scholarly journals Abstract Thinking of Practicum Students at Najran University in Light of Piaget's Theory and Its Relation to Their Academic Level

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Mohammed Moferh Yahya Aseeri
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Abstract Thinking ◽  
Transitional Stage ◽  
Chemistry Student ◽  
Practicum Students ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Main Instrument ◽  
Concrete Operations

The present study aimed to identify the stage of thinking of practicum students at Najran University in light of Piaget's theory and its relationship to their academic achievement in the scientific disciplines they were studying at the college of science, mainly mathematics, physics and chemistry disciplines. The sample consisted of (50) female student teachers who were practicing teaching mathematics, physics and chemistry at the public schools in Najran. Piaget test was used as a main instrument to determine participants' thinking stage. Results showed that only 10% of participants were in the stage of abstract thinking, 46% were in the transitional stage and 44% were in the stage of concrete operations. Results also revealed statistically significant differences (α=0.05) between the academic cumulative averages of participants in the concrete thinking and transitional thinking stages in favor of participants in the transitional stage. Moreover, results indicated that there were significant differences between the cumulative academic averages of participants in the concrete and abstract thinking stages in favor of participants in the abstract thinking stage. Nevertheless, there were no statistically significant differences between the cumulative averages of participant students in both transitional and abstract stages. Significant differences were revealed between mathematics and physics student teachers in favor of participants of mathematics discipline. On the opposite, no significant differences were noticed between mathematics and chemistry student teachers, on one hand, and between physics and chemistry student teachers. In addition, there was no significant effect for the interaction between participants' stage of thinking and cumulative average. 

Data-Based Supervision Methods for Speech-Language Pathology

1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 296-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Johnson Glaser ◽  
Carole Donnelly
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
The Public ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Supervision Model ◽  
Supervisory Process

The clinical dimensions of the supervisory process have at times been neglected. In this article, we explain the various stages of Goldhammer's clinical supervision model and then describe specific procedures for supervisors in the public schools to use with student teachers. This easily applied methodology lends clarity to the task and helps the student assimilate concrete data which may have previously been relegated to subjective impressions of the supervisor.

To Be or Not To Be A Citizen: Young People Talks about Everyday Experiences of Citizenship in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Noor Banu Mahadir Et.al
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Rites Of Passage ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Transitional Stage ◽  
Ethnic Culture ◽  
Service Placement ◽  
Pass Through

Citizenship is generally understood as an adult experience. Being young is seen as a transitional stage between 'childhood' and 'adulthood ' where young people either learn about becoming adults or where they pass through certain 'rites of passage'. This paper draws on some of the findings from a larger project on citizenship and citizenship education experiences among student teachers in multi-ethnic Malaysia. This article attempts to explore the citizenship experiences through the student teachers participation during the community service placement and their understanding of good citizens in multi-ethnic culture. It also intends to explore the young generations’ point of view as being citizens of Malaysia, such as their rights and duties, how they perceived good and bad citizenship and how they understand the language of citizenship. In the spirit of ethnographic design, twenty eight multi-ethnic student teachers (year 2 and year 4) who enrolled into citizenship and citizenship education course in Sultan Idris Education University (SIEU) had been interviewed and observed at university and on placement. The data was analysed using a thematic analysis.The findings revealed that student teachers ‘lived citizenship’ marked comprehensive yet complex elements of citizenship. They have clear understandings of citizenship in ‘Malaysian way’ that pointed more towards communitarian than liberal or civic-republican citizenship paradigms. They drew clear distinctions between what it means to be a ‘good’ and a ‘bad ‘citizen’. They also underlined how everyday understandings of citizenship can have both inclusionary and exclusionary implications. Further study need to be done as some of student teachers faced difficulty articulating their rights than their responsibilities.

Principal’s Administrative Effectiveness with respect to their Institutional Academic Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohan Lal Arya ◽  
Rajkumari Singh
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Urban Schools ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rural Government ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Administrative Effectiveness ◽  
Selection Of

This research paper is a description of the Principal’s Administrative Effectiveness and his Institutional Academic Performance in the important salient aspect of School Administration and Management. The study under this division: Urban Government, Rural Government, Urban Public and Rural Public. This division is done to keep proper representation of schools from all areas whether Government or Public schools, Urban or Rural areas. It has been decided to select the final sample consists of 27 principals and 154 teachers and 8803 students. The prepared lists are useful for other categories such as Government and Public schools, urban and rural schools. Under all these categories 14 Government and 13 Public schools, 15 Urban and 12 rural schools were selected from U.P. Board and C.B.S.E. The selection of the schools indicates the selection of principals and academic performance of that school. To get data on Principal’s Administrative Effectiveness, “Administrative Effectiveness Scale” was administered on teachers of that school. All students of X and IIX classes were selected from 27 secondary and senior secondary schools for getting scores on ‘Institutional Academic Performance’. The paper finally recommended that that schools those are located in urban areas show high academic performance and rural schools keep low academic performance. The academic standards of urban schools are high then that of rural schools. It is regarded by this finding that students those are studying in urban schools perform better academic level. The students of rural schools show low academic performances.

