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Sharp, L. Kathryn. "Lesson Planning Without Tears for COE." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4292.
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Straessle, Jessica Miller Wunderle. "Teachers' perspectives of effective lesson planning: A comparative analysis." W&M ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550154173.
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Facun-Granadozo, Ruth. "Teacher Candidates' Lesson Planning Challenges (an Action Research to Inform Practice)." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4327.
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Joly, Michelle. "Reflections on the course design process in distance education by practitioners with varying levels of experience." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35211.
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Instruction at a distance is rapidly becoming one of the most widely used modes for teaching post-secondary learners. One of the distinctive characteristics of distance education is the emphasis on course development and the models of course development which have evolved. To date, however, the literature offers little understanding of the knowledge bases upon which current practice in distance education course development is based. Expertise in course development has not been characterized in any systematic way, and it is not known how novice and expert DE course developers differ in the way they conceptualize and go about course development. Even less is known about how course developers move toward expertise and from where they draw their understanding. The primary purpose of this study is to begin the investigation of these questions, based on data collected from multiple sources and contexts. Qualitative methods were used to collect and analyze data on the reflections of the course design process by nine participants. Participants varied in their experience level, the level of course they designed, and their role in the design process. Participants took part in a semi-structured interview and were asked to provide written responses to a practical design critique exercise. Themes or issues were allowed to emerge from the data, and were characterized along three main topics: the learner, design decisions, and evaluation. Differences between novices and more experienced participants were observed in their depth of understanding about the learner, the influence of theoretical constructs on their making design decisions, and the influence of context on the design process.
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Melville, Matthew David. "Kyozaikenkyu: An In-Depth Look into Japanese Educators' Daily Planning Practices." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6515.
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This study is in response to the question about how Japanese educators achieve such a high quality of instruction. Considering the area of lesson study has opened the door to new ideas and concepts that are not well defined and too broad to understand. Kyozaikenkyu is an aspect of lesson study that has been said to be a crucial aspect to successful lesson study. Kyozaikenkyu is done on a daily basis by Japanese educators; however, there is very little written about this process in relevant literature. This study examines what Japanese educators do during their daily kyozaikenkyu, and why they do it. Through interviews, observations, and participation in kyozaikenkyu, I have been able to describe a process many Japanese educators go through to prepare their lessons. There is a difference between what these educators do during kyozaikenkyu for a research lesson compared to the kyozaikenkyu of a daily lesson. I document two variations of daily kyozaikenkyu. One variation corresponds well to the kyozaikenkyu done for a research lesson, while the other variation is something new. This thesis expounds on those differences as well as explores the purposes and benefits of daily kyozaikenkyu for the Japanese educators that participated in them.
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Yancey, Charles L. "The implementation of outdoor education." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2007. http://165.236.235.140/lib/CYanceyPartI2007.pdf.
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Scarborough, Janna L. "Essentials of Lesson Planning: Helping School Counselors to be Successful in the Classroom." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1303.
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Herro, Dan. "A Qualitative Single Case Study on Backward Design Lesson Planning Experiences of Teachers in a Professional Learning Community." Thesis, Northcentral University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10746537.
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<p> This qualitative single case study on backward design lesson planning experiences of teachers in a professional learning community focused on gaining a better understanding of collaborative planning of standards-based learning intentions, success criteria, assessments, and activities as performed by four participants meeting daily in one high school content area department. The backward design lesson planning model contains three stages, including development of standards-based learning objectives, learning objective-based assessments, and assessment criteria-based authentic learning activities. The research problem was informed by multiple selections from the body of literature in the field of education on backward design lesson planning, curriculum evaluation frameworks, and suggestions for a need to better understand collaborative planning, backward design curricula, professional development-informed planning and practice, and professional learning community interactions in designing curricula. The purpose of the study was to better understand how teachers develop standards-derived learning intentions, success criteria, assessments, and activities through the backward design lesson planning model. The conceptual framework was constructed from a synthesis of findings from quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods peer-reviewed research reports in the field of curriculum and teaching. Synthesized findings informed the structure and sections of the conceptual framework, supporting the purpose of the research in better understanding connections between components of traditional linear curriculum evaluation, the three stages of backward design, and the need to better understand interactions between professional development practice of new curriculum development initiatives, implementation of new initiatives in professional learning community lesson plan design, and teacher perceptions of planning lessons through the lens of backward design. Through observational field notes and open-ended questionnaires pertaining to the three stages of backward design lesson development, teacher actions observed during professional learning community meetings and experiences noted by teachers on questionnaire forms indicated that teachers utilized their common lesson planning time in deriving learning objectives from content area standards, generating formative assessments for ongoing feedback to inform teaching and learning, generating rubrics for clarity in the relationship between success criteria and the satisfying of learning objectives, and sequencing activities based on ability levels of individual learners so that challenges were scaffolded based on cognitive complexity, with the goal of all students meeting learning objectives. Potential impacts of study results include integration of backward design lesson planning into professional development programs and professional learning community curriculum development programs for alignment, clarity, and congruency between content area department standards, objectives, assessments, and activities. Recommendations for future research informed by minor themes uncovered during the study include a need for further study of teacher perceptions of standards-based grading practices.</p><p>
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Tabor, Lisa Kay. "Using geography to help teach history: dual-encoding history lesson plans." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/7133.
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Master of Arts<br>Department of Geography<br>John A. Harrington Jr<br>Analysis of polling documents indicates how little most Americans know about the world. Geography education is the key to offsetting geographic illiteracy. Fortunately programs designed to improve K-12 geography education are growing in number and strength. How can we teach more and better geography within the school system? Given the dominant role of history in the K-12 social studies curriculum, use of the psychological theory of dual-encoding to integrate geography and history lesson planning is one approach to bring more geography into the classroom. As part of Kansas Geographic Alliance programmatic activity, Kansas history and geography standards, with emphasis on the tested standards, were assessed to identify candidate themes for development of dual-encoded educational units and associated lesson plans. Three workshops were delivered to share these dual-encoded units and lesson plans. The workshops were for education faculty, teachers getting in-service professional development, and for a group of pre-service teachers in a social studies methods class. Attendees at the workshops provided assessment and feedback of the material. Based on informal comments and written responses from the workshop attendees, it is concluded that dual-encoding will enable considerable progress in geography education. Not only will the knowledge provided demonstrate the impact and significance of geography to history teachers and their students, but dual-encoded lessons will advance teacher content and pedagogical knowledge, and most importantly students will learn both geography and history better.
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Wesolik, Faith. "The relationship between early childhood teacher candidates' perceptions of school climate and their creation of developmentally appropriate lesson plans a mixed methods study /." Akron, OH : University of Akron, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=akron1165262450.
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Dissertation (Ph. D.)--University of Akron, Dept. of Curricular and Instructional Studies-Elementary Education, 2006.<br>"December, 2006." Title from electronic dissertation title page (viewed 04/07/2008) Advisor, Carole Newman; Co-Advisor, Isadore Newman; Committee members, Francis Broadway, Susan Olson, Ruth Oswald; Department Chair, Bridgie A. Ford; Dean of the College, Patricia A Nelson; Dean of the Graduate School, George R. Newkome. Includes bibliographical references.
