeking the best for the patient, both in health and in education.Keywords: Pedagogy; Hospital Care; Health and Education.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basma MOUNJID ◽  
Elhassane EL HILALI ◽  
Fatima AMRANI ◽  
Mohammed MOUBTASSIME

The global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused one of the most extensive school closures worldwide, sending over one billion students home away from their schools, teachers, and classmates. Governments opted for online education to ensure the continuity of learning. Teachers in Morocco have opted for different tech tools and platforms to design and deliver online classes. This study aims to assess the impact and effectiveness of online teaching during the COVID 19 outbreak among teachers in Morocco. Based on the theoretical framework Online Collaborative Learning (OCL), an online survey questionnaire is employed as a data collection instrument. A total of 421 Moroccan teachers from different regions all over Morocco took part in the study. This paper used the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software to analyze the collected data and determine the impact and quality of online teaching during the Covid-19 national school closure in Morocco. The results showed that most of the teachers faced numerous technology, training, and socio-economic challenges that acted as barriers to the processes of online education. The findings obtained can be of use in making future decisions concerning the implementation of teaching and learning online programs in Morocco considering the teachers’ perspective


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 96-110
Author(s):  
Erin Troy

This research turns a critical eye to peacebuilding in Rwanda, by revealing the negative outcomes of efforts undertaken by Paul Kagame’s regime. Evaluation of five key pillars of peacebuilding demonstrates that a veneer of peacebuilding has again put Rwanda on a dangerous trajectory towards civil war. Examining the role of international greenlighting as a causal factor of the Rwandan genocide offers a new framework through which to understand our own complicity and responsibility. This framework, in the current Rwandan context, underscores the importance of interrogating ongoing patterns of greenlighting in the post-conflict period, and how we continue to contribute to conflict in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. Middle powers like Canada bear an onus to generate innovative methods of peacebuilding assessment, in order to understand actual impact on the ground. This allows us to see beyond insincere peace work, and points us towards a place of taking action.


Author(s):  
Dr. Mee Jay A. Domingo ◽  
Harvey John Tolentino Aguillon

In the academe, stakeholders are starting to acknowledge the impact of social media in the teaching and learning process. Aware of this, the researchers conducted this study to determine the role of social media in the language learning experiences of students. Specifically, it identified the social media profile of the students and the platforms’ perceived use and advantages to vocabulary development. In realizing its objectives, the study employed a descriptive research design that involved 83 university students from a state university in the Philippines. Respondents answered an online survey questionnaire, which was tried out first to potential respondents before its actual use. The researchers used descriptive statistics to make sense of the data gathered. Results show that the students have high social media engagement as manifested by the number of social media accounts that they created for themselves (the majority have two or more accounts) and the number of hours that they spend a day online (majority are online for at least three hours a day). All the respondents use Facebook.com, making it the most commonly used social media platform among them. In addition, the study found that students perceive social media as contributory and effective applications for the enhancement of language and vocabulary skills due to the media’s accessibility, universality, ease of use, multimodality, general appeal, and its role in lowering communication anxieties. With these findings, educators are encouraged to explore the possibility of using social media platforms, preferably Facebook, as instructional media, specifically for the teaching of vocabulary. 


