scholarly journals Connecting faith and pedagogy: Fortune favors the brave

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany T. Boury ◽  
Mary Kathryn McVey
Keyword(s):  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Culturally Relevant Teaching ◽  
Field Placement ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
Preservice Teaching ◽  
International Teaching ◽  
The University ◽  
Teaching Candidates

This paper examines the defined charisms of an international field placement, the connection of those gifts with the culture and faith of participating preservice teaching candidates and investigates candidates’ reflections of teaching persona and self-efficacy fostered by an international teaching experience. Launched in 2010, the ELISA (English Leaners in Specialized Atmosphere) program was intended to provide opportunities for preservice candidates to cultivate global classroom perspectives and culturally relevant teaching. As the partnership between the University and pilot schools in Gaming, Austria strengthened, the education faculty began to identify that something deeper was occurring.  Participants in the field placements were not only developing pedagogy but connecting their faith to their reflective practice and teaching.Keywords: charism, study abroad, preservice teaching candidates, culturally relevant teaching

Key Aspects of Student Teaching

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-61
Author(s):  
John M. Denis
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Cooperating Teacher ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Music Classroom ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
The University

The transition from the conceptually focused world of the student to the professionally pragmatic world of the teacher can be jarring and difficult. One of the more useful educational experiences for facilitating this transition is that of student teaching. This review of literature examines the personal relationships, expectations, reflective practice, and power structure inherent in the student-teaching experience in both general and music classroom contexts. These facets were selected due to their prevalence in the literature and their potential impact on stakeholders’ approaches toward student teachers. Aspects of cooperating teacher preparation in light of the highlighted areas are then discussed, with potential suggestions including communication concerns, possible cooperating teacher framework characteristics, and balancing the conflicting nature of both the student teacher and the university supervisor.

scholarly journals La práctica reflexiva en el Practicum de Historia del Máster de Formación del Profesorado. Reflective practice in the Practicum of History of the Master's Degree in Teacher Training.

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 134-147
Author(s):  
Beatriz Andreu Mediero
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Gran Canaria ◽  
History Of ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

En el marco del sistema de competencias europeo, este trabajo analiza la importancia de la práctica reflexiva para la enseñanza-aprendizaje de la Historiaen el Prácticum del Máster de Formación del Profesorado, en su especialidad de Geografía e Historia, con el fin de lograr un profesorado intelectualmente comprometido, reflexivo y crítico.Para ello, a través de la investigación cualitativa y la investigación-acción, se pretende: conocer cómo se desarrolla la práctica reflexiva en el modelo de Practicum portugués, concretamente en el Practicum de Historia de la Universidad de Porto, Portugal; analizar el modelo de Practicum de la especialidad de Geografía e Historia de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, acercándonos a la valoración que el alumnado hace de las prácticas y de la relación entre teoría y práctica, y, por último, reflexionar sobre nuestra propia experiencia docente durante las prácticas del Máster. Within the framework of the European competency system, this work: analyzes the importance of reflective practice for the teaching-learning of Social Sciences, specifically of History, in the Practicumof the Master's Degree in Teacher Training, in its specialty of Geography and History, in order to achieve an intellectually committed, reflective and critical faculty.For this purpose, through qualitative research and action research, we intend to know how reflective practice is developed in the Portuguese Practicummodel, specifically in the History Practicumof the University of Porto, Portugal; analyze the Practicummodel of the Geography and History specialty of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, approaching students' assessment of practices and the relationship between theory and practice, and finally, reflecting on our own teaching experience during the practices of the Master.

scholarly journals Technology-enhanced Learning for Promoting Technical and Social Competences in Hydrological Science

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feliciana Licciardello ◽  
Simona Consoli ◽  
Giuseppe Cirelli ◽  
Carlos Castillo ◽  
Elvira Fernández-Ahumada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Academic Calendar ◽  
The University ◽  
Social Competences ◽  
Enhanced Learning

AbstractThis paper explains and analyses a virtual gamification experience developed by a teaching group from the University of Catania (Italy) and the University of Cordoba (Spain). A competition based on professional tasks about hydrological planning was implemented in two subjects on Hydrological Sciences. The teaching experience was designed to improve the acquisition of technical knowledge and skills needed for hydrological studies, promote the management of ICT and increase international cooperation between different universities; all aimed at making students more employable. The experience is transferable to different academic levels. Following the philosophy of soccer leagues, the students solved and presented the exercise by teams of two students. Through videoconference, the presentation and the explanation were done so the fans in each country supported their teams. The students found it a very challenging experience but at the same time, some of them were aware of their needs of improving technical knowledge, particularly Geographical Information Systems, and English language skills. Updating of tools and the schedule within the different academic calendar were their main organization handicaps. The main outcome of the presented experience is that social energy and enthusiasm associated to popular activities such as soccer led to improve the interest and the motivation of the students in challenging technical contents as well as teamwork and language transversal competences.

