scholarly journals Pedagogical Experience of Classroom Teachers in English as a Medium of Instruction

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-139
Author(s):  
Suresh Kumar Shrestha

English as a medium of instruction (EMI), especially at public schools, is a matter of curiosity and exploration among Nepalese academicians and researchers, as it is already in policy and practice with the growing number of public schools implementing it. Therefore, it is essential to explore the perceptions and experiences of all the stakeholders in Nepal to address the issues of EMI in the local context. The article outlines teachers’ experiences of EMI in classes in the Nepalese multilingual context. It builds upon the experiences of three teachers teaching several subjects including English at private and public EMI schools. The semi-structured written interviews were employed to collect required data. The teachers’ experiences have been presented in four aspects: teaching techniques, achievements, challenges and strategies disclose the hopes and challenges both the teachers and students including parents and school administration experience. The findings hint the imperativeness of discussions at different levels from locals to policy makers for the proper understanding and management of EMI at schools.

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Luiz Teixeira de Almeida

Historically speaking, the teaching of English was never a part of Brazilian primary schools programmes. Foreign language teaching as an obligatory school subject appears only in the sixth year of basic education, and its goal is more connected to the development of critical citizens, rather than to the promotion of proficient speakers of the language. Recently, however, a number of municipal public educational systems, often in partnership with private language institutes, have introduced ELT from the very first year of primary school. This is the case, for example, of the project Rio Global Child 2016, created by the City of Rio de Janeiro in partnership with Cultura Inglesa, a well-known private English institute in Brazil. What I intend to do in this paper, thus, is: firstly, to present an historical overview of ELT in Brazilian public schools, discussing its educational relevance and functions, the challenges faced by teachers and students, and both the beliefs and debates concerning the issue (cf. Almeida, 2012; Assis-Peterson, 2003; Moita Lopes, 1996; Tílio, 2012) – including also a first account of the Brazilian cities involved in the implementation of ELT in primary schools; and, then, to discuss critically Rio de Janeiro’s project for the teaching of English in primary schools. Such a discussion is necessary not only because it may help to understand better the risks of adopting a single method (and its materials) for teaching in contexts that can be extremely different from one another, but also because other projects and experiences may benefit from an honest account of the problems faced by the association of private and public spheres and interests exemplified by Rio’s project.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulf Lundström ◽  
Karolina Parding

This paper explores the school choice reform in Sweden, a country where a drastic shift in education policy has taken place that includes fast expansion of market solutions and strong state support for competition. Although there are studies examining the school choice reform, few focus on the effects of this reform from a teacher perspective, especially so in the context of Sweden. To this end, this paper examines how Swedish upper secondary teachers in independent (private) and public schools experience their work in relation to school choice reform. This study uses qualitative interviews of 58 teachers from five municipal and three independent upper secondary schools. Its theoretical framework relies on Freidson's distinction between the logic of the profession, the bureaucracy, and the market. The findings indicate that the traditional position of teachers—a position that must negotiate the tension between the logic of the profession and the logic of the bureaucracy—is now in fact challenged by the logic of the market. This study argues that values linked to the logic of the market are imposed on the teachers, and these market values clash with the teachers' values, values based on the logic of the profession.


2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
D Van Dale ◽  
K Leenaars

Abstract The Netherlands’ best practice portal for health promotion interventions includes approximately 350 interventions. The aim of the portal is to support policy and practice with evidence based information. There are five different levels to indicate the strength of their evidence base. In 2014, a study on the implementation of the best practices included in the portal showed that health promotion practitioners often do not implement them. One of the arguments given to opt for other interventions than those listed in the portal was the assumption that the ‘standard interventions’ will not fit their particular local context, and that adjusting a best practice is not possible. We will present the criteria and procedure of the assessment of the quality, effectiveness and the feasibility of health promotion interventions. There after we present two strategies to increase and improve the take up of best practice implementation. The first strategy is to describe and present the core elements of the interventions. This strategy facilitates the possibility for the sound adjustments of a best practice. The second strategy is to identify the common effective elements of a group of interventions, and present that information in an accessible way to policy-makers and practitioners. Effective elements were identified through systematic reviews in combination with focus group interviews with health promotion practitioners. The result is a What works document (What works, What probably works, What doesn’t work and What’s unclear). An example of the second strategy is a synthesis of the effective elements of fall prevention interventions. These elements were translated into a practical user’s guide, and illustrated with best practice interventions from the portal. Policy-makers and health promotion practitioners appreciated the new way of presenting the best practices.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1830
Author(s):  
Wilton Moreira Ferraz Júnior ◽  
Suéllen Rodolfo Martinelli ◽  
Carlos Henrique da Silva Santos ◽  
Murillo Rodrigo Petrucelli Homem

