scholarly journals The Impact of Microteaching on Professional Competencies of Pre-Service Teachers of Students with Learning Disabilities

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mousa AL-Salahat ◽  
Suhib Saleem Saleem

The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of microteaching on professional competence among four pre-service student teachers enrolled in the program of special education for students of learning disabilities in the Faculty of Education. The researchers indicated the theoretical conceptions of professional competencies, pre-service training, practicum in learning disabilities, and microteaching. The study conducted through three stages: baseline, intervention, and follow up. The researchers used a checklist as the tool of the study. The study was conducted during the field training of the subjects as they were asked to prepare and carry out the entire individual teaching lesson in the resource rooms affiliated to the public education schools. Microteaching sessions were also administrated at the university campus in Najran. The results of the study indicated significant improvements in the professional competencies among the four pre- service students as it was moderate at baseline (68%) for the four participating pre-service students. The subjects maintained the targeted skills in one measurement and after two weeks of the study (89%) indicating the significance of the microteaching in developing pre- service teachers required skills.

Author(s):  
Sandra Zecchi

Specific Learning Disorders involve a plurality of functions that impact the decoding of the alphabetic code. They have an evolutionary character, that is, vary according to the age of the subject. The present work, connected to positive practical experiences, investigates the characteristics of DSAs in adulthood and the impact with university teaching. It presents the outcomes in progress of an interdisciplinary project (including pedagogical, medical and engineering area). Learning Disabilities (LD) disorder are relatively new for the education at the university level, and have therefore pushed teachers and researcher to define research projects, both scientific and pedagogic, aimed to suit the needs of LD students. In such perspective, due to the high variability of LD manifestations and degrees and also to the peculiar students’ features, a multidisciplinary approach and strategies are required to identify personalized educational paths for LD students while respecting, the specificity and the objectives of the different university courses. 


2020 ◽  
pp. 111-120
Author(s):  
Ирина Анатольевна Виноградова ◽  
Елена Владимировна Иванова

Современное образование ориентировано на формирование нового образа мышления студентов, профессиональных компетенций в области педагогической, проектной, исследовательской и культурно-просветительской деятельности, что предполагает использование разнообразных форм и методов работы, множество образовательных сценариев. Данное содержание предъявляет определенные требования к образовательной среде. В связи с этим была предпринята попытка исследования представлений студентов о влиянии образовательной среды вуза на формирование их профессиональных компетенций, что важно при разработке образовательной политики конкретных вузов, а также в целях оценки эффективности внедрения новых образовательных практик. В качестве основных критериев исследования среды вуза рассматриваются предметно-пространственные факторы в освоении и персонализации среды вуза (организация учебного пространства, библиотечного пространства, неформального пространства взаимодействия и кооперации); эффективность интеллектуальной и творческой деятельности студентов в пространстве университета; факторы образовательной среды, влияющие на формирование профессиональных компетенций студентов и выпускников педагогических вузов. В результате исследования показано, что важным условием формирования профессиональных компетенций является профессионализм преподавателя; комфортность предметной среды вуза положительно сказывается на восприятии университетской среды, отношении к университету и деятельности, которая в нем осуществляется; студенческая вовлеченность в университетские мероприятия становится одним из мотивирующих факторов, определяющих качество и результат обучения студентов, влияющих на «вхождение» в профессию, заинтересованность в профессии, профессиональном развитии. Modern education is focused on the formation of a new way of thinking of students, of professional competencies in the field of pedagogical, project, research and cultural and educational activities, which involves the use of various forms and methods of work, a variety of educational scenarios. This content has certain requirements for the educational environment. In this regard, an attempt was made to study students’ perceptions of the impact of the educational environment of the University on the formation of their professional competencies, which is important in the development of educational policies of specific universities, as well as to assess the effectiveness of the introduction of new educational practices. As the main criteria for studying the University environment, the article considers: subject-spatial factors in the development and personalization of the University environment (organization of educational space, organization of library space, organization of informal interaction and cooperation space); the effectiveness of intellectual and creative activity of students in the University space; factors of the educational environment that affect the formation of professional competencies of students and graduates of pedagogical universities. The study shows that: an important condition of formation of professional competence is the professionalism of the teacher; the comfort of the subject environment of the University positively affects the perception of the University environment with respect to the University and the activities which it carried; student involvement in University activities is becoming one of the motivating factors that determine the quality and outcome of student learning, influencing the «entry» into the profession, interest in profession, professional development.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Mohammad Kh. M. Muflih

The study aims to identify the effectiveness of using visual organizations in improving the reading and writing skills of students with learning disabilities from the point of view of the teachers of learning resource rooms, according to the variables of gender, scientific qualification and educational experience through the use of analytical descriptive method. The study was carried out on a sample of 87 male and female teachers, (38) males and 49 females. A questionnaire of 53 items was used and analyzed statistically, the results showed that the most prominent item in the effectiveness of the use of visual organizations to improve reading and writing for students with learning difficulties is: “able to read sentences enhanced with pictures and without pictures, and distinguish between the image of the character and its writing”, the most prominent obstacle to the effectiveness of using visual organizations is not to use visual organizations that fit with the teaching methods of students with learning disabilities, as for the variables, the study showed the existence of differences attributed to the impact of gender and for the benefit of females, the results showed that there are statistically significant differences due to the effect of scientific qualification, and the absence of statistical differences due to the effect of years of experience.


