scholarly journals LEADing the way in Early Childhood Education and Care Through a Mentor/Protégé Program

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Tina Bonnett ◽  
Krista Ly
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Education And Care ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
One Year

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Mentoring is an approach utilized by many professions because it has been deemed to be advantageous, most notably for entry-level practitioners, those in search of career advancement, and students engaged in service learning. </span><span>Research exploring elements that inform meaningful mentor/ </span><span>protégé relationships in the Canadian childcare sector is, however, lacking. This qualitative research study seeks to </span><span>unearth attributes that influence a formal mentor/protégé experience. Fourteen professionals participated in a one-year </span><span>program in Ontario. Applied thematic analysis was employed </span><span>to explore journals, focus group discussion transcripts, and researcher field notes. Predominant themes uncovered include </span><span>structures that support the pairing, reciprocity, outcomes, goals and motivators, and recommendations for delivery of future mentor/protégé programs. </span></p></div></div></div></div>

scholarly journals Translating processes and elementary writing in German as a foreign language

Linguistica ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 439-453
Author(s):  
Sabine Hoffmann ◽  
Giolo Fele
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Elementary Writing ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
First Results ◽  
Academic Year

The article presents the first results of a qualitative research study on writing in a foreign language with the help of Google Translator. It examines the processes of  the construction of verbal and discursive forms during group discussion on the translation of a tourist website structures ensuing from a tourist website const. This study took place in the 2013/2014 academic year, and it was based on a video recording of about 12 hours of group work by 16 students while planning and producing a draft of the German translation of the homepage of an Italian tourist site. This study highlights both the advantages and disadvantages of the use of an online translation resource by students with basic knowledge of a foreign language.

scholarly journals Period Poverty in context of women on road: A study in New Delhi

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasmita Swain ◽  
Rituparna Dey
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Intervention Model ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Field Notes

<p><i>Present research article aims at examining the concept of “Period Poverty” with special reference to women living on road and proposing possible interventions for improving condition. A qualitative research study was carried out in Delhi. In-depth interview of various stakeholders i.e.; women on road, gynaecologist, and NGO members were taken using semi structured interview guides. The responses were transcribed verbatim. Field notes of the group and individual interviews were also taken. The data was analysed using the Rigorous and accelerated data Reduction (RADaR) technique. The findings indicate women on road faces the issues of privacy, lack of toilets and water, security, lack of scientific knowledge, and adoption of unhygienic menstrual materials. Based</i> <i>on the responses of various stake holders an intervention model is suggested. </i></p>

Career Advancement for Young Women with Visual Impairments

1997 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.D. Hutto ◽  
D. Hare
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Female College ◽  
Qualitative Research Study

Young women with visual impairments need to learn strategies for both acquiring and advancing in careers. This article presents a qualitative research study of six successful female college graduates who are legally blind and suggests interventions for maximizing the career potential of female adolescents with visual impairments.

Teacher Talk about and around Sexuality in Early Childhood Education: Deciphering an Unwritten Code

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Surtees
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Teacher Talk ◽  
Teacher Resistance ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Children’S Sexuality

This article highlights initial findings from a qualitative research study in Aotearoa/New Zealand exploring the discursive production of children's sexuality in early childhood education. The article draws attention to teacher talk about and around sexuality. Drawing from heteronormative, developmentalist and biological discourses and discourses of children as asexual and innocent, this article shows that such talk acts to normalize or minimize children. Teacher resistance towards and silencing of sexuality, the functions the silences serve and the ways in which silences mark the borders of ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ are uncovered. The article suggests that the marking of borders jeopardizes teacher acknowledgement and celebration of difference and diversity. Gaps between the rhetoric of celebrating difference and diversity and the reality of practice are emphasized.

scholarly journals Investigating the use of a digital library in an inquiry-based undergraduate geology course

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xornam S. Apedoe
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Classroom Observations ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Search Mechanism ◽  
Premier Cycle ◽  
Field Notes