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Leung, Pak-wai Ashley. "Decision making of physical education teachers : a case study of a Hong Kong primary school /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25248947.
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Nadal-Ramos, Vigimaris. "Lesson planning for college-level ESL/EFL| Mixed methods study to identify implications for teaching practices and student learning." Thesis, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (Puerto Rico), 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10249635.
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<p> This study focused on how lesson planning takes place at the college level in contrast to how the process takes place in grades K through 12. The study was conducted through a survey and interviews to English professors at the College of General Studies at the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras. In order to conduct the research, factors such as academic background, teaching experience, context, age, teaching practices, motivation, and syllabus design were considered.</p><p> Data collected showed that planning does take place at the college level, first in the form of a semester-long syllabus and then in daily/weekly lesson plans that include varying degrees of detail. Lesson planning helps improve teacher performance by providing confidence. It improves student learning outcomes by helping them better understand the materials. Both, teachers and students, benefit from the focus and guidance planning provides.</p><p> Recommendations include creating teacher training programs in institutions of higher educations to provide the support teachers need to perform at their best and conducting further research in other departments, colleges, or campuses to see how planning takes places outside English courses.</p>
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Petersen, Susan Christine. "A multi-case study of instructional sequencing in elementary school physical education /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1991. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/10298678.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1991.<br>Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: William G. Anderson. Dissertation Committee: Joseph R. Higgins. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 287-297).
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Burrell, Marcia M., and Clayton Cohn. "Integrating Technology into the Mathematics Classroom: Instructional Design and Lesson Conversion." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-79535.
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The use of technology in Kindergarten to grade 12 classrooms provides opportunities for teachers to employ mathematical rigor, to integrate problem solving strategies and to extend mathematical ways of knowing (Drier, Dawson, & Garofalo, 1999). The presentation consists of two parts. One investigation maps secondary mathematics technology lessons and materials to the elementary school mathematics standards and converts the mathematics concepts to manageable elementary school lessons. The other investigation analyzes pre-service teacher lessons written using ASSURE instructional design format. The major aims of this paper are to present two teacher preparation practices, one for secondary mathematics pre-service teachers (converting secondary materials to elementary materials) and the other for elementary mathematics pre-service teachers (writing lessons using the ASSURE model).
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Layden, Scott Christopher. "Investigating the relationship between pre-service teachers' attention to student thinking during lesson planning and the level of cognitive demand at which tasks are implemented." Thesis, University of Pittsburgh, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10075904.
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<p> This study investigated the relationship between attention to student thinking during lesson planning and the level of cognitive demand at which tasks are implemented for six pre-service teachers enrolled in a teacher education program that focuses on attention to student thinking during planning and instruction. Lesson plans were examined for attention to student thinking using two coding schemes, and samples of student work were examined to assess the level of cognitive demand at which tasks (associated with the enacted lesson plans) were implemented during instruction. Other planning related data sources were qualitatively drawn upon to support the extent to which pre-service teachers focused on student thinking with regard to planning. </p><p> One of the lesson planning coding schemes provides numerical scores indicating different degrees of attention to six elements of student thinking. The level of cognitive demand of task implementation for each lesson was able to be coded as high or low. In particular, the quantitative analysis suggested a trend that as overall attention to student thinking during lesson planning increases the odds of high level task implementation become greater compared to the odds of low level task implementation. Given a small sample size the quantitative results need to be considered within their limitations.</p><p> Qualitative analysis examining attention to student thinking during planning and task implementation supports the quantitative trend. In particular, the qualitative analysis suggests three findings. The first finding is that the two pre-service teachers who demonstrated the most attention to student thinking with regard to planning were the only pre-service teachers who implemented all of their tasks at a high level of cognitive demand. The second finding is that when receiving specific planning based support for a lesson as part of a university assignment, all the pre-service teachers were able to implement the task at high level of cognitive demand. The third finding is that a large majority of lessons using tasks accompanied by detailed planning support sources were implemented at high levels of cognitive demand.</p>
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Bowers, Sharon W. "Supporting Elementary Education In-Service Teachers' Proficiency in Planning STEM-Centric Lessons." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64380.
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The purpose of this study was to explore the McDaniel College Elementary STEM Instructional Leader (ESIL) pilot cohort's ability to proficiently plan lessons that incorporated the Maryland State STEM Standards of Practice (SOP), targeting integration of STEM content, inquiry learning, students' abilities to collaborate as a STEM team and students' strategic application of technology. Data collection, in the form of reviewing and analyzing study participants' lesson plans and self-reflections, was completed by three independent assessors. The researcher examined the interrater reliability among the three assessors using the Fleiss' kappa statistic. A 0.91 proportion of agreement consensus was documented among the three assessors. A test of hypothetical value was conducted using the nonparametric Wilcoxon-signed-rank Test. Interpretation of the Wilcoxon-signed-rank Test results suggest that the sample population demonstrated proficient planning abilities for the four targeted Maryland State STEM SOP.
Findings from this research add to the field's knowledge of elements in the promotion of graduate coursework that leads to elementary in-service teachers' proficiency in planning STEM-centric lessons, however the findings also have broader implications for teacher education at large. The McDaniel College ESIL model could frame K-12 teacher education for both pre-service and in-service teachers. The pragmatic, hybrid experience maximizes flexibility, promotes analytical thinking and self-reflection and builds communication skills. The introduction and development of inquiry and design-based learning through the 7E Learning Cycle develops the teachers' understanding of practices promoted not only within the Maryland State STEM SOP, but also within the Next Generation Science Standards. The McDaniel College ESIL model also builds upon the collective efforts of academia, a non-profit STEM research facility, and local school divisions to align efforts that may lead to transformational changes for education. Essential ingredients for systemic change are embedded within the McDaniel ESIL model.<br>Ed. D.
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Barnes, Kristen Marie. "A guide of predesigned lesson plans to help teachers integrate technology into their curriculum." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1731.
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Succesful computer technology use can be achieved through teachers, students, and support from staff members, administrators, and even parents. Technology needs to continue to be a standard that all teachers and students strive to meet as they do all other standards in school. Innovative and sucessful teachers use technology in their daily lesson plans, lesson implementation, and use it as motivation for their students.
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Miller, Jennifer. "Eighth grade reading curriculum how teachers make choices /." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1190057922.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Kent State University, 2007.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed July 15, 2008). Advisor: Nancy Padak. Keywords: Curriculum; reading; standards; adolescent literature. Includes survey instrument. Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-217).
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Mbambisa, Nomaledi Peggy. "Strategies used by subject advisors and facilitators to support lesson planning with an environmental learning focus : a case study of the Eastern Cape Neep-Get cluster." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007586.
