Implementing a Problem-Based Technology Learning Environment to Foster Cultural Literacy and Responsiveness Instructional Skills

2014 ◽  
pp. 147-159
Author(s):  
Blanche Jackson Glimps ◽  
Theron Ford
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Cultural Literacy ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Technology Learning ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Portable Computers

Technology is part of our daily lives; we can observe the use of technology in our cell phones and portable computers and, most notably, within classrooms. If used within the proper pedagogical context, computer-aided technology can be quite advantageous to teacher educators whose pedagogical belief is also centered on teaching and learning that is responsive to students’ needs and cultures. When technology is combined with Problem-Based Learning (PBL), it can be a powerful aid to help pre-service teachers build cultural literacy and the skills needed to be responsive to students’ needs. This chapter presents a single case study of the highly successful academic outcomes through the wedding of PBL and technology.

Implementing a Problem-Based Technology Learning Environment to Foster Cultural Literacy and Responsiveness Instructional Skills

2016 ◽  
pp. 1324-1337
Author(s):  
Blanche Jackson Glimps ◽  
Theron Ford
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Cultural Literacy ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Technology Learning ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Portable Computers

Technology is part of our daily lives; we can observe the use of technology in our cell phones and portable computers and, most notably, within classrooms. If used within the proper pedagogical context, computer-aided technology can be quite advantageous to teacher educators whose pedagogical belief is also centered on teaching and learning that is responsive to students' needs and cultures. When technology is combined with Problem-Based Learning (PBL), it can be a powerful aid to help pre-service teachers build cultural literacy and the skills needed to be responsive to students' needs. This chapter presents a single case study of the highly successful academic outcomes through the wedding of PBL and technology.

scholarly journals Toward a Critical Approach for OER: A Case Study in Removing the ‘Big Five’ from OER Creation

Open Praxis ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 355
Author(s):  
Kris Joseph ◽  
Julia Guy ◽  
Michael B McNally
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Proprietary Software ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Production And Distribution

This paper examines the role of proprietary software in the production of open educational resources (OER). Using a single case study, the paper explores the implications of removing proprietary software from an OER project, with the aim of examining how complicated such a process is and whether removing such software meaningfully advances a critical approach to OER. The analysis reveals that software from the Big Five technology companies (Apple, Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft) are deeply embedded in OER production and distribution, and that complete elimination of software or services from these companies is not feasible. The paper concludes by positing that simply rejecting Big Five technology introduces too many challenges to be justified on a pragmatic basis; however, it encourages OER creators to remain critical in their use of technology and continue to try to advance a critical approach to OER.

scholarly journals An EFL Teacher’s Code Switching in a Young Learners’ Class

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Khaerunnisa
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Task Instruction ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Positive Functions

This paper presents the results of a single case study of an EFL teacher’s code switching which involved three languages including English, Indonesian, and Javanese in a young learners’ class. More specifically, this qualitative study aimed to analyze the teacher’s types of code switching and functions of her code switching in the teaching and learning process. Data from classroom observations, teacher’s interview, students’ interview, and students’ questionnaire showed that all of the teacher’s code switching were conversational and based on the structure of her switching; she did inter-sentential, intra-sentential, and tag switching. Further, those different types of code switching served four positive functions for the EYL teaching. Those included strategy to deliver clear material explanations, strategy to deliver clear task instruction, strategy to give encouragement, and strategy for disciplining the students.

scholarly journals Gains of e-collaboration in professional engagement initiatives

2021 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-83
Author(s):  
E. Tazhibayeva ◽  
◽  
T. Dolidze ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Online Collaboration ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Teacher Professional

This paper presents a single case study of SR Teaching and Learning community, initially established as an English teacher professional development company in Baku, Azerbaijan. Since July, 2020, the company has determined to enhance its geography by cooperating with academicians and practitioners from different countries by engaging official representatives from Kazakhstan, Georgia, Russia, Poland, Panama, Iran and Uzbekistan through e-collaboration processes, which aims to meet the needs of in-service and pre-service English teachers in their home countries. By investigating ongoing e-collaboration created by the community we attempted to provide a better understanding of the benefits of teachers' online collaboration and its role in teacher professional engagement initiatives. The community members' responses about the nature and extent of e-collaboration they experience served as empirical data for our study. A significant role of moderators in teaching partnership has been noted. The minority of teachers were negative about teamwork claiming that online sessions had led to increase in their personal workload.

Who Has Potatoes?

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-159
Author(s):  
Keith V. Bletzer
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Turning Points ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Migrant Work

Migratory farm labor like other forms of migrant work both in and outside agriculture impedes on the opportunity to make choices. The following essay explores particular phases in the life of one man (a single case study) and examines how he considers turning points in his life that led to a long period of substance use, both as an immigrant in the country and as a working man in his home country, followed by a cessation of use and the beginning stages of recovery. / Para el migrante, viajar en busca de trabajo es díficil, ya sea que trabaje en agricultura o en otras labores. Este ensayo examina ciertas etapas en la vida de un hombre (estudio de un solo caso) que examina los cambios que le han ocurrido durante un período en que él consumía grandes cantidades de alcohol en los estados y en su país, seguido por un período de sobriedad (no tomaba alcohol, no usaba drogas) en este país en que él comienza una etapa de rehabilitación.

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