This paper reports the findings of a qualitative research study designed to investigate the opportunities and obstacles presented by a digital library for supporting teaching and learning in an inquiry-based undergraduate geology course. Data for this study included classroom observations and field-notes of classroom practices, questionnaires, and audiotapes and transcripts of interviews conducted with student and instructor participants. The findings suggest that although both the instructor and students recognized a number of opportunities presented by the digital library to support teaching and learning (e.g., provides access to various types of data), they encountered a number of obstacles (e.g., difficulty with the search mechanism) that discouraged them from taking advantage of the resources available. Recommendations are presented for (a) developers of digital libraries, and (b) instructors wishing to integrate use of a digital library for supporting their teaching and student learning in an inquiry-based course. Le présent article rend compte des conclusions d’une étude de recherche qualitative élaborée afin d’examiner les occasions et les obstacles que présente une bibliothèque numérique appuyant l’enseignement et l’apprentissage dans le cadre d’un cours de géologie de premier cycle axé sur la recherche. Les données pour cette étude comprenaient les observations effectuées en salle de classe et les notes d’excursion des pratiques en salle de classe, les questionnaires, les bandes audio ainsi que les transcriptions des entrevues menées auprès des étudiants et de l’instructeur participant. Les conclusions laissent entendre que bien que l’instructeur et les étudiants reconnaissent un certain nombre d’occasions que présente la bibliothèque numérique en appui à l’enseignement et à l’apprentissage (p. ex. accès à divers types de données), ils ont dû surmonter un certain nombre d’obstacles (p. ex. difficulté avec les mécanismes de recherche) qui les ont découragés de profiter des ressources disponibles. Des recommandations sont présentées pour les a) développeurs de bibliothèques numériques et b) les instructeurs qui veulent intégrer l’utilisation d’une bibliothèque numérique afin d’appuyer leur enseignement et l’apprentissage de leurs étudiants dans le cadre d’un cours axé sur la recherche.

scholarly journals Using Images to Capture Faculty’s Beliefs About Play and Learning in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marleah Blom ◽  
Miranda D'Amico
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Free Play ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Photo Elicitation ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Education And Care

Findings are presented from a qualitative research study that used photo-elicitation methods to explore faculty members’ beliefs about play and learning for children in Early Childhood Education and Care environments when teaching preservice early childhood educators in recognized post-secondary Early Childhood Education programs in Canada. Participants believe that play is a vehicle for learning, advocate for children’s free play in Early Childhood Education and Care settings as well as express concerns about the decline of play in children’s lives. Implications of findings and the benefits of using images to elicit teacher beliefs in research will be discussed. Research on faculty members’ beliefs is limited and findings come at an opportune time as advocacy for play in the early years is needed.

scholarly journals Negotiating Tensions and Roles in International Development: A Workshop for Graduate Students

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Hales
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
International Development ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Development Work ◽  
Structural Level ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Personal Level

This paper presents the findings from a qualitative research study involving graduate students who are studying or working in international development. The students participated in an activity-based workshop during which they reflected on and discussed their tensions and concerns about the nature of international development and their roles and positions in this work. Tensions ranged from those on a personal level, where students questioned their individual privilege and power in international development, to those on a structural level, where students questioned the overall nature of development practices. The workshop activities, designed by the author and based on a global education framework (Pike & Selby, 2000), generated group discussion, provoked personal reflection, challenged assumptions and reaffirmed goals. The study addresses the potential pedagogical value of such a workshop in promoting critical self-reflection and raising critical consciousness about one’s politics and practice in international development work. Cet article présente les résultats d'une recherche qualitative concernant des étudiants gradués qui vont étudier ou travailler dans un milieu de développement international. Ces étudiants ont participé à un atelier d'activités où ils ont réfléchi aux tensions et aux soucis vis-à-vis de la nature du développement international, y compris leurs rôles et leurs positions dans ce travail. Les tensions se rangent depuis le niveau personnel, où les étudiants se demandent sur leur privilège individuel et leur pouvoir dans le développement international, jusqu'à celles du niveau structurel, où ils se questionnent la nature globale des pratiques de développement. Les activités de l'atelier, conçues par l'auteur d'après un cadre d'éducation globale (Pike & Selby, 2000) créent des discussions en groupe, provoquent des réflexions personnelles, mettent en question les assomptions et réaffirment les objectifs. L'étude aborde la valeur pédagogique possible d’un tel atelier dans le développement de l'autocritique et dans le soulèvement de la conscience critique sur sa politique et ses pratiques propres dans le travail de développement international.