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Over the past ten years, South Africa has undergone substantial changes, following the advent of democracy. Key amongst these changes being the transformation of educational policy. These policy changes have introduced new structural frameworks within which we operate (including myself as a subject advisor) and new roles for educators. These policy changes affect all the levels of the education system, and have an impact at school level, where teachers are now responsible for learning programme development (including a focus on lesson planning). Lesson planning in an outcomes-based education framework is a challenging aspect of policy implementation. South Africa is faced with the challenges associated with policy change and implementation. The role of the subject advisors and facilitators who support the teachers to make sense of the curriculum is crucial, as they provide the interface between policy and practice. They are the people who work most with teachers, and have a responsibility for curriculum implementation. This study aimed to explore the strategies which are used by subject advisors and facilitators to support teachers develop lesson plans with an environmental learning focus. A qualitative case study was conducted in which I looked at how the support processes were provided by the subject advisors and facilitators in the Eastern Cape in particular the NEEP-GET cluster in the Makana district. The study employed a range of data producing techniques such as questionnaires, interviews, document analysis and observation. The data was analysed to report the findings. The research indicates that some strategies are used to provide curriculum and pedagogical support and guidance, but that these are superficially treated and others have not been attempted at all. This therefore shows that further growth in this area is possible amongst the subject advisors. Recommendations relevant to both the subject advisors and the Department of Education so as to enhance the support processes and professional development of subject advisors have been made.
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Slater, Brenche. "An analysis of lesson plan design for teaching ESL learners with limited English language proficiency / B. Slater." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10359.
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According to the Constitution of South Africa (1996), as well as the Schools Act of South Africa (1996), everyone has the right to education in the language of their choice. The advantage of being educated in one’s home language is a well-known and accepted as a demonstrated fact (Oosthuizen, Rossouw & De Wet, 2004:22). Unfortunately, Oosthuizen et al. (2004:22) remark that the biggest problem in education today, is that home language education cannot be given to everyone in South Africa. As a result many parents choose English as the Language of Learning and Teaching (LOLT) for their children, since they believe English is the language of empowerment. Although English Second Language (ESL) learners pose a challenge to educators in the class, they still have a right to quality education. Therefore, thorough planning is essential to ensure that these learners are taught according to their needs. The primary aim of this research study was to determine if primary school educators designed their lesson planning to accommodate ESL learners with a limited English proficiency. The primary aim could only be determined if the following sub-aims were successfully analysed: *To determine through a literature investigation which specific language barriers ESL learners, with limited English language proficiency, experience during a lesson. *To determine through a literature investigation why lesson planning is important; *To determine to what extent educators accommodate language barriers to learning of ESL learners, with a limited English language proficiency, in their lesson plans. *To determine how educators reflect on their lesson plan, in order to determine whether ESL learners, with limited English language proficiency, coped with the lesson. *To establish which modifications, if any, educators make after reflection to accommodate ESL learners with limited English language proficiency in the follow lesson planning? A Qualitative research method was followed during the study. Data was collected for the research study by doing a document analysis and semi-structured interviews with primary school educators who are currently in the teaching profession and have ESL learners in their class. A convenience sample was used, where the nearest parallel medium school was chosen with participants readily available. The following findings emerged from the study: According to the literature study, the most common specific language barriers which ESL learners with limited English proficiency experience in the classroom are: *Experience it difficult to express themselves in English; *Educators disparity in language between learners and educators; *a limited English vocabulary; and *struggling with comprehension of English. Findings of the empirical study showed that the participants do not plan for accommodations for ESL learners who may experience barriers to learning. They indicated that since English is the LOLT of the school and because they feel that the learners should be proficient in the language they do not need to plan for possible misunderstandings or communication problems that could occur because of a language barrier. However, they did acknowledge that a limited vocabulary and ways of expression can cause communication problems.<br>MEd, Learner Support, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2012
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Gonzalez, Tiphanie. "Training professional school counseling students to facilitate a classroom guidance lesson and strengthen classroom management skills using a mixed reality environment." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4903.
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According to the ASCA National Model, school counselors are expected to deliver classroom guidance lessons; yet, there has been little emphasis on graduate coursework targeting the development and implementation of guidance curriculum lessons in PSC training. A national study conducted by Perusse, Goodnough and Noel (2001) was conducted looking at how counselor educators were training "entry level school counseling students" in the skills needed for them to be successful as PSCs. They found that of the 189 school counseling programs surveyed only 3% offered a guidance curriculum course and 13.2% offered a foundations in education course. Inferring that many of programs surveyed did not have a course specific to classroom guidance and/or classroom management. A classroom guidance curriculum is a developmental, systematic method by which students receive structured lessons that address academic, career, and personal/social competencies (ASCA, 2005). Classroom guidance lessons provide a forum for school counselors to address such student needs as educational resources, postsecondary opportunities, school transitions, bullying, violence prevention, social-emotional development, and academic competence in a classroom environment (Akos & Levitt, 2002; Akos, Cockman & Strickland, 2007; Gerler & Anderson, 1986). Through classroom guidance, school counselors can interact with many of the students that they would normally not see on a day-to-day basis while providing information, building awareness and having discussions on topics that affect these student populations every day. The present study seeks to explore the use of an innovative method for training PSCs in classroom guidance and classroom management. This method involves the use of a mixed reality simulation that allows PSC students to learn and practice classroom guidance skills in a simulated environment.<br>ID: 029809443; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Central Florida, 2011.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-187).<br>Ph.D.<br>Doctorate<br>Education
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Ncula, Ntombizandile Shirley. "Food gardens, environmental lesson planning and active learning in the life orientation learning area - foundation phase : a case study at Lungelolethu Lower and Higher Primary School /." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/927/.
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Brändström, Camilla. "Using the Internet in Education - Strengths and Weaknesses : A Qualitative Study of Teachers' Opinions on the Use of the Internet in Planning and Instruction." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Akademin för utbildning och ekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-10029.
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The Internet plays a significant role in the lives of young people today. Previous research points to advantages as well as disadvantages of the use of the Internet in a formal educational context. The aim of the current study was to investigate the influence of the use of the Internet on planning and instruction. Five upper secondary school teachers were interviewed face-to-face. Five recurrent themes were identified in the interview data: general opinions on and experience of the Internet, attitudes to teaching and learning, opinions on the use of the Internet as a planning and teaching resource, effects of the use of the Internet on students and teachers, and drawbacks of the use of the Internet in the school. It was found that the teachers think that the Internet is a valuable source of information and an important additional teaching tool. The Internet can e.g. motivate the students, make teaching more fun, and allows variation in teaching. Four major drawbacks of the use of the Internet were reported by the teachers, viz. students' cheating, unreliable information, technical problems, and students' extracurricular activities during lessons.
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Black, Pamela Marjorie. "Genetics education, science-talk, and dialogic pedagogy : developing 14- to 16-year olds' school science concept of genetics and inheritance, in the context of human health and disease." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608065.
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McDougall, Mathew Jon. "Scaffolded Growth of Knowledge Using Distributed Collaborative Learning Tools in Preservice Teacher Education." Queensland University of Technology, 2005. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16051/.
