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Williams, Veronica A. "Karen–Burmese Refugees’ Cultural Perception of Formal Education." Thesis, NSUWorks, 2017. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fse_etd/118.
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In the U.S. the population continues to diversify as refugees find residence within its borders. According to the U.S. Department of Education’s Refugee Resettlement Statistics (2012) of those refugees fourteen thousand and twenty identified themselves as Karen refugees from Burma. In the context of education, teachers are confronted with the language development of English Language Learners (ELLs). At the researchers school site the ELLs population include; immigrants, refugees, and Students with Interrupted Formal Education (SIFE). Although it is known that refugee students have limited formal education, which creates difficulty for them to access content and develop their English language proficiency (Decapua, Smathers, & Tang, 2009), there was a paucity of data of the cultural differences of Karen refugees’ parents experiences with formal education systems compared to those of other refugees. The researcher conducted an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) case study grounded in sociocultural theory (Vygotsky, 1978) with the aim to analyze the personal experience of Karen refugee women who relocated to an urban city located in the northeastern United States as parents of students in the U.S. public school system. After the conclusion of the study following dominant themes arose: family, limited formal education, communication and cultural representation. One major implication constituted the need for inclusion of families’ and students’ cultural knowledge into school systems and curriculum. Considering the cultural gap, it is important that teacher training programs and administrators prepare teachers with strategies for incorporating culturally responsive teaching practices into their pedagogy. Another implication of the study was communication between multilingual refugee families and American schools. Institutions working with refugee communities should prioritize interpreting and translation.
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Sharpless, Brittany. "Secondary Educators' Perceptions Of Teaching And Schooling Adolescent Students with Limited, Interrupted, or No Formal Education." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1586530430731774.
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Benson, Katrina Rosamay. "Low-Level English as a New Language: Latino Adults' Perceptions Involving Their Learning and Teaching." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1586548364034606.
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Fulghum, Ingram Carla Annette. "Teachers' Experiences Teaching Adolescent English Learners with Limited or Interrupted Formal Schooling." Thesis, Northcentral University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10619701.
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An estimated 44% of secondary school English Learners (ELs) are immigrants. Some arrive in the United States with a rigorous academic education and often excel beyond most native-born students while others arrive without any formal education or having missed years of schooling. This second subpopulation of ELs is called students with interrupted or limited formal education or SLIFE. These learners have to work harder than their native English-speaking peers and even harder than their more literate EL peers to meet the same accountability goals because these students need learn a new language, develop literacy skills in the new language, and also master content area standards simultaneously. The problem that was addressed was that teachers’ low expectations and subsequent differential treatment of SLIFE may contribute to the lower graduation rates and achievement gap and between SLIFE, other ELs, and mainstream English-speaking students. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to examine high school content teachers’ perceptions of and expectations for their students who are classified as SLIFE. Participants are high school teachers in one school district in the Southeastern United States. Data were gathered through face-to-face interviews. The findings showed the difficulties faced by teachers trying to support SLIFE students in mainstream content area courses, but also revealed the willingness these teachers demonstrate to do whatever it takes to help all of their students. The data expressed a deep desire these teachers feel to be better equipped. Research is needed to determine what supports, research, and training experiences and efficacy are needed for planning and delivering instruction to their SLIFE students with the goal of both academic success and a positive acculturation experience. Further research is also needed to determine what, if any, institutional barriers exist and what can be done to remove them so that the teachers’ efforts will be facilitated, not hindered.
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Browder, Christopher Todd. "English learners with limited or interrupted formal education| Risk and resilience in educational outcomes." Thesis, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3637307.
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This dissertation examined the educational outcomes of high school English learner (EL) students with limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFE) to evaluate theories that explain their educational resilience. School system data and survey results from 165 high school ELs were analyzed to determine the degree to which ELs' homeland schooling had influenced their academic outcomes in the U.S. Educational outcomes included English proficiency attainment and gains as well as scores on standardized tests of algebra, biology, and English language arts. Limited formal schooling (LFS) was operationalized with three indicators for students on arrival in the U.S.: (1) gaps in years of schooling relative to grade, (2) low self-reported first language schooling, and (3) beginner-level English proficiency. Bivariate and multivariate regression analyses were used to estimate the relationships between the LFS indicators and the educational outcomes as well as the degree to which school-based protective factors and personal risk factors had influenced the relationships. Protective factors included perceived pedagogical caring, social integration with non-immigrant peers, ESOL classes, out-of-school help, and extra-curricular activities. Risk factors included high social distance, past traumatic experiences, a lack of authoritative parental support, separations from loved ones, and hours spent working in employment. This study also examined the role students' academic self-concept played in mediating and moderating the influence of protective and risk factors in the resiliency process. The findings showed that SLIFE had lower achievement on the standardized tests, but that it was largely due to having lower English proficiency at the time of the test. Lower English proficiency at the time of the test was mainly attributed to arriving with lower English proficiency and lower first language literacy. ESOL classes appeared to help students acquire English faster. After controlling for differences in English proficiency, students' perceptions of social distance appeared to predict their academic achievement on standardized tests better than their academic self-concept and the other protective or risk factors. This study contributes to our understanding of risk and resilience among SLIFE and may help inform interventions to support them better.
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Marrero, Colon Michelle Ivette. "A Case Study| Meeting the Needs of English Learners With Limited or Interrupted Formal Education." Thesis, Nova Southeastern University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13428604.
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Increasing numbers of English-language learners with limited or interrupted formal education are entering schools across the United States. This new trend is affecting school districts with new challenges as high school teachers of English speakers of other languages are not prepared to address the beginning literacy needs of students with limited or interrupted formal education. In addition, students with limited or interrupted formal education are encountering challenges in high school as they are simultaneously learning a new language and academic content in a new culture in addition to learning how to read and write for the first time in their lives. Moreover, additional challenges that arise with this group of students involve addressing their socioemotional and acculturation needs.
This qualitative study examined how high school teachers of English speakers of other languages in a small urban mid-Atlantic school district integrated social and academic English-development skills for students with limited or interrupted formal education. To accomplish this, the researcher collected data by conducting eight individual teacher interviews and six classroom observations. The researcher also gathered student background information, which included assessment scores that aided during the analysis of classroom observations.
Five general themes emerged from data analysis: (a) meeting the socioemotional needs of students with limited or interrupted formal education by building relationships, (b) differentiating instruction to meet the academic needs of students with limited or interrupted formal education, (c) meeting the beginning literacy needs of students with limited or interrupted formal education who have limited knowledge of literacy instruction, (d) lack of integration into the school culture and students creating their own community, and (e) the power of students’ native languages. The findings of this study will assist school districts across the United States to focus on the areas of needs to provide high-quality educational opportunities to students with limited or interrupted formal education. The gathered information will also contribute to enhance teaching practices that benefit the socioemotional, academic, and acculturation needs of this unique student population.
