scholarly journals Pedagogical Leaders and the Teaching—Learning Processes in COVID-19 Times

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 7731
Author(s):  
Emilio Álvarez-Arregui ◽  
Eufrasio Pérez-Navío ◽  
Raúl González-Fernández ◽  
Alejandro Rodríguez-Martín
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Program Planning ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Discussion Groups ◽  
School Students ◽  
Institutional Management ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Education Of Students

This study aimed to identify the main decisions made by pedagogical leaders, comprising institutional management teams, heads of departments, and teachers in general, in order to improve teaching–learning processes and promote the comprehensive education of students—in particular, secondary school students during the pandemic period, located in the regions of Andalusia and Madrid (Spain). An integrated mixed methodology was applied, composed of the contributions of discussion groups and content analysis of the corresponding open questions presented in each of the constitutive dimensions of the questionnaire. Such analyses were expanded by applying an ad-hoc designed questionnaire, which indicates the main actions developed by leaders and their implications in the educational community, when working on communication facilitation processes, using program planning through the support of technologies and decision making regarding the training of teachers, didactic resources, and the emergence of competences to be trained by the leaders participating in the research. The results highlight the dedication, commitment, and implication of pedagogical leaders during the COVID-19 period.

scholarly journals A study of trainee teachers’ image of practising teachers and their ICT expectations

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Katalin Harangus ◽  
Zsófia-Irén Horváth ◽  
Gabriella Kovács
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Computer Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Trainee Teachers ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Relevant Factors

Digital illiteracy is one of the great challenges of education. In our information society, an adequate level of digital proficiency is an important requirement and teachers’ skills, personality, competence and professional experience are important factors in determining the efficiency of the teaching-learning process. This research has two goals. First, we tried to find out what characteristics a “good” and a “bad” teacher would have based on the trainee teachers’ own experience as secondary school students. We also wanted to know what they think about the social roles of teachers; about the importance of native language in education; what expectations they have regarding the computer skills and competences of secondary school teachers; and what experience they have regarding the use of ICT equipment in the education process. The answers to the open questions about teachers were grouped into four categories: professional expectations, preparedness, teaching skills, personality traits and behaviour. We developed four statistically relevant factors to determine the level of teachers’ computer skills and we used a set of questions containing 10 items to examine the experience of trainee teachers regarding the use of ICT in education. Our study reveals the situation of Hungarian vocational training from Romania, which is a key factor for high-quality teacher training. Keywords: teacher image, computer skills and competences, trainee-teachers

Music Composition and Kyosei

2019 ◽  
pp. 194-213
Author(s):  
Michele Ellen Kaschub
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Music Composition ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Program Planning ◽  
Teacher Educator ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Professional Relationships ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teaching Learning

The spirit of cooperation central to kyosei is a critical component in the creative corners of American music education. This chapter will describe a project that involved the creation of a hybrid space where a music teacher-educator and practitioner worked with pre-service teachers and middle school students to explore teaching and learning music composition. By recasting who is considered an expert, rethinking institutional boundaries, and immersing in project-based learning on multiple levels, teacher education programs and schools can better identify their challenges and explore possible solutions. Though not part of initial program planning, the principles of kyosei were evidenced in the evolution of complex understandings developed prior to and throughout the project, in the inclusive nature of project-based learning by pre-service teachers and music students, and in the professional relationships—and, ultimately, the friendships—that emerged as the teaching-learning community matured.

scholarly journals MIND MAPPING: A METACOGNITIVE APPROACH TO ELEVATE ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 329-333
Author(s):  
Anupam Sain ◽  
Kusum
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Basic Feature ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mind Mapping ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Teaching Learning

Metacognitive Strategies have always played a vital role in teaching learning process. Mathematical learning is solely based on these strategies. Several metacognitive approaches have been adopted by teachers to elevate the learning levels of students in mathematics. The basic feature of mathematics learning is to enable human mind to think logically. Mind mapping provides the students enough space to think about his thinking while learning mathematics. In this study the investigator aims find the answer for the question that how the learning levels of students can be augmented using Mind mapping as a metacognitive approach? For this an Experiment was conducted on secondary school students of Sangrur district in Punjab. This paper provides a brief overview of the study.