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The Education Faculties within the universities are looking to meet the needs of their learners more completely. Teaching and learning strategies are being adopted to make educational provision more flexible by using computer supported collaborative learning environments. However, research has shown that in preservice teacher programs, many teachers do not have a complete knowledge of subject-matter or pedagogical content knowledge. This study investigated how a lesson-planning task within the context of a computer supported collaborative learning environment can facilitate the growth of teacher knowledge, specifically subject-matter knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge about the teaching of ratio and fraction. The findings from this research showed that using a lesson-planning task facilitated the development of teacher knowledge, specifically subject-matter knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. Within the computer supported collaborative learning community, the preservice teachers were able to articulate their current understandings and re-define their knowledge of fraction and ratio. The thesis concludes with a conceptual framework and some specific guidelines for the design of a scaffolded computer-mediated community and discusses implications for the design of future collaborative learning environments.
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Smitt, Shauna M. "Impact of Teachers' Common Planning Time on the Academic Performance of Students in a Middle School Setting." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5431/.
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The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the common planning time for a team of middle school teachers by comparing the standardized test scores of middle school students selected from two school districts located in North Texas. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) 2 * 4 design was utilized to measure the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) math and reading scale score for 7th grade students from the test administered in spring 2005. The data for this study were compared by the variables of school, gender, and ethnicity. The measuring tool utilized in this study determined the ratio of the amount of variance of the scores for individuals of between-groups as opposed to the amount of variance of within-groups, indicating if there were a statistically significant difference on the scores in any one particular variable compared to the variances of scores for the other variables in this study. The statistical results indicated that there were no statistical significant differences in the scores of students attending a middle school where the teachers received a common planning time. However, there was a noted difference in the percentage ratings on the Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) report published by TEA for the African American students who attended the school with the common planning time. These students had higher scores on the TAKS reading test. The TAKS math scores did not indicate any notable differences.
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Rakes, Lori. "Help! I have to teach math: The nature of a preservice teacher's experiences enacting mathematics instruction in a final internship." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5763.
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The purpose of this case study was to better understand the nature of the experiences of a preservice teacher, self-identified as having mathematics anxiety as she planned and implemented instruction during her internship by answering: What is the nature of the experiences of a preservice teacher, self-identified as having mathematics anxiety, as she planned for mathematics instruction during her final internship? What is the nature of the experiences of a preservice teacher, self-identified as having mathematics anxiety, as she implemented mathematics instruction during her final internship? Using an interpretivist approach to a case study inquiry, I used semi-structured interviews, observations, audio journals, and artifacts to collect data on a preservice teacher, cooperating teacher, and college supervisor. Member checking was used with interview data and a peer reviewer reviewed all data collection and analytic procedures. I analyzed the data using content and thematic analysis. The findings indicated that lack of planning, lack of instructional support, lack of content knowledge, and lack of transfer of what she learned in the mathematics methods course impacted the preservice teacher’s planning and implementation of mathematics instruction. In this way, the study identified the importance of instructional support for preservice teachers during K-12 classroom experiences, theory-to-practice connections between coursework and field experiences, and preservice teacher reflection to recognize weaknesses and seek out solutions to solve problems of practice. The study closed with a discussion from the viewpoint of reviewed literature, my interpretation of the findings and suggestions for future research.
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Squillace, Diana Marie. "Distance education: The development of online learning environments for the online student." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2394.
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This project examines online learning tools and software that are applicable to K-12 and post-secondary distance learning environments. Powerpoint, Webquest and Inspiration 7 have been utilized to develop a lesson plan and storyboard that incorporate the constructivist theory of learning. An accompanying Web site, "Learning Tools for the On-Line Student," serves as a resource for instructional technology educators and includes information on designing lesson plans and evaluating students. The site also provides links to online tools and software that are useful in online learning environments.
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Mosala, O. L., and K. E. Junqueira. "The dynamics of coping with policy and practice : mathematics educators' experiences." Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 11, Issue 2: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/636.
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Published Aticle<br>This article reports on the experiences of Mathematics educators during the implementation of the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) in Grades 10 - 12. The study is contained in five different, but educationally related constructs addressing training, problem areas which challenge or appeal to Mathematics educators, lesson planning, assessment strategies and the effective integration of OBE in the teaching of Mathematics. A mixed methods design was used, with data being collected and collated using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The quantitative data employed descriptive data analysis, while the qualitative data was analysed by identifying differences and similarities. The study revealed that educators differed in terms of the problems they encountered with implementing the NCS in Mathematics. They agreed, however, that the implementation was successful and that it contributed to better teaching.
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Jahn, Ângela Bortoli. "O planejamento das aulas de educação física dos professores que atuam em uma escola pública de Santa Maria (RS)." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2004. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/6778.
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The present study aprroach the Planning of the Lessons of Physical Education, where I searched to investigate as the professors of Physical Education of Basic Ensino of a Public School of Santa Maria (RS) understand the planning of lesson and as they apply it in educative practical its, having as Educative Practical line of research in the Institutions. To know as if it processes the planning of the lessons of Physical Education in this School, I used as instrument of collection of data in this qualitative research the half-structuralized interview. The four professors of Physical Education who act in the final series of Basic Ensino, as well as the Directive Team of the school had been interviewed. Relation to the choice of the participants of this study, I believe that the professors, together with the pupils, are the principal actors of practical the pedagogical one, through which the planning of education if he materialize. To analyze the results gotten in the field work I used the technique of the content analysis. Through readings of the interviews, I grouped the data in four categories that I consider excellent to investigate the boarded subject. They are they: a) The Conception and the Paper of the Pertaining to school Physical Education; b) Practical Pedagogical of the Professor of Physical Education, c) Contents Worked in the Physical Education, d) Planning of Lesson of the professors of Physical Education. You say them of the interviewed ones point with respect to the importance of the planning, however, I evidenced that the professors do not systemize for writing its plan of lesson, not giving the had importance to the document elaboration that registers its activities. It is of basic importance to consider that to plan he is one of the instruments that assist the school and the professor to be more competent in the task to educate.<br>O presente estudo tematiza o Planejamento das Aulas de Educação Física, onde busquei investigar como os professores de Educação Física do Ensino Fundamental de uma Escola Pública de Santa Maria (RS) compreendem o planejamento de aula e como o aplicam na sua prática educativa, tendo como linha de pesquisa Práticas Educativas nas Instituições. Para conhecer como se processa o planejamento das aulas de Educação Física nessa Escola, utilizei como instrumento de coleta de dados nessa pesquisa qualitativa a entrevista semi-estruturada. Foram entrevistados os quatro professores de Educação Física que atuam nas séries finais do Ensino Fundamental, bem como a Equipe Diretiva da escola. Em relação à escolha dos participantes deste estudo, acredito que os professores, juntamente com os alunos, são os atores principais da prática pedagógica, através do qual o planejamento de ensino se concretiza. Para analisar os resultados obtidos no trabalho de campo utilizei a técnica da análise de conteúdo. Através de leituras e releituras das entrevistas, agrupei os dados em quatro categorias que considero relevantes para investigar o tema abordado. São elas: a) A Concepção e o Papel da Educação Física Escolar; b) A Prática Pedagógica do Professor de Educação Física, c) Conteúdos Trabalhados na Educação Física, d) Planejamento de Aula dos professores de Educação Física. As falas dos entrevistados apontam para a importância do planejamento, no entanto, constatei que os professores não sistematizam por escrito o seu plano de aula, não dando a devida importância à elaboração de documentos que registram suas atividades. É de fundamental importância considerar que planejar é um dos instrumentos que auxilia a escola e o professor a serem mais competentes na tarefa de educar.
