scholarly journals A Comparative Study on Perceptions of English Teachers’ Mediation Between Private University Teachers and Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Jiang Lei ◽  
Yuewu Lin
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Private University ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Mediation Theory ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Similarities And Differences

Mediation theory facilitates teachers and students to tackle the barriers in English teaching and learning process. It offers a sound systematic theoretical fort on which teachers could rely, redefines teachers’ roles and functionings in the process of learners’ cognitive development and growing self-regulations. The famous psychologist Lev Vygotsky (1978) raised notions in his ZPD theory, Feuerstein (1980) illuminates capable adults as mediators, and defined twelve main features of mediation, which has empirical study value for English teaching. Thus, through quantitative and qualitative research, this paper aims to investigate the perceptions of English teachers’ mediation between private university teachers and students, analyze and compare the similarities and differences between them. The results reveal that both teachers and students coming from the two private universities have been aware of the importance of teachers’ mediation, however, have different perceptions in the frequency of teachers’ mediation. Teachers’ actual employment on mediation is weaker than their beliefs on the importance of it.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study on Perceptions of English Teachers’ Mediation Between Private University Teachers and Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lili Zhang ◽  
Sukwoo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Private University ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Mediation Theory ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Similarities And Differences

Mediation theory facilitates teachers and students to tackle the barriers in English teaching and learning process. It offers a sound systematic theoretical fort on which teachers could rely, redefines teachers’ roles and functionings in the process of learners’ cognitive development and growing self-regulations. The famous psychologist Lev Vygotsky (1978) raised notions in his ZPD theory, Feuerstein (1980) illuminates capable adults as mediators, and defined twelve main features of mediation, which has empirical study value for English teaching. Thus, through quantitative and qualitative research, this paper aims to investigate the perceptions of English teachers’ mediation between private university teachers and students, analyze and compare the similarities and differences between them. The results reveal that both teachers and students coming from the two private universities have been aware of the importance of teachers’ mediation, however, have different perceptions in the frequency of teachers’ mediation. Teachers’ actual employment on mediation is weaker than their beliefs on the importance of it.

scholarly journals Networks in the context of digital culture: technologies, coordinators, university teachers and students

2021 ◽  
pp. 675-684
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Lima Paniago ◽  
Rosimeire Martins Régis dos Santos ◽  
Arlinda Cantero Dorsa
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Private University ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Teachers And Students

This research aims to analyze networks of relations in the context of digital culture, focusing on the relationships among technologies, coordinators, university teachers, and students. It is qualitative research with virtual etnography approach, developed in a private university in the Center-West of Brazil, with the participation of 39 university teachers, 285 students and 7 coordinators, answering questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, and posting messages at Facebook, related to the digital culture and to the formative educational process. The results point to a context of mismatch between the comings and goings of university teachers, students and coordinators, seeking to appropriate the technologies in order to invent other ways of teaching and learning, in different times and spaces, individually and collaboratively, with openness to the innovation in a critical way.

scholarly journals Exploring Readiness of Teachers Toward Remote English Teaching Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-61
Author(s):  
Ni Luh Ayu Gunawati Karuniasih
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Teaching Context ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Readiness Level

Remote English teaching becomes a trend during the pandemic of Covid-19 outbreak. Schools in Indonesia are forced to conduct teaching and learning activity remotely during Work from Home (WFH) regulation. However, not all teachers were ready to teach virtually. This study aimed at investigating the teachers’ and students’ readiness toward remote English teaching. The subject were the English teachers at SMAN 1 Kubutambahan. An explanatory sequential mixed-method design was implemented in this research. The data were collected through an online survey and followed up with an interview. The data were collected through an online survey and analysed using Ideal Mean score analysis. The survey used a questionnaire which contain four dimensions, namely technology, innovation, people, and self-development to investigate the teachers’ and students’ readiness level.  The research finding showed that English teachers were categorized in the ready category, which means they were ready in conducting remote English teaching. The result of this research can be used as an evaluation for the teacher in order to improve their readiness level in the future.

scholarly journals Postmodernism Creates Innovative English Teaching Learning by Utilizing ICT

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Yustin Dwi Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Education Field

Through comprehensive literature review and an examination of both Postmodernism and ICT, it is proposed that the influences of ICT have acted and continued to act to promote Postmodernism. The development of ICT is utilized by education field for teaching learning process. Many teachers and students utilize the existing of ICT as model of teaching and learning especially English. This study discussed about teachers’ belief and students’ belief in using ICT to have innovative English teaching learning. Qualitative descriptive was used in this study. The data was collected by conducting the interview. The participants were five English teachers and five students that chose randomly. The result showed that both teachers’ and students’ belief in using ICT is to make English teaching learning easier, more interesting, and effective. Keywords:Postmodernism,ICT, teachers’ belief, students’ belief

scholarly journals Students’ Readiness and Problems to Face Online Learning in Pandemic Era

