scholarly journals Is the role of academics as teachers changing? An exploratory analysis in Italian universities

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-126
Author(s):  
Giovanni Barbato ◽  
Roberto Moscati ◽  
Matteo Turri

University teaching is under pressure to evolve in line with the social, cultural and economic changes of modern society. This process inevitably affects the professional profile of academics since it creates an increasing tension between the traditional modes of teaching and the learning styles and professional expectations of students. This article analyses, both theoretically and empirically, the process of change of university teachers in the face of today’s challenges. The empirical analysis is based on the Italian university system, which has always been characterised by an overall reluctance to reforms. This article presents a theoretical framework based on two dimensions, i.e., the teacher/university relationship and the teacher/student relationship, to investigate the evolution of the professional profile of academics as teachers on the basis of seven teaching practices identified in the literature. The findings show that, besides some limits that are specific to professional bureaucracies, the support of universities is fundamental to promote innovation in teachers’ teaching practices, which are otherwise regulated and shaped only by their disciplinary community.Received: 14 January 2019Accepted: 27 March 2019Published online: 29 May 2019

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Jia Yunjie

In the face of the arrival of artificial intelligence era, English classroom teaching is bound to change in organizational form, activity design, teacher-student relationship and technology integration. This paper combines SPOC and rain classroom, from knowledge infusion to ability improvement, individual teaching to team teaching, static resources to dynamic resources, artificial evaluation to intelligent evaluation, which brings new development opportunities for education. This paper uses the combination of Internet and artificial intelligence to analyze the teaching mixed teaching mode based on SPOC+and WeChat Rain classroom on the Internet. Based on the analysis results, we novelty propose the mixed English teaching mode based on such platforms to reveal the combination of Internet and artificial intelligence. On the second basis, we propose that future English teachers should continue to develop in the integration of teaching resources, integration of educational technology, design of in-depth learning activities, improvement of professional quality and self-cultivation of personality charm, and actively adapt to the era of artificial intelligence for College English classroom teaching.


Author(s):  
Ioana Georgiana FRUJINĂ

Due to limited life experience and lack of proper self-respect criteria, teenagers need discreet counseling and guidance, being helped to form their ideal of life, perfect their moral judgments, and raise their level of conscience and moral conduct. School counseling is a socio-pedagogical and economic instrument of modern society. The activity of school counseling and orientation is to support the fundamental principles of education: the teacher-student relationship, the balance between the formality and the informative, but also the principle of success. The counselor is a person with adequate training such as having studies in psychology, pedagogy or sociology field, who is involved in school counseling and orientation and professional orientation, supporting teachers, parents and pupils in the field of activity. Through this research work, the knowledge and abilities related to school counseling and adolescent orientation were improved.


Author(s):  
Sarah Forster-Heinzer ◽  
Andrea Reichmuth ◽  
Eva Höpfer ◽  
Silja Rohr-Mentele ◽  
and Doreen Holtsch

Abstract. While numerous studies have emphasized the importance of social belonging on the development of competence, they focused primarily on compulsory education. This contribution examines the importance of social belonging within the context of vocational schools, using the example of commercial apprenticeship training. In a longitudinal study, 1,153 commercial apprentices were tested three times regarding the development of their civic-economic competence. Further, they were questioned about the quality of their teacher–student relationship as well as class relatedness as two dimensions of social belonging. The findings suggest that the teacher–student relationship is highly relevant to the development of the intrinsic learning motivation in apprentices. Class relatedness was somewhat relevant to the level of the civic-economic value orientation of apprentices. The findings are noteworthy because they point to the importance of social belonging in the context of vocational schools, even though apprentices spend only one or two days per week there and are taught by various teachers.


2021 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 01041
Author(s):  
Elena Makarova

The article addresses the issue of teacher-student relationship in Russian higher education environment. The aim of the study is to identify challenges and problems faced by first- and second-year Russian students in interaction with university teaching staff and consider ways of solving them. The paper presents the analysis of student survey results, which contained closed and open-ended questions. Quantitative and qualitative research methods, applied in the study, allowed to confirm students’ needs for respectful attitude and teacher’s support. Respectful teacher’s attitude was found to be more significant for harmonizing classroom environment than teacher’s ability to effectively transfer subject-related knowledge. Recommendations on establishing balanced teacher-student relationship and minimizing anxiety in higher education settings are given. The findings are in relation to teacher development programmes and their potential in providing teaching staff with pedagogical and psychological knowledge for establishing cooperative teaching and learning. Suggestions for further research including teacher-student interaction from teacher’s perspective are outlined.


2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (56) ◽  
pp. 33-43
Author(s):  
María Cruz Cuevas Álvarez

