Online Instructors

2012 ◽  
pp. 11-27
Author(s):  
Victor X. Wang ◽  
Beth Kania-Gosche
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
State University ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Online Instructors ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Instructional Preferences ◽  
Teaching Philosophies ◽  
Helping Relationship ◽  
Education Theory ◽  
Philosophy Of Adult Education

This study investigates the andragogical and pedagogical teaching philosophies of online instructors at the California State University, Long Beach in the Spring Semester of 2010. Drawing from reflective adult education theory, this article proposes a new model for this reflective adult education theory. It is either the helping relationship (andragogical philosophy) or the directing relationship (pedagogical philosophy) plus the learning environment (the Internet) that leads to adult learners’ critical reflection in Mezirow’s (1991) terms. A researcher-designed survey instrument called Online Philosophy of Adult Education Scale (OPAES) was used to measure instructional preferences of these instructors in the electronic classroom to determine their andragogical or pedagogical teaching philosophies. Data were collected from 37 online instructors regarding their instructional preferences. Nine qualitative questions were designed to parallel the Likert scale OPAES to determine why these online adult education instructors chose their pedagogical or andragogical teaching philosophies. The results of the study demonstrate that these online adult education instructors support both the teacher-centered approach and the student-centered approach to teaching online.

Online Instructors

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-29
Author(s):  
Victor X. Wang ◽  
Beth Kania-Gosche
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
State University ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Online Instructors ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Instructional Preferences ◽  
Teaching Philosophies ◽  
Helping Relationship ◽  
Education Theory ◽  
Philosophy Of Adult Education

This study investigates the andragogical and pedagogical teaching philosophies of online instructors at the California State University, Long Beach in the Spring Semester of 2010. Drawing from reflective adult education theory, this article proposes a new model for this reflective adult education theory. It is either the helping relationship (andragogical philosophy) or the directing relationship (pedagogical philosophy) plus the learning environment (the Internet) that leads to adult learners’ critical reflection in Mezirow’s (1991) terms. A researcher-designed survey instrument called Online Philosophy of Adult Education Scale (OPAES) was used to measure instructional preferences of these instructors in the electronic classroom to determine their andragogical or pedagogical teaching philosophies. Data were collected from 37 online instructors regarding their instructional preferences. Nine qualitative questions were designed to parallel the Likert scale OPAES to determine why these online adult education instructors chose their pedagogical or andragogical teaching philosophies. The results of the study demonstrate that these online adult education instructors support both the teacher-centered approach and the student-centered approach to teaching online.

scholarly journals Formation of students’ motivation for learning in the multicultural educational environment of the university through student-centered technologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 00060
Author(s):  
N.V. Levchenko ◽  
O.V. Kitikar
Keyword(s):  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Full Time ◽  
State University ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Educational Motivation ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
The University ◽  
Oriented Approach

The article is devoted to the problem of multicultural education at the university, considering the personality-oriented approach to teaching. Here are the results of the implementation of the program aimed at increasing the educational motivation of students. The program and research are being implemented in the pedagogical areas of training full-time students of the Kaluga State University named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky. The discipline “Pedagogy” and its modules have, according to the authors, ample opportunities for the implementation of the idea of multicultural education in a higher educational institution, taking into account personality-oriented technologies and taking into account the multinational student environment of the university. The authors propose to strengthen the multicultural aspect of the content of the discipline under consideration by introducing changes into the program that will significantly increase the motivation of students to learn. The implementation of this approach is to develop the content of the discipline “Pedagogy” considering the multicultural student environment of the university.

Teaching the Sociolinguistics of Tourism

2018 ◽  
pp. 214-228
Author(s):  
Richard W. Hallett
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
State University ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Tourism Studies ◽  
Master Of Arts ◽  
Tourism Websites ◽  
First Time

In the spring semester of 2012 the author taught a new course in the graduate program in linguistics at a comprehensive state university in a large American metropolis: Language and Tourism. For the first time in at this university, a graduate course focusing solely on the analysis of tourism materials, e.g. official tourism websites, travel programs, brochures, etc., was offered as an elective to students who had taken a sociolinguistics course without such a narrow focus. Thirteen students pursuing their Master of Arts (MA) degrees – twelve in the MA Program in Linguistics and one in the MA Program in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) – enrolled in and successfully completed this course. This chapter, which provides an overview of a graduate level linguistics course in Language and Tourism based on the author's critical reflections on teaching (Brookfield, 2017), offers suggestions for how sociolinguistic concepts can be taught through the study of tourism and encourages more linguistic-based research in the instruction of tourism studies.

scholarly journals Cummings, Merrill, and Borrelli’s Inquiry into Small Screen Use by Academic Library Users: Timing is Everything

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-56
Author(s):  
Catharine Bomhold
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Library Services ◽  
State University ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Washington State University ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Library Catalogue ◽  
Small Screen

