scholarly journals Technological Resources for Lifelong Learning of Teachers in the Digital Era: An Analysis from the Learning Ecologies

2019 ◽  
pp. 481-489
Author(s):  
Alba Souto-Seijo ◽  
Iris Estevez ◽  
Mercedes Gonzalez-Sanmamed ◽  
Patricia Romero

Permanent education has become not only a requirement, but an unavoidable necessity to respond to the requirements of the school, as a precise change for the quality of teaching and teacher training (Imbernón, 2014). The need for a permanent education is driven and/or promoted by the changes that society is generating, simultaneously, in the training and education processes, since the incorporation of ICT in these processes has caused a change in the relationship between the didactic components. Therefore, pedagogical practice must adopt new forms of work that adapt to the new training needs. Consequently, it can be said that education does not remain external to changes and incorporates new media in its didactic relationship, which causes a redefinition of the teacher’s work and, surely of the teaching profession, of its formation and its development professional (Sangrà González Sanmamed, 2011).

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Sînziana Duca ◽  
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Maria Doina Schipor ◽  

We investigate in this work the relationship between the perceived demands of the teaching profession and the general sense of teachers’ self-efficacy in on-site and online teaching contexts. We present the results of a study with N= 127 Romanian teachers, with ages ranged from 19 to 55, with a mean age of 39,26 years, SD = 9,20 (123 females, 4 males; 73 from urban area, 54 from rural area). Our results show that the self-efficacy of teachers is lower in online professional activities, compared to the self-efficacy of teachers perceived in the on-site professional activities. In the case of the online teaching environment the teachers with high scores on teachers’ self-efficacy tends to consider as being more challenging when dealing with different levels of children's development, working with children with learning disabilities, who have a small number of attendances, who do not follow the received instructions and with children who need more time and energy compared to other children. We discuss implications of our results for policies and strategies to enhance the quality of teaching practices.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-10
Author(s):  
Nguyen Duc Son

Nowadays, globalization has given birth to various forms of non-traditional education. These forms of education are transcending borders and traversing boundaries of space and time. The evolution of information technology in the context of Industry 4.0 has transformed education rapidly and, at the same time, resulted in new problems. This paper discusses the role, the importance and the relationship between lecturers (in universities) and e-lecturers (in the virtual reality environment) when implementing cross-border education. In addition, the article also mentions the changes of universities, lecturers, curriculums and teaching methods when deploying distance e-learning programs in Industry 4.0. The article uses conceptual model, diagrams and interdisciplinary methods such as education, culture, science and technology to investigate e-lecturers’ concept and provide solutions for improving the capacity of lecturers and the quality of teaching cross-border training programs in universities.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-115
Author(s):  
Suprihadi Suprihadi ◽  
Muh. Syafei

The dual-role of the students of English Education Department Teacher Training and Education Faculty Muria Kudus University as both English language learners and language users gets them to be autonomous, effective, efficient, and strategic readers. The objective of this research is to investigate the relationship between quality of the reading strategy and academic achievement of the students. The subjects of this research were 104 students of EED UMK comprising of all semesters taken randomly. The instrument used was closed-ended questionnaire. The result of this research reveals that there is no relationship between quality of the reading strategy and academic achievement, meaning that the quality of reading strategy does not influence the academic achievement of the students. Implikasions and recommendations for the institution and for further research were proposed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 405
Author(s):  
Aan Ratmanto

The Department of History, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, the University of Gadjah Mada in 2015 made a milestone in the development of historiography in Indonesia. They made a bold move to produce a scholar with a documentary film work instead of a thesis. In the future, it is not impossible that this step will soon be followed by other universities in Indonesia. This paper was written in response to these developments. In this digital era-and in the midst of still low interest in reading in Indonesia-emerged the discourse to seek new media for historiography in Indonesia. The film, especially documentary films are seen as new media that match the characteristics of history because of they both present real-life reality. Moreover, Indonesia with the diversity of tribes and culture and history, of course, save a variety of themes that will not run out to be appointed a documentary. Based on that, this paper will discuss the types, forms, and format of the documentary that is suitable and possible to be produced by history students as a substitute for thesis-considering the cost of film production tends to be higher than thesis research. Thus, the film of a documentary a college student, especially a history produces the quality of research and aestheticsKata 


10.14201/2812 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Sarramona López ◽  
Juana Noguera Arrom ◽  
Julio Vera Vila

RESUMEN: En este trabajo se pretende repensar algunos puntos claves del debate reciente sobre la profesionalización docente, analizando en concreto las tres cuestiones siguientes: ¿Qué es una profesión? ¿Cuáles son los rasgos diferenciales de la misma? ¿En qué medida podemos afirmar que el profesorado cumple los requisitos convencionales de las profesiones? Aunque hay un acuerdo generalizado acerca de la necesidad de mejorar el status profesional de la enseñanza, no hay coincidencia en la forma de conseguirlo. Para entender las diferentes posiciones, se analizan, además, los conceptos de profesionalismo y profesionalización, y se destaca la importancia de la formación como un proceso de desarrollo personal y profesional. Por último se tratan aspectos relacionados con la salud laboral y las enfermedades profesionales.ABSTRACT: This article proposes to rethink some of the key issues of the recent debate about the teaching profession, through the analysis of three specific aspects: What is a profession? What are its distinctive features? To what extent can we say that teachers are satisfying the demands of the profession? Although there is a general agreement about the need to improve the professional quality of teaching, there doesn't seen to be a way to achieve it. In order to understand the different points of view, there will also be an analysis of the notions of professionalism and professionalization, with an emphasis on the importance of formation as professional and personal development process. To conclude, the issues of laboral health and professional illnesses will be dealt with.


