scholarly journals About meaning making in the context of educational practice

2021 ◽  
Vol XII (4 (37)) ◽  
pp. 137-148
Author(s):  
Marzanna KIELAR

This article describes the process of meaning making in the context of educational practice. It starts with presentations of chosen elements of construct-developmental theory. The Author presents models of constructive development researchers and shows their meaning in education. Then she describes patterns of meaning making in educational context. At the end she presents principles and practices of teaching in a developmental manner.

Author(s):  
Fredrik Rusk ◽  
Matilda Ståhl ◽  
Kenneth Silseth

An important aspect of what constitutes beginning gamers' learning trajectories is guidance from experienced players. However, there is little educational research on these processes within a competitive gaming scene. In this chapter, the authors analyse the mentor-apprentice relationship in a team in the multiplayer FPS CS:GO within an esports and educational context. By assuming a dialogic approach to agency and meaning making, they analyse how the team orients towards the apprentice's agency and how the apprentice responds to these orientations. The other players' orientations towards the apprentice's decisions indicate that support diminishes, and responsibility and expectations grow over time. Communication and collaboration appear to be an inherent part of functioning as a team and teaching others in the team, and all players are expected to develop agency and reach a level of independence. In the chapter, they show and discuss how this happens.


Author(s):  
John E. Barbuto, Jr. ◽  
Megan Stevens

This essay presents the foundation for a group and team development model from a constructivist perspective. This model elevates Kegan’s (1994) meaning-making theory to the meso level. Meaning-making involves not only the cognitive structure necessary to interpret the environment, but also encompasses inter- and intra-personal understanding, which, at the team level, is a social process that changes based on the members of the team. Several propositions are stated for further study.


Author(s):  
Luiz Faustino dos Santos Maia

A atuação do profissional enfermeiro no contexto educacional vem passando por momentos de grandes transformações no ensino caracterizado por mudanças sociais e educacionais. Este estudo teve como objetivo refletir sobre a formação profissional do enfermeiro como educador. O método utilizado para desenvolver este estudo foi através de pesquisa bibliográfica descritiva e analítica. Para a elaboração foram utilizados livros e artigos de banco de dados eletrônicos. Teoria e prática estão vinculadas pelo próprio processo de geração de conhecimento. Da prática surgem novas reflexões e novos conhecimentos, portanto amplia-se a teoria e aí resulta nova alternativa para a prática. Para uma excelente pratica educacional se faz necessário que o docente tenha conhecimento na área pedagógica e de todos os elementos envolvidos no processo de ensino e aprendizagem.Descritores: Enfermeiro, Educação, Conhecimento. The nurse as educator: expertise in training teachersAbstract: The role of the professional nurse in the educational context has experienced moments of great change in education characterized by social and educational changes. This study aimed to reflect on the training of the nurse educator. The method used for this study was developed through a literature descriptive and analytical. Were used for the preparation books and electronic databases. Theory and practice are bound by the process of knowledge generation. Practice brings new ideas and new knowledge thus expands the theory and results there new alternative for practice. For an excellent educational practice is necessary that the teacher has knowledge in the area of teaching and all the elements involved in the process of teaching and learning.Descriptors: Nurse, Education, Knowledge. El enfermero educador: conocimiento técnico en la formación profesional docenteResumen: El papel del profesional de enfermería en el contexto educativo ha experimentado momentos de grandes cambios en la educación se caracteriza por los cambios sociales y educativos. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo reflexionar sobre la formación de la enfermera educadora. El método utilizado para este estudio se desarrolló a través de una literatura descriptiva y analítica. Fueron utilizados para los libros de preparación y bases de datos electrónicas. La teoría y la práctica están vinculadas por el proceso de generación de conocimiento. Práctica trae nuevas ideas y nuevos conocimientos ampliando de este modo la teoría y los resultados se nueva alternativa para la práctica. Para una excelente práctica educativa es necesario que el profesor tenga conocimientos en el área de la enseñanza y todos los elementos que intervienen en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje.Descriptores: Enfermero, Educación, Conocimiento.