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Pritchard, Catherine Cutchins. "International elementary schools and interrupted students : a study of curriculum, pedagogically-engaged time and reading development." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10660.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-142).This dissertation is concerned with the question of how reading development is influenced by the increase of pedagogically-engaged time amongst interrupted students within a particular curriculum. The study arose from observations that students of an interrupted educational background seemed to be achieving at a lower reading level than uninterrupted students - and thus, the study sought to establish the possible reasons and remedies for this problem. This study was primarily located at the American International School of Cape Town (AISCT), Cape Town, South Africa; and secondarily located at the Washington International School, Washington, D.C., United States of America.
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Marks, Jonathan Tresman. "Kolb Interrupted : An investigation into students' experience of an experiential learning approach to entrepreneurship education." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6884.
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Entrepreneurial activity is widely regarded as a primary driver of socio-economic development. Alongside structural and systemic support, entrepreneurship education is a critical factor in improving entrepreneurial activity. While entrepreneurship education initiatives abound, little is understood about the effectiveness and pedagogical basis of these programmes, especially from the perspective of the student. This thesis focuses on a case study of a South African programme of entrepreneurship education designed around Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle. The research employs a phenomenographic framework to identify the qualitatively different ways in which students experience this experiential learning approach to entrepreneurship education. This research shows that students' ways of experiencing learning can be characterised in one of two ways; a superficial way of experiencing learning in which students takes on a less sophisticated and surface view of learning, and an immersed way of experiencing learning in which students' engage in a deep and sophisticated manner. These ways of experiencing learning suggest two ways in which Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle is interrupted; firstly, at the point of concrete experience, and secondly, at the point of reflective observation. This study makes a contribution to knowledge by examining experiential learning from the perspective of the student, and shows how programmes of entrepreneurship education can be better designed, in order to have an impact on entrepreneurial activity and socio-economic development.
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Moyer, Lisa Ann. "Engaging Students in 21st Century Skills through Non-Formal Learning." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70949.
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National reforms, such as the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Common Core State Standards Mathematical Practices (CCSMP), and Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P-21) challenge educators to provide students with dynamic learning experiences that address the needs of learners in today's society. These new standards represent a paradigm shift away from the meticulous content memorization of many state standards, toward more dynamic measures addressing the whole learner. To truly develop the leaders, innovators and thinkers of tomorrow, educators are beginning to look beyond the traditional schoolhouse walls to intertwine intentionally designed non-formal learning experiences within formal education. These non-formal experiences serve to connect seemingly disparate skills and knowledge through real-life, hands-on, minds-on learning. Embracing partnerships with individuals and organizations beyond the classroom fosters an environment seamlessly connecting life, work, and school.
Although the importance of student engagement in 21st century skills is at the forefront of current educational reforms, little has been done to assess this engagement. While standards such as Common Core State Standards and NGSS have measures in place for domain-specific 21st century skills, aside from PISA's cross-curricular problem solving test, there are few resources to measure non-domain specific engagement in these skills. Without a viable measure, detractors can argue that the term 21st century skills is meaningless and it distracts students from learning core content. Bridging the divide between skills and content is essential to build support for skills that reach far beyond isolated subject-matter knowledge. Engaging students in these skills through non-formal learning, and measuring the extent of student engagement in these skills will drive the development of future opportunities for students to hone them in creative ways.
The purpose of this study was to measure student engagement in 21st century skills while they participate in a non-formal learning experience. Once a viable measurement was developed, it was utilized to measure student percent of engagement in each specific 21st century Learning and Innovation skill (creativity and innovation, critical thinking, problem solving), Life and Career skill (flexibility and adaptability, initiative, self-direction and productivity, leadership, responsibility and accountability), and Socio-Cultural skill (communication and collaboration) while students participated in the intentionally designed non-formal learning experience of orienteering. The study also described what characterizes a viable non-formal learning experience facilitating student engagement in 21st century skills.
Analysis of data revealed the non-formal learning experience of orienteering engages students in 21st century Learning and Innovation Skills, Life and Career Skills and Socio-Cultural Skills. Specifically, communication and collaboration, critical thinking skills and initiative, self-direction and productivity comprise the largest student engagement. Engagement in leadership, responsibility and accountability, problem solving, and flexibility and adaptability are also evident. This particular non-formal learning experience facilitates very little student engagement of creativity and innovation. While not generalizable to a larger population, this study confirms that students immersed in a non-formal learning activity will become engaged in essential 21st century skills for school, life and work, therefore, this type of learning is a valuable part of instructional time within the formal instructional day and beyond.Ph. D.
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Visser, Alvin-Jon. "Rural students' local knowledge of learning in formal and informal contexts." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002588.
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The general aim of this thesis is to illuminate the process of learning as it occurs in formal and informal contexts. The study focuses on South African scholars attending school in rural areas where the contrast between learning in formal and informal learning contexts is more pronounced than that in urban areas. The research draws on rural scholars' local knowledge of formal and informal learning contexts in order to gain a rich insight into how cognition is situated in different learning contexts. This is accomplished through investigating the structure of the respective learning tasks, the mediators involved, the task objectives and the means for achieving these objectives in the different learning contexts. The thesis draws on a socio-cultural approach to the study of cognitive development to probe the activity of learning in a formal and informal learning context. Through the use of a context sensitive methodological methods especially Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools and techniques, it was possible to illuminate tacit local knowledge structures and to get participants to actively explicate their understandings related to learning in different contexts The research results illustrate the assertion that the activity of learning is fundamentally situated in the learning context from which it arises. Learning is framed by the community of practice which structures affordances for situated learning, through mediation, within zones of proximal development. Learning in a formal context such as the school is often abstract, rule-based, standardised and theory related. Learners also find it difficult to reflect on the learning tasks and the mediational means used in a formal learning context. In contrast, the learning which takes place in an informal setting is often practical, individualised, flexible and environment based. This learning is structured around everyday activities and is dynamically defined and supported. In a situation where a learner is exposed to dislocated learning contexts, the essential goal of educational initiatives is to bridge the gap between the two. This can be achieved through mediators creating effective zones of proximal development which facilitate the individuals adaptation between learning contexts. Exposing rural scholars' local knowledge of learning in formal and informal contexts allows for a fuller understanding of the cognitive development structured within formal and informal communities of practice. It is this understanding that is necessary to address the situation where learning contexts, drawing on different knowledge bases find ways of thinking, prove challenging and/or conflicting to the scholar.
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Aydin, Halil. "Turkish high school students' understandings of some concepts of heredity after formal teaching." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.344048.
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XU, Yangyang. "Distance students’ perspectives about a formal learning management system at a Swedish university." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-81874.
