A balanced literacy program: Theory and practice

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Yola Center
2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 436-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura C. Leviton ◽  
Mathew D. Trujillo

Background: Variations in local context bedevil the assessment of external validity: the ability to generalize about effects of treatments. For evaluation, the challenges of assessing external validity are intimately tied to the translation and spread of evidence-based interventions. This makes external validity a question for decision makers, who need to determine whether to endorse, fund, or adopt interventions that were found to be effective and how to ensure high quality once they spread. Objective: To present the rationale for using theory to assess external validity and the value of more systematic interaction of theory and practice. Methods: We review advances in external validity, program theory, practitioner expertise, and local adaptation. Examples are provided for program theory, its adaptation to diverse contexts, and generalizing to contexts that have not yet been studied. The often critical role of practitioner experience is illustrated in these examples. Work is described that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is supporting to study treatment variation and context more systematically. Results: Researchers and developers generally see a limited range of contexts in which the intervention is implemented. Individual practitioners see a different and often a wider range of contexts, albeit not a systematic sample. Organized and taken together, however, practitioner experiences can inform external validity by challenging the developers and researchers to consider a wider range of contexts. Researchers have developed a variety of ways to adapt interventions in light of such challenges. Conclusions: In systematic programs of inquiry, as opposed to individual studies, the problems of context can be better addressed. Evaluators have advocated an interaction of theory and practice for many years, but the process can be made more systematic and useful. Systematic interaction can set priorities for assessment of external validity by examining the prevalence and importance of context features and treatment variations. Practitioner interaction with researchers and developers can assist in sharpening program theory, reducing uncertainty about treatment variations that are consistent or inconsistent with the theory, inductively ruling out the ones that are harmful or irrelevant, and helping set priorities for more rigorous study of context and treatment variation.


Author(s):  
Алевтина Николаевна Федорова ◽  
Владимир Николаевич Иванов ◽  
Светлана Вячеславовна Иванова

В данной статье представлена теоретическая модель переподготовки педагогических кадров в условиях дуального обучения, состоящая из совокупности взаимосвязанных и взаимодополняющих компонентов, описаны основные субъекты системы переподготовки педагогических кадров в условиях дуального обучения: педагог, обучающийся в системе профессиональной переподготовки, наставник, преподаватели университета. В работе также описывается поэтапная экспериментальная работа по определению эффективности разработанной модели, приведены количественные и качественные результаты экспериментальной работы, которые, в свою очередь, позволили выявить педагогические условия, необходимые для эффективного функционирования модели переподготовки педагогических кадров в условиях дуального обучения. Экспериментальной базой исследования стало муниципальное автономное образовательное учреждение «Лицей № 4» г. Чебоксары Чувашской Республики. В экспериментальную группу для прохождения переподготовки в условиях дуального обучения были приглашены слушатели курсов профессиональной переподготовки, обучающиеся по программе «Теория и практика обучения иностранному языку». В данной статье представлены изменения уровней сформированности лингвистической и профессиональной компетенций у данных слушателей в ходе экспериментальной работы. На каждом этапе эксперимента была реализована работа по выполнению учебного плана, определены формы и методы работы наставников, осуществлялась профессиональная адаптация, корректировка профессиональных умений педагогов, обучающихся по программе переподготовки. This article presents the theoretical model of retraining of pedagogical personnel in the conditions of dual education, consisting of a set of interrelated and complementary components; describes the main subjects of the system of retraining of pedagogical personnel in the conditions of dual education: a teacher studying in the system of professional retraining, mentor, university teachers. The work also describes a step-by-step experimental work to determine the effectiveness of the developed model, provides quantitative and qualitative results of experimental work, which in turn made it possible to identify the pedagogical conditions necessary for the effective functioning of the model of retraining of pedagogical personnel in conditions of dual education. The experimental base of the research was the municipal autonomous educational institution “Lyceum No. 4” of the city of Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic. In the experimental group for undergoing retraining in the conditions of dual education were invited the listeners of professional retraining courses, enrolled in the program “Theory and Practice of Teaching a Foreign Language”. This article presents the changes in the levels of formation of linguistic and professional competences among these listeners in the course of experimental work. At each stage of the experiment, work was carried out to fulfill the curriculum, the forms and methods of work of mentors were determined, professional adaptation was carried out, and the professional skills of teachers who were trained in the retraining program were adjusted.


2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie Kilmer-Mesure

What follows is a summary of a proposal to enhance the reading and writing skills of reluctant readers. It is called a Balanced Literacy Program. The acronym R.A.P., Reading Apprentice Program, captures the purpose and process of the program.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document