This work presents an iterative method which is based on the serious games development in elementary and high school classes, focusing on the students and teachers experiences from Brazilian scholar reality. Furthermore, it does not require strong background in game development and it is planned to be introduced any area of knowledge. It has been considered as a motivational method to engage the teachers and students’ in-depth discussions. It follows some Agile Methods practices, such as the Extreme Programming (XP) and Scrum Agile Methods to guide them along the continuous exploration of game design in classrooms. This method also considers the design patterns techniques to reuse (re-guise) some well-known digital games engines and educational concepts, as example a guided game design based on the spaceships battles to associate electric charges concepts. The results obtained in experiments occurred in public schools show successful acceptance and they contribute to improve the students’ academic performance. This method is now introduced in some undergraduate and graduate practices to analyze its impact in entrepreneurship courses.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mistirine Radin ◽  
M. Al-Muz-zammil Yasin

Based on the government's aspiration towards realizing the 21st century education (PA-21), the Ministry of Education (MOE) has listed 10 subthemes of the three skills that need to be mastered in teaching and learning namely learning and innovation skills, media and information technology skills, as well as life skills and careers. Institut Aminuddin Baki (IAB) took up the challenge of the MOE's aspiration by listing eight elements of the PA-21 based on the 21st century learning style of the US National Educator Association (NEA) such as critical, communication, collaborative and creativity. This article is an overview of 14 local studies findings that were published in journals and educational research proceedings in Malaysia from 2000 to 2017. All of these articles have discussed the feasibility of PA-21 at the public schools and universities. Findings from these studies show that local research more focuses on two domains of skills namely creativity and communication i.e. the use of information technology in teaching and learning. This review is empirically prove that teachers and students were able to implement PA-21 skills although the level of implementation was still at the early stage with the most basic method of use. However, the implementation of PA-21 from the perspectives and functions of MOE as the policy makers was not addressed in 14 analyzed articles.


2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 39-47
Author(s):  
Nazia Noor ◽  
Syed Abdul Waheed ◽  
Nadia Gilani

Novice-expert school teachers' conflicts and support significantly contribute to the working relationship, teaching performance and retention. The present study aims to phenomenologically analyze novice-expert school teachers' experiences of mutual support and conflicts and how it helps their professional development. Seven expert and seven novice teachers were purposively selected from private and public schools from a district located in Punjab, Pakistan, who were interviewed to gain an insight into the phenomenon. The collected data were transcribed and analyzed employing thematic analysis guided by the selected qualitative approach. It was revealed from the themes and sub-themes that novice teachers get support from the expert teachers, and they developed self-confidence and techniques to manage a classroom, solve students' problems and adjust themselves in the school successfully. The study implies that the conflicts between novice and experienced teachers can be resolved through promoting mutual understanding, cooperation, and communication.


2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (26) ◽  
pp. 113-132
Author(s):  
Daisy Moreira Cunha ◽  
Charles Moreira Cunha