2020 ◽  
pp. 152342232097342
Author(s):  
Oliver S. Crocco ◽  
Robin S. Grenier

The Problem The pandemic and subsequent changes to norms and practices in the workplace mean that for many, existing meaning-making structures are challenged and the limits of existing ways of knowing are revealed. The problem for HRD scholars and practitioners is that dominant approaches to research are largely insufficient for understanding individuals’ meaning making in response to the pandemic. The Recommendations Two critically reflexive method/ologies are presented and overlaid with Constructive-Developmental Theory (CDT) to offer not only a means of capturing data about individuals’ experiences during/post-pandemic but for interpreting the data with an understanding of the mental complexities associated with capturing an emic perspective. The Stakeholders Stakeholders include HRD scholars and practitioners who conduct research in organizations.


Semiotica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (239) ◽  
pp. 1-35
Author(s):  
Yufei He

Abstract Animation is widely acknowledged for dynamically visualizing information and has been increasingly used in educational context. However, the growing presence of educational animation has not been accompanied by well-informed studies that focus on the semiotic features of animation. An emerging perspective influenced by Social Semiotics and Systemic Functional Linguistics greatly complements the current trend of animation studies in the field of science education. Studies taking that perspective model animation as stratified systems (consisting of an expression plane and a content plane) of meaning-making options. Building on their work, this paper further develops the systems of animation on the two planes. Besides the concept of stratification, this paper also introduces a metafunctional perspective for the modeling of animation, focusing on building the ideational meaning system and textual meaning system for animation on the content plane based on an examination of online science animations. It is found that educational animation is not homogenous: animation can construe different human experience and can be used to fulfill different functions. The paper closes with a discussion of the advantages of adopting a stratified metafunctional model in studying animation and the implications for future studies in the field of multimodal semiotics and science education.


2021 ◽  
pp. 074355842110108
Author(s):  
Wendy G. Gwyn ◽  
Michael J. Cavanagh

Using interpretative phenomenological analysis and Robert Kegan’s constructive-developmental theory, this study investigated how developmental stage shaped the subjective experiences of 13 adolescents ( Mage = 15.92 years, 54% females) in a developmental coaching and outdoor adventure education program. Participants were drawn from socioeconomically disadvantaged schools in Sydney, Australia, and represented Asian, Middle Eastern, and European ethnicities. A single, semi-structured interview was conducted with participants postprogram, following protocols approved by an institutional ethics committee. Interview data were used to investigate participants’ meaning-making structures as evidence of constructive-developmental stage both at the time of interview and program participation. We found that, despite being similar ages at program commencement, participants displayed a range of constructive-developmental stages. The data demonstrate how participants at different stages of meaning-making experienced the same activities differently, including what they experienced as challenging and supportive. Furthermore, our findings suggest that there is a valuable role for developmental coaching in scaffolding program challenges to stimulate constructive-developmental growth. Constructive-developmental theory provides a novel framework for understanding the different ways in which adolescents make meaning of developmental programs. We hope the findings from this study will help those who design and implement these programs to appreciate constructive-developmental differences in their participants to better target interventions aimed at facilitating developmental growth.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalie Popa

This article explores student meaning making in a Grade 11 US history unit on the Second World War. The 10-lesson unit was designed as an experiment that aimed to apply an instructional model of historical consciousness to a classroom context. Although the notion of historical consciousness has gained significant interest in the field of history education, translating it into educational practice remains a challenge. In this study, it refers to a disposition to make meaning of the past for oneself, which is manifested in three meaning-making abilities and processes (Boix Mansilla and Gardner, 2007; Nordgren and Johansson, 2015; Rüsen, 2004). To study the manifestation of historical consciousness in the learning process during this unit, I employed found poetry on collected classroom transcripts and observations, as well as student work. I turned to this qualitative, arts-informed method when I realised the analytic methods that I had employed so far failed to capture important subtleties of students’ historical consciousness emerging from the data. In this paper, I present and discuss the results of my analysis, offer a rationale for using found poetry in history education research and reflect on the need for relevant and meaningful school history.


