scholarly journals Remembering Why: The Role of Story in Educational Research

in education ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marni Binder
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Powerful Research Tool

This paper examines the role of story in educational research as an empowering method of inquiry. By stepping back and remembering why, the author retells a professional story of practice between her and a colleague, exploring Vivian Gussin Paley’s story play in a Grade 1/2 inner city classroom. Moving in and through past and present experiences illustrates the need for story in researching professional practice, the significance of story as a powerful research tool, and the profound understanding of teaching and learning that unfolds as a result of such collaborations. Story creates an ethos in the teaching and research community, uniting theory and practice into a visible partnership.Keywords: story; educational research; theory and practice

scholarly journals A Hybrid Learning Approach for Subjects on Software Development of Automation Systems, Combining PBL, Gamification and Virtual Reality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dênis Leite ◽  
Higor Santos ◽  
Ariane Rodrigues ◽  
Cléviton Monteiro ◽  
Alexandre Maciel
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Automation Systems ◽  
Hybrid Teaching

Despite the practical classes in laboratories and simulations, the traditional automation engineering teaching and learning process remains with little adherence to the reality professional. In this context, this research proposes a hybrid teaching and learning approach for subjects on software development of automation systems based on problems with virtual reality features and gamification strategies. Its main objective is to enhance the alignment between theory and practice, playfully and engagingly mirrored in the industry's need. The proposed approach was developed based on Design Science Research and evaluated in seven classes of an undergraduate subject from the perspective of students and industrial professionals. The results evidence the evolution of the approach over the time and the ability to promote the connection between theory and professional practice.

Capturing the Complex, Situated, and Active Nature of Teaching Through Inquiry-Oriented Standards for Teaching

2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Sinnema ◽  
Frauke Meyer ◽  
Graeme Aitken
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Discrete Elements ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Teaching Standards ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Widespread Acceptance ◽  
Active Nature ◽  
Nature Of Teaching

Given widespread acceptance of the role of teaching in improving student outcomes, it is not surprising that policy makers have turned to teaching standards as a lever for educational improvement. There are, however, long-standing critiques of standards that suggest they are reductionist and promote a dualism between theory and practice. Our purpose here is to propose a model of Teaching for Better Learning ( TBL) that responds to those critiques and that captures the complexity of teaching rather than focusing on discrete elements. Our model foregrounds the salience of teachers’ own situations and the active nature of teachers’ practice in a way that integrates practice with relevant theory. We outline how the TBL model can be used to derive inquiry-oriented teaching standards, an alternative approach that challenges widely accepted conventions for the design of standards and, we argue, might better support the improvement of teaching and learning.

scholarly journals THEORY AND PRACTICE IN TEACHING ENGLISH ECONOMICSVOCABULARY

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Daliana Ecaterina Tascovici
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Key Points

The present paper proposes to speak about teaching English economics vocabulary. So, at first, we make references to the key points and the issues which are raised by teaching and learning specific vocabulary: learners usually select the words they want to achieve; once learned, words move between active to passive status; one of teachers’ activities is to help students remember the acquired vocabulary; teachers should provide the correct exposure to words and opportunities for learners to practice them. Secondly, we will study examples of economics vocabulary teaching and show how discovery techniques can aid vocabulary acquisition.In the end we draw the conclusions, showing the importance and the active role of the discovery techniques in teaching English vocabulary.

scholarly journals Digital Entrepreneurship Education - The Role of MOOCs

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Stefan Vorbach ◽  
Elisabeth Poandl ◽  
Ines Korajman
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Univer Sity ◽  
Digital Entrepreneurship

Digital entrepreneurship has gained more attention in theory and practice in recent years. Among other forms of digital entrepreneurship education, MOOCs (mas-sive open online courses) are one of the strongest trends and influence the content and flow of teaching and learning. The paper contributes to a better understanding of the necessary skills, opportunities and risks arising from the use of MOOCs as a new way of teaching entrepreneurship. It empirically examines challenges and drivers for the use of MOOCs as a novel pedagogical concept. The results show that a lack of self-discipline to complete a MOOC and a lack of interaction with others are the main obstacles compared to lectures with compulsory univer-sity attendance. However, the results also show that MOOCs are flexible in time and space and can thus facilitate the accessibility of education, especially entre-preneurial education.

The Role of Blogging in a Changing Society

2014 ◽  
pp. 342-370
Author(s):  
Efi A. Nisiforou ◽  
Nikleia Eteokleous
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teacher Identity ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Specific Learning

Educational blogs have remained a noteworthy component, even in an age of rapid technological development. The chapter makes an in-depth description of the blogging phenomenon as it tackles the most important findings of the international literature. It provides insights into the connection between teacher identity, within the context of higher education, by incorporating aspects of theory and practice. The practical tone reports on three case studies on the use of blogs in education. A set of evaluation criteria on blogging for educational purposes and a theoretical framework for utilizing blogging as a problem solving approach are addressed. Moreover, it stresses necessity for the development of a pedagogical framework that will guide blog integration as a learning-cognitive tool in achieving specific learning outcomes. The results underscore the importance of essential training for the effective implementation of educational blogging in teaching and learning environments. A compendium of terms, definitions and explanations of concepts are clearly explained.