scholarly journals Challenges in adapting field placement during a pandemic: A Jamaican perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 002087282097673
Author(s):  
Cerita S Buchanan ◽  
Sarah J Bailey-Belafonte
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Home Visits ◽  
Field Placement ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
Social Work Training ◽  
Work Training ◽  
Short Essay ◽  
Information And Technology

The field experience component of social work training had to be quickly adjusted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and various factors guided this process. This short essay briefly explores how information and technology, home visits, insurance and liability, and licensing and regulation have impacted the adjustment of social work field placements in Jamaica during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also highlights the different methods of field placements that have been used in light of the challenges.

Practice Note: Supporting Social Work Students with Additional Needs when on Field Placement

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 88-96
Author(s):  
Barry Fearnley ◽  
Sarah Farah ◽  
Roisin McNally ◽  
Jade Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Field Placement ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
Further Development

This practice note focuses on work undertaken at a UK university to support social work students with additional needs when on their field placement. Following a brief introduction, it will provide an overview of social work field placements, illustrate some of the complexities surrounding field placements when social work students have additional needs, and highlight some of the work undertaken. It will conclude with some areas for further development and recommendations. It is hoped that the Practice Note will generate discussions about the importance of supporting social work students with additional needs when on placement and share good practice.  

Finding Possibility in Pitfalls: The Role of Permeable Methods Pedagogy in Preservice Teacher Learning

2016 ◽  
Vol 118 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-42
Author(s):  
Heather Hebard
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teacher Candidate ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Opportunities To Learn ◽  
Field Placement ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Field Placements

Background/Context Tensions between university-based teacher preparation courses and field placements have long been identified as an obstacle to novices’ uptake of promising instructional practices. This tension is particularly salient for writing instruction, which continues to receive inadequate attention in K–12 classrooms. More scholarship is needed to develop a theory and practice of methods education that accounts for these tensions. Purpose This study investigated how opportunities to learn to teach writing in preservice preparation mediated teacher candidates’ learning. The investigation's aim was to add to our knowledge of how teachers learn and the factors that impact this learning to offer implications for improving teacher education. Participants and Settings Participants included literacy methods course instructors from two post-baccalaureate, university-based, K–8 teacher certification programs and participating candidates enrolled in these courses (N = 20). Settings included methods course meetings and participating candidates’ field placements. Research Design This comparative case study examined opportunities to learn and preservice teachers’ uptake of pedagogical tools across two programs. A cultural–historical theoretical lens helped to identify consequential differences in the nature of activity in preservice teachers’ methods courses and field placement experiences. Data included instructor interviews, methods course observations, teacher candidate focus groups, and field placement observations. Patterns of field and course activity in each program were identified and linked to patterns of appropriation within and across the two cohorts. Findings In one program, methods course activity included opportunities to make sense of the approaches to teaching writing that teacher candidates encountered across past and current experiences. The instructor leveraged points of tension and alignment across settings, prompting teacher candidates to consider affordances and variations of pedagogical tools for particular contexts and goals. This permeable setting supported candidates to develop habits of thinking about pedagogical tools, habits that facilitated uptake of integrated instructional frameworks. In the other program, methods activity focused almost exclusively on the tools and tasks presented in that setting. This circumscribed approach did not support sense-making across settings, which was refected in the fragmented nature of teacher candidates’ pedagogical tool uptake. Conclusions Findings challenge the notion that contradictions in teacher education are necessarily problematic, suggesting instead that they might be leveraged as entry points for sense-making. In addition, permeability is identified as a useful design principle for supporting learning across settings. Finally, a framework of pedagogical tools for subject-matter teaching may provide novices with a strong starting point for teaching and a scaffold for further learning. “I felt at the beginning of the school year that writing was not going to be a strong point for me…. Maybe part of it was the way [my cooperating teacher] modeled it for me; it was just free flowing, kind of … jumping from thing to thing [each day]…. It wasn't like the way [our methods instructor] had modeled for us … [using] four-week units.” –Sheri, teacher candidate, Madrona University

scholarly journals A Teaching Experience through the use of Tasks: Limits and possibilities for learning Mathematics in a university context