Tamaddun ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Meladina Meladina ◽  
Hermi Zaswita
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
The Third ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Physiotherapy Students

The pandemic era has changed many aspects of the community lifestyle. It also includes the English teaching and learning process. Many teachers and students have to do teaching and learning online. They find some difficulties problems during that process. This research aimed to find out the Students' Readiness and problems to face online learning in Pandemic Era. It was qualitative research which was conducted at Fort De Kock University from July to October 2020. The population was all of the students who learn English at Fort De Kock University. Using a purposive sampling technique, the nursing and physiotherapy students in the third and fifth semesters were chosen as the samples. The data were taken from the questioner and in-depth interviews. Then, they were analyzed by computerization and transcription. This research found that most of the students had difficulties joining online learning such as signal, internet budget, lack of understanding and focus, and the interactions. By analyzing the results of this research, it can be concluded that the students are not ready to face online learning. It is suggested to the stakeholder to be more creative and innovative to face those problems. 

scholarly journals Emergency Remote Learning in Higher Education during COVID-19 Era: Students and Professors’ Experiences

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
Rguig Sara ◽  
◽  
Tribak Oifaa ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Present Context ◽  
Conception Of Teaching ◽  
Educational Paradigm ◽  
Face To Face Instruction ◽  
Quality Learning

Due to the current massive pandemic situation, global educational systems have, by necessity, shifted from in-person to virtual learning. As a result, this newfangled educational paradigm has changed the conception of teaching and learning from a rigid process to a novel environment where new rules and objectives are set. In the present context, this research paper is intended to discuss the contemporary educational prototype as an alternative to traditional face-to-face instruction in order to accomplish quality learning and rescue the academic year from a doomed failure. In this regard, this study relies on a quantitative and qualitative research analysis, based on questionnaires designated to teachers and students of the National School of Applied Sciences of Tétouan (ENSATE) at Abdelmalek Essaâdi University to reflect upon their experiences, insights, and perceptions of distance education with respect to teaching materials, content, and syllabus delivery. The aim, therefore, is to disclose the variant challenges that are being encountered by the aforementioned students and teachers, including their attitudes toward e-learning course content and pedagogy. It is equally important to pinpoint the different possible strategies and policies that ought to be adopted by education policy makers to perfectly meet the novice learning/teaching needs and aspirations.

Theoretical and Empirical Comparative Analysis on Quantitative and Qualitative Marketing Researches

2015 ◽  
pp. 1712-1730
Author(s):  
Piotr Tarka ◽  
Mirosława Kaczmarek
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Methodological Aspects

This chapter focuses on the similarities and differences between quantitative and qualitative marketing research projects and the possibilities of combining them in triangulation. The comparative analysis of both types of the research was conducted on the basis of literature review and the empirical research results, which were obtained from the evaluation of usability of Polish bank website. In the following sections, the authors discuss issues such as: 1) specificity of quantitative vs. qualitative marketing research, with regards to the implemented research projects; 2) methodological aspects of quantitative and qualitative research. They compare the selected research and sampling methods. Also, the problems which may occur with reference to quantitative and qualitative marketing research triangulation on different stages of the research project are discussed. Moreover, strengths and weaknesses of triangulation are analyzed. At the end, the example of quantitative and qualitative triangulation in the research project investigating the usability of websites is presented.

English Pragmatics in Ecuador

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 723
Author(s):  
Gerardo E. Heras Urgilés ◽  
Jean-Paul Jara Villacreces
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Language Learner ◽  
Public High School ◽  
Research Project ◽  
High School English ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
English Curriculum

Research has revealed that developing the pragmatic ability is a key element for any second or foreign language learner. The present paper aims to shed some light on the issue of pragmatics as part of English teaching and learning in the context of Ecuador. This paper is part of a research project that will involve public high school English teachers of Cuenca, Ecuador. After extensive research, it has been found that even though pragmatics is now part of the new English curriculum in this country, research in this field of linguistics is almost nonexistent.

scholarly journals A Comparative Discussion of the Notion of 'Validity' in Qualitative and Quantitative Research

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glyn Winter
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Similarities And Differences

The issues surrounding the use and nature of the term 'validity' in qualitative research are controversial and many. In this paper, the author attempts to establish that 'validity' is not a single, fixed or universal concept, but rather a contingent construct, inescapably grounded in the processes and intentions of particular research methodologies and projects. The first section of this work deals with the problems faced in defining 'validity' in both quantitative and qualitative research methods and will briefly review other authors' attempts to categorise it. The work will then proceed to distinguish and compare the claims to 'validity' made by quantitative and qualitative researchers, highlighting similarities and differences as they emerge. Finally, an attempt will be made to establish that an understanding of nature of 'truth' is central to any theorisation of 'validity.' It will become clear that it is the affiliations of methodologies, concerning truth, that generate varying notions of 'validity.'

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