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This thesis has conducted interpretive qualitative research to investigate the impacts and limitations of LMS Moodle in distance students’ learning process from distance students’ perspectives. The qualitative data was collected from mediated semi-structured interviews with distance students participating in a Master program at Linnaeus University. Through empirical findings and analysis, the positive experiences and limitations of using Moodle in facilitating distance learning process have been revealed from distance students’ perspectives. The positive experiences include that LMS Moodle was used by distance students for interacting with other students, teachers and accessing study contents during their distance learning process. Moodle was used to know new classmates, teachers and the new learning system, recruit group members for the collaborative works, communicate with teachers and other classmates, and obtain significant information about courses. Especially, accessing study contents in Moodle easily was critical for distance students' learning. However, there were still some limitations. Distance students preferred Facebook to Moodle for student-student interaction during the process of collaborative works. The interaction with teachers was not adequate and timely for distance students. The limitations also include unsatisfactory Moodle interface design and poor usability of Moodle. Some suggestions about improving LMS Moodle in different ways had also been acquired from the research. The suggestions from distance students mainly focus on integrating Moodle with other web conferencing platforms for improving the quality of student-student, student-teacher interaction in Moodle, ameliorating the interface design of Moodle, and adding Moodle tutorials. The result will help the development of LMS based on distance students' needs and finally benefit distance students' learning process.
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Hockaday, Marquita Sherie. "Examining Formal and Enacted Curricula for Culturally Responsive Strategies Regarding the Needs of Black Female Students: A Qualitative Content Analysis." W&M ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1516639494.
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While K-12 schools have been making efforts to integrate culturally responsive curriculum and instruction, the voice and representation of Black female students has been largely ignored. Overdisciplinary practices, high dropout rates, a likelihood to be incarcerated, exposure to sexual violence, and familial obligations have negatively impacted the academic achievement of some Black female students. Thus, educational leaders can try to find ways to acknowledge the unique needs of Black female students through reconceptualizing curriculum. The purpose of this study was to examine current curricula within a particular school district for strategies and practices that may be responsive to the needs of Black female students, as well as to include the voices of Black female students who attended schools in the same district to examine their perspectives. The reconceptualist theoretical framework, as well as existing literature on Black female students’ needs, and culturally responsive curriculum methodology was used to create a coding framework. A qualitative content analysis (QCA) was conducted with the collected data (i.e., existing curricula and interviews from Black female students) using the coding framework. Four categories emerged and maintained throughout the QCA for reconceptualizing the curriculum in response to the needs of Black female students: student ownership, collaborative and authentic experiences, critical pedagogy, and cultural responsiveness and cultural competence. Educational leaders can integrate strategies, such as goal-setting, cooperative learning, including diverse perspectives in materials, and assessing students’ prior knowledge, into the formal curriculum to respond to Black female students’ academic needs.
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Moilanen, Carolyn. "Students in alternative public high schools: educational histories prior to alternative school entry." PDXScholar, 1986. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/484.
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The study was designed to describe an urban district's alternative high school population in terms of a conceptual framework drawn from three bodies of literature: dropout studies, supplementary/compensatory education, and alternative schools studies. Educational histories prior to alternative school entry were traced through district records and documents for 757 students and a focused interview was conducted with 81 students in order to obtain their perceptions of both regular and alternative educational experiences during their school careers. A qualitative data analysis was conducted to determine the study population fit with traditional descriptors for high-risk, to examine district responses in terms of educational program experiences in both regular and alternative schools, and to obtain insights into possible relationships between the two. Overall, the sample population most clearly matched traditional personal/social descriptors for potential dropout/high-risk in terms of sex representation, between-district mobility, and because they had experienced some period of dropout. Nearly half the sample had been suspended at least once during district enrollment. There was less fit in terms of grade-level representation, minority enrollment and school achievement. Larger numbers of eleventh and twelfth graders were enrolled than the literature would suggest. Minority students, traditionally over-represented among dropouts, are under-represented in the sample programs. As a group, the population is achieving in terms of basic skills competencies tests, but over half the sample has a history of participation in supplementary/compensatory and/or other alternative programs early in their careers. Students described teachers as the most critical component of their educational experience. While an instructional "helping" relationship and its consistent contribution to student success was often noted, a more personalized teacher-student relationship was mentioned even more frequently. Students identified early in their careers for supplementary/compensatory programs reported an affective as well as achievement-oriented dimension in those experiences, and described themselves as learners dependent upon the kind and level of individualized help and attention received in those settings and in the alternative setting as well.
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Carter, Carmen Stephanie. "Effects of formal dance training and education on student performance, perceived wellness, and self-concept in high school students." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0006669.
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Owens, Melissa Williams. "An exploration of collaborative practice and non-formal interprofessional education by medical and nursing students in the primary care setting." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2014. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/25503/.
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This study critically explores how Bourdieu’s (1985; 1989) concept of social space impacts on the experiences of medical and nursing students in the primary care setting when non-formal work based learning (WBL) is used as a model for interprofessional education (IPE) (Moore, 2012). Current ways in which professionals conduct their relationships with each other are also examined and factors that impede collaboration are also explored using Bourdieu’s theory of social life (1979; 1985; 1989; 1992; 1996; Bourdieu & Wacquant, 1992) as a theoretical lens. Bourdieu (1979) uses the concept of social space as a means of exploring power and hierarchical relationships arguing that social space influences relationships so that whilst groups of people can be located in the same physical space, they can remain socially distant (Bourdieu & Wacquant, 1992). In the United Kingdom (UK) different professions are now located together, within GP (General Practitioner) Practices, in the belief that it will enhance CP (DH, 2005; Hudson, 2007). However, there are a number of factors influencing how doctors and nurses work together and these include the powerful position of the doctor in relation to the nurse (for example: Coombs & Ersser, 2004; Davis, 2003; Fagin & Gaerlick, 2004, Malloy et al 2009, Vogwill & Reeves 2008). Therefore, students placed in this environment are likely to be immersed into practices where power relationships occur and supervised by those who are involved in them. As such it is likely that they learn the implicit, hierarchically influenced, rules of engagement that are practiced by their qualified counterparts (Collin et al., 2011). The study drew on critical ethnographic principles and took place in a city in the north of England. Participants were selected purposively and were comprised of the staff from three GP Practices, as well as medical and nursing students who were on or had recently completed a clinical placement at one of the three Practices. Data were collected predominantly through uni-professional focus groups alongside a selection of observations. Field notes were made at the time of the observations and a reflexive diary kept throughout. I transcribed the focus groups verbatim and uploaded them into NVIVO8 with analysis undertaken using template analysis (King, 2004). Whilst CP is now accepted as a fundamental part of contemporary health care (Barr et al., 2005; Dickinson & Sullivan, 2014) there is little clarity regarding either its meaning (Haddara & Lingard, 2013; Lingard et al., 2012) or of how it should be achieved (King et al., 2013) and could be the reason that measurements of its effectiveness are limited (Barr et al., 2005; Zwarenstein & Reeves, 2006). Exploration of CP within an emancipatory discourse ii however suggests a multitude of interplaying influences on how professions engage (Ansari et al. 2001; Haddara & Lingard, 2013). Indeed, findings from this study showed that whilst staff groups perceived CP to be positive, there remained a complex interplay of factors that impacted on how it occurred. In particular the dominant position of the doctor remained problematic influencing how, when and if it occurred. Physical space, elusiveness, communication methods, titles, language and tasks performed were all found to be significant in relation to the level and type of capital held and therefore the social space between professions. However, these were frequently masked by the physical space and distance between the staff groups. Bourdieu (1985; 1986) argues that the habitus of the individual is also influential in relation to social relationships as it is an inherent element of who a person is: influencing how they think as well as what they say and how they say it. The individuals’ habitus will ultimately manifest itself as a set of ‘tastes’ which shape their identity (Bourdieu, 1979) and how they engage with their environment (Bourdieu & Wacquant, 1992). The socialization of students into uni-professional practices resulted in their becoming indoctrinated into the epistemological norms of the profession to which they aspired: adopting similar tastes to their qualified counterparts. In this way the official criteria of WBL became lost in the unofficial criteria of social compliance to the hierarchical position held by their qualified counterparts (Billet, 2001a). The conclusions from this study argue that collaboration is complex and that greater recognition is required of those factors that impact on it: and in particular the power imbalance between doctors and nurses. Equally, current assumptions regarding students’ learning in this setting need also to recognize the complexities of CP, rather than simply relying on the experiences into which they are immersed to enable them to attain the goals of IPE and become ‘collaborative practice ready’ (WHO, 2010) at the point of qualification.