Author(s):  
Guillermo Ramírez M. ◽  
Ana Claúdia Batalha Henriques

En este trabajo presentamos los resultados de un estudio realizado durante el 1º semestre del año lectivo 2017, en el contexto de una experiencia de enseñanza apoyada con TIC, específicamente con Geogebra, dirigida al aprendizaje de la probabilidad en décimo año de escolaridad en el contexto costarricense. Se presenta, en particular, una de las cinco tareas de la secuencia de aprendizaje que conforma la experiencia de enseñanza, con el objetivo de comprender cómo los alumnos aprenden conceptos básicos asociados a experimentos aleatorios (aleatoriedad, casos favorables, casos totales y evento aleatorio) al realizar tareas exploratorias apoyadas con Geogebra, y cuál es el papel de este software como recurso didáctico para el aprendizaje de estos conceptos. La metodología utilizada fue de tipo cualitativa e interpretativa, siendo empleados, como instrumentos de recolección de datos, la observación participante y la recolección documental de las resoluciones de los alumnos. Los resultados evidencian que la mayor parte de los alumnos tienen noción de la aleatoriedad, asociando el concepto con experiencias de su día a día. Sin embargo, presentan dificultades para utilizar dicho concepto en la toma de decisiones que involucran probabilidades. Por su lado, los conceptos de casos favorables, casos totales y eventos aleatorios son desconocidos por la mayor parte de los alumnos. En cuanto a las contribuciones de la tecnología, el trabajo con Geogebra permitió que algunos alumnos fueran capaces de inferir correctamente relaciones asociadas a los conceptos de casos favorables, casos totales y eventos, a medida que simulan varias veces la experiencia del lanzamiento de dos dados. Además, las simulaciones para pequeñas repeticiones de la experiencia permitieron evidenciar que gran parte de los alumnos tienen creencias equivocadas sobre la aleatoriedad, producto de un uso inadecuado de la probabilidad clásica. De esta forma, los resultados obtenidos permiten hacer una evaluación positiva del uso de tareas exploratorias con recurso a Geogebra para la enseñanza y aprendizaje de conceptos de Probabilidad en secundaria. Durante la ponencia del trabajo se busca presentar estos resultados y mostrar la simulación de Geogebra utilizada en la tarea. Abstract In this paper we present the results of a study conducted during the 1st semester of the school year of 2017 in the context of a teaching experiment supported by ICTs, particularly Geogebra,  aimed at the learning of Probability in the 10th grade of the Costa Rican context. We present, in particular, one of the five tasks of the learning sequence that supports the teaching  experiment, aiming to understand how 10th grade students of Costa Rica learn the basic concepts associated with random experiments (randomness, favorable cases, total cases and random event) when working on exploratory tasks supported by Geogebra, and what is the role of this software as a  didactic resource for learning these concepts. The methodology used was qualitative and interpretative and data collection included: participant observation and the students? answers to the tasks. The results show that the majority of students have a notion of randomness, associating the concept withtheir real life experiences. However, they have difficulties in using this concept to make decisions involving probabilities. The concepts of favorable cases, total cases and events are unknown to most students. Regarding the contributions of technology, working with Geogebra allowed some students to be able to correctly infer relations associated with the concepts of favorable cases, total cases and events as they simulate the experience of throwing two dice several times. In addition, when they do a small number of simulations for an experience, it was possible to observe that a large part of the students have wrong beliefs about randomness, due to an inadequate use of classical probability. In this way, the results obtained allow us to make a positive evaluation of the use of exploratory tasks with Geogebra for the teaching and learning of Probability concepts in secondary school. During the presentation of the work, we seek to present these results and show the simulation of Geogebra used in the task.


2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 643-657
Author(s):  
Samar Minallah ◽  
Allison L. Steiner

AbstractPrecipitation in the Great Lakes region has a distinct seasonal cycle that peaks in early summer, followed by a decline in August and a secondary peak in September. This seasonality is often not captured by models, which necessitates understanding of the driving mechanisms to ascertain the model biases. This study analyzes the atmospheric moisture budget using reanalysis datasets to assess the role of regional evapotranspiration and moisture influx from remote origins in defining the precipitation seasonality, and to understand how the Great Lakes modulate spatial patterns and magnitudes of these components. Specifically, the land–water thermal contrast yields large seasonal variations in the evaporative fluxes and creates distinctive localized spatial patterns of moisture flux divergence. We find considerable month-to-month variations in both evapotranspiration and the net moisture transport through the boundaries, where they play a cooperative (contrasting) role in amplifying (dampening) the moisture content available for precipitation and total precipitable water. Our seasonal analysis suggests that the misrepresentation of the budget quantities in models, for example, in simulation of moisture transport processes and parameterization schemes, can result in an anomalous precipitation behavior and, in some cases, violation of the atmospheric moisture mass balance, resulting in large residual magnitudes. We also identify conspicuous differences in the representation of moisture budget components in the various reanalyses, which can alter their representation of the regional hydroclimates.


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