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De, Jong Stephanie Lyn. "Practicing teacher perceptions of technology and technology integration in K-12 education." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2680.
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This cross-sectional study assessed participants' perceptions of classroom technology integration and compared them to variables such as years of teaching experience, age, gender, computer access, technology training and level of technology adoption in the classroom.
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Winiecke, Tyler Joseph. "Problems Faced by Reform Oriented Novice Mathematics Teachers Utilizing a Traditional Curriculum." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5608.
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Task-based instruction has been a promising method of instruction advocated by mathematics education researchers over the past twenty years. However traditional curricula constitute a majority of the curricula utilized in the United States. The purpose of this study is to identify the problems reform oriented novice teachers face when utilizing a traditional curriculum to plan task-based lessons. In order to identify these problems three novice teachers' interactions with curricula were observed and characterized using the frameworks of past researchers. Through analysis of teachers' textbook interaction practices it was found that teachers struggled to plan task-based lessons due to issues encountered finding/constructing mathematical tasks, and due to problems associated with being naturally oriented toward procedures while utilizing a traditional curriculum.
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Dufilho, Michael Stephen. "The Children's Forest Association fire ecology hike." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2935.
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This project provides a fire ecology lesson to accompany a hike for student groups from fourth through eighth grade. The lesson plan will acquaint students with the beneficial aspects of forest fires.
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Schatzke, Sheila Erin. "A Validation Study of the Triple E Rubric for Lesson Design: A Measurement Tool for Technology Use in the Classroom." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1505198/.
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This validation study examined the Triple E Rubric for Lesson Design as a measurement tool to test the effectiveness of a lesson when using technology to support learning goals. This study also measured the content and concurrent validity as well as reliability of the Triple E Rubric developed by Liz Kolb.
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Leung, Pak-wai Ashley, and 梁柏偉. "Decision making of physical education teachers: a case study of a Hong Kong primary school." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31963109.
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Keeler, Christy Geldbach. "Developing and using an instrument to describe instructional design elements of high school online courses /." view abstract or download file of text, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3113010.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2003.<br>Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 425-442). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Jeko, Ishmael. "An improved mentoring model for student teachers on practicum in primary schools in Zimbabwe." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1017553.
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As part of a drive to improve the quality of teachers, Zimbabwe introduced a school-based mentoring model in 1995, a move which regrettably seems not have borne fruit. Therefore, this study sought to propose an improved mentoring model for initial teacher training for primary school teachers. Efforts to improve the current mentoring could, however, be facilitated if they were informed by an empirically-based understanding of the shortcomings of the existing mentoring system for student teachers and teachers. In order to attain the above objective, this study adopted a multisite case study design, guided by the interpretive paradigm. A core of nine primary schools, drawn from the rural, urban and peri-urban areas of the Masvingo Province in Zimbabwe, was purposively selected to participate in the study. In the participating schools, key participants were student teachers and mentors, while school principals participated when they had time. A secondary group of primary schools were also identified to be used as validation of findings in a wider setting. An in-depth literature study on teacher education and mentoring was also carried out and this, combined with empirical data, illuminated the issues being investigated. The empirical data were primarily gathered through focus group and face-to-face individual semi-structured interviews, while participant observation (used in conjunction with informal unstructured interviews) and questionnaires were used to verify and triangulate data collected through the interviews. To safeguard the ethical integrity of the study, ethical approval from the relevant university committee, as well as the official consent of educational authorities, was obtained beforehand, as was the informed consent of individual participants. The research established that the support rendered to student teachers in the participating primary schools was largely inadequate and of a shallow mode, focusing primarily on facilitating the mastery of technical skills and the provision of psycho-social support, while being sorely deficient in empowering the student teachers with the skills and attitudes to reflectively and critically engage with their own and others‟ teaching practices. The mentoring was taking place in the context of field experience, organised along the apprenticeship model, hence located in an outmoded traditional paradigm of field experience, something which is regrettable at a time when international best practices seek to move towards a reflective-inquiry-oriented paradigm. Secondly, the research found that the participating schools were not structurally or culturally ready to take significant teacher training responsibility; hence the schools, in their present state, could be seen as constraining the smooth functioning of the mentoring model. Thirdly, some mentor-based factors also seemed to inhibit the functioning of the mentoring model. These included teachers who were attitudinally indisposed to accept student teachers as their professional colleagues, preferring to relate to them hierarchically and vertically, thereby limiting the emergence of a culture of professional collaboration and reciprocal learning relationships. In similar vein, the mentors‟ lack of training limited their capacity of mentors to perform the extended range of mentoring functions necessary for supporting student teachers trained in 21st century schools. The above conclusions and implications point towards the following recommendations: Mentor support for student teachers should be extended from the present superficial level to include functions that are oriented towards reflective practice. However, for this to happen, some adjustments will need to be made in the schools. These include, most importantly, making time available for mentoring activities. In order for the mentors to be able to perform their mentoring functions knowledgeably, they must be made fully aware of what they are supposed to do by providing them with the official documents spelling out mentoring expectations in schools. Additionally, the commitment of mentors to their duties could be made more sustainable by putting in place a clearly defined reward structure that is fully recognized officially and integrated into the employee grading system. To make school environments more propitious towards mentoring, schools must be structurally modified and re-cultured to create slots for mentoring activities, provide opportunities for informal professional interaction among teachers, as well as establish professional engagement forums, such as school-based learning circles. The research also suggests that student teachers should be allowed to choose their mentors through providing them with opportunities for early contact with their prospective mentoring partners. In an attempt to close the gap between college-based modules and field-based school experiences, the research further recommends that college-based modules be delivered in a way that ensures that they are fully integrated with student teachers‟ field experiences. Finally, mentoring could be better facilitated if schools and colleges adopted a partnership arrangement that is more aligned to mentoring. This implies provisionally shifting from the present separatist to the HEI-led partnership model, while preparing for the adoption of a fully-fledged collaborative partnership in the long term. The research was, however, by no means carried out perfectly. It was somewhat limited by its failure to take into account the view of officials from the Department of Education, as well as the input of colleagues in teacher education. In similar vein, the researcher felt that a more nuanced and fine-grained picture of the participants‟ mentoring experiences could have emerged if he had spent more time in the field, something which limited resources and work commitments did not allow him to do. Some significant issues arose from this study, but which it could not pursue. These include exploring the possibility of coming up with a model of teacher education that integrates ITE and CTPD in the context of mentoring, as well as conducting a similarly designed research into the mentoring that is taking place in secondary schools.
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Rodriguez, Diana. "The induction period of nine beginning physical education teachers in Puerto Rico /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1995. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/11848522.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1995.<br>Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: William G. Anderson. Dissertation Committee: Lenore M. Pogonowski. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-175).
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McPherson, Maleah Lynne. "Instructor field manual for Camp Highland Outdoor Science School." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2818.