scholarly journals Period Poverty in context of women on road: A study in New Delhi

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasmita Swain ◽  
Rituparna Dey
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Intervention Model ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Field Notes

<p><i>Present research article aims at examining the concept of “Period Poverty” with special reference to women living on road and proposing possible interventions for improving condition. A qualitative research study was carried out in Delhi. In-depth interview of various stakeholders i.e.; women on road, gynaecologist, and NGO members were taken using semi structured interview guides. The responses were transcribed verbatim. Field notes of the group and individual interviews were also taken. The data was analysed using the Rigorous and accelerated data Reduction (RADaR) technique. The findings indicate women on road faces the issues of privacy, lack of toilets and water, security, lack of scientific knowledge, and adoption of unhygienic menstrual materials. Based</i> <i>on the responses of various stake holders an intervention model is suggested. </i></p>

scholarly journals PENGGUNAAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS ALAM UNTUK PENGEMBANGAN KOGNITIF ANAK USIA 5-6 TAHUN

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
Susmiyati Jiwaningrum ◽  
Yoyon Suryono
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Action Observation ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Planning Action ◽  
Better Than

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap: (1) kemampuan kognitif anak, (2) penggunaan media pembelajaran berbasis alam dan, (3) dampak penggunaan media pembelajaran berbasis alam terhadap pengembangan kemampuan kognitif anak. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas dengan dua siklus terdiri atas perencanaan, tindakan, observasi, dan refleksi. Subjek penelitian ini adalah anak, pendidik dan pengelola. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui pengamatan, wawancara, catatan lapangan, dan studi dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah reduksi data, mendeskripsikan data, dan membuat kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan kemampuan kognitif anak sebelum tindakan masih dalam kategori mulai berkembang; hasil penelitian siklus II menunjukkan hasil yang lebih baik dari siklus I; penggunaan media pembelajaran berbasis alam mempunyai dampak sangat baik ditunjukkan dengan kemampuan kognitif anak yang mengalami perkembangan yang sangat baik dibandingkan sebelum tindakan.Kata Kunci: media alam, kemampuan kognitif, pendidikan anak usia dini. THE USE OF NATURE-BASED LEARNING MEDIA TO DEVELOP THE COGNITIVE ABILITY OF CHILDREN AGED 5-6 YEARSAbstractThis study aims to reveal: (1) the cognitive ability of children, (2) the use of nature-based learning media, and (3) the impact of the use of nature-based learning media on the development of the cognitive ability of the children. This was a classroom action research study with two cycles consisted of planning, action, observation, and reflection. The research subjects are children, teachers, and managerial personnel. The data were collected through observations, interviews, field notes, and documentation study. The data analysis technique consisted of data reduction, data description, and conclusion drawing. Based on the results of the study, the following conclusions can be drawn the cognitive ability of the children in the group of before the actions was growth; the results in Cycle II were better than those in Cycle I; the use of the nature-based learning media has very good impacts; this was indicated by the cognitive ability of the children which developed better than that before the actions.Keywords: nature media, cognitive ability, early childhood education.

Searching for hope in brain, lung, and pancreatic cancers: A collaborative qualitative research study

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Pearson ◽  
Maureen Rigney ◽  
Anitra Engebretson ◽  
Johanna Villarroel ◽  
Jenette Spezeski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Pancreatic Cancers
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