scholarly journals Building College Readiness: Theories and Practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-71
Author(s):  
L. G. Wariyo ◽  
A. Asgedom
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
College Readiness ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Traditional School ◽  
School Based ◽  
The World ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
K 12

The purpose of this study was to 1) explore theories and practices in building college readiness; 2) examine the Ethiopian college readiness policy and the Ethiopian preparatory for higher education curriculum through the lens of the theories and practices around the world.Materials and methods. To achieve these objectives, extant literature reviews were conducted. The international research databases such as Scimago Journal and Country Rank, Web of Science, and Google Scholar were used for the collection of the resources. Some local government reports and research findings were accessed in hard copy. The resources reviewed in this study consist of quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods empirical research reports, and systematic reviews. This systematic review mainly focused on 1) searching for interventionist approaches, theories, and practices of building college readiness across k-12 education beyond the traditional school-based teaching and learning arena; 2) how the trends in building college readiness focused on narrowing the gap between theory and practices through student supports from early years of schooling as well as how the practices focused on managing and monitoring student learning outcomes effectively.Results. The review analysis shows that the current practice of building college readiness has spread its roots in societal and ecological grounds than ever before. For this reason, the traditional school-based college readiness building tends to be more supplemented by the advanced, research-oriented, and community-based, or ecologically grounded early support and monitoring of student progress. The Ethiopian college readiness curriculum, admission processes, and practices in teaching-learning are highly school-based and traditional compared to the contemporary practices of building college readiness around the world. The early warning and support systems are highly dependent on the teachers’ classroom tests and national assessments that are administered at some grade levels only.Conclusion. Building college readiness is a significant factor in promoting college success and higher education student learning outcomes. The contemporary college readiness and transition to higher education is highly affected by multiple personal and ecological factors, in addition to the traditional school, curriculum, and teachinglearning factors. Multiple community-based and research-oriented early interventions and support systems need to supplement the role of schooling in building college readiness. The curriculum and teaching-learning processes need to be rich enough in narrowing the gap between theories and practices. The teachers play a great role in building college readiness.

The Emerging Use of E-Learning Environments in K-12 Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 586-603
Author(s):  
Christopher O’Mahony
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Virtual Learning Environments ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
The World ◽  
E Learning ◽  
K 12

Virtual learning environments (VLEs) and managed learning environments (MLEs) are emerging as popular and useful tools in a variety of educational contexts. Since the late 1990s a number of ‘off-the-shelf’ solutions have been produced. These have generally been targeted at the tertiary education sector. In the early years of the new millennium, we have seen increased interest in VLEs/MLEs in the primary and secondary education sectors. In this chapter, a brief overview of e-learning in the secondary and tertiary education sectors over the period from 1994 to 2004 is provided, leading to the more recent emergence of VLEs and MLEs. Three models of e-learning are explored. Examples of solutions from around the world are considered in light of these definitions. Through the case of one school’s journey towards an e-learning strategy, we look at the decisions and dilemmas facing schools and school authorities in developing their own VLE/MLE solutions.

Usage of Electronic Portfolios for Assessment

2009 ◽  
pp. 702-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasemin Gulbahar
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Electronic Portfolios ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
End Products ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
K 12

This chapter introduces the use of electronic portfolios (e-portfolios) as an assessment method in the K-12 classroom. Aligned with the constructivist approach, the term e-portfolio is considered to be an umbrella, actually comprising of various components reflecting both the teaching-learning process and the end products. Having many advantages, the use of e-portfolios is spreading all over the world. This chapter, in which issues such as conceptual underpinnings, possible advantages and challenges, implementation ideas, and content and assessment criteria for e-portfolios are also reviewed, concludes with suggestions for teachers who are interested in implementing e-portfolios into their own subject fields.

Learning Portals as New Academic Spaces

2011 ◽  
pp. 1422-1428
Author(s):  
Katy Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Models Of Teaching ◽  
Collaborative Community ◽  
Management Function ◽  
The World ◽  
Teaching Learning

Many functional definitions emphasize a portal as an integrated system providing a gateway to organized data (c.f., Batson, 2000; Copeland, 2001; Eisler, 2001; Looney & Lyman, 2000). However, a learning portal may go beyond the information management function to provide important mechanisms for reaching out to new populations of learners and engaging them in new ways to facilitate learning and development. Beyond serving as a gateway and an organizer, a portal can provide access to a broader range of contemporary information and learning resources (experts, teachers, researchers, mentors), encourage enriched interaction with those resources and with other learners anywhere in the world, and support new models of teaching, learning and research. Ultimately, a collaborative, community-based process of designing and implementing a portal may support institutions in reorienting towards a user-centered learning community.