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This project was designed to help instructors at Camp Highland Outdoor Science School in Cherry Valley, California. The camp is drsinged for fifth and sixth grade students. The manual would be a useful tool for instructors to reference information to assist in lession planning and activities. It would familiarize them with the local natual history in the area including geology, climate, plants and Native Americans.
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Larsson, Elin. "Planering av undervisningsämnet engelska : En intervjustudie med sex lärare för skolår 4-6." Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Education and Psychology, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-6131.
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<p>Sedan mitten av 1990-talet har Sverige internationellt sätt legat i topp på grund av grundskolelevers goda resultat i engelsk språkkunskap. Den svenska grundskolan är fortfarande internationellt sätt i topp men på nationell nivån har det skett en förändring. Sedan mitten av 1990-talet har grundskolelevernas resultat stagnerat och i vissa språkmoment även försämrats. Vad som orsakat denna negativa förändring finns det många spekulationer om t.ex. den ökade invandringen och elevers attityd till ämnet. Forskare har under en tid studerat olika områden som kan vara orsaken till de försämrade resultaten men har inte funnit ett konkret svar, ingen ensam faktor som kan ha förorsakat detta i skolan.</p><p>Vad gäller undervisningsplanering i skolan finns det inte mycket tidigare forskning inom Sverige för den svenska grundskolan. Inte heller skolans styrdokument har några direktiv för hur undervisningsmål ska uppnås, planeras eller vad denna planering ska innehålla. Undervisningens planering är lämnad i lärarens händer.</p><p>Svenska grundskoleelevers skolresultat i engelska visar på en nedåtgående utveckling, flera områden i skolan har fått uppmärksamhet, men undervisningsplaneringen är något som ännu är outforskat. Det är planeringen som avgör hur undervisningen utformas, vilka material och tillvägagångssätt elever ges möjlighet att tillägna sig i sikte att uppnå målen.</p><p>Denna studie omfattar intervjuer av sex lärare för grundskolans tidigare år. Intervjuerna har behandlat hur lärare planerar, vad de planerar och hur det tänker kring undervisningsämnet engelska, i syfte att få en bild av vilket innehåll och vilken struktur planeringen har. I studien framkommer att det är den individuella lärarens val av metoder och material samt det mål läraren har med undervisningen som avgör vad eleverna ges möjlighet att tillägna sig i skolan. Resultatet visar att det skiljer sig i hur lärare strukturerar sin undervisning. En del har en noga och väl strukturerad plan med moment och metoder, andra har en tanke som ännu inte är utformad eller tar det lite som det kommer. Alla arbetar för samma sak, efter samma styrdokument men på olika sätt.</p>
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Van, Schalkwyk Susan C. "Generic learning outcomes in a technikon diploma programme : a critical analysis." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52861.
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Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2002.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 1997, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) published its guidelines
'to provide for the development and implementation of a National Qualifications
Framework (NQF)' (Government Gazette 1997:35). This framework was to pave
the way for compelling transformation in the education sector. One of the key
features of the framework would be a directive that a series of competencies, or
generic skills, that SAQA termed its 'critical cross-field outcomes' would have to be
incorporated into the design of all programmes of learning. The publication of the
guidelines sparked considerable debate; a debate that, in the five years since 1997,
does not appear to have been resolved. As higher education institutions prepare for
the 2003 submission of programmes to SAQA for registration, the importance of swift
and meaningful intervention is self-evident.
This report gives an account of a study undertaken to allow for the critical analysis of
generic learning outcomes, or specifically SAQA's critical outcomes, as they present
themselves in a technikon diploma programme. While the initial impetus in terms of
the skills debate may appear to have arisen as a result of national imperatives, the
overview of the literature pointed to international precedents, particularly when the
issue of generic skills was contextualised against the background of the changing
higher education landscape.
Thus empirical research was conducted at the Cape Technikon using the National
Diploma in Human Resources Management, its academic staff and its second-year
student group, as its focus. The qualitative data, generated via multiple techniques
including document analysis, interviewing, and a survey, provided a wealth of
information and in-depth insight into the perceptions and attitudes of the
respondents. The researcher endeavoured to maintain a practical focus throughout
the study and sought to interpret and critique existing practice against best practice
as described in the literature.
The findings highlighted numerous issues relating to the integration of generic
learning outcomes into programmes of learning. Key among these were the apparent lack of clarity and guidance among students and staff about the meaning
of, and envisaged role for, the generic learning or critical outcomes; the fact that
many in the technikon sector are already employing those teaching and learning
strategies that are deemed appropriate when following an outcomes-based
approach; that the changing student profile has had a direct impact on what happens
in the classroom; and that assessment systems and practices appear to be the main
barriers to the effective development of generic skills.
In response, this study recommends that a structured, holistic, process approach be
implemented at those institutions that are serious about integrating SAQA's critical
outcomes into their programmes of learning. While such an approach would require
institutional support and guidance, as well as an overall commitment to staff
development, it is the contention of the researcher that the technikon sector, by
virtue of its career-oriented focus and the design of its programmes, is ideally
positioned to embrace the SAQA challenge successfully.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kwalifikasieowerheid (SAKO) het in 1997 riglyne gepubliseer
wat voorsiening maak vir die ontwikkeling en implementering van 'n Nasionale
Kwalifikasieraamwerk (NKR). Hierdie raamwerk sou die weg baan vir ingrypende
veranderinge in die onderwys. Een van die sleuteleienskappe van hierdie raamwerk
was die opdrag dat 'n reeks bevoegdhede, of generiese vaardighede, wat deur
SAKO as sy 'kritiese uitkomstes' beskryf is, in die opstel van alle leerprogramme
ingesluit moes word. Die publikasie van die riglyne het 'n aansienlike debat
ontketen; 'n debat wat in die vyf jaar sedert 1997 oënskynlik nog nie tot 'n einde
gekom het nie. Aangesien hoëronderwysinstellings hul voorleggings vir 2003 aan
SAKO vir registrasie nou reeds begin voorberei, is die noodsaaklikheid van 'n
vinnige en betekenisvolle besluit hieroor voor die hand liggend.
Hierdie verslag gee 'n uiteensetting van navorsing wat gedoen is om 'n kritiese
analise van generiese leeruitkomstes, of spesifiek die kritiese uitkomstes van SAKO,
soos toegepas in die diplomaprogram van 'n tegnikon, te beskryf. Alhoewel dit
aanvanklik mag gelyk het asof die debat oor vaardighede sy ontstaan aan 'n
nasionale opdrag te danke gehad het, het 'n oorsig van die literatuur daarop gedui
dat internasionale presedente ook daartoe aanleiding gegee het, veral in gevalle
waar vrae betreffende die generiese leeruitkomstes teen die agtergrond van 'n
veranderende hoëronderwyslandskap beskou is.
