Teachers’ Experiences of Educating EAL Students in Mainstream Primary and Secondary Classrooms

Many schools in Victoria, Australia, are multicultural, with students coming from a variety of cultures and backgrounds. Content area teachers often educate EAL students in their classrooms, even though they may not have specialised EAL teaching qualifications. This paper presents the experiences of primary and secondary teachers working in multicultural schools in Victoria. It explores the way in which teachers meet the needs of EAL students in their classrooms, and the support that is available to assist them to do so. This paper reports that teaching practice, school leadership, professional learning, and identity, influence the way in which teachers educate EAL students. However, this paper reveals that teachers require more support to assist them with educating EAL students. The most beneficial forms of support are professional learning, collaboration between staff, and understanding different cultures. This paper also argues that experienced teachers require relevant ongoing professional learning throughout their careers.

DESIGN EDUCATION - A REVERSED METHOD TO FILL AN INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE GAP BETWEEN FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME STUDENTS

Teachers in schools, tutors in colleges, and lecturers in universities are all required to have specific teaching qualifications. As part of the qualification, it is normal to study tried and tested pedological theories. Some examples are Bloom’s Taxonomy, Constructivism, and Experiential Learning. This paper identifies a gap in the information and knowledge required of student design engineers studying on a full-time course, when compared to part-time students. To redress this gap, it is suggested that no new theories are required but just a new method of applying an old theory, the application of Bloom’s Taxonomy in reverse alongside reverse engineering. An example of applying this method to a class of design engineers in their final year of a BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering is provided.

Knowledge and Feelings of Competence with Regard to ADHD Among Support Staff in All-Day Primary Schools

(1) Background: Schools report a high number of schoolchildren with poor attention and hyperactive behavior, with 5% being diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This causes specific problems during homework and classroom times, and the extension of all-day schooling in German primary schools makes this a challenge for support staff working in the after-school programs. Such staff have a very wide variety of qualifications, ranging from no formal teacher training to full teaching qualifications. (2) Methods: This study documents the knowledge of 196 support staff working in all-day primary schools about ADHD, and their subjective view of whether they feel competent with regard to homework situations in general and ADHD in particular. (3) Results: Those with an educational background have significantly more knowledge than those without such a background, staff feel less prepared to supervise children with ADHD, and there is a small but significant correlation here with knowledge about ADHD. (4) Conclusions: The importance of trained pedagogical staff in the supervision of children with concentration problems is emphasized.

Teacher’s Pedagogic Competence in Teaching English at Secondary School Level

Pedagogical Competence is one kind of competencies that completely need to be mastered by teachers. Pedagogical competence refers to educational and teaching qualifications. One of the qualifications, the teachers should have the ability to manage and run the process of teaching and learning in the classroom. The aims of study are to know how the teacher’s pedagogical competence in teaching English. This study used Descriptive approach using mix method and the data were structured observation, questionnaire, and interview. The subjects of this study are an English teacher and 36 students of SMPN 16 Bengkulu Selatan. The findings of this study showed that the pedagogical competence of student is enough in medium category in can be seen at data interview and observation, and supported with the score of students’ perception on teachers’ pedagogical competence in teaching English were 27.2. The forms include: comprehend the qualities of understudies, this is finished utilizing an individual methodology, learning procedures, learning techniques, and learning materials that suit with students need. For aspects of teacher understanding of learning theory and learning principles which emphasizes very much on manuals, for the parts of educational program advancement educators just comprehend a little about the standards of educational plan improvement. Instructors aggregate schedule and exercise plans dependent on MGP. Based on the results of this study, the researcher suggested to the teachers that they should try to improve their strategy and competence when teaching in the class. The main problem of English Teachers are focusing only on the book instruction, not using English while teaching, and just giving the learners assignments without giving explanation in advance. There are also the solutions of all the problems like joining learning seminar or teacher forum.