scholarly journals Dimensions of Creativity in Secondary School High-Ability Students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Núria Arís Redó ◽  
Mª Ángeles Millán Gutiérrez ◽  
José-Diego Vargas Cano
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
High Ability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Scientific Creativity ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
High Ability Students

Abstract: Abstract: The objective of this article is to analyze the dimensions of creativity concerning students with high abilities. Firstly a review of the most relevant scientific contributions on creativity is carried out. Next the dimensions of creativity in secondary school students who have been previously identified as high- ability students are analyzed. Those abilities associated to di-vergent thinking were assessed by means of the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking [19]. The flu-ency, flexibility and originality dimensions were assessed with the Scientific-Creative Thinking Test (TPCC, [7]). The results obtained evidence that high-ability students achieve greater scores in both the figurative creativity and scientific-creativity dimensions. A significant relationship between creativity and high ability can therefore be established. This study is of an exploratory nature and the results obtained contribute to develop future studies in application of its findings in the teaching-learning process..

scholarly journals UPPER-SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ APPROACHES TO SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS IN AN EXAMINATION DRIVEN CURRICULUM CONTEXT

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-535
Author(s):  
Tamirirofa Chirikure
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Scientific Reasoning ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Procedural Knowledge ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
Iterative Approach ◽  
School Students ◽  
Linear Approach ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Teaching Learning

This research explored upper-secondary school students’ approaches when they engage in planning and conducting science experiments. Approaches to science experiments are important because they provide insight into students’ scientific reasoning and their enactment of scientific methods. An explanatory mixed-methods design was employed to determine and explain students’ approaches to science experiments. Data were generated by administering a 15-item Approaches to Science Experiments Questionnaire (ASEQ) on 211 participants and interviewing a smaller sample of 33. The linear approach was predominant while the divergent approach was least adopted by the participants. The teaching-learning context, substantive and procedural knowledge lead to specific approaches and the emergence of subcategories of the three broad approaches. Capable students engaged in a self-directed iterative approach while external help resulted in an assisted iterative approach. Rigid and contrived linear approaches were a result of time constraints, substantive and procedural shortcomings. Scattergun and blanking divergent approaches emerged from extreme weaknesses in substantive and procedural knowledge. Assessing practical skills through long-term projects is recommended to focus more on developing students’ scientific reasoning and process skills. Research with the ASEQ in other teaching-learning cultures, observing students in action and analysing their write-ups could provide deeper insights into approaches to science experiments. Keywords: science experiments, divergent approach, iterative approach, linear approach, mixed methods.

scholarly journals The Characteristics of a Successful EFL Teacher in the Learners’ eyes

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Dr. Youssef MEZRIGUI
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
School Students ◽  
Efl Teacher ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Traditional Roles

There are two major interrelated reasons behind examining the topic of this paper. In fact, even after many years of their learning English as a foreign language, a large number of secondary school students’ level of proficiency in the language is so low that they cannot use it communicatively, and cannot major in it at university, either. Accounting for their underachievement, a large percentage of such students claim that many teachers still play traditional roles in the teaching-learning process, which has contributed to the problem. The main purpose of this paper, therefore, is to explore the extent to which such a claim is justifiable. In this frame of reference, a questionnaire was administered to a certain number of students on the extent to which the teacher is responsible for the issue, as well as what they personally think the key characteristics of a successful EFL teacher are. Along with this, the paper will equally look at other qualities that ought to be available in EFL teachers with the overall aim of helping them to do their job successfully, and hence attain the expected learning results.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EXTRACURRICULAR EDUCATION IN THE FORMATION OF SUBJECT COMPETENCIES IN BIOLOGY AND HUMAN HEALTH IN SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetiana I. Yusypiva ◽  
◽  
Maryna O. Miniajlo ◽  
Halyna I. Miasoid ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Education ◽  
Health It ◽  
School Students ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Education Of Students ◽  
Out Of School