Empiriese navorsing is aan die Kaapse Tegnikon onderneem met die Nasionale
Diploma in Menslike Hulpbronnebestuur, sy akademiese personeel en
tweedejaarstudente, as fokuspunt. Kwalitatiewe data is deur die gebruik van
verskeie tegnieke gegenereer wat dokumentêre analise, onderhoudvoering en 'n
vraelysopname insluit. Hierdie data het 'n bron van inligting oor, en insae, tot, die
persepsies en houdings van die respondente verskaf. Die navorser het deurgaans
gepoog om 'n praktiese fokus tydens die studie te behou en om die huidige praktyk
te interpreteer en te beoordeel teenoor dit wat as suksesvol in die literatuur
bestempel is. Die bevindinge het verskeie aspekte ten opsigte van die insluiting van generiese
leeruitkomstes binne leerprogramme na vore gebring. Van die belangrikste aspekte
is die klaarblyklike gebrek aan duidelikheid en leiding, onder sowel studente as
akademiese personeel, oor die betekenis van, en beoogde rol vir die kritiese of
generiese leeruitkomstes; die feit dat vele akademici in die tegnikonsektor reeds
gebruik maak van die onderrig- en leerstrategieë wat as toepaslik vir
uitkomsgebaseerde onderrig beskou word; dat die veranderende studenteprofiel 'n
direkte impak gehad het op dit wat in die klaskamer gebeur; en dat
assesseringspraktyke en -metodes tans die grootste remskoen in die effektiewe
ontwikkeling van generiese vaardighede blyk te wees.
In antwoord hierop beveel hierdie studie die implementering van 'n gestruktureerde,
holistiese, prosesbenadering by die instellings aan wat erns maak met die insluiting
van SAKO se kritiese uitkomstes in hul leerprogramme. Alhoewel so 'n benadering
ondersteuning en leiding van die instellings, asook 'n algemene verbintenis tot
personeelontwikkeling, sal vereis, is dit die navorser se oortuiging dat die
tegnikonsektor, as gevolg van sy loopbaangerigte fokus en die inhoud van sy
programme, ideaal geposisioneer is om die SAKO-uitdaging suksesvol die hoof te
bied.
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Roller, James Paul. "Curriculum, communication and the internet: A project involving gifted special needs children creating curriculum for special needs children with autism." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1365.
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Coe, Karen Lee. "The process of lesson study as a strategy for the development of teaching in primary schools : a case study in the Western Cape Province, South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3984.
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Thesis (PhD (Curriculum Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this qualitative research study was to determine the value that a group of
teachers in South Africa would place on the process of lesson study as a model for their
own learning and instructional improvement. A qualitative case study approach through
an action research design was the methodology employed for this research.
Participants in this 18-month study experienced three complete cycles and a fourth
partially completed cycle of lesson study. The setting in South Africa offers a unique
perspective to research on lesson study. Lesson study has been the primary method of
professional teacher development in Japan for more than 50 years. It is also realizing
some success in school districts across the USA. The recent educational reforms in South
Africa have something in common with each of these countries. Like Japan, South
Africa has adopted a national curriculum. The common link with the USA is that both
countries have recently experienced educational reform at the national government level.
The findings from this research include a discussion of the elements contained in lesson
study that may be beneficial to incorporate into continuing professional teacher
development programs, an analysis of the sustainability of lesson study, and an
exploration of the connection between the model of lesson study and the design of action
research.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie kwalitatiewe navorsingstudie was om die waarde wat ʼn groep
onderwysers in Suid-Afrika op die proses van lesstudie as ʼn model vir hulle eie leer- en
onderrigverbetering sou plaas, te bepaal. ʼn Kwalitatiewe gevallestudie-benadering met
behulp van ʼn aksienavorsingontwerp was die metodologie wat tydens hierdie navorsing
aangewend is.
Deelnemers aan hierdie studie wat oor 18 maande gestrek het, het drie volledige siklusse
en ʼn vierde gedeeltelike siklus van lesstudie onderneem. Die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks
bied ʼn unieke perspektief op navorsing oor lesstudie. Lesstudie was vir meer as 50 jaar
die primêre metode van professionele onderwyserontwikkeling in Japan. Dit behaal ook
’n mate van sukses in skooldistrikte oor die VSA heen. Die onlangse
onderwyshervormings in Suid-Afrika het iets gemeen met elk van hierdie lande. Soos
Japan, het Suid-Afrika ʼn nasionale kurrikulum in gebruik geneem. Die skakel met die
VSA is dat albei lande onlangs onderwyshervorming op nasionale regeringsvlak
ondergaan het.
Die bevindinge van hierdie navorsing sluit ʼn bespreking van die elemente vervat in
lesstudie in wat inkorporering in programme vir voortgesette professionele
onderwyserontwikkeling tot voordeel kan strek, ʼn ontleding van die volhoubaarheid van
lesstudie, en ʼn verkenning van die verband tussen die lesstudie-model en die ontwerp van
aksienavorsing.
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Masiewicz, Andrew Casimer. "Instructional designer's toolkit: A practical approach to the effective design of instruction." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2345.
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The purpose of the project was to develop a web-based instructional design tool. The tool provides guidelines, templates, and checklists to simplify the overall process, and give the designer a path to follow to help manage the instructional design project. It is based on the generalized model of Instructional Systems Design (ISD), but is applicable to the design of instructional materials for delivery by an instructor, by Computer-based Training (CBT), or a combination of instructor-led and technology-based delivery.
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Ligman-McCormick, Etta Margo. "The Salton sea wetlands: A guidebook of curriculum based lessons." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2292.
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Jung, Hyunil. "The Development of a Community-Based Art Education Curriculum for a Korean School in the United States: a Case Study." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1217340266.
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Martí, Feixas Jordi. "Perfils d'activitat científica escolar en les planificacions d'estudiants de mestre d'educació primària. Canvis i continuïtats." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/394034.
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La tesi doctoral Perfils d’activitat científica escolar en les planificacions d’estudiants de mestre d’Educació Primària: Canvis i continuïtats té la finalitat de descriure i analitzar l’evolució temporal dels perfils d’activitat científica escolar que els estudiants de mestre d’Educació Primària proposen quan planifiquen seqüències d’activitats d’ensenyament a l’inici i al final d’una assignatura de didàctica de les ciències. Pretenem, així, contribuir a aprofundir i ampliar el coneixement sobre la capacitat dels estudiants de mestre de planificar contextos d’activitat científica escolar (ACE) per als seus alumnes, perquè considerem que aquesta capacitat és un dels components fonamentals del coneixement didàctic per a l’ensenyament de les ciències dels estudiants, i dels mestres en general.
Metodològicament, la investigació s’ha plantejat com un estudi de cas, i per això s’han utilitzat els documents que quatre grups d’estudiants, els quatre casos d’estudi, han generat com a resultat de diverses tasques proposades al llarg de l’assignatura de Ciències Naturals i la Seva Didàctica de la diplomatura de Mestre d’Educació Primària. La font primària de dades prové dels documents que contenen les seqüències d’activitats que els estudiants, organitzats en grups, planificaven a l’inici de l’assignatura (SAE inicial), i que posteriorment analitzaven i revisaven, procés que conduïa a l’elaboració d’una nova seqüència (SAE final).