Author(s):  
Mayada Al-Natour ◽  
Khaled Al-Ajlouni ◽  
Hatem AlKhamra

The current study aimed at identifying the impact of the addictive use of smartphones by students with learning disabilities on the social, psychological and academic domains. The sample of the study consisted of 210 male and female students enrolled in classes of resource rooms of grades five to nine in public and private schools at the Ministry of Education in Amman governorate. The researcher developed two measures to achieve the goals of the study; the first is “a scale to measure the addiction of smartphones use”, which contains 32 items, and another scale to measure the “impact of smartphones excessive use on social, emotional and academic domains”, which contains (30) items. This process was preceded by a review of previous similar pedagogic studies. Validity and reliability significance were extracted. Results revealed that the estimation of the addictive use of smartphones by students of learning disabilities aged 11-15 was rated as average. Results also revealed that impact of smartphone use dominated the social and emotional aspects over the academic. Results call for the need to develop and practise some precocious interventions and early detection of the excessive use of smartphones in general, but above all by students with learning disabilities.


Author(s):  
Scott L. Roberts ◽  
Kristina Rouech

This chapter presents and discusses the experience of two university professors' participation in two different study abroad programs. Within the first two years of employment at the university, one professor went to Oaxaca and the other went to Ireland with groups of pre-student teachers. The chapter discusses previous literature and the impact of study abroad programs on teacher education, program basics from the authors' university, the authors' personal experiences travelling with students for the first time, commonalities and differences among the two programs, benefits from their experiences, and ideas for further development of effective study abroad programs for education students.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8593
Author(s):  
Gloria Pérez de Albéniz-Garrote ◽  
María Begoña Medina Gómez

Teacher’s professional identity (TPI) is an essential and decisive element in the way future EY and primary teachers approach their labour. This study aims to analyse how and when student teachers build TPI and to study its relationship with personal well-being. The sample was made up of 135 students of the Faculty of Education of the University of Burgos (Spain), aged 18–44. A questionnaire elaborated ad hoc and an individual psychological well-being scale were both implemented. The results suggest that training activities, initially scheduled by the university courses, are those which most contribute to the building of a TPI; that there seem to be no differences in relation to gender and year of study in the factors which contribute to its development, regardless of whether it is rather innovative or research-oriented and that there is a relationship between types of TPI, as well as between these and the satisfaction with academic choice, and psychological well-being. Future teachers should build a solid TPI which enables them to successfully adapt to complex educational settings and encourages them to innovate. It is necessary to gradually make room for reflection from the beginning of the university training, as this could improve the future professional performance and the students’ psychological well-being.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ahmad Bairat ◽  
Akef Abdullah Al-Khateeb

The study aimed at building a training program for the families of students with learning disabilities to activate the familial participation and reduce learning disabilities aspects and develop the academic achievement of such students. The study’s sample composed of (46) families and (46) male and female students from these families. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers prepared a list to assist the familial participation applied on the families before and after the training period; they used the scale of (Sartawi,1995) to reveal the learning disabilities of their children applied before and after the training period, as well as the scale of academic achievement (educational packages,2010), moreover; they built the suggested program to activate the familial participation. The study concluded that there were statistically significant differences between the pre-measurement and post-measurement in favor of the post-measurement regarding the students’ performance in relation to the learning disabilities aspects. It also showed that there were statistically significant differences between the pre-measurement and post-measurement in favor of the post-measurement regarding the students’ performance in relation to the academic performance scale (educational packages,2010), furthermore; there were statistically significant positive correlation between the familial participation and learning disabilities aspects, and between the familial participation and the academic achievement.


1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
David McNaughton ◽  
Charles A. Hughes ◽  
Karen Clark

We reviewed 27 published studies on spelling instruction for students with learning disabilities (LD) and coded them for the following variables: (a) student characteristics, (b) instructional activities, (c) nature of materials to be learned, and (d) criterial tasks (Jenkins, 1979). Most of the studies investigated the impact of instructional activities on the production of targeted spelling items by elementary-grade students with LD. We interpret the results of this review as suggesting that the following activities may enhance learning for some students with LD: (a) limiting the number of new words introduced each day, (b) facilitating student-directed and peer-assisted instruction, (c) directing students to name letters aloud as they are practiced, (d) including instruction in morphemic analysis, (e) providing immediate error imitation and correction, (f) using motivating reinforcers, and (g) providing periodic retesting and review. Only limited information is available on interventions that promote generalization of spelling knowledge to untrained words, use of trained vocabulary in a variety of writing activities, and maintenance of vocabulary across time. We discuss current research issues and future research directions in spelling instruction for students with learning disabilities.


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