scholarly journals Development of Creative Thinking Skill Instruments for Chemistry Student Teachers in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (14) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Dwi Wiwik Ernawati ◽  
Damris Muhammad ◽  
Asrial Asrial ◽  
Muhaimin Muhaimin
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Measurement Development ◽  
Chemistry Student ◽  
Thinking Skill ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
High Level

<p>Abstract-Creative thinking is a mental activity to build idea/ideas in dealing with problems. It improves self-confidence, academic achievements, and career success. The creative thinking is complex in nature and its measurement involving many aspects of flexibility, originality, fluency, elaboration, sensitivity and imagination. These aspects are parameters of creative thinking measurement. Development of the creative thinking instrument involves those aspects and should be adjusted to the purpose, method and time of use. Measurement of students' creative thinking skills in learning requires a new instrument that covers all the above mentioned aspects. The instrument was developed following Borg and Gall model. The instrument was then used in learning processes that applied problem based-learning-scaffolding models. Development results instrument, consisting of 16 items with each of them has four multilevel score scores. Based on the results of the validity of the items at the stage of limited empirical test and extensive trial, all items were also declared valid, with a score above the rxy table value (0.34). The instrument also shows a high level of reliability with a r11 value of 0.75, from the extensive testing phase. Means that the instrument developed has fulfilled standard instrument standards.</p><p> </p>

scholarly journals Implementación de la reforma matemática en Costa Rica: una experiencia de capacitación docente en el uso de tecnologías

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn Agüero Calvo ◽  
Adriana Solís Arguedas
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Technology In The Classroom ◽  
Reform Implementation ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Reforma Educativa ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Math Teaching

Los nuevos programas de matemática para la educación primaria y secundaria de Costa Rica, aprobados en mayo de 2012 por el Consejo Superior de Educación, le dan un papel importante al uso las tecnologías en el aula, ya que uno de sus ejes disciplinares es el uso inteligente y visionario de las tecnologías digitalesLa Escuela de Matemática del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (ITCR) tiene un compromiso social y no puede abstraerse del entorno, por lo que en el 2018 desarrolló un proyecto de extensión formalmente inscrito ante la Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Extensión, para colaborar con el Ministerio de Educación Pública (MEP) en la implementación de la reforma educativa en matemáticaEn el proyecto participaron 72 docentes de primaria provenientes de un total de 40 escuelas públicas de las regiones educativas de Cartago y Turrialba, que asistieron a sesiones de capacitación sobre el uso de tecnología para la enseñanza de la matemática. En este artículo se reportan los resultados de la experiencia, así como aspectos positivos y negativos del proceso de implementación de la reforma educativa manifestados por los docentes con respecto al uso de tecnologíaAdemás, el proyecto colaboró con el proceso de formación de estudiantes de la carrera Enseñanza de la Matemática con Entornos Tecnológicos (MATEC), que imparte la Escuela de Matemática del ITCR, pues se propició su participación como instructores durante las sesiones de capacitación, lo cual les genera experiencia y los involucra en la atención de necesidades del contexto.   Abstract The new Costa Rican math programs for elementary and high school levels approved in the month of May 2012 by the Council of Higher Education place special emphasis on the use of technology in the classroom. This derives from one of the pillars in math teaching which is based on the use of intelligent and visionary digital technologiesThe Costa Rica Institute of Technology (ITCR) Math School is socially compromised and it cannot abstain itself from contributing to society; therefore, the school developed a community extension project endorsed by the ITCR Deanship of Research and Extension. This project was created to aid the Ministry of Public Education towards the implementation of the math educational reformThe project's participants included 72 elementary school teachers coming from 40 different public schools in the Cartago and Turrialba areas. These instructors attended training sessions dealing with the use of technology in math teaching. This article shows some findings related to the experience as such as well as positive and negative aspects of the educational reform implementation process from the perspective of the participantsIt is worth mentioning that the project was conducive to the development of math student teachers from the major of Math Teaching in Technological Settings (MATEC) offered by the ITCR School of Math. These math student teachers served as aids and were very actively involved in all the training sessions. They took advantage of this process to gain experience and learn more about how to get involved in addressing the needs of different teaching contexts .

scholarly journals Teachers’ perceptions of reading instruction in selected primary schools in the Eastern Cape

