scholarly journals Teacher Perspectives on Teaching the STEM Approach to Educational Coding and Robotics in Primary Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Christian García-Carrillo ◽  
Ileana María Greca ◽  
María Fernández-Hawrylak
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Integrated Stem ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
And Robotics ◽  
Insight Into

An analysis is presented in this study that provides insight into a practical training process and its impact on teachers and their viewpoints toward the integrated STEM approach used in that training process, together with educational coding and robotics, over the first years of compulsory primary education, where STEM implementations are relatively new. A case study was developed by two teachers following the practical training course, including pre- and post-interviews and nonparticipative observation of their classroom practices during the teacher-training sessions. The results revealed the positive perspectives that the teachers held toward the STEM-integrated approach and educational coding and robotics, despite the difficulties that arose in classroom practice. It was concluded that the STEM approach and its methods were beneficial both to pupils and to teachers alike for improving the teaching–learning process.

scholarly journals English in Brazil: Insights from the Analysis of Language Policies, Internationalization Programs and the CLIL Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyria Finardi ◽  
Roberta Leao ◽  
Livia Melina Pinheiro
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Language Policies ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Globalized World

<p class="Normal1">The paper proposes a reflection on the role of English in the globalized world and its teaching/learning in Brazil. With that aim, the study reviews language policies and internationalization programs in Brazil regarding the role of foreign languages in general and of English in particular. The theoretical framework includes a review of an English language teaching (ELT) approach used mainly in Europe, as a result of globalization and internationalization, the Content and Language Integrated Approach (CLIL). In order to support this reflection, a case study was carried out to examine pre-service English teachers’ beliefs on the use of CLIL in Brazil. The results of study show that pre-service English teachers understand the importance of the CLIL approach though they are aware of the various obstacles to its implementation in that context. The study suggests a review of language policies in Brazil so as to ensure a convergence between them and internationalization policies and approaches, at all levels of education. Regarding the ELT approach analyzed, the study concludes that despite the difficulties associated with the implementation of CLIL in Brazil, it represents a relevant alternative in that context.</p>

scholarly journals Case Study in Using Integrated Rubrics in Assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. p81
Author(s):  
Tabetha Hazels ◽  
Kelli Schutte ◽  
Shelly McVay
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Feedback Loop ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
College Mission ◽  
Departmental Climate ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Multiple Stages

This case study takes a look at an integrated approach to assessment. The paper walks through the process of alignment of college mission and learning outcomes with departmental and course level outcomes. The department developed integrated assignments that are implemented across a four-year program to ensure learning outcomes. In order to assess those outcomes, the department developed an integrated rubric that is applied at multiple stages of the program levels as well as in various courses. This allows for feedback that is both summative and formative for future changes. The feedback loop has helped provide insight into course level and department level changes, but it has also enhanced departmental climate and work processes.

scholarly journals Issues and Challenges in the Process of Assessment

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Teuta Agaj
Keyword(s):  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Continuous Assessment ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Broad Concept ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Insight Into

Assessment is a broad concept which means it is part of the whole educational process of teaching and learning. The variety of methods that teachers use to evaluate and measure the student’s learning progress and skill acquisition are referred by the term assessment. Assessment shapes how teachers teach and how students learn. The assessment of student’s achievements is a pedagogical dialogue between teacher-student for the quality of teaching, learning and knowledge.Assessment especially continuous assessment is a very important tool that teachers should use in the classroom because by using it a wealth of information to guide classroom practice and to manage learning and learners can be provided. Assessment tells us the truth about an education system, then about the qualities of students and their work.It has an important role in education and it is necessary to help students learn, to help students become knowledgeable, to help students gain insight into their learning and understanding, to teach effectively etc.Since making assessment an integral part of daily instruction is a challenge, this paper examines the process of assessing student’s knowledge, types of assessment and the assessment of L2 writing. It also focuses on the issues and challenges in the process of assessment.

The Quest to Translate Research Into Classroom Practice

1996 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUSSELL GERSTEN ◽  
SUSAN UNOK BRENGELMAN
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Technical Support ◽  
Innovative Research ◽  
Sustained Use ◽  
Research Based Practices ◽  
Insight Into

THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE EMERGING KNOWLEDGE BASE ON PROCEDURES AND STRATEGIES THAT APPEAR TO CONSISTENTLY LEAD TO TEACHERS' SUSTAINED USE OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH-BASED PRACTICES IN CLASSROOMS. IN PARTICULAR, WE FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING BOTH BEHAVIORAL/TECHNICAL SUPPORT AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS TO EXPLORE AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS UNDERLYING THE RESEARCH. A CASE STUDY ILLUSTRATING THESE COMPONENTS MAY PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT INTO WHY TEACHERS SOMETIMES REJECT INNOVATIVE PRACTICES EVEN THOUGH GROWTH IN STUDENT LEARNING IS DOCUMENTED.

