How to Thrive in the Changing Landscape of Teacher Education

Decision Making ◽

Teacher Candidates ◽

Comprehensive University ◽

Personal Experiences ◽

Performance Based Assessment ◽

In The Beginning ◽

Preservice Teacher Candidate ◽

This chapter explores a number of issues for consideration when adopting and implementing edTPA as a summative performance-based assessment of preservice teacher candidate tasks. This chapter aims to offer guidance and support for programs in the beginning stages of implementation of edTPA. Each of the considerations includes a vignette from personal experiences at a regional comprehensive university in the southeast. Issues discussed include timeline for implementation, buy-in, decision-making processes, professional development and training, mapping, and next steps. The vignettes detail particular issues or concerns and include faculty, staff, and/or teacher candidates. Data used to develop the vignettes was collected via interviews, surveys, and reflections.

How to Thrive in the Changing Landscape of Teacher Education

Teacher Training and Professional Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5631-2.ch070 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1528-1543

Author(s):

Holly Henderson Pinter ◽

Kim K. Winter ◽

Myra K. Watson

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Teacher Candidates ◽

Comprehensive University ◽

Personal Experiences ◽

Performance Based Assessment ◽

In The Beginning ◽

Preservice Teacher Candidate ◽

This chapter explores a number of issues for consideration when adopting and implementing edTPA as a summative performance-based assessment of preservice teacher candidate tasks. This chapter aims to offer guidance and support for programs in the beginning stages of implementation of edTPA. Each of the considerations includes a vignette from personal experiences at a regional comprehensive university in the southeast. Issues discussed include timeline for implementation, buy-in, decision-making processes, professional development and training, mapping, and next steps. The vignettes detail particular issues or concerns and include faculty, staff, and/or teacher candidates. Data used to develop the vignettes was collected via interviews, surveys, and reflections.

Educators’ Experiences Identifying Pain Among Students in Special Education Settings

The Journal of School Nursing ◽

10.1177/1059840517747974 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 210-220 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Brenna L. Quinn ◽

Richard W. Serna

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Intellectual Disability ◽

Focus Groups ◽

Special Educators ◽

School Setting ◽

Opportunities To Learn ◽

Child Behaviors ◽

Personal Experiences ◽

Student Safety ◽

Decision Making Processes

If special educators cannot identify pain in students with intellectual disability (ID), students cannot be referred to the school nurse for assessment and management. The purpose of this study was to examine how special educators identify pain in the school setting. Twenty-four special educators participated in focus groups aiming to (1) identify educators’ observations and perceptions of pain in students with ID and (2) determine the decision-making processes educators use to determine the need for student presentation or referral to the health office. Overall, special educators know students well enough to differentiate pain-related behaviors from normal well-child behaviors, prioritize student safety, and draw on personal experiences with pain when addressing pain in students with ID. Special educators welcome opportunities to learn more about pain in children with ID. Teachers, nurses, and other professionals should share knowledge about and experiences of working with students in pain to improve practices.

The Complexity of Practice

American Journal of Evaluation ◽

10.1177/1098214012443728 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 483-495 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Melissa Freeman ◽

Jori N. Hall

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

School District ◽

Professional Development School ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Professional Practices ◽

Historically Situated ◽

Evaluation Approaches

All social and professional practices are historically situated, evolving forms of acting and interacting. Evaluation, as a practice, is shaped by and shapes the practice evaluated. This article contributes to responsive and values-engaged evaluation approaches by reflecting on the space where these two practices intersect. The evaluative task was to document the nature of a partnership between a university and school district and how that partnership was being carried out in the form of a professional development school. The authors focus on the role that participant observation, as an interactive and responsive form of engagement, played in the evaluation. Through two lenses—observing the partners and observing ourselves—the authors critically reflect on their decision-making processes, assessing their accomplishments and shortcomings. The authors conclude by considering how they might further their engagement as values-engaged evaluators in this context in ways that support the development of both the evaluators and the evaluand.

Contemporary Picture of Changes in Women’s Media Activity Selected European Aspects

Czech-Polish Historical and Pedagogical Journal ◽

10.5817/cphpj-2020-017 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 189-200

Author(s):

Alina Balczyńska-Kosman

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Public Space ◽

Evolutionary Process ◽

Gender Representation ◽

Equal Opportunities ◽

Women's Participation ◽

The Media ◽

Media Systems

The article presents selected aspects of the contemporary picture of changes in women’s media activity. The presence of women in the media is increasingly seen not only in the dimension of their passive participation, but also in journalistic activity and in non stereotypical representations of the female sex in media broadcasts. The text presents the sociopolitical conditions of changes in women’s media participation, with particular emphasis on the processes of receiving messages and the sphere of journalistic activity. The text recognizes that the contemporary picture of women’s participation in media systems, despite numerous activities aimed at implementing equal opportunities policy, is characterized by asymmetry and still insufficient women’s presence, especially in the area of decision-making processes and various topics in media, in general. Although the progressive feminization of public space is noticeable, women still face barriers and restrictions in professional development on journalistic ground. Therefore, breaking stereotypes and equalizing gender representation in the media ought to be considered as an evolutionary process rather than revolutionary changes in this matter.

