scholarly journals Un estudio sobre la participación en Educación Física de una alumna con discapacidad física (A study about the participation in Physical Education of a student with physical disability)

Retos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 116-127
Author(s):  
Alicia Valle Ramírez ◽  
Nieves María Sáez-Gallego ◽  
Jorge Abellán
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Tree Model ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Primary School Student ◽  
Teaching Unit ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Individualized Activities

  Se presenta un estudio de caso sobre una alumna de tercero de primaria con discapacidad física en España. El objetivo fue evaluar la participación de Alba en las sesiones de Educación Física e implementar estrategias que favorezcan su inclusión en la asignatura a través de la adaptación de tareas. Para ello, se llevaron a cabo cuatro fases durante la investigación: La fase I, correspondiente a una observación no participante de cuatro sesiones no consecutivas de las clases de Educación Física; la fase II, correspondiente a la realización de entrevistas semiestructuradas a los agentes implicados en la educación de la alumna y a la propia alumna; la fase III, correspondiente al análisis documental de una Unidad Didáctica del maestro mediante el modelo TREE, para detectar las posibles barreras en la participación de la alumna; y por último, la fase IV, correspondiente a una propuesta de adaptación de tareas de la Unidad Didáctica evaluada. Los resultados muestran una escasa participación de la alumna en Educación Física, ya que la interacción de esta con el grupo clase se limita a la asunción de roles pasivos o a la realización de actividades individualizadas en muchas ocasiones. Asimismo, se observa un claro desconocimiento sobre la trayectoria escolar de la alumna por parte de los agentes implicados, así como una falta de comunicación entre ellos y su familia. A partir de estos resultados se han propuesto una serie de adaptaciones para incrementar su participación en las sesiones de Educación Física. Abstract: A case study is carried out on a third-year primary school student with physical disabilities from a school in Spain. This research aims to evaluate the participation of Alba in Physical Education sessions and implement strategies that favour her inclusion through the adaptation of tasks. To do this, four phases were conducted during the investigation: phase I, corresponding to a non-participative observation of four non-consecutive sessions of the Physical Education classes that the participant attended; phase II, corresponding to the semi-structured interviews, carried out interviews with the agents involved in the student´s education; phase III, corresponding to the documentary analysis of a Teaching Unit of the teacher, using the TREE model, to detect the possible barriers that the participant must face; and finally, phase IV, corresponding to a proposal to adapt the tasks of that Teaching Unit. Results show a scare participation of the student in Physical Education, because the interaction with the group is limited to the assumption of passive roles or the performance of individualized activities on many situations. There is also a clear lack of knowledge about the student's school trajectory by the agents involved, as well as a lack of communication between them and their family. Based on these results, several adaptations have been proposed to increase their participation in physical education sessions.

scholarly journals A collective case study of supervision and competence judgments on the inpatient internal medicine ward

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tristen Gilchrist ◽  
Rose Hatala ◽  
Andrea Gingerich
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Senior Resident ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Collective Case Study ◽  
Teaching Unit ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Trainee Competence

Abstract Introduction Workplace-based assessment in competency-based medical education employs entrustment-supervision scales to suggest trainee competence. However, clinical supervision involves many factors and entrustment decision-making likely reflects more than trainee competence. We do not fully understand how a supervisor’s impression of trainee competence is reflected in their provision of clinical support. We must better understand this relationship to know whether documenting level of supervision truly reflects trainee competence. Methods We undertook a collective case study of supervisor-trainee dyads consisting of attending internal medicine physicians and senior residents working on clinical teaching unit inpatient wards. We conducted field observations of typical daily activities and semi-structured interviews. Data was analysed within each dyad and compared across dyads to identify supervisory behaviours, what triggered the behaviours, and how they related to judgments of trainee competence. Results Ten attending physician-senior resident dyads participated in the study. We identified eight distinct supervisory behaviours. The behaviours were enacted in response to trainee and non-trainee factors. Supervisory behaviours corresponded with varying assessments of trainee competence, even within a dyad. A change in the attending’s judgment of the resident’s competence did not always correspond with a change in subsequent observable supervisory behaviours. Discussion There was no consistent relationship between a trigger for supervision, the judgment of trainee competence, and subsequent supervisory behaviour. This has direct implications for entrustment assessments tying competence to supervisory behaviours, because supervision is complex. Workplace-based assessments that capture narrative data including the rationale for supervisory behaviours may lead to deeper insights than numeric entrustment ratings.