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Korcsolan, Judit. "Teaching Shakespeare’s Romeo and Julietin L2 adult education : A qualitative study on teachers’ and students’ opinions on Shakespeare and his language as a topic in the EFL classroom in formal and non-formal adult education." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för humaniora, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-11576.
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This essay presents a literary study for adult students of English at English A level at Komvux (municipal adult education) and Vuxenskola (a study association for adult non-formal learning). It has its basis in the question whether reading Shakespeare in the original version is suitable for language learners as form, and is beneficial as content. The classic play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare features in the course book Read and Log on used by the English A group at Komvux in my chosen municipality. The primary aims of the study were to explore teachers’ attitude and views on teaching literature – the classics in general, and Shakespeare in particular – to adult language learners, and students’ reactions and opinions about a lesson on Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet in the original language with regards to content and usefulness.
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Kashou, Hussam H. "Examining University Students’ Use of Mobile Technology, Online Engagement, and Self-Regulation & Metacognitive Tendencies Across Formal and Informal Learning Environments." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1469453408.
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Pongmussaya, Vittaya. "The development of computer assisted instruction on the world wide web to enhance English learning for Thai non-formal education students." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2024.
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The purpose of this project was to develop computer-assisted instruction (CAI) software on the world wide web (WWW). This project was an interactive English learning environment for Thai adult students at the Warin Chumrab District Non-Formal Education Center, Thailand. This project software followed the recommendation of a recent study by the center of education technology (CET) indicating that the favorite types of CAI among Thai adult students were tutorial and drill and practice. In this project students chose to learn from two types of lessons, either a tutorial or a drill and practice. The lessons were made interesting by the use of music, animation, and Java applets. Internet tools, such as discussion boards, email, and related educational hyperlinks were easily accessible from within this project. The review group consisted of 20 Thai adult students. The review group responded to a web survey after they had used this project software. The surveyed students stated that the drill and practice exercises, the tutorial and the internet tools enhanced their learning of English.
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Parker, Karen 1960. "Nonprofit Corporate Colleges: a Description of Their Curricula, Faculty, and Students." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1988. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332067/.
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The purposes of this study were (1) to describe and analyze the organization and content of nonprofit corporate curricula, (2) to describe and analyze the background and status of nonprofit corporate college faculty, and (3) to describe and analyze the demographics, educational background, and employment characteristics of students in nonprofit corporate colleges. Institutional demographics on student enrollment, number of graduates, admission policy, tuition cost, types of financial aid programs, student housing, and schedule of classes were gathered as well. Data were collected from survey instruments returned by 12 nonprofit corporate college administrators. The data were treated to produce frequencies and percentages. The study revealed that the majority of nonprofit corporate colleges are specialized institutions which primarily offer graduate degree programs. Faculty are most likely full-time, non-tenured employees. White males between the ages of 25 and 40 constitute an overwhelming majority of the student population. Two major findings unrelated to the purposes of the study were revealed during this investigation. They are (1) the term corporate college and the definition are sometimes misunderstood and (2) three corporate colleges identified last year have ceased operating as post-secondary degree-granting institutions.
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Bakar, Corez Aysegul. "The Perceptions And Experiences Of Students And Teachers In Formal And Informal Learning Settings That Uses Muves: Quest Atlantis Case." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613791/index.pdf.
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This dissertation aimed to investigate the use of Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs) as supportive materials in students&rsquolearning process. In this respect, a MUVE named Quest Atlantis had been used by students in formal and informal learning settings. The students participated in a project that was developed based on an ecological problem resulted in fish decline in a river. As being a multiple case study research, data were collected from four separate cases, selected from three different places. Specifically, students&rsquo
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perceptions were gathered, and challenges and barriers of implementations were investigated. The research results indicated that most of the students liked learning in environments using MUVEs. Besides being intrinsically motivated towards learning science topics, the students stated that it was a good way of reinforcing what they learn in school settings. Students found MUVEs effective learning environments as it allowed them to learn with active participation
rather than being taught as it usually happens in school context. The teachers had positive opinions about the use of MUVEs. They claimed that MUVEs have the potential to support students&rsquo
learning visually and let students learn through an inquiry-based learning approach with situated information to virtual settings. According to the teachers, MUVEs allowed various skill developments of the students and it created a dynamic learning environment in which students interacted and collaborated with each other. Even though students and teachers have positive perception about the use of MUVEs in learning setting, it is quite challenging to place these applications to learning settings, especially to formal ones. There are numerous challenges and barriers that can be faced with during the implementation process. In this research, the challenges and barriers are grouped under four main categories: 1) teacher related, 2) student related, 3) system related, and 4) technology related. When the implementation results of formal and informal learning setting were compared, it was possible to see how the very dimensions of formal learning settings made the innovative technology-based implementations difficult. On the other hand, informal learning settings were more flexible learning environments allowing a better learning experience for the students.
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Reardon, Richard S. "The impact of formal classwide peer support training on the occurrence of initiated and reciprocal peer interactions of students with significant disabilities in inclusive physical education classes." Orlando, Fla. : University of Central Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002277.
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Smart, Angela. "Undergraduate Students’ Connections Between the Embodied, Symbolic, and Formal Mathematical Worlds of Limits and Derivatives: A Qualitative Study Using Tall’s Three Worlds of Mathematics." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/24247.