FOMENTANDO A FORMAÇÃO DOCENTE DE PÓS-GRADUANDOS EM QUÍMICA: UM ESTUDO DE CASO NA DISCIPLINA DE ESTÁGIO DOCÊNCIA

PROMOTING THE TEACHER EDUCATION OF POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS IN CHEMISTRY: A CASE STUDY IN THE DISCIPLINE OF INTERNSHIP TEACHING. The objective of this work was to identify evidences related to the teacher knowledge and professional identity characteristics developed by post-graduate students in Chemistry during a discipline of Teaching Internship and Teaching Methodology in Chemistry from a Federal University. The activities carried out were leaned on the discussion of chemistry teaching aspects, planning, developing and reflection about teaching experiences. The teacher education process was analyzed by students themselves by means of metacognitive reports that was employed as data research and examined using content analysis to investigate their teacher knowledge development. The results pointed out the appropriation as much teacher knowledges as aspects of teacher professional identities: search for a flexible and singular didactic-pedagogical profile; belief in constant training/ qualification; difficulties and social obligation of the profession. Such results show that the activities proposed can be useful and adaptable to the reality of each post-graduate program in Chemistry. The approach is an opportunity and an incentive for post-graduate tudents to seek other teaching qualifications during the journey to become a university professor. Despite having contributed to teacher development, just a discipline is not enough to encompass the complexity of this process.

Lecturer Identities and Perceptions of CPD for Supporting Learning and Teaching in FE and HE in the UK

This paper draws together the findings of two separate studies that were focused on the professional learning of lecturers working in the post compulsory education sector. The studies were conducted independently in separate locations and institutions in the United Kingdom and focused in different sectors of post compulsory education (further and higher). Each study aimed to discover the ongoing professional learning needs of lecturers some years after initial training had been completed. Through conducting semi structured interviews, each researcher gained a situational understanding from the perspective of the respondent lecturers through a lens of their experience and agency. This paper acts an extending study as the researchers bring together their independent results and findings in a further analysis. Focusing on understanding the similarities and differences in experiences, the paper reports several additional findings based on this cross analysis. Further to the pedagogical developments and support for undertaking teaching practice, this research reports that in both communities of further and higher education lecturers, their initial teaching qualifications and related experiences had a more profound and longitudinal impact on their professional identity and practices than they had previously considered. Organisationally, these finding prove to be interesting as it demonstrates that initial training and induction support networks and courses of study, have a longer lasting impact on individuals and consequently, the cultural and social aspects of associated organisations. By looking at the both combined studies, it was possible to broaden the sample size and ascertain whether observed phenomenon were present in a cross sectoral capacity.

Research and Teaching Qualifications for Faculty Positions in Psychology at 4-Year Colleges and Universities

Standards for the evaluation of candidates for faculty positions in psychology differ by institution and applicants’ career level, but no research has attempted to quantify these variations. This study asked faculty ( N = 267) to describe the minimal research and teaching qualifications needed by job candidates at baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral institutions. Results showed that the minimum qualifications for serious consideration at all three types of institutions included a record of about one publication a year, 2 years of teaching experience, and responsibility for one full course. Minimal qualifications increase based on candidates’ career level and institutions’ emphasis on research and teaching. These results provide some empirical guidance for aspiring professors’ professional development and career decision-making.

Returning to the heart of teaching: Social pedagogy as phenomenological pedagogy

In many alternative education centres in New Zealand tutors are charged with educating students disenfranchised from their mainstream secondary schools. However, these tutors do not hold teaching qualifications. Rather, they draw their pedagogical approaches from life experiences, cultural knowledge, vocational and relational skills, and passion to work with young people. Tutors’ heartfelt ways of engaging with young people has a transformative impact on many of the students’ life-courses. This article poetically represents key approaches central to tutor practice. From observations and research interview transcripts, found poems were created from the everyday language of eight tutors. The poems represent phenomenological insights into tutors’ lived experiences, and reveal that tutors intentionally place students at the centre of their practice. The article positions tutor pedagogy within a social pedagogical field, while also considering social pedagogy as a phenomenological pedagogy that brings us to the very heart of teaching.