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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
171

Democratic Education and An Urban Teacher Residency: A Case Study

Arnold, Bryan P 01 January 2019 (has links)
Over the course of American schooling scholars note that democratic education and citizenship have not been abandoned, but perhaps marginalized or pushed aside, as test scores and achievement have become the most desired outcomes. Democratic education must move out of the margins and into high priority. The current political climate of increased division and divisiveness could not illustrate this need any more. Another well-documented challenge within the American educational system, particularly in high need areas is the need for highly qualified teachers. Urban Teacher Residency (UTR) programs have offered a possible solution to this growing problem in recruiting, training, and retaining highly qualified teachers in urban settings. UTRs are designed to alleviate one of the longstanding education challenges of both, quality and quantity of educators within some of the most underserved schools. While the rise in teacher residency programs, particularly in urban settings, and the marginalization of democratic education may seem unconnected, an effort to illuminate their potential relationships guides this study. Qualitative case study methodology (including analysis of program documents, interviews with teachers, and interviews with staff) was undertaken to understand the inclusion of democratic habits in one UTR, as well as the resulting enactment of democratic education by the UTR residents and alumni in one UTR, Mid-Atlantic Teacher Residency (MATR). Findings reveal the use of democratic habits by the residents and in the MATR program was mixed. Democratic habits of associated living, collaboration, student voice, critical inquiry, and student-centered learning were the most prevalent through the MATR program components of coursework, mentorship, and the cohort during the residency year. As teachers, the resident alumni exhibited democratic habits through their professional relationships and attitudes towards student-centered instruction, particularly through the use of activities. A few of the alumni exhibited aspects of democratic education through their discussion of social justice and their commitment to citizenship development. Overall, however, limited evidence of a commitment to democratic education was present in the data, which may be in part due to the program’s relatively low emphasis on democratic education. Other barriers that emerged in the data included: classroom management struggles, administrative support and policies, a lack of promoting democratic education through the program, a disconnect from the residents’ coursework to their classroom practices, and being new teachers. While it does not appear that MATR or other UTRs are currently foregrounding democratic education or democratic principles, I close by discussing why UTRs should emphasize democratic education and offering suggestions for how they might do so.
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Pre-service Biology Teachers’ Emotions towards Teaching: Challenges and Opportunities for Subject-specific Teacher Professional Development / Lehremotionen von Biologielehramtsstudierenden: Herausforderungen und Möglichkeiten für fachspezifische Professionalisierungsprozesse