Learning Portals as New Academic Spaces

2005 ◽  
pp. 1815-1819
Author(s):  
Katy Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Models Of Teaching ◽  
Collaborative Community ◽  
Management Function ◽  
The World ◽  
Teaching Learning

Many functional definitions emphasize a portal as an integrated system providing a gateway to organized data (c.f., Batson, 2000; Copeland, 2001; Eisler, 2001; Looney & Lyman, 2000). However, a learning portal may go beyond the information management function to provide important mechanisms for reaching out to new populations of learners and engaging them in new ways to facilitate learning and development. Beyond serving as a gateway and an organizer, a portal can provide access to a broader range of contemporary information and learning resources (experts, teachers, researchers, mentors), encourage enriched interaction with those resources and with other learners anywhere in the world, and support new models of teaching, learning and research. Ultimately, a collaborative, community-based process of designing and implementing a portal may support institutions in reorienting towards a user-centered learning community.

scholarly journals DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES USED IN THE CLASSROOM AS SUPPORTING INSTRUMENTS IN THE EARLY YEARS OF BASIC EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 854-868
Author(s):  
Francisco Carlos da Silva Caetano
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Different Content

We live in a time surrounded by innumerable technological innovations that have impacted this generation significantly, since very early people already make use of some electronic gadget, navigating a universe rich in entertainment features, allowing access to different content whether close or even far. Such technological innovations promote relevant transformations in all sectors of society, contributing to the formation of more active and participative subjects in issues of interest around themselves and the world, favoring the dissemination of popular culture and its enrichment. New technologies favor changes in thinking, acting, teaching and learning, as they have significantly contributed to the advancement of communication and access to information in real time. It is noticed that children are increasingly getting access to these technological tools and master them very skillfully, being able to teach the most advanced in age the use of these novelties. Thinking about the way the child is positioned in the technological society, this work sought to investigate the importance of using new digital technologies in the classroom to enhance the teaching-learning process in the early years of basic education.

Centering Students in School-Based Support Processes: Critical Inquiries and Shifting Perspectives

2015 ◽  
Vol 117 (13) ◽  
pp. 67-82
Author(s):  
Gretchen Brion-Meisels
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Student Support ◽  
Referral Process ◽  
Mandated Reporting ◽  
Community Based ◽  
School Based ◽  
School And Community ◽  
Support Relationships

Although student support systems exist in most U.S. schools today, these systems frequently operate without input from young people. Here, I draw on data from two studies that explore youth perspectives of support processes, arguing that both school organizations and individual students will benefit from centering youth voices in student support systems. To make this argument, I describe three central practices of school-based support processes and explore how young people's voices might (re)shape these practices. I begin by investigating the practice of “referring in,” the ways in which students are invited into and included in school-based support processes. I highlight the need for making students’ voices central in the referral process. Next, I investigate the practice of “referring out” students to school- and community-based providers—the professionalization of help. Here, I highlight the importance of trust and fit in facilitating effective support relationships. Finally, I explore the practice of “referring up” by examining the hierarchies of mandated reporting that exist in schools. I conclude with the argument that adults and youth must collaborate to improve information-sharing systems.

The Emerging Use of E-Learning Environments in K-12 Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 3559-3576
Author(s):  
Christopher O’Mahony
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Virtual Learning Environments ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
The World ◽  
E Learning ◽  
K 12

Virtual learning environments (VLEs) and managed learning environments (MLEs) are emerging as popular and useful tools in a variety of educational contexts. Since the late 1990s a number of ‘off-the-shelf’ solutions have been produced. These have generally been targeted at the tertiary education sector. In the early years of the new millennium, we have seen increased interest in VLEs/MLEs in the primary and secondary education sectors. In this chapter, a brief overview of e-learning in the secondary and tertiary education sectors over the period from 1994 to 2004 is provided, leading to the more recent emergence of VLEs and MLEs. Three models of e-learning are explored. Examples of solutions from around the world are considered in light of these definitions. Through the case of one school’s journey towards an e-learning strategy, we look at the decisions and dilemmas facing schools and school authorities in developing their own VLE/MLE solutions.

The Value of an Internship Program for Beginning Teachers

1994 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward A. Holdaway ◽  
Neil A. Johnson ◽  
Eugene W. Ratsoy ◽  
David Friesen
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Central Element ◽  
Teacher Education Policy ◽  
School Based ◽  
The World ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Nature Of Teaching

Teacher education policy around the world is being challenged and changed, and the nature of teaching, learning, and learning to teach is being reassessed. A central element of the reforms is a focus on school-based preparation, including the use of internships. This article reports evaluation findings from a comprehensive internship program in Alberta, Canada, as a basis for assessing the value of internships for beginning teachers. Findings from nearly 6,000 respondents focus on the value of internships, supervision of interns, and policy development. The utility of various internship activities, such as skill development and formative reflection, is assessed. On the basis of these findings, recommendations for policy development are presented and potential impediments discussed.

The Implementation of Ice Breakers Toward Improvement Students' Motivation in Learning English at Software Engineering in SMK TI Garuda Nusantara Cimahi

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 913
Author(s):  
Annisa Annisa ◽  
Trisnendri Syahrizal
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Average Student ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Office Software ◽  
Learning English

The purpose of this study is to find out the improvement students’ motivation using ice breaker in learning English at the tenth grade of software engineering major in SMK TI Garuda Nusantara Cimahi. The data obtained from the result of observation and students learning outcomes from the test (pretest and posttest). The result showed Students who were completed value with KKM > 70 in the pre-cycle has 28.60% and in the first cycle increased to 67.80% than in the second cycle improved to 100%. The average student learning outcomes in the first cycle amounted to 66.29 and the second cycle increased to 73.09 so the average student learning outcomes from cycle I to cycle II increased by 6.8. It means there was an improvement in students’ motivation after carried out classroom actions research. Based on the fact, the researcher concluded that the ice breaker was effective to improve students’ motivation in learning English at the tenth grade of office software engineering major in SMK TI Garuda Nusantara Cimahi. It was also proved by observation students when teaching-learning in the classroom. Students feel enjoy, be active, feeling happiness, focus on material and stay in the classroom during the learning process.Keywords: Teaching Method, Motivation, Ice breaker, learning process

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