Agent-Based Learning Environments as a Research Tool for Investigating Teaching and Learning

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy L. Baylor
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Multiple Agents ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Powerful Research Tool ◽  
Computer Based

By using intelligent agents to simulate instruction, agent-based learning environments can serve as a powerful research tool to investigate teaching and learning. The agent metaphor provides a way to operationalize and simulate the “human” aspect of instruction in a more ecologically valid way than other controlled computer-based methods. Additionally, from an architectural perspective, since agents are independent objects in the learning environment, it allows for more flexibility in research design. In particular, agent-based learning environments with multiple agents, such as MIMIC (Multiple Intelligent Mentors Instructing Collaboratively), allow for investigating the effect of multiple mentors or multiple perspectives on a learning topic. Preliminary results from MIMIC research indicate that multiple agents can serve to effectively operationalize instructional theory. In terms of overall impact, creating agent-based learning environments to investigate instructional issues is at the leading edge of revitalized research integrating artificial intelligence with education, and in exploring new paradigms for researching teaching and learning.

Autonomy in language teaching and learning

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Benson
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Language Teaching And Learning

There has been a remarkable growth of interest in the theory and practice of autonomy in language teaching and learning in recent years. Focusing on work published since the turn of the 20th century, this review examines major trends in the recent literature on autonomy related to the emergence of alternative views of autonomy, new contexts of practice and interaction with concepts such as self-regulation, motivation, sociocultural theory and teacher development. The review also covers relevant developments in the philosophy of autonomy and the role of autonomy in global educational policy and reform. It concludes by discussing possible directions for future research in the field.

The Role of Blogging in a Changing Society

2015 ◽  
pp. 1102-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Efi A. Nisiforou ◽  
Nikleia Eteokleous
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teacher Identity ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Specific Learning

Educational blogs have remained a noteworthy component, even in an age of rapid technological development. The chapter makes an in-depth description of the blogging phenomenon as it tackles the most important findings of the international literature. It provides insights into the connection between teacher identity, within the context of higher education, by incorporating aspects of theory and practice. The practical tone reports on three case studies on the use of blogs in education. A set of evaluation criteria on blogging for educational purposes and a theoretical framework for utilizing blogging as a problem solving approach are addressed. Moreover, it stresses necessity for the development of a pedagogical framework that will guide blog integration as a learning-cognitive tool in achieving specific learning outcomes. The results underscore the importance of essential training for the effective implementation of educational blogging in teaching and learning environments. A compendium of terms, definitions and explanations of concepts are clearly explained.

Highlighting Theory to Connect Research and Practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 614-618
Author(s):  
Paola Sztajn ◽  
Mona Tauber ◽  
Ana Patricia Maroto Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Educational Change ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Mathematics Teaching And Learning

What role should educational research play in practice and vice versa? What is the role of theory in connecting research and practice? These are some of the questions that readers are invited to consider in Research for Educational Change: Transforming Researchers' Insights Into Improvement in Mathematics Teaching and Learning. Using a novel approach, this book brings these questions to the foreground and examines the links among research, practice, and theory in mathematics education.

scholarly journals Researching the Complexities of the School Subject Swedish as a Second Language: A Linguistic Ethnographic Project in Four Schools

Languages ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 205
Author(s):  
Christina Hedman ◽  
Ulrika Magnusson
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
School Subject ◽  
Teacher Competences

This article focuses on language education policy for language learners in Sweden by building on a synthesis of findings from a research project on the school subject Swedish as a second language (SSL). The project was located in three upper secondary schools and one primary school with a large proportion of migrant students, of whom a majority studied SSL. We present previously published core findings, as well as revisit data for new analyses. The overarching aim is to contribute new knowledge on the complexities of arranging for sustainable, equitable and high-quality language educational provisions that include the teaching and learning of the language of schooling, through the lens of SSL. First, we outline and discuss the relatively unique design of SSL and discourses surrounding the subject, and also make some international comparisons with English as an Additional Language. Secondly, we discuss the role of pedagogical scaffolding of advanced literacy and literary content, and of multilingual aspects in SSL, as well as examine policy frictions in the data. We conclude by reflecting on the role of teacher competences and research methodology. Researching a second language subject is to stand in the crossroad of macro policy, the theory and practice of language education, and equity. All these aspects need to be considered to reach sustainable educational goals.

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