Büssing, Alexander Georg 23 May 2019 (has links)
Während psychologische Studien Effekte von Emotionen für verschiedenste gesellschaftliche Diskurse belegen, wurden sie in der fachdidaktischen Forschung bisher nur wenig beachtet. Dies gilt insbesondere für Emotionen von Lehrenden. Diese sind von herausgehobener Wichtigkeit für unterrichtliche Lernprozesse, da beispielsweise die von Lehrenden empfundene Freude am Unterrichten mit der Lernfreude von Schülerinnen und Schülern zusammenhängt. Die vorliegende Dissertation setzt an diesem Punkt an und untersucht in intrapsychologischer Perspektive zum einen die Auswirkungen von Emotionen auf Motivationsprozesse (Forschungsfokus I) und zum anderen wie diese emotionalen Reaktionen entstehen (Forschungsfokus II). Aufbauend auf dem Model of Goal-directed Behavior nach Perugini & Bagozzi (2001) wurde dabei in der ersten Teilstudie (Kapitel 4.1) der Zusammenhang von Unterrichtsemotionen und der Lehrmotivation im Kontext der Rückkehr der Wölfe nach Deutschland untersucht. Hierbei konnte die Freude gegenüber dem Unterrichten des Themas als signifikanter Prädiktor der Lehrmotivation herausgearbeitet werden. Dieser Faktor zeigte dabei größere Zusammenhänge mit dem Unterrichtswunsch als die wahrgenommene Handlungskontrolle, die in vorhergehenden Studien als wichtige Voraussetzung für die Lehrmotivation dargestellt wurde. Dieser verstärkte Zusammenhang von Emotion und Motivation konnte auch in der zweiten Teilstudie (Kapitel 4.2) aufgefunden werden, in der das Modell auf generelle Naturschutzmotivationen abstrahiert wurde. Dabei wurde die Motivation für einen Like in einem sozialen Netzwerk als innovatives Naturschutzverhalten mit den klassischen Motivationen für Geldspenden und Freiwilligendienste zum Schutz des Andenbären in Ecuador miteinander verglichen. Während sich die Prädiktoren zwischen den Verhalten unterschieden, war die Freude der einzige Prädiktor der bei allen drei Verhalten einen ähnlichen Anteil an Varianz innerhalb der abhängigen Variablen vorhersagen konnte. Diese Ergebnisse unterstreichen übereinstimmend mit vorherigen Studien die Bedeutung von Emotionen für generelle Naturschutzmotivationen. Um die Entstehung von Emotionen besser zu verstehen untersucht die dritte Teilstudie (Kapitel 4.3) die motivationale Relevanz tieferliegender Persönlichkeitsmerkmale im Kontext der Rückkehr des Wolfes. Hierbei stellte sich die Schutzmotivation als wichtigste Voraussetzung für die motivationalen Faktoren Einstellung, Freude gegenüber dem Unterrichten und der wahrgenommenen Verhaltenskontrolle heraus. Diese Schutzmotivation wurde durch tieferliegende Faktoren wie Einstellungen und Werte begründet. Ein weiterer direkter Prädiktor war die psychologische Distanz zur Rückkehr des Wolfes. Das Kapitel schließt mit einer Diskussion über die Möglichkeit der Integration der vorgestellten Variablen in die universitäre Ausbildung von Lehrkräften. Diese stellt sich speziell bei Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen wie Einstellungen und Werten schwierig dar, könnte aber laut der empirischen Ergebnisse eine gewünschte und nachhaltige Steigerung der Lehrmotivation nach sich ziehen. Dieser Zusammenhang von tieferen Werten und Unterrichtsemotionen wurde in der letzten Teilstudie (Kapitel 4.4) auf verschiedene weitere Unterrichtskontexte übertragen. Hierbei stellten sich die allgemeine Werte Universalismus und Benevolenz kontextspezifisch als Prädiktoren der Freude gegenüber dem Unterrichten heraus. Für das Thema des Klimawandels war nur die psychologische Distanz entscheidender Prädiktor, die ebenfalls mit der Freude gegenüber dem Unterrichten der anderen beiden Themen zusammenhing. Insgesamt zeigt der erste Teil Ergebnisse die motivationale Relevanz von Emotionen auf, deren Entstehung im zweiten Teil genauer untersucht wird. Für die Lehrerbildung sind Emotionen zum einen aufgrund ihrer Spezifität als Herausforderung zu bezeichnen, bieten aber wegen ihrer motivationalen Relevanz auch Möglichkeiten für die Ausbildung erwünschter Lehrmotivationen.
173

Barriers to Facilitating an Existing Certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom

Easler, Shelley L. 01 January 2015 (has links)
In response to social trends whereby children are spending less time outside, school administrators have developed certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classrooms (NEOCs) intentionally designed to support whole-child learning within a natural environment. Despite the documented benefits of nature-based education, the literature and NEOC sites report challenges in facilitating this type of space. The purpose of this study was to investigate what prevents teachers in a certified NEOC from facilitating student/teacher engagement with the natural outdoor environment. Kolb's, Piaget's, and Vygotsky's theories of constructivism served as the study's framework to explore the problem from the teachers' perspectives. A qualitative case study was used to gain insight into the potential barriers to facilitating a NEOC. Eight teachers were recruited using purposeful sampling. Participant criteria included (a) >18 years of age, (b) >3 years early childhood teaching experience, (c) >1 year experience in selected NEOC, (d) prior NEOC training, and (e) willingness to share experiences. Data collection included classroom observation, individual interviewing, and review of relevant documents. All data were analyzed using comparative and inductive analysis and coded into 5 emergent themes. Identified barriers included teacher involvement, rules and regulations, volunteers, materials, and weather. By creating a 3-day professional development program that supports the benefits of nature-based learning environments and introduces strategies to overcome identified barriers, this study may promote positive social change in nature-based education. Children, families, and communities may expand their nature-based knowledge and interaction skills to pass to future generations.
174