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Ribeiro ◽  
Juliana Paulin
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Mathematical Tasks ◽  
Integral Calculus ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
Fundamental Theorem Of Calculus ◽  
The University

Context: Rethinking mathematics teaching practices in a university context is an emerging research theme. Objectives: In this article, we aim to discuss the limits and possibilities of using mathematical tasks in the teaching and learning processes of the concepts of Derivative, Integral and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Design: The study is based on a qualitative-interpretative perspective of research, with methodological procedures inspired by a Design-Based Research. Environment and participants: The research was developed with students attending a Functions of a Variable class in a public university in the state of São Paulo. Data collection and analysis: Data were collected through mathematical tasks on Differential and Integral Calculus solved by students. The protocols produced were analysed, pointing out the main aspects identified, which led us to organize categories of analysis and dimensions (i) knowledges mobilized and developed by students in relation to mathematical concepts; (ii) main errors and difficulties presented by students in the development of tasks; (iii) limits and possibilities of the practice of exploratory teaching in the university context. Results: The results reveal aspects that characterize a process of resignifying the mathematical concepts discussed with the students and a deepening of their knowledge about the concepts of the DIC. Conclusions: As future notes, we suggest rethinking university teaching practice, since the study indicated possibilities and potentialities of the use of exploratory tasks in the teaching of Differential and Integral Calculus.

scholarly journals Exploring the technical pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) of Taiwanese university physics instructors

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syh-Jong Jang ◽  
Yahui Chang
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
University Physics ◽  
University Instructors ◽  
Science Instructors ◽  
The University ◽  
University Science

<p>University science teachers’ technological pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) is crucial for effective teaching. Although there has been a plethora of studies investigating pre-service and in-service teachers’ TPACK, few studies have examined university instructors’ TPACK and university students’ perceptions of instructors’ TPACK. The main purpose of this study was to examine the TPACK questionnaire differences between university students’ perceptions and instructors’ self-perceptions, and assess differences in university physics instructors’ TPACK according to gender, academic degrees and teaching experience in Taiwan. This study adopted and revised an instrument for measuring university students’ perceptions of science instructors’ TPACK. The sample was randomly selected from the physics instructors of universities in the northern, central, and southern regions of Taiwan. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted to examine the dimensions of the instrument. The results revealed that the TPACK questionnaire of university physics instructors’ views were different from the university students’ perceptions. University physics instructors’ results indicated statistical significance in overall TPACK according to teaching experience. The research implications of this study are provided along with suggestions.</p>

scholarly journals Building Leadership Capacity Among Student Teachers: A Narrative Inquiry Into Relational Continuity in Student Teachers’ Field Placements

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-160
Author(s):  
Sue McKenzie-Robblee ◽  
Pam Steeves
Keyword(s):  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Leadership Capacity ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
Relational Continuity ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Connected Knowing ◽  
Building Leadership Capacity ◽  
The University

The authors of this paper are two teacher researchers, one situated at the university and one situated as principal of an elementary school. Through narrative inquiry (Clandinin and Connelly, 2000) two main themes of belonging and becoming were illuminated. The work suggests trusting relationships evolving from dialogue sustained over two field placements at the same school offer student teachers the possibilities of connecting their life experiences with their new experiences at the school; a connected knowing that enables them to develop their identifies as beginning teachers.

scholarly journals Towards a Methodology of the Intercultural Teaching of Hungarian Literature to Speakers of Hungarian as a Second/Foreign Language

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 148-163
Author(s):  
Györgyi Horváth
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Teaching Literature ◽  
Cultural Challenges ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Hungarian Literature ◽  
One Year ◽  
Hungarian Language ◽  
The University

Although there are many Hungarian Studies scholars teaching literature to Hungarian language learners around the world, there are practically no resources available about what is happening in these classes, and what linguistic, literary and cultural challenges they pose for students and teachers. In her study, Györgyi Horváth discusses her ten-year teaching experience as a teacher of Hungarian literature to Hungarian language learners within the Hungarian Studies Program, a one-year off-site university program offered to international students, accredited by the University of Pécs, and hosted by the Balassi Institute, Budapest. She discusses the institutional and program framework she worked in, gives a detailed account of the linguistic, literary and especially the cultural competencies that were in play in these courses, and also formulates some general methodological insights about teaching Hungarian literature to language learners. Horváth concludes that teaching literature cross-culturally widens the cultural horizons of students as well as of their teachers, offering them a space for increased cultural awareness and self-reflection.

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