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Calculus at the university level is taken by thousands of undergraduate students each year. However, a significant number of students struggle with the subject, resulting in poor problem solving, low achievement, and high failure rates in the calculus courses overall (e.g., Kaput, 1994; Szydlik, 2000; Tall, 1985; Tall & Ramos, 2004; White & Mitchelmore, 1996). This is cause for concern as the lack of success in university calculus creates further barriers for students who require the course for their programs of study. This study examines this issue from the perspective of Tall’s Three Worlds of Mathematics (Tall, 2004a, 2004b, 2008), a theory of mathematics and mathematical cognitive development. A fundamental argument of Tall’s theory suggests that connecting between the different mathematical worlds, named the Embodied-Conceptual, Symbolic-Proceptual, and Formal-Axiomatic worlds, is essential for full cognitive development and understanding of mathematical concepts. Working from this perspective, this research examined, through the use of calculus task questions and semi-structured interviews, how fifteen undergraduate calculus students made connections between the different mathematical worlds for the calculus topics of limits and derivatives. The analysis of the findings suggests that how the students make connections can be described by eight different Response Categories. The study also found that how the participants made connections between mathematical worlds might be influenced by the type of questions that are asked and their experience in calculus courses. I infer that these Response Categories have significance for this study and offer potential for further study and educational practice. I conclude by identifying areas of further research in regards to calculus achievement, the Response Categories, and other findings such as a more detailed study of the influence of experience.
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Sapiras, Agnes. "Aprendizagem em museus: uma análise das visitas escolares no museu biológico do Instituto Butantan." Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/48/48134/tde-10122007-162252/.
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Partindo-se do pressuposto de que as exposições de museus apresentam um grande potencial educativo e, considerando-se as avaliações de público como fundamentais para a implementação das ações educativas desenvolvidas nestes espaços, formulou-se o principal objetivo desta pesquisa, que foi o de investigar de que forma as conversas estabelecidas por meio das interações entre estudantes do ensino fundamental II, durante visitas ao Museu Biológico do Instituto Butantan, podem favorecer o processo de aprendizagem. Enfatizamos que a principal finalidade foi analisar \"como\" o aprendizado se estabeleceu a partir das interações, que englobaram aspectos voltados ao intercâmbio de informações e significados estabelecidos durante as conversas entre estudantes, e também entre estes e os educadores (monitores/professores) e as interações com a exposição Em nosso referencial teórico adotamos autores que desenvolveram estudos sobre aprendizagem em museus e, pelo fato de enfocarmos nossas análises no processo de aprendizagem por meio das interações, nos inspiramos nos pressupostos da perspectiva sócio-histórica de Vygotsky. Nossa metodologia teve caráter predominantemente qualitativo, porém, também realizamos um breve levantamento quantitativo no intuito de ampliar a compreensão dos dados sobre os indícios de aprendizagem. Os dados foram coletados por meio de observações e filmagens, sendo as análises embasadas em um conjunto de categorias criadas por Allen (2002) para o estudo sobre aprendizagem em museus. De acordo com os resultados, a categoria de conversa conceitual foi a mais freqüente, seguida respectivamente pelas conversas perceptiva, estratégica, afetiva e conectiva. Acreditamos que a visão dos animais no museu gerou estímulos os quais desencadearam uma série de questionamentos entre os estudantes que, por meio de inferências e generalizações, podem ter apreendido os conceitos científicos/biológicos presentes na exposição; daí as conversas conceituais terem se destacado. Além disso, a participação dos monitores durante as conversas se mostrou como um diferencial para a ocorrência desta categoria. Acreditamos que as categorias de aprendizagem desenvolvidas por Allen (2002) auxiliaram na compreensão sobre o modo como os alunos se apropriam dos conhecimentos divulgados na exposição do Museu Biológico do Instituto Butantan, revelando novas possibilidades de estudos relacionados aos processos de aprendizagem que se estabelecem nos museus.Supposing that the exhibitions in museums reveal a great educational potential and considering the public evaluation as fundamentals to implement educational actions in these spaces, the main objective of this research was thought, which was the investigation of how the conversations established through the interactions between fundamental II students, during visits to the Biological Museum of the Butantan Institute, may enhance the learning process. We want to emphasize that the main goal was to analyse how the learning process was established from these interactions that comprised aspects of the information and meanings interchange established during the conversations among students, as well as with this students and the educators (monitors/teachers) and the interaction with the exhibition. In our theoretical framework we adopted authors who developed studies about learning in museums and since whe focused our analisys on the learning processes through interaction, we were inspired by the presuppositions of the social-historic perspective by Vygotsky. Our methodology had a predominantly qualitative character, but we did a brief quantitative research aiming to amplify the comprehension of the figures in the learning indicators. The datas were collected through observations and filming, being the analisys based upon a set of cathegories created by Allen (2002) for the study of learning in museums. According to these results, the category of conceptual talk was the most frequent, followed by the perceptual, strategic, affective and connecting talks. We believe that the view of the animals in the museum generated stimulus that unleashed a series of questionings among students who, through inferences and generalizations might have learned the scientific/biological concepts present in the exhibition - therefore being the conceptual talk more active. Moreover, the participation of the monitors during the conversations were important for the occurence of this cathegory. We believe that the cathegories developed by Allen (2002), helped in the comprehension of how the students appropriate the knowledge disclosed in the exhibition in the Biological Museum of the Butantan Institute, revealing new study possibilities related to the learning processes established in museums.
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Amburgey, Brent Harrison. "Informal Learning Choices of Japanese ESL Students in the United States." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/755.
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This study was designed to explore possible relationships between English language learners past formal language learning experiences and beliefs about language learning on the one hand, and their informal learning choices on the other. Six Japanese English as a second language (ESL) students participated in the study. Participants were interviewed and asked to complete an English study log for one week prior to their scheduled interview. The results of the study suggested that there were likely connections between experiences, beliefs, informal learning choices. For some participants, a singular experience or belief had an effect that seemed to outweigh other experiences and beliefs. However, there were also some differences in informal learning choices among participants that might be better explained by factors outside of the interest of this study, such as personality or goal of English study.
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Yard, Rebecca Mix. "Technology and Social Media in Motivating At-Risk High School Students to Complete High School." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1767.
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Overall, 11% of high school students leave school without a diploma, and the percentage is higher for at-risk populations. High school graduates earn higher salaries and are healthier and more law abiding than dropouts. Research is limited on the motivation of at-risk students to graduate from high school related to their technological identity to include technology and social media in their learning schema. This qualitative case study explored at-risk students' perceptions of social media, personal learning networks, and informal learning in facilitating their graduation. Pink's concept of motivation, Siemens's connectivism theory, and Bingham and Conner's theory of engagement and social learning provided the conceptual framework. Interviews were conducted with 11 at-risk students identified by one Charter school: 4 students at-risk of dropping out, 3 dropouts planning to return, and 4 dropouts who had returned to high school. Open coding was used to identify rich themes and patterns that may help at-risk students succeed in school. Of the 5 themes identified 4 related to technology identity: transference to learning, relationships with personal learning communities and social networks, bridging technologies, and connected knowledge. Relationships with instructors and the school community also emerged as a theme. Connecting familiar and accessible technologies with formal learning could provide additional means of supporting academic success. Permitting the use of smart phones and social media to provide technological access to learning materials and instructors may create a motivating learning environment where students are willing to remain in high school to obtain a degree. Potential social and work benefits beyond high school may accrue for students.
