scholarly journals MELANCHOLIC SENTIMENTS TOWARDS MODULAR LEARNING MODALITY: SINGLE PARENTS IN FOCUS

Author(s):  
Victoria B. Ornopia ◽  
Ma. Melanie N. Edig ◽  
Ronald S. Decano

Schools worldwide shuttered their doors in the spring of 2020 to slow the spread of the COVID -19 pandemic virus. This physical closure quickly moved to modular learning, which increased parental and guardian responsibilities. Data were collected from 10 single parents of Rizal Memorial Colleges, Inc. The research design of this study utilized the phenomenological method to determine the Melancholic sentiments towards modular learning modality: single parents in focus in The Rizal Memorial Colleges, Inc. This study aimed to investigate parents’ experiences and struggles by the use of thematic coding with the use of essential themes. Data obtained identified emergent themes clustered, namely; strive to balance parent employment demands and learner needs, strenuous assisting more than one child in the home with learning, lack of personal balance, and parent feels overwhelmed; maintaining a strict schedule; engaging in creative activities; keeping children busy and; organizing daily routine; tracking academic progress, keeping socio-emotional Development, accessing of achievement, and identifying emotional toll. The findings revealed and addressed the learning gap that has emerged in their children’s learning in these challenging times. Furthermore, single parents, being aware of how to manage their time, struggles, hardship, and challenges to cope with their sentiment experiences, and strive on how they can surpass and would be a strong basis for school administrators as this comes as an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of different educational approaches and develop teaching and learning process suited to specific educational needs. Considering the result of this study as input from families, and should be sought to create a program and learning method that is beneficial to all school stakeholders. KEYWORDS: Melancholic sentiments, Modular learning modality, and Single Parents

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joane W. McKay ◽  
Nancy Bacharach ◽  
Robin Hasslen ◽  
Teresa W. Heck ◽  
Gayla Holmgren

Women in leadership provide a different voice.  Five women’s stories of leadership in education are told.  From Deans to Department Chairs and Public School Administrators—all reflect on leadership journeys.


Author(s):  
Colin Baskin

This chapter begins with four very public examples of how K-12 education providers across Australia are attempting to assimilate new teaching and learning technologies into existing teaching and learning structures. The transition as predicted is not altogether smooth, and questions are raised as to where and how the discourses of literacy, education, and technology converge in the information and communication technology classroom. The discussion presents a layered case study that brings together the practical discourse of the teacher, the new discourses of literacy, teaching and learning confronting our students, and the challenge these provide to the management discourse of school administrators. In doing so, it points conclusively to the fact that new configurations of learning are at work in our online classrooms.


Chapter 4 shifts the focus to student development in terms of social, behavioral, and emotional development through the use of restorative practices. A discussion of leadership skills in students is presented, along with an overview of Aggression Replacement Training, which assists students in developing conflict resolution strategies. An examination of student perceptions related to learning from mistakes and being provided an opportunity for a second chance is presented. The chapter concludes with a discussion of meeting students where they are academically to further promote their continued academic progress and success.


1993 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 666-678
Author(s):  
Maria M. Shelton ◽  
Jerry J. Herman

Countless school administrators will soon be retiring, and as a result, school systems must proactively help novice administrators quickly “learn the ropes.” Two ways to assist novices are: (1) mentoring, and (2) shadow consulting. Mentoring entails coupling a respected, experienced administrator with the novice and moving the novice to higher levels of productivity and effectiveness. Shadow consulting places a shadow consultant with the novice who monitors the individual's daily routine, provides the individual with performance feedback, and helps the individual develop a personal improvement plan. Mentoring and shadow consulting are excellent vehicles for “bringing novices on board” and “improving veteran administrators’ skills.”


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-41
Author(s):  
Richard T. (RT) Duke ◽  
Penny L. Tenuto

Much can be learned from practicing school leaders, including how they describe their roles navigating between policy and practice with a focus on meeting students’ needs. This article considers how alternative school administrators work with school personnel to create communities for supporting students once considered at risk in traditional public schools. Findings include (1) creating a culture of high standards, (2) adopting a personalized or caring approach to leadership, (3) exploring and implementing innovative practices for teaching and learning, and (4) managing students as a collaborative and individualized process. For further understanding, authors apply emergent themes to a model for advancing democratic professional practice in education.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 07-17
Author(s):  
Kathlyn Aranas