Per a l’anàlisi dels perfils d’activitat científica escolar ens hem centrat en la presència de cinc aspectes en les seqüències d’activitats planificades pels estudiants: els tipus de tasques, els productes d’activitat científica, el rol dels alumnes, l’estructura global de la seqüència i els patrons d’activitat científica. L’anàlisi s’ha fet de la mateixa manera per a les dues seqüències de cada cas d’estudi i això ha permès descriure l’evolució, és a dir, els canvis i les continuïtats que apareixen de l’una a l’altra. Acompanyem aquesta descripció dels canvis entre seqüències amb la identificació dels factors vinculats al coneixement i les creences didàctiques dels estudiants que considerem que han influït en el seu procés de planificació a cada moment.
Els resultats mostren que hi ha una certa varietat en els perfils d’ACE que apareixen a les diverses seqüències, i que en tots els casos estudiats es produeixen canvis entre una seqüència i l’altra, que sempre impliquen una major riquesa en l’activitat científica escolar proposada en la seqüència final. El canvi més significatiu té a veure en l’atribució d’un rol més productiu als alumnes en el desenvolupament de les tasques proposades, i en una major atenció a les idees dels alumnes.
Amb tot, també hem detectat continuïtats entre una seqüència i l’altra, que fan que alguns elements del perfil d’ACE es mantinguin. Els elements que es mantenen són, sobretot, els que deriven més directament de les concepcions dels estudiants sobre la naturalesa de l’activitat científica, i que condicionen la manera com acaben implicant els alumnes en l’ensenyament-aprenentatge de les ciències.
Tant la descripció dels perfils d’ACE com la identificació dels coneixements i creences didàctics que més influència tenen en les planificacions dels estudiants, permeten comprendre millor la capacitat de disseny pedagògic dels estudiants i, al mateix temps, ens han permès reflexionar sobre el disseny de la formació inicial de mestres per a l’ensenyament de les ciències.<br>The main aim of the doctoral thesis entitled “Scientific activity profiles in elementary preservice teachers' lesson plans. Changes and continuities” is to describe and analyze the evolution of the scientific school activity (SSA) profiles that primary education preservice teachers propose at the beginning and at the end of a science methods course. We expect to contribute to increase the knowledge about the capacity of preservice teachers to plan SSA contexts for primary pupils, since we consider that this capacity is one of the essential components of pedagogical content knowledge required for preservice teachers (and for teachers in general) to teach science correctly.
Methodologically, the research has been designed as a case study, so we have analyzed the documents that four student groups (the four study cases) had created as a result of varied assignments proposed at a science education teacher program. As primary data source for the study we have used the documents that contain teaching sequences planned by the students. Organized in groups, the students had planned a teaching sequence at the beginning of the subject (initial plan), which they have been analyzed and revised afterwards in a process that resulted in the creation of a new lesson plan sequence (final plan).
In particular, we have focused on the presence of five aspects in the lesson sequences planned by the students to analyze the scientific school activity profiles: types of assignments, results of the scientific activity, roles carried out by children, global structure of the sequence and scientific activity patterns. The analysis has been done equally for both initial and final sequences in every study case and this has allowed us to describe the changes and the continuities which appears in one or another sequence. We accompany this description of the changes between sequences with the identification of factors linked to the knowledge and beliefs of students that we suspect have influenced its planning process.The results show a diversity in the SSA profiles that appear in the different sequences, and changes between initial and final SSA were observed in all studied cases. These changes always implied a greater richness in the scientific school activity proposed in the final lesson plan sequence.
In particular, the most significant change observed is related to the attribution of a more productive role for children in the carrying out of the assignments proposed, and in a greater attention to their scientific ideas. Nevertheless, we also have detected some continuity between one and other sequence, resulting in the maintenance of some characteristic elements of the SSA profile. Primarily, invariable elements are the ones that derive more directly from the preservice teachers conceptions about the characteristics of the scientific activity itself.
In conclusion, both the description of the SSA profiles and the identification of the pedagogical knowledge and beliefs that influenced the planning of the preservice teachers, have let us to a better understanding of the pedagogic design capacity of preservice teachers and, at the same time, have allowed us to reflect about the design of teacher training programs in science education.
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Edwards, Catherine Anne. "Successful Integration of Internet Technology in the K-12 Classroom: Trends Perceptions and Successful Practices." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2002. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/654.
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In 1994, the Federal Government made a commitment to link all classrooms, libraries, businesses, and industries to the information highway by the year 2000. President Clinton mandated that all classrooms in America be connected to the Internet by the year 2000. While many say this commitment and mandate have successfully occurred, there is still concern and questions about what successful integration of the Internet looks like and what specific practices can tap the bountiful resources available on the Internet. School systems have spent billions of dollars investing in hardware, software, and connection to the World Wide Web. Stakeholders demand accountability for time and money spent connecting our classrooms to the World Wide Web. Until educators fully understand what successful integration looks like in the K-12 schools, there will continue to be a digital divide for learners.
In this qualitative study, which covers K-12 school systems in a three state area, the researcher interviewed system level supervisors of technology, building level administrators, and classroom teachers. The teachers selected for participation in this study were nominated by the administrators as teachers who demonstrate successful integration of Internet technology in the classroom. This study is an attempt to determine if there are trends, characteristics, or successful practices that other teachers could employ.
Findings of the study include the importance of re-evaluating staff development related to the Internet and other technology issues. The results indicate that teachers are most receptive to learning from their peers and other teacher leaders when learning how to integrate the Internet into their classroom curricula.
The importance of a planned vision, created by the stakeholders, concerning integration of Internet technology also emerged during the study. In addition, the study addresses the need for building level administrators to be better prepared in order to lead their schools in successful practices concerning integration of the Internet into school curricula.
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Bryson, Lucy Lynn. "Drama + math = dramath." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4861.
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Arts-Across-the-Curriculum is gaining popularity in the field of education as arts programs are being cut from schools and teachers look for ways to incorporate art in their classroom. Most of these teachers have minimal formal arts training, but recognize the importance of introducing their students to various fine arts disciplines. These educators seek opportunities to learn new ways to bring arts to their students and may bring teaching artists into their classrooms to teach students or teachers. The clear connection between drama and the core subjects of history and literature allow teaching artists to easily create units utilizing both curriculum areas. Mathematics does not present clear connections to drama and the prevalence of mathematics anxiety, especially in the arts, prevents connections from being made. As an educator, theatre artist and lover of mathematics, Arts-Across-the-Curriculum provides me a opportunity to meld these together as a way to help young people find excitement in their education. Partnering with a fourth grade teacher, I developed a unit of lesson plans using playwriting as a way to understand word problems that was user-friendly for a teacher with no arts training. The Dramath Unit was integrated into the class as part of regular curriculum taught by the participating classroom teacher. Based on feedback from the participating teacher, I revised the unit for future use.<br>ID: 029809671; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Thesis (M.F.A.)--University of Central Florida, 2011.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-90).<br>M.F.A.<br>Masters<br>Theatre<br>Arts and Humanities
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Murguia, Joshua Miguel Alejandro. "Creating an online English course for Redlands High School." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2339.
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The purpose of the project was to develop an online course in the hopes of cutting some of the costs of the typical "brick and mortar" class while at the same time offering senior students the opportunity to take a class outside of the physical campus.