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Quinn, Lynn. "A social realist account of the emergence of a formal academic staff development programme at a South African university." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003954.
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Using social realist theory and particularly the morphogenetic/morphostatic methodology advocated by Margaret Archer, this study offers a critical examination of the emergence of a formal academic staff development programme at a small South African university (SSAU). Archer’s morphogenetic approach enabled an investigation of the interface between culture, structure and agency (at macro, mezo and micro levels) in order to theorize about the material, ideational and agential conditions that obtained and which in turn enabled the emergence of the Postgraduate Diploma of Higher Education (PGDHE) at the SSAU. The study therefore advances concrete propositions about the cultural, structural and agential conditions for transformation which existed at a particular time in the history of higher education (and the subfield of educational development) which enabled the introduction of the PGDHE. Analysis of the data suggests that what occurred at SSAU was a disruption of the morphostatic synchrony between structure and culture brought about by new discourses and structures emanating from the broader international and national higher education context. In particular, it seems that attempts at reconciling the constraining contradictions between the discourses and structures related to quality assurance on the one hand and educational development on the other resulted in a conjunction between transformation at the levels of both the cultural system and social structure. This conjunction, along with the actions of key Institutional agents and the morphogenesis of the staff of the Educational Development Unit, created sufficiently enabling conditions in the Institution for the introduction of the PGDHE. The research adds to knowledge through insights into the contribution that the ideas, beliefs, values, ideologies and theories about higher education broadly and about educational development specifically make to enabling or constraining conditions for the professionalization of academic staff in higher education institutions. It uncovers how relevant structures at the international, national and institutional levels can shape the practice of educational development and specifically staff development. It has generated insights into how the relevant people and the positions they hold can impact on staff development practices. In summary, the research could contribute towards emancipatory knowledge which could be used by SSAU and educational development practitioners elsewhere to inform future planning and decision making in relation to educational development and more specifically staff development practices in their contexts.
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Ozar, Ryan H. "Accommodating Amish Students in Public Schools: Teacher Perspectives on Educational Loss, Gain, and Compromise." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1531913852929844.
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Schellhase, Kristen. "ARE APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND/OR STUDENT EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTION SCORES RELATED TO THE AMOUNT OF FACULTY FORMAL EDUATIONAL CO." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2613.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate if there are correlations among an instructor’s approach to teaching, student evaluation of instruction outcomes, and the amount of formal coursework in education a teacher has completed. Three research questions provided the focus for the study: (1) to determine if there is a correlation between the number of formal educational courses taken by athletic training educational program (ATEP) faculty and their approach to teaching; (2) to determine if there is a correlation between the amount of formal educational courses taken by ATEP faculty and their students’ evaluations of instruction; and (3) to determine if there is a relationship between faculty’s approach to teaching and students’ evaluations of instruction. The population for the study was certified athletic trainers working as full-time faculty in ATEPs in the State of Florida. Data were generated using all eligible faculty from 10 of the 13 universities in Florida that offer Athletic Training Educational Programs. The study included faculty who teach in large and small ATEPs. Faculty from public and private, large and small universities were also represented. The faculty completed questionnaires that included demographic information, the Approaches to Teaching Inventory (ATI-R) and the Students’ Evaluation of Educational Quality (SEEQ) questionnaire. Based on the research findings, there is clear evidence that there is a lack of uniformity among ATEP faculty in the area of formal exposure to pedagogy and curriculum. 17.6% (n = 3) of respondents earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education and 18.8% (n = 3) of respondents earned a master’s degree in education, health education, or physical education. Of the 77.8% (n = 14) of respondents who completed or were in progress with a doctoral degree, 42.9% (n = 6) degrees were related to education.
Faculty reported completing a mean of 9.25 courses related to education (SD = 7.39). The number of educational courses taken ranged from 0 to 25 courses. The study demonstrates that there is a correlation of large effect size between the amount of formal educational coursework and the SEEQ subscale value of "Assignments/Readings." In addition, the "Assignments/Readings" and "Learning/Academic Value" subscale scores on the SEEQ were significantly higher when instructors had completed more than 10 educational courses. The study found moderate and large correlations and medium and large effect sizes between the scores of 7 of the 8 remaining SEEQ subscales and the number of education courses taken by faculty. In addition, there was a moderate correlation and medium effect size between the total score of the SEEQ and the number of education courses taken by faculty. Though statistically non-significant, each of these correlations were positive and may demonstrate a need for the study to be replicated using greater statistical power.Ed.D.
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Walker, Lila Bowden. "The Effect of Membership in the Council of Adult and Experiential Learning on the Quality of Prior Learning Assessment Services in Senior Level Institutions Accredited by the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277929/.
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Over the past 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of adults enrolling in institutions of higher education across America. Adult students presently constitute nearly one-half of all undergraduate enrollment. This influx of adults has generated interest in nontraditional programs, including external degree programs, degree completion programs, and prior learning assessment programs. The purpose of this study was to determine if an association existed between membership in the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) and quality in prior learning assessment services as provided by senior level institutions in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accrediting region. CAEL has been a pioneer in developing adult degree programs and commissioned Urban Whitaker in 1989 to define the standards for quality in such programs. A survey instrument utilizing these standards, principles, and procedures as the criteria for quality prior learning assessment services was mailed to a random sample of CAEL member and non-member institutions in the Southern Association accrediting region. Member and non-member responses were compared utilizing the Chi-square statistical analysis to determine any differences.
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Peters, Mitchell Joseph. "The contribution of lifelong learning ecologies in online higher education: graduate student learning across contexts." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/670302.