Investigating preservice classroom teachers’ practices and views about teaching physical education lessons: An exploratory case study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1356336X2110509
Author(s):  
Niki Tsangaridou ◽  
Ermis Kyriakides ◽  
Charalambos Y. Charalambous
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Field Placement ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
National University ◽  
Student Practice

Focusing on preservice classroom teachers (PCTs) with a physical education (PE) specialization, this exploratory case study aimed at investigating the teaching quality in the lessons offered by these teachers during their field placement, as well as examining their views about teaching PE. Toward this end, seven volunteer female PCTs studying at a national university in Cyprus were recruited; all had attended three PE specialization courses before their field placement. Data were gathered through systematic observations, semi-structured interviews, and document analysis. The quantitative data were analysed using SPSS and the qualitative data using case and cross-case analysis. These analyses suggested that the PCTs could effectively employ classroom and time management as well as skill demonstration; they could also provide quality student practice. In contrast, task progression, accountability of student practice, and task explicitness appeared to be more challenging for them to successfully enact. Interestingly, their lesson plans foreshadowed how effectively most of the examined practices would be employed by the PCTs. This study contributes a new understanding of PCTs’ PE teaching during field placement and their views thereof. The implications of the findings for PCTs’ education are discussed.

Transmitting competencies at universities in Kazakhstan: intellectual capital of teachers

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gulbakhyt Sultanova ◽  
Serik Svyatov ◽  
Nurzhan Ussenbayev
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Optimal Level ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Minimisation Problem

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure individual intellectual capital (IC) of academic staff as well as to test its impact on the employability readiness of future graduates and the reduction of the discrepancy between competencies developed and grades obtained with the help of two indicators, i.e. intellectual capital indicator (ICI) and employability readiness indicator (ERI). While ICI measures the level of a teacher’s competencies to be transmitted in the education process, ERI measures the level of a student’s competencies developed after completing relevant courses. Design/methodology/approach This is an empirical research carried out in the form of a case study. Regression model is applied to find the influence of ICI on ERI. The minimisation problem is set with relevant constraints to decrease the discrepancy between ERI and traditional grade point average (GPA). Findings The data were collected at one Kazakh university and from experts from academia and industry by means of documentary analysis, specialised tests and structured interviews. The direct impact of ICI on ERI is confirmed and the optimal level of ICI that permits an effective decrease in the discrepancy between ERI and GPA is identified. Research limitations/implications A longitudinal study covering more programmes is necessary to draw conclusions concerning causality. The application of ICI as a university’s management tool is shown. Originality/value The novelty of this study lies in providing a consistent and simple approach for calculating a teacher’s IC and its impact on a student’s employability readiness.

scholarly journals Calculative measures of organising and decision-making in developing countries: the case of a quasi-formal organisation in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Agyemang ◽  
Kelum Jayasinghe ◽  
Pawan Adhikari ◽  
Abongeh Tunyi ◽  
Simon Carmel
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Traditional Setting

