Digital Storytelling and Teachers' Disciplinary Multiliteracies

This chapter reports on a multidisciplinary research collaboration which aims to explore how digital stories may be used to support pre-service teachers across disciplinary boundaries of English, science, and health education. Digital stories play a distinct role in enacting disciplinary practices within each of these curriculum areas and provide a valuable context for expanding students' semiotic repertoire. By integrating digital storytelling in initial teacher education (ITE), the authors provide a pathway for teachers to develop pedagogic knowledge of genres that are distinctly disciplinary in their purpose but which draw on semiotic affordances and pedagogic practices from across boundaries of traditional literacy education. Drawing on digital stories produced for a range of purposes, they report on the metalanguage we have developed in our collaborative work to inform a coherent multiliteracies framework to build on and extend pre-service teachers' semiotic repertoire for functional, critical, and creative disciplinary practice.

Children with disabilities: learning problems and conditions for quality education

Based on the results of a theoretical review, the article identifies conditions that hinder the success of the integration of disabled children into society and significantly complicate adaptation to the implementation of inclusive education, in which Russian researchers include: lack of pedagogic knowledge and skills in parents whose children are disabled, accentuated personality traits of modern pedagogue (including pessimism, social introversion, tendency to reject innovation, rigidity). Based on the results of the all-Russia study in 2017, the results obtained regarding the conditions for obtaining a quality education by modern children with disabilities were analysed. These include the lack of available correctional institutions, special nutrition, the lack of appropriate specialists, and the lack of adapted educational programmes. Among the most in-demand opportunities in the education system, respondents named permanent tutors and children's inclusive camps.

Pronunciation Teaching Issues: Answering Teachers’ Questions

This article reviews questions that non-native (NNEST) and native speaker (NEST) teachers, working in different contexts, have about pronunciation teaching. It draws on theory, research, and practice to answer those questions as far as possible. The data was collected across two projects that investigated teachers’ cognitions: their knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and practices. The first project involved semi-structured interviews with 28 NNESTs in Uruguay while the second was set in New Zealand and involved questionnaires (N=83), semistructured interviews (N=19) and classroom observations (N=6). The 19 New Zealand interviews involved 11 with New Zealand English native (L1) speakers, six with Inner Circle variety of English L1 speakers, one Outer Circle bilingual and one Expanding Circle bilingual speaker. While a number of results from these studies have already been reported (Couper, 2016a, 2016b, 2017, 2019), this article revisits the data in order to isolate questions and issues, and compare them across the two contexts. The data from Uruguay reveal insights into NNESTs’ perspectives while the data from New Zealand provide perspectives from those teaching Asian L1 students. Questions relate to: 1. the learner; 2. what to teach; 3. how to teach; 4. dealing with curriculum, textbook, and time issues; 5. teacher’s pronunciation ability and knowledge of phonetics and phonology There are some differences between the groups, such as NNESTs lacking confidence in their own pronunciation and NESTs lacking knowledge of phonetics and phonology. However, there are more similarities, with many questions not being specific to either context. These involve pedagogic knowledge and issues around priorities, setting goals, and space for pronunciation teaching. The questions and issues are addressed in terms of theories and what is known from the increasing body of research into pronunciation teaching. Practical examples of how this knowledge can be applied in the classroom are also suggested.

Persepsi mahasiswa calon guru terhadap penggunaan Phet Colorado untuk memfasilitasi kemampuan representasi visual

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui presepsi mahasiswa calon guru fisika terhadap penggunaan PhET Colorado dalam memfasilitasi kemampuan representasi visual mereka dalam pembalajaran fisika. Adapun jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Subyek penelitian merupakan mahasiswa magister pendidikan fisika Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta semester pertama tahun ajaran 2017/2018. Hasil penelitian dari 20 responden menunjukkan bahwa 50% responden sangat tertarik menggunakan PhET Colorado, dengan persepsi mahasiswa terhadap kemampuan representasi visual menggunakan PhET Colorado sebesar 85%, penggunaan PhET Colorado dianggap siswa mampu memfasilitasi kemampuan representasi visual mereka dalam pembelajaran fisika. AbstractThe demands of 21st century skills highlighted the importance of cooperation between teachers and students to achieve the expected skill. Pedagogical knowledge of teachers in teaching and technology into things that need to be developed. Pedagogic ability of teachers in the use of technology can be a potential to develop students' abilities argument. This study aims to develop students' ability argumentation through pedagogical knowledge of teachers in using technology. The technology used is the result of the development of student worksheets 3D PageFlipp Impulse and Momentum material. The purpose of this study to look at the ability of students through the application of scientific argumentation (Technological Pedagogic Knowledge) TPK teachers in the classroom. This research is descriptive research. The data collection capability student argumentation performed by administering a written test. The subjects were students of class X at SMAN 1 Yogyakarta Prambanan. Rate scientific argumentation ability of students refers to Toulmin Argumentation Pattern (TAP). The results showed that the complexity of argumentation ability of students still at low level . These results suggest that the ability of the student arguments need to be improved.