1973 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie R. Eastcott

This paper reviews some of the salient research into the complex issue of the impact of class size on the quality of teaching and learning. It describes the general attitude of the teaching profession towards class size and discusses some of the claims made regarding the influence of the variable on teaching and learning. Some evidence is presented to illustrate the nature of the profession's stand on the issue. It is acknowledged that the real impact of class size is much less clear than is implied by the normal assertions regarding its importance, and some of the important literature is examined to illustrate this point. From the discussion several suggestions emerge for desirable procedures in the further investigation of this area.


1969 ◽  
Vol 2 (03) ◽  
pp. 303-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard J. Fein

Since we have hardly any criteria for measuring good teaching, we have hardly any instructions on how to be a good teacher; so much so, that the issue itself is generally treated with some embarrassment in academic circles. Except as one is truly an extaordinary teacher, in which case we defer to his gift, sustained interest in teaching is viewed as something of a gaucherie. This shocks our friends and distresses our students, but it makes perfectly good sense, since we conventionally assume that good teachers are born, not made. (If they were made, then we should be able to make them; since we do not profess to know how to make them, yet they continue to turn up here and there, they must be born.)The logic is somewhat circular, and quite like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Having established that good teaching, when it happens, is essentially accidental, and hence not scientifically reproducible, we snicker at the “educationists” who profess to have identified “rules” for our work. There does exist, for example, a body of literature which employs scientific standards to identify the best methods for presenting various kinds of knowledge to students. Yet this is a literature which is almost totally unknown to anyone who is likely to make use of it. Thus its validity has not been tested, except experimentally.Although random efforts to improve the quality of teaching, and perhaps to apply the same standards in our analysis of teaching that we apply in our research, seem to be increasing, it is, on the whole, unlikely that they will grow substantially. For the most part, such efforts are directed at curricular revision, or at restructuring of course contents; they rarely deal with the nature of the relationship between the teacher and his students. And, even when they do, they must overcome an ethic of futility which is firmly established in our graduate schools.


Author(s):  
Muhd Zulhilmi Haron ◽  
Mohd Muslim Md Zalli ◽  
Mohamad Khairi Othman ◽  
Mohd Isha Awang

<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between teachers’ pedagogical knowledge, learning facilities and the teaching quality of teachers in the Ulul Albab Tahfiz Model (TMUA) schools in Malaysia. The data were collected using a set of questionnaires which probed on the respondents’ demographic information as well as on their pedagogical knowledge, learning facilities and teaching quality. The respondents comprised of 144 teachers from three schools involved in TMUA program. The data obtained were processed and analysed through the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) using SmartPLS 3.0 software. The results show that there is a significant relationship between teachers’ pedagogical knowledge, educational facilities and the quality of teaching. The implication of this study is that teachers are aware of the importance of pedagogical knowledge in improving teaching quality when implementing the TMUA program.</p>


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nisi Thusi ◽  
King Costa

CPTD (Continuing Professional Teacher’s Development) is the method of recording and reporting the skills, qualifications and knowledge acquired by teachers when they work. The purpose of this model is to present a holistic and integrated approach to current initiatives of educator development. This approach connects efforts of the Basic Department of Education, which is the custodian and regulator of educator development in South Africa. The model is made up of 4 Tiers or levels which sequentially feed into each other in a progressive manner. The first Tier represents the fundamental principles of CPTD at the Department of Basic Education. The aim is to constantly improve the quality of teaching and learning by empowering, motivating and training educators using a standardised CPTD programme. The second Tier ensured that the principles set by the Department of Basic Education are advanced through a statutory body within the sector, known as South African Council of Educators (SACE). There is mandate is monitor and manage the CPTD system as the core function to enhance the teaching profession in South Africa. In order to uphold the educator/ teaching profession, SACE prescribes that each educator produce a Personal Development Plan (PDP) file as part of the CPTD system and Portfolio of Evidence (PoE). This PoE provides evidence for the three-year development cycle, with accumulation of required CPTD points. This process of collection and maintenance of professional development points is stored in an Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS), an electronic/computer system managed directly from the SACE offices. The system is access control and login details are provided by SACE to educators who complete. More details about the outcomes of the CPTD programme are discussed under Tier 4. The third Tier represent execution stage which is incumbent on the Education District Offices. The intervention and the role of the Education District Offices (EDS) is to ensure compliance at school level including registration of all educators within the schooling system with SACE. The EDS is also required to keep data of how many educators have gone through CPDT programme in line with PDP so as to meet the mandate of the Department of Basic Education with regard to professionalization of the education system. As such, they role is further to provide coordination of CPTD activities at district level, including enrolments of educators on CPTD programmes, sourcing and organising CPTD events and workshops. The 4th tier in this integrated model culminates in the attainment of the objectives of CPTD programme. At this level, implementation, having been coordinated already at Tier 3, is now “practicalised” through involvement of selected schools, school management teams and targeted beneficiaries – who are the educators. The completion of the level is attained through three important outcomes:1.Improved quality of teaching and learning2.Producing of Personal Development Plans and PDP files for educators3.Improved educator’s Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs – Competencies)


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