PurposeThis paper examines how a “quasi-formal” organisation in a developing country engages in informal means of organising and decision-making through the use of calculative measures.Design/methodology/approachThe paper presents a case study of a large-scale indigenous manufacturing company in Ghana. Data for the study were collected through the use of semi-structured interviews conducted both onsite and off-site, supplemented by informal conversations and documentary analysis. Weber's notions of rationalities and traditionalism informed the analysis.FindingsThe paper advances knowledge about the practical day-to-day organisation of resources and the associated substantive rational calculative measures used for decision-making in quasi-formal organisations operating in a traditional setting. Instead of formal rational organisational mechanisms such as hierarchical organisational structures, production planning, labour controls and budgetary practices, the organisational mechanisms are found to be shaped by institutional and structural conditions which result from historical, sociocultural and traditional practices of Ghanaian society. These contextual substantive rational calculative measures consist of the native lineage system of inheritance, chieftaincy, trust and the power concealed within historically established sociocultural practices.Originality/valueThis paper is one of a few studies providing evidence of how local and traditional social practices contribute to shaping organising and decision-making activities in indigenous “quasi-formal” organisations. The paper extends our understanding of the nexus between “technical rational” calculative measures and the traditional culture and social practices prevailing in sub-Saharan Africa in general, and Ghana in particular.

scholarly journals PRINCIPAL'S ACTIONS THROUGH DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP DIMENSIONS: A CASE STUDY OF TWO PUBLIC SPANISH SCHOOLS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-110
Author(s):  
Ingrid del Valle García
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Distributed Leadership ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Management Functions ◽  
Leadership Dimensions

Experience has shown that the attitude of the person assuming the management functions in the school is a key and decisive element in the quality of the change processes in the school. Of these ideas is born, the concept of distributed leadership (DL). The research design is a case study. The main objective is to understand the four dimensions of DL and the actions of the Principal through representative cases of two schools. The techniques used to collect information were documentary analysis, questionnaires, in-depth semi-structured interviews, and observation. An analysis of the data and conclusions are provided.

scholarly journals Co-production and the third sector: A comparative study of England and France

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin McMullin
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Production Theory ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
The Third ◽  
Documentary Analysis

This thesis explores co-production between citizens and third sector professionals in England and France. I focus on five community regeneration organisations in Sheffield, England, and five in Lyon, France, followed by an analysis of comparator organisations in two further sectors of activity – parents’ organisations, and projects to reduce older people’s loneliness. The research is based on 57 semi-structured interviews, as well as event observations and documentary analysis. I employ an analytical framework of institutional logics to explore the ways in which the rules, practices and narratives of the case study organisations are specific to their city and national contexts and how these in turn drive and shape co-production practices.The study finds that while the Sheffield organisations are characterised by an assimilation of the state, community and market logics, the Lyon organisations demonstrate a blend of a ‘Napoleonic state’ logic, and a ‘local solidarity’ (rather than community) logic. These different combinations of logics illuminate two approaches to co-production. In France, co-production is informed by notions of citizenship, solidarity and participative democracy, leading to a greater focus on citizen involvement in organisational governance and greater influence of rules as an enabler and constraint to co-production. In Sheffield, co-production is seen as a way to improve communities, services and outcomes, and we therefore see more pragmatic attention to co-design and co-delivery activities. This thesis provides an important contribution both to co-production theory as well as to policy and practice, by demonstrating some of the cultural and contextual subjectivity of co- production, which has been overlooked in previous studies. In addition, employing institutional theory to study co-production enables me to produce evidence of meso and macro level factors that influence co-production behaviour.

scholarly journals Quality management in imaging diagnosis and the nursing team: a case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (suppl 5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Vargas Acauan ◽  
Juana Macias Seda ◽  
Graciele Oroski Paes ◽  
Marluci Andrade Conceição Stipp
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Imaging Diagnosis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Accreditation Program ◽  
Thematic Units ◽  
Management Principle ◽  
Role Of Nursing

ABSTRACT Objective: to know the contributions of nursing in the implementation of the quality management principle of the accreditation program in imaging diagnosis. Methods: a single, qualitative case study carried out in an accredited radiology and imaging diagnosis service. The data collection took place through semi-structured interviews, direct observation, and documentary analysis with the support of software in organizing the data for analysis. Results: a total of four thematic units emerged: the accreditation process in imaging services, the implementation of the program, the role of nursing in imaging services and patient safety and the management of non-conformities in imaging services. Of the other data sources, the word risk was highlighted and a non-conformity was evidenced in the external audit. Final considerations: nursing contributed mainly to the management of the risks involved in the performance of imaging and patient safety tests, requirements of the quality management principle of the accreditation program.