Developing ‘Bridging' Semiotic and Pedagogic Knowledge for Pre-Service Subject Area Teachers in the ‘New Mainstream'

This chapter reports on ongoing research that has focused on supporting pre-service and practicing mainstream subject-area teachers to develop disciplinary semiotic and pedagogic knowledge. It aims to provide a principled rationale for the design and application of curriculum literacy units for secondary teachers, with a focus on fostering a more equitable engagement of the EL's students and other linguistically and socio-economically diverse learners. The chapter presents recent developments in the understanding of semiotic knowledge in secondary content-areas and relevant pedagogic principles for its teaching and learning. Principles related to the why, the what, and the how of teaching and learning are discussed and exemplified through teaching cycles applied in the context of a curriculum literacy unit, integrating both knowledge about language and pedagogy and a range of critical perspectives that are key in contemporary reflexive pedagogies.

Eksplorasi Penerapan Pendekatan Scientific Ditinjau dari Pengetahuan Pedagogik Guru

The main instrument in this study is the researcher himself and his supporting instruments are the teacher's pedagogical knowledge test, learning observation sheet, and interview. The subjects of the study were mathematics teachers at SMP Negeri 1 Polewali, SMP Negeri 2 Polewali, and SMP Negeri 3 Polewali, which were then chosen by two people from each school. The results obtained from this study are the first based on the results of pedagogical tests given to research subjects, namely there are 2 subjects that fall into the category of high pedagogical knowledge and there are 4 subjects that fall into the category of low pedagogic knowledge and based on interviews the results show subjects that fall into the knowledge category High pedagogic generally understands how the application of scientific approaches in mathematics learning because they have frequently participated in training related to the scientific approach, whereas subjects with low pedagogic knowledge category only one subject understands the application of the scientific approach because they are active in the training carried out by the relevant offices.and for the other 3 subjects they did not really understand the scientific approach because they had only participated in the training once. Based on observations, it shows that (1) subjects who have a high pedagogical knowledge category are generally good in applying learning steps because it is clear in directing students in the learning process so that some students are able to follow them well. (2) subjects who have a low pedagogical knowledge category are generally not good at implementing learning steps because they are not clear in directing students in the learning process so that students cannot follow them well.

The Technology Pedagogy Knowledge (TPK) Teacher Using Worksheet 3D Pageflip Professional for Promoting Argumentation Skills High-Schools Students in Physics Learning

The demands of 21st-century skills highlighted the importance of cooperation between teachers and students to achieve the expected skill. The Pedagogical knowledge of teachers in teaching and technology into things that need to be developed. The pedagogic ability of teachers in the use of technology can be a potential to develop students' abilities argument. This study aims to develop students' ability argumentation through pedagogical knowledge of teachers in using technology. The technology used is the result of the development of student worksheets 3D PageFlip Impulse and Momentum topics. The purpose of this study to look at the ability of students through the application of scientific argumentation (Technological Pedagogic Knowledge) TPK teachers in the classroom. This research is descriptive research. The data collection capability student argumentation performed by administering a written test. The subjects were students of class X at SMAN 1 Yogyakarta Prambanan. Rate scientific argumentation ability of students refers to Toulmin Argumentation Pattern (TAP). The results showed that the complexity of argumentation ability of students still at low level. These results suggest that the ability of the student arguments need to be improved.

What Works? The Culture of Evidence in University Teaching

This article analyses the culture of evidence in university teaching and its implications in the professional training of teachers in higher education. The new culture of organisation and assessment introduced into university teaching has brought about the configuration of a management model geared towards results and accountability based on solid evidence. Its implementation means that both administrators and teachers are asking themselves: what works? This study shows that the implementation of a culture of evidence requires the adoption of a pluralist vision of evidence, as well as clear criteria for determining the validity of evidence. In addition, teachers should be trained to mobilise systematic pedagogic knowledge and transform their practice, using available institutional support, the systematic analysis of their own experience, and the promotion of best practice.