Author(s):  
Emile Bojesen

Conversation is a topic of burgeoning interest in the context of educational theory and as a prospective means for conducting empirical research. As a nonformal educational experience, as well as within the classroom, or as a means to researching various aspects of educational practice and institutions, research on or through conversation in education draws on a range of theoretical resources, often understanding conversation as analogous to dialogue or dialectic. Although only brought into this research context in the early 21st century, the philosopher who has engaged most extensively with conversation is Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003). His text, The Infinite Conversation, originally published in French as L’Entretien infini in 1969, responded to and took forward many elements of what would go on to be described as poststructuralist or deconstructive thought. Blanchot’s notion of conversation (in French, “entretien”) is distinct from those reliant upon philosophical conceptions of dialogue or dialectic. Itself the subject of philosophical research, Blanchotian conversation has been interpreted variously as either not sufficiently taking into account the ethics of Emmanuel Levinas, or else expanding beyond its more limited scope. Some of these interpretations stress the ethical and political implications of conversation; however, none engage specifically with its educational implications. Blanchotian conversation allows for contradicting and contrasting thoughts to be voiced without being brought to shared consensus or internal resolution. Its “lesson” is not only in the thought that it produces but also in the ethical relation of sincerity, openness, and non-imposition that it develops. Unlike some recent applications of conversation to educational context, Blanchotian conversation does not re-entrench the subject to be educated but rather deprioritizes the subject in favor of the movement of thought and the ethical “between” of conversation itself. This notion of conversation has corollaries in political thought, notably with Jacques Rancière’s understanding of “dissensus” and Karl Hess’s thought of an “anarchism without hyphens,” as well as the politically informed educational ideas of Elizabeth Ellsworth and the educational practice and research of Camilla Stanger.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e5739
Author(s):  
Renan De Almeida Barbosa ◽  
José Vicente Lima Robaina ◽  
Sabrina Silveira Rosa ◽  
Fernanda Schwalm

O presente artigo aborda uma experiência pedagógica no campo das Ciências da Natureza, na qual foi executada uma oficina para construção de um modelo didático com vistas a abordar conceitos, atitudes e valores pertinentes ao propósito da Educação Ambiental no contexto da Educação do Campo. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, de natureza exploratória, caracterizando-se como um estudo de caso sobre as ações e objetivos do objeto investigado. Utilizou-se questionários e a categorização da análise de conteúdo para interpretação dos dados (Bardin, 2006). A oficina possibilitou a aprendizagem de conceitos a partir do tema gerador cooperativismo, envolvendo os alunos no processo de aquisição de conhecimentos científicos e de valores contextualizados com seu cotidiano. Na Educação do Campo, faz-se necessário tais práticas educativas para que o sentimento de pertencimento ao meio, a riqueza das relações sociais e as potencialidades da natureza sejam contempladas na educação para o campo. Palavras-chave: Educação do Campo, Ciências da Natureza, Educação Ambiental.   The building of an artificial anthill as a proposal of Environmental Education for Rural Education                         ABSTRACT. This article describes a pedagogical experiment in the field of Natural Sciences, where a workshop was performed to build a didactical model in order to approach concepts, attitudes and values pertinent to the purpose of the Environmental Education, in the context of Rural Education. It is a qualitative research, of exploratory nature, characterizing as a case study about the actions and goals of the investigated object. Questionnaires and categorization of content analysis were used in order to interpret the data (Bardin, 2006). The workshop enabled the learning of concepts from the cooperativism subject, involving students in the process of acquiring scientific knowledge and values contextualized with their everyday routine. In the Rural Education these educational practice are necessary, so that the feeling of belonging to the environment, the richness of social relations and the potentialities of nature are contemplated in rural educational context. Keywords: Rural Education, Natural Sciences, Environmental Education.   La construcción de un hormiguero artificial como propuesta de Educación Ambiental para la Educación Rural RESUMEN. El presente artículo se constituye en una experiencia pedagógica en el campo de las Ciencias de la Naturaleza, donde se ejecutó un taller educativo para la construcción de un modelo didáctico con miras a abordar conceptos, actitudes y valores pertinentes al propósito de la Educación Ambiental en el contexto de la Educación Rural. Se trata de una investigación cualitativa, de naturaleza exploratoria, caracterizándose como un estudio de caso sobre las acciones y objetivos del objeto investigado. Se utilizaron cuestionarios y la categorización del análisis de contenido para la interpretación de los datos (Bardin, 2006). El taller posibilitó el aprendizaje de conceptos a partir del tema generador cooperativismo, involucrando a los alumnos en el proceso de adquisición de conocimientos científicos y de valores contextualizados con su cotidiano. En la Educación Rural, se hace necesario tales prácticas educativas para que el sentimiento de pertenencia al medio, la riqueza de las relaciones sociales y las potencialidades de la naturaleza sean contemplados en la educación para el campo. Palabras clave: Educación Rural, Ciencias de la Naturaleza, Educación Ambiental.


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