scholarly journals Strong contracts: the relationship between power and action

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 272-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Royston Morgan ◽  
Des Doran ◽  
Stephanie Jean Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Potential Success ◽  
Poor Outcomes ◽  
Outsourcing Contracts

Purpose There is a view that strong preventative contracts are essential to control supplier opportunism and delivery during an outsourcing implementation. The purpose of this paper is to test the proposition that contractual project environments, typical of outsourcing engagements, are essentially conflictual and that context and circumstance can act to overwhelm formal contractual and project control and lead to poor outcomes. Design/methodology/approach The paper reports on a supply case study focussed on the outsourced delivery of an application development in the defence sector. Data were gathered by a participant observation in situ for a period of three years. A grounded analysis from observations, diaries, semi-structured interviews, focus groups, documentary analysis, and e-mails was carried out with six case organisations within the extended supply chain. Findings Collaboration between suppliers and buyers can be blocked by preventative fixed price contracts and as a result when requirements are incomplete or vague this adversely impacts success. Practical implications Strong contractual control focussed on compliance may actually impede the potential success of outsourcing contracts especially when collaborative approaches are needed to cope with variability in demand. Originality/value The research raises the important practical and conceptual notion that an outsourcing can be a conflictual inter-firm phenomenon especially where multiple actors are involved and business uncertainty is present.

scholarly journals The Planning of Assessment in Physical Education: Case Study on Ignored Process in Teaching

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Elena Chaverra-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City

This article presents the partial results of a broader research on the conceptions and evaluative actions of six physical education teachers in high school in the city of Medellín (Colombia). Specifically, this paper presents the findings on one of its objectives: to analyze the decisions that teachers make before starting a didactic unit (planning on assessment). The research assumed a qualitative design, with a methodological approach of multiple case study. The strategies used for this purpose were the semi-structured interview and documentary analysis. The main findings of the study show that planning on assessment is not a specific activity that requires an interest on the part of the teachers, because their previous experiences give them the security to approach future units without adaptations according to the group or the subject to work on.

scholarly journals Rubbing out gender: women and merchant ships

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Lavalle Acejo ◽  
Sanley S. Abila
Keyword(s):  
Case Study Research ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gender Differentials ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Gender Biases ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
And Training

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how gender differences are rubbed out and simultaneously reinforced in intentional and unintentional ways. It will do this by exploring the experiences of female cadets/seafarers. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is drawn from two independent PhD theses, where one of the theses conducted ethnographic fieldwork aboard a container ship in 2009. The other thesis used a case study research design of cadetship programmes in the Philippines using structured interviews, observations with the aid of fieldnotes and documentary analysis of records from seven maritime schools and cadetship programmes of ship-owners. Findings – This paper reveals that the merchant vessel remains to be a “man’s world” where female seafarers are marginalised. It also shows that the maritime colleges in the Philippines deploy training practices that reproduce the gender biases against women participation to seafaring because the socialisation of cadets are fraught with the values and symbols of a hegemonic masculinity intent to silence other genders. On board ships, similar contradictory rubbing out and reproducing of gender differentials are observed. This shows how controlling gender is difficult. Research limitations/implications – Observations conducted are limited to one shipboard voyage and whether the same manifestation in different types of ships, ship routes and crew mix would emerge require triangulation with other forms of data collection like in-depth interviews with seafarers on board. Practical implications – Ethnographic insights offer valuable insights for novice researchers and those conducting shipboard research. Originality/value – Not much study has been done with respect to the presence of women on board and how they disrupt and play with masculine space. This paper provides empirical evidence and insights on the ambivalence of integrating women in the seafaring profession owing to official and unofficial policies and training that intentionally and unintentionally construct women as unfit to work as sea-based professionals.

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