The possibilities of out-of-school education in the formation of subject competencies in Biology and Human Health in secondary school students have been studied. Peculiarities of out-of-school education and their role in ecological-naturalistic education of students are revealed. The pedagogical experience of creating out-of-school circles on Biology, Ecology and Human Health in Novomoskovsk district of Dnipropetrovsk region is investigated. A pedagogical experiment was conducted to test the effectiveness of extracurricular education in the formation of subject competencies in Biology and Human Health in secondary school students who additionally attend the society ‘Young Nature Conservationists’. It is shown that the training load provided by the Curriculum ‘Young Nature Conservationists’ for the study of the section ‘Natural resources of Ukraine. The flora and its protection’ (60 hours) offers an opportunity to consider in detail such topics that according to the programme of the Biology course for the 6th grade at the secondary school have an insufficient number of learning hours. In the process of learning different methods of teaching and learning were used, practical methods and hands-on experience were prevailing. Thus, excursions are the major learning forms to study the local nature reservation areas in Novomoskovsk district of Dnipropetrovsk region. During the excursion the members of the society were learning about the geography, soils, flora and fauna of their environment, were strengthening their health, and became aware of the necessity to keep fit and healthy and preserve nature. The members of the society ‘Young Nature Conservationists’ also participated in a range of contests aimed at developing ecological thinking, preserving nature, creativity and forming major competences in Biology, Ecology and Human health. It is established that the developed set of educational classes increases the efficiency of formation of competences in Biology and Human Health and their components (logical-semantic, cognitive, operational, research) of members of the group ‘Young Nature Conservationists’, increases children`s satisfaction with the forms of teaching and teaching methods, and ensures students’ interest in biology and ecology studied by them at the Centre for Extracurricular Education.

scholarly journals Opinions of second grade elementary school students about foreign language teaching by native speaker instructors

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
Bahar Işigüzel ◽  
Bülent Kırmızı
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
School Students ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Qualitative Part

The objective of this study was to determine the opinions of secondary school students regarding the native speaker instructors in the foreign language lesson. The study was conducted in a private secondary school in which especially American and German native speaker instructors' lecture in the foreign language classes. Voluntarily participated in this study 45 students who were attending the sixth and seventh grades in that school. In this study, quantitative and qualitative research approaches were used. The data were collected in the academic year 2009-2010. The quantitative data was collected with a survey that included 12 items which was developed by the researchers of this study. In the qualitative part, an open-ended question was asked to the participants to understand their attitudes towards the native speaker instructors. The results of this study indicated that most of the sixth and seventh grade students of this secondary school have negative attitude to the native speaker instructors in their foreign language lesson. The students stated that their desire to learn a foreign language had decayed in the native speaker instructors classes. Suggestions were made to make teaching-learning process more efficient, effective and live up to student's expectations.

scholarly journals Effects of School Building on Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in Southern KP, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol V (II) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Nasir Ali ◽  
Abdul Basit Khan ◽  
Tanveer Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Building ◽  
Basic Building Block ◽  
School Students ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Impact

Without proper building, the teaching-learning process is incomplete. The importance of school building has been acknowledged as a basic building block of humanity from past till now as teachers and students' stay is mostly in school building during study hours; and there is close relationship between school building and students' academic achievement. In this study, the researcher has also focused on the school building and its effects on the academic achievement of students. The main objective of the study was to know the impact of School building on Secondary School students in Southern districts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa, Pakistan. The study was descriptive. Dichotomous questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. Despcritive and inferential statistics were used to attain the desired objective the study. The results of the current study show that there is a significant relationship between students' academic achievement and school building.

scholarly journals Effects of Functional Instruction on Types of Achievement in Reading Narrative Texts

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Aldo Bazan ◽  
Dorle Ramos ◽  
Monica Davila ◽  
Nestor Velarde ◽  
Maricel Rivera
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
School Students ◽  
Post Evaluation ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Teaching Learning

Seventeen first-year Secondary School students with low levels of reading comprehension of mystery and horror stories, received training during two weeks in 50-minutes daily sessions. The structural planning was sequentially organized, in four types of teaching - learning situations going from lower to higher level of complexity. The instruction was implemented in accordance with four types of achievement levels: linked to the object, linked to the situation, non-linked to the operation, and non-linked to present situation.  The results throughout the intervention revealed that in the two first levels (object-linked and operation-linked), average scores above 90% of achievement were obtained. In the two operation – non-linked levels (particular and present situation non-linked), averages scores between 73 and 76% of achievement were reached. Likewise, a significant change (p = 0.005) was found in a previous and post-evaluation of a school curricular unit for the group intervention, with no significant differences for the control group.

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