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madoda Cekiso
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Initial Training ◽  
Teachers Perceptions

Background: There is a general outcry that too many South African Foundation Phase (Grades 1–3) teachers do not know how to teach reading and are currently teaching reading in an ad hoc, unsystematic way.Objectives: In response to this, this study explored the Foundation Phase teachers’ perceptions of their role in teaching reading. The focus was on the relevance of the initial training, awareness of reading strategies and how these strategies were reflected in their classroom practice.Method: The study was qualitative in nature and a case study design was followed. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine teachers who were purposively selected from three public schools. Content analysis was used to analyse the data.Results: Regarding the initial training programme, teachers received at tertiary institutions, the findings of the study showed that the majority of teachers were not adequately prepared to teach reading and to deal with learners who experience problems in reading. Some teachers indicated that they were not even trained to teach in the Foundation Phase. The findings also showed that the majority of respondents doubted if their classroom practice would yield positive results as far as reading instruction is concerned. The findings further indicated that the majority of respondents only paid attention to oral reading (observing punctuation marks and pronunciation), without attending to reading comprehension. There was a general consensus that the new ways of teaching reading were necessary in order to improve the reading ability of learners.Conclusion: Recommendations based on the findings are that institutions of higher learning that train Foundation Phase teachers should do so in ways that adequately equip them to produce student teachers who are knowledgeable about research and theory regarding how individuals learn to read. Workshops on appropriate instruction of reading strategies are recommended for in-service teachers.

scholarly journals Uma professora estagiária em sua caminhada em busca da aprendizagem autônoma

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (36) ◽  
pp. 98-110
Author(s):  
Bruna Braga Silveira ◽  
Bruna Sommer Farias ◽  
Caroline Scheuer Neves ◽  
Daniela Mittelstadt ◽  
Christine Nicolaides
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Process Development ◽  
Private University ◽  
Autonomous Learning ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Learning And Teaching

Este é um trabalho de cunho qualitativo baseado em princípios etnográficos, cujo objetivoprincipal é acompanhar e compreender o processo de desenvolvimento de aprendizagem e ensinoautônomos. Os dados provêm de uma pesquisa intitulada “O Professor de Língua Inglesa e suaTrajetória em Direção ao Aprendizado e ao Ensino Autônomos”, que procura verificar o comportamentode cinco participantes em dois momentos – como alunos da disciplina de Prática de Ensino de LínguaInglesa de uma universidade particular em Porto Alegre, e como estagiários em escolas da rede públicaestadual. Para este trabalho, no entanto, descreveremos a experiência de apenas uma participante:Mariana1. Os resultados mostram o engajamento da participante em planejar e aplicar tarefassignificativas objetivando desenvolver a autonomia em seus aprendizes.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Autonomia – Estágio de Inglês – Aprendizagem de línguasABSTRACT: This paper is based on qualitive research with ethnographical principles, which aims tofollow and understand autonomy learning process development. The data come from a research projectentitled "The English teacher and his/her trajectory towards autonomous learning and teaching", whosemain objective is to verify the behavior of five participants at two occasions– as students during the intrainingteaching classes in a private university in Porto Alegre, and as student-teachers during their intrainingteaching period in state public schools. Nevertheless, for this paper we will be describing theexperience of only one participant: Mariana. Results show the participant commitment while planningand applying meaningful tasks which aim at her student’s autonomy development.KEYWORDS: Autonomy – In-training period – Language learning

Learner support and professional development during teaching practice? Should supervisors be subject specialists or any lecturers?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liu Jin ◽  
Lazarus Obed Livingstone Banda ◽  
Jane Thokozani Banda ◽  
Zhou Wen Hui
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Learner Support ◽  
Practicum Students ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Supervision Model ◽  
Subject Areas

Abstract Teaching practice is a precious period for final learner support. In Malawi, any faculty member could supervise teaching practice regardless of their subject specialty (scrambled model). This qualitative study assessed the impacts of this scrambled model of supervision on the quality of learner support when non-specialist faculty supervised student-teachers. Through 2 different focus group discussions, data were collected from 10 conveniently sampled practicum students, 6 practicum supervisors, and 6 coordinators from 6 purposefully selected higher teacher-education institutions. and data were analyzed qualitatively. The study revealed that student-teachers and faculty were uncomfortable with the scrambled supervision model because it led to (1) inconsistencies in pedagogical and content knowledge, (2) unfriendly environment, and (3) inadequate feedback due to varying needs in varying subject areas demands. However, they justified this model for convenience at the mercy of other constraints. Apart from contributing to the existing body of knowledge, this study suggests best practices to guide institutional policy regarding practicum to facilitate quality learner support.

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