scholarly journals Does Play Help to Learn Vocabulary? A Case Study on Primary School Teachers’ Attitude of Dhaka City in Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
Alpona Shirin
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Dhaka City ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Teaching Learning

This study focused on teachers’ attitude towards using games in teaching-learning activities of learning vocabulary. The purpose of this research is to explore teachers’ attitude to the use of a game for learning vocabulary of the students. A qualitative study was conducted with 12 teachers of Azampur Government Primary School of Dhaka city, Bangladesh to gain in depth knowledge of the issues. An everyday game of children named ‘Tic-tac-toe’ was chosen for teachers to teach vocabulary rather traditional process of memorizing. Then, semi-structured focus group interviews were used as tool to collect data from teachers after observing students playing the game. Data was then analyzed for thematic contents by standard content analysis framework which yielded six major themes such as play-based teaching strategy, language development, classroom environment, learning by doing approach, acceptance and barriers on adopting play-based strategy. Overall, findings showed positive attitude towards using game for learning vocabulary of a foreign language. The implications of this study imply that the themes can be effective in classroom practice of Bangladeshi classroom.

scholarly journals Modeling as a teaching learning process for understanding materials: A case study in primary education

2007 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 398-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Acher ◽  
María Arcà ◽  
Neus Sanmartí
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching Learning

scholarly journals Implementing the flipped classroom model in teaching a translation module in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nhat Quang Nguyen ◽  
Kean Wah Lee ◽  
Csaba Zoltan Szabo ◽  
Dung Ngoc Phuong Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Flipped Learning ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Specific Scenario ◽  
Careful Design

This study provided a novel flipped classroom model with a detailed combination of in-class and out-of-class activities to teach a Vietnamese-English Translation module. The study aimed to (1) provide an in-depth insight into how the model was actually implemented in a specific scenario to make the teaching-learning process more interesting and meaningful, and (2) investigate the effectiveness of the flipped classroom model towards learners’ translation performance through various assessments. 39 English-majored juniors at Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam participated in the study during the second semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. The study implemented a case-study mixed method design, applying assessment analysis and content analysis of one specific learning scenario to clarify how the flipped learning model contributed to the training process. Results show that a careful design of the flipped model contributed to the relevant literature on how to implement flipped learning in actual classroom settings, but also effectively improved learners’ performance in translation studies.

Margins and Modernity: A Geocritical Approach to Anna Seward's Llangollen Vale

Romanticism ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-80
Author(s):  
Ruth Knezevich
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Approach ◽  
Romantic Era ◽  
Insight Into

The genre of annotated verse represents an under-explored form of transporting romanticism. In annotated, locodescriptive poems like those in Anna Seward's Llangollen Vale, readers are invited to read not only the spatiality of the landscapes depicted in the verse but also the landscape of the page itself. Seward's poems, with their focus on understanding geographical, political, and historical spaces both real and imaginary, provide geocritical insight into poetic productions of the early Romantic era. Likewise, geocriticism offers a fresh and useful – even necessary – analytic approach to such poems. I adopt Anna Seward as a case study in annotated verse and argue that attending to the materiality and paratextuality of her work allows us to access the complexities of her poetry and prose as well as her position within the wider framework of transporting Romanticism.

Transformative Encounters and Uncanny Intimacies: Biotechnology and Contemporary Art – A Practitioner's Approach and Perspective

Somatechnics ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svenja J. Kratz
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Culture ◽  
Human Skin ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Skin Equivalent ◽  
Biomedical Innovation ◽  
Equivalent Models ◽  
Science Projects ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Human Skin Equivalent

Abstract: Presented from an ArtScience practitioner's perspective, this paper provides an overview of Svenja Kratz's experience working as an artist within the area of cell and tissue culture at QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI). Using The Absence of Alice, a multi-medium exhibition based on the experience of culturing cells, as a case study, the paper gives insight into the artist's approach to working across art and science and how ideas, processes, and languages from each discipline can intermesh and extend the possibilities of each system. The paper also provides an overview of her most recent artwork, The Human Skin Equivalent/Experience Project, which involves the creation of personal jewellery items incorporating human skin equivalent models grown from the artist's skin and participant cells. Referencing this project, and other contemporary bioart works, the value of ArtScience is discussed, focusing in particular on the way in which cross-art-science projects enable an alternative voice to enter into scientific dialogues and have the potential to yield outcomes valuable to both disciplines.

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