O presente texto trata de lembranças de atuais professores(as) sobre suas vidas nas escolas onde foram crianças, adolescentes e jovens alunos e alunas, posto que essas lembranças, hoje guardadas em suas memórias, apresentam-se e perpassam suas formas de ser e de exercer a docência. Como sujeitos da nossa pesquisa, escolhemos quinze professores do Ensino Fundamental e Médio de escolas públicas de cidades da Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte (RMBH). As entrevistas ocorreram nos anos de 2007, 2008 e 2009 e permitiram que esses profissionais buscassem suas lembranças de seus tempos pretéritos na escola. Orientados pelos princípios teórico-metodológicos da pesquisa qualitativa e da História Oral, em particular, o estudo procura compreender o que tais lembranças representam e a sua importância nas experiências desses professores no presente, entendendo que o presente as convoca, ressignifica e atualiza. As narrativas dos professores investigados se remetem às décadas de 50 a 90, permitindo observar nas relações entre os docentes e discentes de então, mudanças nas práticas pedagógicas e condutas docentes em sala de aula, se comparadas ao presente. Encontramos também mudanças por parte dos estudantes, sobretudo nas relações e convivência com os professores do passado, trazidos à lembrança, seja quanto aos valores e princípios que as referenciam, seja em termos de maior proximidade, ou de maior exercício crítico. ABSTRACTThis paper discusses current teacher’s recollections on their school lives since childhood until being young age students once that today their memories have influences in their form of being and practicing the teaching activity. As subjects of our research, 15 primary, secondary and high school teachers were chosen from public schools in Belo Horizonte City’s metropolitan region. The interviews occurred in the 2007/2009 years, and through them professionals could recollect memories from their past times at school. Oriented by the theoretical and methodological principles of the qualitative research, especially the oral history, this study sought to comprehend what such recollections represent and their importance to the current teachers’ experiences and, in some way, understanding that the present time recall, re-mean and actualize them. The investigated teachers’ narratives are referred to the decades of 1950 and 1990, and that permitted us to observe changes between teachers and students’ relations, as in the pedagogical practices and classroom teacher’s behaviors if compared to the present time. Above all, we have also found changes in students’ role, and their relations with past teachers that were recollected, such as values and principles referred to them, or as in terms of proximity or a major critical exercise.


2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-114
Author(s):  
Dean Fink

Many years ago, Hugh MacLennan (1945) described the relationship between French and English speaking Canadians as "two solitudes." This paper contends that there are "two solitudes" in education that threaten the very essence of state-supported education. It will argue that policy makers have made schools the centres of blame and have adopted policies that fail to account for the realities of schools, teachers and students. It will also suggest ways to bridge the gap between policy and practice and develop schools as centres of change.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-36
Author(s):  
Rani Febriyanti ◽  
Ali Mustadi ◽  
Mohammad Adam Jerussalem

This study aims to find out how teachers diagnose to determine students’ learning difficulties, especially in Mathematics in Elementary Schools. There are four aspects discussed in this study, including the teachers’ perception of students’ learning difficulties, teachers’ practice in connection with diagnosing students’ learning difficulties, teachers’ actions in response to the results of the diagnosis, parties involved regarding students’ learning difficulties. The research method used was descriptive qualitative with 13 teachers as the subject selected by purposive sampling. The data were obtained through interviews with classroom teachers, both from private and public schools, especially in North Borneo. The findings in this study show that the teachers use various ways to diagnose and overcome students’ learning difficulties. There are 3 ways that teachers do to diagnose learning difficulties in Mathematics, including tests, observations and interviews. While the ways to overcome them are to do remedial, provide tutoring individually, provide additional hours for students who have learning difficulties in Mathematics and involve students in learning. The method used has been effective, proofed by changes in students’ understanding and improvement in students’ learning outcomes. This study offers elementary school teachers ways that can be carried out to diagnose and overcome students’ learning difficulties in Mathematics.


2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Sirkeci

Remittances Review is a new journal that offers a quality outlet for exchanges between academics, researchers, and policy makers. There are more journals dealing with migration than ever before, and most have similar mandates to publish research for researchers. There has been a proliferation of journals in migration studies in the last five to ten years. However, most have grown with similar mandates that replicate breadth and interests. Remittances Review is the first international academic peer reviewed journal dedicated to money transfers, migrant remittances and the challenges and issues related to these flows across borders. Remittances Review invites contributions that include new data, rigorous research, and thoughtful analysis. We expect quality contributions that advance theory and methods as well as drawing implications for policy and practice. Readers will benefit from cutting edge research conceptual innovations, and reviews and reports.


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