RESUMEN: El ensayo pretende difundir la importancia sobre conocer los estilos de aprendizaje que se tienen en las aulas, de cómo mejorar nuestras habilidades de comunicación y que esta sea asertiva; es decir, entender mejor a los alumnos, la manera en qué ellos aprenden y que lo presentado en clase sea recibido favorablemente al receptor por el canal de percepción adecuado. Se propone como estrategia de carácter novedoso a la Programación Neurolingüística (PNL) en nuestras aulas. PNL es una herramienta útil para el docente, ya que brinda resultados casi inmediatos en el proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje, debido a que es un enfoque práctico, dinámico y funcional, que además permite poder realizar actividades exitosas, entretenidas y motivadoras. Con mayor alcance toda vez que permite abarcar a los tres tipos de estilos de aprendizaje (percepciones sensoriales) que surgen a partir de las investigaciones de Richard Bandler y John Grinder (creadores) en 1985. En lo que al lenguaje corporal se refiere, se sugieren movimientos corporales que deben evitarse en clase para tener una mejor relación alumno-maestro, a modo de crear un ambiente académico armónico y agradable, y que el alumno se sienta con la confianza suficiente de acercarse al profesor y aclarar sus dudas en clase, en lugar de quedarse con ellas durante todo el parcial, semestre o de por vida. Finalmente, recordar que no todos los alumnos aprenden de la misma manera, ni a como los maestros lo hacemos, sino es cuestión de buscar el punto medio para que la información dada en clase llegue eficientemente a través de los canales de percepción apropiados. Además de que se aprenda a leer el lenguaje corporal de nuestros educandos e identificar casi de manera inmediata si realmente están entendiendo, si los estamos aburriendo, si definitivamente no tenemos su atención y por eso su atención está dispersa. Al estar consciente de que ésta herramienta nos va a permitir tener un mejor acercamiento, podremos tener clases más significativas, con mayor aprovechamiento de los tiempos y de los recursos que tengamos por ende, poder cumplir en casi su totalidad con lo planteado y con los objetivos de aprendizaje propuestos en nuestros planes de trabajo. ABSTRACT: This essay pretends to spread the importance of being aware of the different learning styles that we can find in our classrooms, knowing how to improve our communication skills, and how to become assertive in our communication to understand our students better, know the manner they learn, and make it possible that what is presented in class can favorably be perceived by the receiver through the appropriate perception channel. This essays suggests to apply Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) in our classrooms, as an innovative strategy. NLP is a useful tool for teachers as it provides almost immediate results in the teaching-learning process due to its practical, dynamic and functional approach, which also allows to perform successful, entertaining and motivating activities. With extended range because it covers the three types of learning styles (sensory perceptions) arising from the research done by Richard Bandler and John Grinder (creators) in 1985. Regarding the body language, it is suggested to avoid some body movements in class in order to have a better teacher-student relationship, and so creating a harmonic and pleasant academic environment that makes students feel confident enough to approach to the teacher and ask questions concerning the class or doubts they may have, instead of not doing so and keeping those questions with themselves during the partial, the semester, or even for the rest of their whole life. Finally we must remember that not all students learn in the same way or as the teachers do. It´s just a matter of searching the midpoint to make that the information provided in class reaches the students efficiently by using the proper perception channels. Furthermore, the teachers must learn to read the body language of their students to identify almost immediately if the students are really understanding or not, if the teacher is making the students get bored, or if the teacher definitely does not have the students´ attention and so their attention is scattered. Being aware that this tool will allow us have a better approach to our students, we can conclude that our classes will be more meaningful, with a better use of the time and the resources, and so, we will accomplish almost entirely the learning goals proposed in our work plans.


Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 2665-2673
Author(s):  
Parmanand Tripathi

Every teacher must realize that he/she needs to be highly motivated, committed, passionate, and optimistic towards his/her students as well as his/her teaching in order to create a positive and productive impact on the students and their learning outcomes. It is a proven fact that teachers who are sincere, caring, approachable, supportive and inspiring can easily enable their students to become enthusiastic, successful and creative learners. John Hattie, a proponent of Evidence Based Quantitative Research Methodologies on the Influences on Student achievement, who is also a Professor of Education and Director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, has noted in his study that a harmonious classroom can assist with the development of creativity as well as reduce anxiety levels amongst students. In my opinion, the primary objective of all effective and conscious teachers should be to promote a safe and healthy learning environment wherein students will feel confident, comfortable, happy and accepted. Time and again, I am convinced of the fact that only effective and conscious teachers understand, acknowledge and therefore, appreciate the significance of creating a rapport and bonding with their students for providing an education that is positive, productive and progressive. When teachers display a positive and congenial attitude towards their students, they not only make them ‘learn better, faster and deeper’ but make them self-confident and self-reliant too. Building positive, supportive, cooperative and mutually strong teacher-student relationships is the key to create a welcoming, healthy and conducive learning space in which students are enabled to thrive, prosper and go on to become what they are meant to be in life. And it is only by forging and nurturing a strong and positive relationship with their students, can teachers create a healthy and conducive learning atmosphere wherein students feel welcome, accepted, respected, loved and cared for, wherein learning becomes fun and joy. Conscious and committed teachers promote the art of positive parenting in every classroom and in every school to enable the students to become confident learners by willingly and happily shouldering the responsibility of being their ‘second parents’.When teachers teach with passion, display positive attitude towards their students and their success, and show genuine care for them, the students reciprocate with respect for their teachers, interest and love for their learning.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin-Xin Wang ◽  
Kai Dou ◽  
Jian Bin Li ◽  
Ming-Chen Zhang ◽  
Ji-Yao Guan

Although interparental conflict is a risk factor for adolescent problematic internet use (PIU), little research has investigated the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this association from the perspective of "school × family" interplay. To address such gaps, this study tested the idea that interparental conflict might be associated with PIU in adolescents via restraining the protective effect of future positive time perspective and via boosting deleterious effect of future negative time perspective. In addition, this study also investigated the moderation effect of teacher-student relationship in the association between interparental conflict and future time perspective. Using three-wave longitudinal data, with each time point spanning three months apart, this study examined the aforesaid questions in a sample of 523 Chinese adolescents (M age = 14.64, SD = 1.37; 276 boys and 247 girls). Results of moderated mediation model indicated that interparental conflict at T1 was associated with PIU at T3 in adolescents through future negative time perspective at T2, especially for adolescents with a great teacher-student relationship. These findings shed light on the underlying mechanisms that explain how interparental conflict is associated with PIU in adolescents and provide effective prevention and intervention strategies of PIU in a Chinese cultural context


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