Blended Learning as an Instructional Strategy to Improve Academic Performance

Marshall-Stuart, Debra-Dreana 01 January 2018 (has links)
Higher education institutions in Barbados have introduced blended learning as a strategy to improve students' academic performance and achievement. Despite the implementation of blended learning, the poor student performance and outcomes persist. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how teaching processes and practices at the institution have influenced blended learning to improve student achievement. A social constructivist framework was used to guide the study. The research question addressed the practices and processes used by teachers to increase student learning and performance in a blended learning environment. Data collection involved semistructured interviews with 6 teachers from the study site. Lean coding analysis yielded 4 themes: student engagement, student success, pedagogical and technological challenges, and teacher professional development. Findings were used to create a teacher professional development program for local stakeholders with an emphasis on pedagogical best practices and processes for creating and sustaining an effective blended learning environment. Findings may be used to improve student engagement and academic success at the study site.
175

Improving Students' Perceptions of Teacher Care Through Teacher Professional Development

Miller Ricketts, Amanda Ilene 27 November 2019 (has links)
No description available.
176

A Case Study of Pages at the Wexner Center for the Arts and Its Implications for Collaborative Art Museum-School Programs

Kim, Sujin 08 October 2018 (has links)
No description available.
177

När läroplan och tradition möts : Om lärarfortbildning och undersökande aktiviteters syfte inom den laborativa NO-undervisningen i grundskolans senare del

Lunde, Torodd January 2014 (has links)
The Swedish curricula for compulsory school science emphasize laboratory inquiry-based science teaching (IBST) to develop pupils’ critical thinking. In contrast, several studies indicate that teachers within the Swedish teaching tradition almost solely emphasize laboratory work as a way to gain students understanding of traditional science content. In this thesis the aim is to investigate how this gap emerged in lower secondary science teaching and to investigate possible ways to bridge this gap between curricula and tradition. Two studies were carried out. In the first study, the aim was to explore how science teachers met the curricula’s expectations of involving pupils in IBST. The result is based on twelve teachers reflecting in groups about their own inquiry activities. Two strategies were identified. Hybridization (existing laboratory activities were transformed) and imitation (investigative inquiry as carried out on national tests was imitated). The way scientific practices are represented in such activities is probably limiting pupils’ potential for critical thinking in everyday life. In the second study, possibilities to bridge gaps between the laboratory tradition and IBST in curricula were explored within a teacher professional development program. Tensions between key ideas of laboratory work in Swedish teaching tradition and IBST, as discussed in international literature, were made explicit. It was then used as a point of departure to negotiate upon the purposes of involving students in laboratory work. The result was based on ten teachers divided in three groups. Eventually, two out of the three groups did explicit articulated awareness of different purposes linked to different types of laboratory activities. The third group showed limited awareness although they developed similar activities as the two other groups. This indicates that teaching tradition is an important variable when implementing new ideas and worthy taking into account and challenge. / Baksidestext Grundskolans läroplan för naturämnena betonar laborativt undersökande arbete i syftet att utveckla elevers kritiska tänkande medan undervisningstraditionen betonar laborationer i syftet att ge ökad förståelse för ämnesinnehåll. Syftet med denna avhandling var att undersöka hur detta glapp gestaltar sig i senare delen av grundskolan och hur detta glapp kan överbryggas. I delstudie ett utforskades lärares sätt att tillmötesgå förväntningar om undersökande arbete. Två strategier identifierades: hybridisering (befintliga laborationer omformades) och imitering (nationella prov härmades). Det finns risk för att dessa aktiviteter framställer naturvetenskapliga praktiker på ett sätt som ger begränsade förutsättningar för kritiskt tänkande i vardagsliv. I delstudie två utforskades möjligheten av att använda spänningar mellan läroplan och laborationstradition som utgångspunkt för att överbrygga glapp mellan läroplan och tradition. Spänningar synliggjordes och var utgångspunkt för förhandling om syften med laborationer. Resultatet visade att två utav totalt tre grupper i slutändan explicit skiljde på olika syften med olika laborativa aktiviteter. Detta indikerar att laborationstraditionen är en viktig faktor, värd att ta med i beräkningen, när undersökande arbete ska införlivas.
178

Perceptions and Meanings Constructed by Participants in a Four-year Instructional Coaching Project

Perry Hummons, Monica L. 12 April 2012 (has links)
No description available.
179

Learning through Teacher Professional Training: English Teacher Certification Program in Indonesia

Abdullah, Umar 21 May 2015 (has links)
No description available.
180

Teaching Native American and Middle East American Literature in the Secondary School Classroom

McDougall, Morgan Elizabeth 26 April 2018 (has links)
No description available.

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