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Les institucions d'ensenyament superior s'han hagut d'adaptar cada vegada més a la digitalització de l'educació, així com a una àmplia demografia d'estudiants que es tornen a incorporar a la formació acadèmica en diferents etapes de la seva carrera. Aquests estudiants, que aprenen al llarg de la vida, sovint han de combinar els estudis amb responsabilitats professionals paral·leles. El propòsit d'aquest estudi interpretatiu és comprendre les experiències dels estudiants en diferents contextos -des d'una perspectiva d'ecologies d'aprenentatge (learning ecologies, LE)- en el context de l'ensenyament superior en línia. L'estudi de cas múltiple de mètodes mixtos principalment qualitatius es va desenvolupar en tres programes de postgrau totalment en línia. Els resultats obtinguts mitjançant l'ús d'un marc analític de LE han demostrat l'efectivitat del constructe a l'hora d'analitzar la complexitat de l'aprenentatge en diferents contextos. Els resultats destaquen la centralitat de l'activitat de l'alumne com un component clau que impulsa les LE d'un individu en combinació amb el suport dels companys i els recursos d'aprenentatge digital en sistemes oberts, dinàmics i fluids que abasten múltiples contextos.Las instituciones de educación superior han tenido que adaptarse cada vez más a la digitalización de la educación, así como a una amplia demografía de estudiantes que vuelven a incorporarse a la educación formal en diferentes etapas de su carrera. Estos estudiantes, que aprenden a lo largo de su vida, a menudo deben combinar los estudios con responsabilidades profesionales paralelas. El propósito de este estudio interpretativo es comprender las experiencias de los estudiantes en distintos contextos -desde una perspectiva de ecologías de aprendizaje (learning ecologies, LE)- en el contexto de la educación superior en línea. El estudio de caso múltiple de métodos mixtos principalmente cualitativos se desarrolló en tres de programas de posgrado totalmente en línea. Los resultados obtenidos mediante el uso de un marco analítico de LE han demostrado la efectividad del constructo a la hora de analizar la complejidad del aprendizaje en distintos contextos. Los resultados destacan la centralidad de la actividad del alumno como un componente clave que impulsa las LE de un individuo en combinación con el apoyo de los compañeros y los recursos de aprendizaje digital dentro de sistemas abiertos, dinámicos y fluidos que abarcan múltiples contextos.
Higher Education institutions have increasingly had to adapt to both the digitalization of education and a broad global demographic of students re-entering formal education at different stages of their careers as lifelong learners, often in combination with parallel professional responsibilities. The purpose of this interpretive study is to understand student experiences and conceptions of learning across contexts - from a learning ecologies perspective - in the context of online HE. The primarily qualitative mixed methods multiple case study was developed across three sites of fully online graduate level programs (master's or 1st year doctoral students) at the UOC and at UIUC. The results obtained using a Learning Ecologies (LE) analytical framework have demonstrated the effectiveness of the construct for analyzing the complexity of learning across multiple contexts. The findings highlight the centrality of learner activity as a key component which drives an individual's LE in combination with peer support and digital learning resources within open, dynamic and fluid systems spanning multiple contexts.
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Douglas, Alan Andrew Lees McAninch Stuart. "Still in transition an ethnographic case study of the academic and cultural adjustment experiences of Kuwaiti students enrolled in a formal agreement partnership between an American university and the State of Kuwait /." Diss., UMK access, 2005.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Education. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2005."A dissertation in urban leadership and policy studies in education and education." Advisor: Stuart A. McAninch. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed June 23, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 236-262). Online version of the print edition.
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Pinheiro, PatrÃcia Lana. "RepresentaÃÃes sociais de alunas do Projeto SESC Ler de Fortaleza sobre seu processo de aprendizagem inicial e formal da lectoescrita: uma anÃlise intertextual e interdiscursiva." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2010. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=4920.
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CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel SuperiorEm nosso trabalho, investigamos as representaÃÃes sociais construÃdas por cinco alunas da educaÃÃo de jovens e adultos do Projeto SESC Ler de Fortaleza acerca de seu processo de aprendizagem formal e inicial da leitura e da escrita, bem como de aspectos que tal processo envolve, como, por exemplo, a vida sem saber ler e escrever. Com o intuito de aproximar campos teÃricos diferentes - a teoria das representaÃÃes sociais de Serge Moscovici (2007), a AnÃlise do Discurso de linha francesa e os pressupostos da intertextualidade de Genette (1982), revistos por PiÃgay-Gros (1996) - tomamos as representaÃÃes sociais como prÃticas discursivas, na medida em que ambas orientam as aÃÃes dos sujeitos, ancorando-se na memÃria discursiva e na memÃria coletiva para se constituÃrem atravÃs de um constante dialogismo entre os diversos textos e discursos jà existentes. Para analisÃ-las, delimitamos os espaÃos discursivos que nos foram relevantes por meio da seleÃÃo de trechos dos relatos das alunas e verificamos as posiÃÃes discursivas assumidas em suas enunciaÃÃes. A partir daÃ, recorremos Ãs relaÃÃes de copresenÃa de alusÃo e de citaÃÃo, para, atravÃs delas, em uma anÃlise qualitativa intertextual e interdiscursiva, identificarmos as representaÃÃes sociais formadas. Ao todo, foram encontrados onze aspectos que caracterizam as representaÃÃes sociais, sendo trÃs representaÃÃes como nÃcleo central e oito caracterÃsticas embasadoras, organizadas conforme as noÃÃes de sistema central e perifÃrico (ABRIC, 1994). As alunas discorrem sobre o que as levaram a voltar para a escola, sobre as motivaÃÃes para aprender a ler e a escrever, sobre o que a aquisiÃÃo da leitura e da escrita promove, sobre como à a vida sem saber ler e escrever, dentre outras representaÃÃes construÃdas.
In our research we investigate the social representations built by five students of a project called SESC Ler, in Fortaleza, about their initial and formal process of learning how to read and write, as well as about some aspects that this process involves, as living without knowing how to read and write. Aiming the approximation of different theoretical fields - Serge Moscoviciâs (2007) theory of Social Representations, the Discourse Analysis of French orientation, and Genetteâs (1982) intertextuality purposes, reviewed by PiÃgay-Gros (1996) - we consider the social representations as discursive practices, because both orientate the action of the persons and both lean on the discursive and collective memories to be built through a constant dialogism among the several texts and discourses which already exist. To analyze them, we delimited the relevant discursive spaces of the studentsâ narratives and we verified the discursive positions they assumed in their enunciations. Then, through a qualitative intertextual and interdiscursive analysis using the copresence relations of allusion and quotation, we identified eleven different aspects which characterize the social representations; from them we identified three social representations and eight characteristics that support them, which were organized according to the notions of central and peripheral systems (ABRIC, 1994), and which verse about the initial and formal process of learning how to read and write as a whole. The students relate about what made them come back to the school, about the motivations of learning how to read and write, about what the acquisition that reading and writing promote, as well as about life without knowing how to read and write and other social representations which were built.
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Kitchen, Rebecca Jane. "How do ethnic minority students represent geographical knowledge? : exploring the stories that relate to representations and link with post-14 subject choices." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2017. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/267923.