Professional Judgment and Decision Making: The Role of Intention for Impact

The Sport Psychologist ◽

10.1123/tsp.19.3.303 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 303-317 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Amanda Martindale ◽

Dave Collins

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Reflective Practice ◽

Professional Autonomy ◽

Judgment And Decision Making ◽

Professional Judgment ◽

Future Directions ◽

Clinical And Counseling Psychology ◽

The field of applied sport psychology has recognized the growing consensus that professional autonomy and discretion brings with it the need to train, regulate, and evaluate practice (Evetts, 2001). However, research into how practitioners’ professional judgment is formed and the decision-making processes involved has not received concurrent attention. This paper illustrates some of the possible outcomes and implications for applied sport psychologists from consideration of Professional Judgment and Decision Making (PJDM) research in other fields such as medicine and teaching and in parallel disciplines such as clinical and counseling psychology. Investigation into the nature of decision content and how the crucial “intention for impact” (Hill, 1992) is formulated carries implications for the assessment, reflective practice, and professional development and training of applied sport psychologists. Future directions in PJDM research are suggested and a call is made for practitioners to be open to involvement in research of this nature.

Decision-Making Tools for Aeronautical Teams: FOR-DEC and Beyond

Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors ◽

10.1027/2192-0923/a000099 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 101-112 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Henning Soll ◽

Solveig Proske ◽

Gesine Hofinger ◽

Gunnar Steinhardt

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Expert Knowledge ◽

Decision Models ◽

Contributing Factors ◽

Explicit Integration ◽

Structured Decision Making ◽

Explorative Study ◽

German Aerospace ◽

Abstract. Many case studies show that unstructured decision-making processes in teams are contributing factors to accidents. In situations without any preconfigured solutions, airlines have developed decision models. In our article, we give an overview and comparative analysis of different models. We discuss FOR-DEC, developed by Lufthansa and the German Aerospace Center. Findings from an explorative study on pilots’ experiences with FOR-DEC and from a workshop with pilots and experts from non-aviation high-risk domains are reported. The model is useful for structured decision-making in complex situations when there is enough time. Moreover, some extensions to FOR-DEC could be beneficial, for example, the integration of expert knowledge into the decision process and the explicit integration of the team in the decision-making process. Results give advice for the useful implementation, application, and training of decision-making tools using the example of FOR-DEC.

Real-world Maths: Preparing Teachers to use Real-life Contexts for Teaching Maths

Theory and Practice: An Interface or A Great Divide? ◽

10.37626/ga9783959871129.0.98 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 523-525

Author(s):

Dennis Showers

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Research Program ◽

Real World ◽

Teacher Candidates ◽

Real Life ◽

Mathematical Practice ◽

Instructional Reform ◽

Personal Experiences ◽

The Us

Common Core Mathematics in the US promotes eight Standards for Mathematical Practice to guide instructional reform. Standard 2 includes the practice of “decontextualizing” or abstracting a given situation and representing it symbolically to solve real-world problems. Preparing teachers to employ this practice in classrooms requires knowledge and skill to apply technology to bring the real world into the classroom and the ability to discuss personal experiences in a mathematical way. Professional development with New York teacher candidates and in-service teachers in Nicaragua, China, and the US indicates the need for further dissemination with a research program to evaluate its efficacy.

Handbook of Research on Inclusive Development for Remote Adjunct Faculty in Higher Education - Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development ◽

The Care and Feeding of Adjuncts

10.4018/978-1-7998-6758-6.ch008 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 85-97

Author(s):

Kelly A. Sylte

Keyword(s):

Adjunct Faculty ◽

Program Directors ◽

Faculty Members ◽

Professional Support ◽

Full Time ◽

Concerted Effort ◽

Staff Members ◽

Personal Experiences ◽

Recruiting qualified adjuncts takes time and resources. Adjuncts need instructional, curricular, and professional support same as full-time professors receive. Putting a concerted effort into the onboarding (care) and training (feeding) of new staff members improves performance and retention. The purpose of this chapter is to give information that may reinforce what you are already doing for your adjuncts or may prompt you to think about your onboarding processes to improve how adjuncts are supported in their roles. The information is intended to be useful for administrators, deans, and program directors, as well as adjuncts themselves. Adjuncts might need to be advocates for their own sake—asking for professional development; becoming involved in activities; or seeking classroom support, training, and recognition. This chapter includes descriptions of onboarding practices and professional development efforts at various universities and provides comments from individuals describing their personal experiences as adjunct faculty members.

Role of Female in Agriculture Related to Work Performance and Decision Making in Madi, Chitwan, Nepal

International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology ◽

10.3126/ijasbt.v6i3.21170 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 207-214

Author(s):

Roshan Dhakal ◽

Ritesh Kumar Jha ◽

Rita Khadka ◽

Roshan Koirala ◽

Rojina Neupane

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Work Performance ◽

Household Survey ◽

Farming System ◽

Education And Training ◽

Managerial Decisions ◽

Feminization Of Agriculture ◽

This research is a study to examine whether a “feminization of agriculture” has occurred in the study area through the household survey of the local farming system and the gendered division of agricultural labour and managerial responsibilities at Madi, Chitwan in 2018. According to the household survey (n=60), a strong gendered division of agricultural works exist in this area, thus men and women have clear responsibilities and restrictions. In activities like ploughing, irrigating, threshing and applying chemical fertilizer, men are mostly participated whereas in the most of the other activities like weeding, sowing, collecting firewood, collecting fodder, hoeing, manuring, milking, female are mostly involved. Average of about 208 rupees is paid higher to men than female in some agriculture works. Through the use of various fieldwork methods, it was observed that that women in some cases have to take on tasks that are generally considered “men’s work”. Although women are in charge of various managerial decisions related to the agricultural production, any major decisions are still controlled by men. The real influence of women as decision makers can therefore be questioned. The effects of different factors like caste, education and training has been analyzed which showed that with the increase of education and training, feminization in decision making role is increased. But if women get more work and just involved in the feminization of labour and no influence in decision-making processes the “feminization of agriculture” will be just a female exploitation not a feminization.Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 6(3): 207-214