Believed to be a practical solution to eliminate the possibilities of any learning gap to befall, the adaption of online learning specifically the implementation of the synchronous mode of teaching and learning has been practiced in various universities in the arena of education amidst the covid-19 outbreak. In light of this, the present study sought to investigate the different perspectives of would-be language teachers towards synchronous learning. Moreover, this investigation aimed to determine the challenges encountered by the students during the course of learning. The participants of the study were seven students in the tertiary level taking a bachelor’s degree either in English or Filipino. Essentially, a descriptive qualitative research design was employed and individual in-depth interviews were conducted. Furthermore, thematic analysis was utilized to analyze the data gathered. With reference to the findings of this study, it has been noted that the respondents perceive synchronous learning differently, which includes both positive and negative remarks. In addition, internet connectivity issues, limited interaction in virtual platforms, technical difficulties, distractions in the environment, and lack of gadgets were the evident challenges experienced by the students during synchronous learning sessions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Nina Suzanne

4.0 era is characterized by the use of massive and critical technology. Almost everyone has smartphone with 4G internet connection for communication and having information around the world rapidly. Students also get the advantage to do their assignment, get more interactive media for learning, or just for fun in social media. However, negative impact cannot be avoided if the students do not understand how to use the technology wisely. Therefore, technology literacy is needed to give the students strong basis in using technology to support their activities. This research aims to describe students’ perception toward the importance of technology literacy for students and candidate teachers. The informants were 23 PGMI students of IAIN Batusangkar who were given open-ended questionnaire about their perspective on the use of technology in teaching and learning process. The results describe that the use of technology such as smartphone wisely with a good knowledge on it is a must. Being innovative, creative, and dynamic are expected from students and candidate teachers as well.


Author(s):  
Pham Huy Cuong

Despite various challenges confronting teachers, learners and other stakeholders, English language education in rural settings remained relatively underexplored. This study reviews contemporary research on the global and local constraints confronting language teaching and learning in rural areas with a view to proposing measures for boosting the quality of education specifically for the context of Vietnam. The findings uncover a number of limitations in facilities and funding for language education, shortages of teaching staff and the deployment of English curricula. The study also reveals that such learning conditions impact significantly on students’ motivation as well as the associations they develop with language learning. These problems are attributable to inequities in educational policy, financial support and endeavors to account for the discrepancies existing in different learning settings. Such insights provide important implications for policy makers, school administrators, teachers and parents in formulating approaches to tackling such issues and the complexities resulting from contextual elements.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 275-292
Author(s):  
Bhekimpilo Mpofu ◽  
Musawenkosi Khanyile

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of university undergraduate students who originate from disadvantaged South African schools. The perceptions probed are those that relate to their material circumstances, learning and teaching environment and academic progress. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on a theoretical framework that underscores the primacy of the environment blended with transition theory to explain environmental influences on disadvantaged students’ academic progression at university. Data were gathered through detailed face-to-face interviews with eight participants and from the open-ended section of a questionnaire administered to 41 students from which the 8 students were drawn. Findings The findings demonstrate that disadvantaged students require both physical and socio-psychological support in order to succeed at university. Research limitations/implications A university in South Africa and the students from low quintile schools provide the case study for the explication of the findings of this study. Ethical issues such as seeking the informed consent of the participants to access their academic records weighed against the potency or robustness of the results of this study, because few of the participants allowed this researcher to access their results. Thus, this study focussed on potentially sensitive areas such as the academic records of students and poverty. As such it was extremely difficult to persuade disadvantaged students to participate in this study. Practical implications The study is thus useful for the school system, families and higher education institutions in the quest to provide the much-needed socio-psychological or “empathetic infrastructure” that acts as the cytoplasm for disadvantaged students’ academic progress at university. Social implications By invoking the primacy of the environment under the rubrics of epigenetics, this study also sought to contribute to the debate around the human genome – a grand ambitious global scientific project launched in the late 1980s to generate a catalogue of all the genes present in humans. However, this was a smokescreen because there are simply not enough genes to account for the complexity of the human life or human disease. By invoking the theory of transition, this study sought to fathom how to promote a favourable teaching and learning environment for poor students at university in a holistic manner. Originality/value This study utilised an empirically supported definition of disadvantage: that of students coming from no fee schools, as classified by the Department of Education based on Household Expenditure statistics of 2002 using the quintile system. The quintile system is based on average measures of income, unemployment rates and educational levels. To date, there is no published research utilising the school quintile system to define disadvantaged students in higher education in South Africa. This paper, which investigates such a sample from a university, is therefore ground-breaking and novel.


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