A Review of: Cummings, J., Merrill, A., & Borrelli, S. (2010). The use of handheld mobile devices: Their impact and implications for library services. Library Hi Tech, (28)1, 22-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/07378831011026670 Abstract Objective – The authors undertook this study to understand the relatively new phenomenon of handheld computing and the use of small-screen devices among academic library users. They sought to determine if users would be inclined to search the online library catalogue on their devices and, by extension, if there would be a growing demand for small-screen compatible library services. Design – Online and paper surveys were used with both closed and open questions. Respondents included students, faculty, and staff at Washington State University (WSU). Setting – Washington State University Library, Pullman, Washington, United States of America. Subjects – The survey was open to any user of the Washington State University (Pullman) Library. The 206 respondents included 126 (61.2%) undergraduates, 26 (12.6%) graduate or professional students, 32 (15.3%) WSU employees, and 15 (7.3%) faculty members. Methods – A survey was distributed both online and on paper. The online version used Surveymonkey.com and participation was solicited through various social media. It was open for three months during the Spring semester, 2007. The paper version was distributed to all library users on two days in June 2007. Eighty-four online and 122 paper responses were received. Main Results – Most of the respondents (58.4%) who owned a personal digital assistant (PDA) or Web-enabled cell phone (WECP) indicated that they would search the library catalogue on a small-screen device. Responses to the open question “How would you use the OPAC [online public access catalogue] if it was available on a PDA or WECP?” were mixed, both positive and negative. The positive responders noted the possible time savings associated with the availability of more information on their devices. The negative responders noted the cost of data, the annoyance of public phone use, and the complex format of the current catalogue that would not transfer to a small screen. Conclusion – The authors cited the growing usage trends in handheld devices, along with the willingness of current owners to use their devices, to predict an increase in usage of small screen searching. They speculated that further research should investigate how small screens would be used and what would that experience look like, rather than if patrons would use them.

ORGANIZATION OF STUDENT-CENTERED TRAINING IN THE SYSTEM OF ADDITIONAL EDUCATION OF ADULTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 244
Author(s):  
Svetlana Nevdakh
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
Testing Methods ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Training Analysis ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Additional Education ◽  
Modern Thinking

The article presents one of the modern trends in the development of the education system - the organization of student-centered training. Extrapolation of this type of training into the system of additional education of adults will allow to prepare a specialist with modern thinking, focused on innovation, continuous self-development. The purpose of the research is to explore the possibilities of implementing student-centered training tools into the practice of realization retraining programs for educational specialists. Research methods: a theoretical analysis of the essence of the concept of “student-centered training”, analysis of the characteristics of adult education, experimental work on testing methods of student-centered training in the system of additional education of adults. The main results of the research: methods of student-centered training of adults have been adapted to the specifics of organizing retraining programs, conditions for organizing student-centered training in institutions of additional education of adults have been identified, methodical recommendations have been developed. The use of these recommendations will optimize the implementation of retraining programs for education specialists. 

scholarly journals Inter-Institutional Partnerships Propel A Successful Collaborative Undergraduate Degree Program In Chemistry

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm J. D'Souza ◽  
Qiquan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Federal State ◽  
State University ◽  
University Partnerships ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Delaware State University

Small private liberal arts colleges are increasingly tuition-dependent and mainly attract students by creating student-centered learning communities. On the other hand, larger universities tend to be trendsetters where its faculty tend to seek intellectual independence and are involved in career focused cutting-edge research. The Institutional Development Awards (IDeA) and Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) are federal-state-university partnerships that builds basic research infrastructure and coax the state-wide higher education institutions to collaborate with each other in order to enhance their competitiveness. As a result in Delaware, Wesley College instituted curricular and operational changes to launch an undergraduate program in biological chemistry where its students take three upper division chemistry courses and can choose to participate in annual summer undergraduate internships at nearby Delaware State University.

scholarly journals Determination of Prospective Science Teachers' Level of Knowledge about Thermodynamics and Their Reasoning with Daily Life Examples

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-308
Author(s):  
Eser Ültay ◽  
Ümmü Gülsüm Durukan ◽  
Neslihan Ültay
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
State University ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Laws Of Thermodynamics ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Prospective Science Teachers

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between environmental problems and thermodynamics of prospective science teachers. The study was conducted with the case study method. The sample consists of 74 senior prospective science teachers studying in Science Teaching Department in the faculty of education of a state university in Turkey in spring semester of 2018-2019 academic year. The first part of the data collection tool consisted of four open-ended questions and it was the form in which the prospective science teachers were asked to explain the laws of thermodynamics. In the second part of the data collection tool, there were eleven open-ended questions which were expected to be explained by the laws of thermodynamics of the given environmental problems. As a result of the study, prospective science teachers were found to have difficulty applying any laws of thermodynamics to a daily event or environmental problem.

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