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Students who identify as being from an ethnic minority are under-represented within school geography in England at Key Stage 4 (ages 14 – 16) and Key Stage 5 (ages 16 – 18). At these stages geography is an optional subject and how students view geographical knowledge may influence their GCSE and A level subject choices. This study uses an intersectional theoretical lens to explore representations of geographical knowledge by students of different ethnicities, the stories that relate to these representations and how the students accounted for the GCSE and A level subject choices that they made. The first part of the study reveals a lack of empirical and contemporary research into ethnic minority students’ views of geographical knowledge and subject choices. This is followed by a two-strand exploratory case study at one girls’ grammar school in England. The practitioner-researcher strand was two phase; in the first phase, 314 sixth form students (aged 16 – 18) completed a questionnaire to gauge initial views of geographical knowledge. During the second phase, eight of these students represented their views of geographical knowledge through collages, critical incident charts and semi-structured interviews that explored their stories in depth. In parallel, a group of Year 10 (aged 14 – 15) students as researchers used questionnaires to investigate the influence of parents and other factors contributing to students’ subject choices at GCSE level. In the study, geographical knowledge was represented in different ways given different methods. It was found to be diverse and individual, although it was possible for specific themes to be identified. The representations reflected the characteristics and concepts from students’ recent formal experiences of geography. Informal experiences also featured but these were not always explicit or straightforwardly definable. Unless students could see the intrinsic usefulness of their view of geographical knowledge then they were unlikely to choose the subject past GCSE level. This study expands theoretical conceptualisations of how students represent geographical knowledge and the factors affecting subject choice, engages students as researchers in a methodologically innovative way and provides a rich and detailed account of post-14 subject choice by ethnic minority students which otherwise does not exist in an English context.
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Pšelenskytė, Jolanta. "Sportuojančių mokinių teisių ir pareigų suvokimo ypatumai: neformaliojo fizinio ugdymo(si) kontekstas." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20130801_160226-09212.
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Kadangi vaikas auga ir vystosi, jo apsaugai bei priežiūrai turi būti skiriamas ypatingas dėmesys. Vaiko teisės numato ir jo atsakomybę, todėl žinodamas savo teises, jis turi suvokti, kad šalia esantys žmonės turi tas pačias teises. Mokinių neformali fizinio ugdymo(si) veikla yra neatsiejama nuo teisių ir pareigų konteksto: viena vertus, vienas iš pagrindinių sportinio rengimo tikslų yra padėti jauniems žmonėms tobulėti socialiai, mokantis bendrauti, varžytis pagal nustatytas bendravimo ir elgesio normas, garbingos kovos principus. Kita vertus, dirbant su jaunimu pagrindiniu dalyku reikia laikyti jauno sportininko sveikatą, jo saugumą ir gerovę.
Tyrimo objektas – sportuojančių mokinių teisių ir pareigų suvokimas. Tyrimo tikslas – atskleisti sportuojančių mokinių teisių ir pareigų neformaliajame fiziniame ugdyme(si) suvokimo ypatumus. Tyrimo metodai: teoriniai (mokslinės literatūros apžvalga ir apibendrinimas); empiriniai (anketinė apklausa; turinio (content) analizė); statistiniai (aprašomosios statistikos metodas; Chi kvadrato kriterijus (x2) tikrinant skirtumus ir sąsajas tarp atskirų kintamųjų).
Tyrime dalyvavo 132 dviejų amžiaus grupių sportuojantys mokiniai: 64 11–12 metų tiriamieji bei 68 15–16 metų tiriamieji.
Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad sportuojantiems mokiniams, ypatingai vyresniojo amžiaus paaugliams, prioritetu tampa ne teisė rinktis – dalyvauti treniruotėje ar ne, o pareiga lankyti visas pratybas. Veiksmai, kurių reikalauja neoficialios sporto šakos taisyklės... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]As far as the child is growing and developing, his care and supervision must be given the special attention. Children rights also define his responsibility; therefore, knowing own rights, he is to perceive that surrounding people have the similar rights. Non formal physical education is closely linked to the context of rights and obligations: on one hand, one of the most important aims of the physical preparation is to help young people to develop in social context by learning to communicate, compete under the pre-defined norms of behaviour and communication, principles of the fair-play. On the other hand, upon working with youth the most important is thing is the health of the young sportsman, his safety and well-being. Object of the survey – perception of rights and obligations of students doing sports. Aim of the survey is to reveal peculiarities of perceiving rights and obligations of students doing sports within the context of non formal physical education. Methods of the survey: theoretical (review and generalisation of the scientific literature); empiric (questionnaire; content analysis); statistical (method of the descriptive statistics; Chi-square criterion (x2) in verifying differences and links between separate variables). 132 sports active students from two age groups participated in the survey: 64 respondents of 11–12 years old and 68 respondents of 15–16 years old. Results of the survey indicated that the sports active students, especially senior teenagers... [to full text]
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Pinheiro, Patrícia Lana. "Representações sociais de alunas do Projeto SESC Ler de Fortaleza sobre seu processo de aprendizagem inicial e formal da lectoescrita: uma análise intertextual e interdiscursiva." http://www.teses.ufc.br, 2010. http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/6611.
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In our research we investigate the social representations built by five students of a project called SESC Ler, in Fortaleza, about their initial and formal process of learning how to read and write, as well as about some aspects that this process involves, as living without knowing how to read and write. Aiming the approximation of different theoretical fields - Serge Moscovici’s (2007) theory of Social Representations, the Discourse Analysis of French orientation, and Genette’s (1982) intertextuality purposes, reviewed by Piègay-Gros (1996) - we consider the social representations as discursive practices, because both orientate the action of the persons and both lean on the discursive and collective memories to be built through a constant dialogism among the several texts and discourses which already exist. To analyze them, we delimited the relevant discursive spaces of the students’ narratives and we verified the discursive positions they assumed in their enunciations. Then, through a qualitative intertextual and interdiscursive analysis using the copresence relations of allusion and quotation, we identified eleven different aspects which characterize the social representations; from them we identified three social representations and eight characteristics that support them, which were organized according to the notions of central and peripheral systems (ABRIC, 1994), and which verse about the initial and formal process of learning how to read and write as a whole. The students relate about what made them come back to the school, about the motivations of learning how to read and write, about what the acquisition that reading and writing promote, as well as about life without knowing how to read and write and other social representations which were built.
Em nosso trabalho, investigamos as representações sociais construídas por cinco alunas da educação de jovens e adultos do Projeto SESC Ler de Fortaleza acerca de seu processo de aprendizagem formal e inicial da leitura e da escrita, bem como de aspectos que tal processo envolve, como, por exemplo, a vida sem saber ler e escrever. Com o intuito de aproximar campos teóricos diferentes - a teoria das representações sociais de Serge Moscovici (2007), a Análise do Discurso de linha francesa e os pressupostos da intertextualidade de Genette (1982), revistos por Piègay-Gros (1996) - tomamos as representações sociais como práticas discursivas, na medida em que ambas orientam as ações dos sujeitos, ancorando-se na memória discursiva e na memória coletiva para se constituírem através de um constante dialogismo entre os diversos textos e discursos já existentes. Para analisá-las, delimitamos os espaços discursivos que nos foram relevantes por meio da seleção de trechos dos relatos das alunas e verificamos as posições discursivas assumidas em suas enunciações. A partir daí, recorremos às relações de copresença de alusão e de citação, para, através delas, em uma análise qualitativa intertextual e interdiscursiva, identificarmos as representações sociais formadas. Ao todo, foram encontrados onze aspectos que caracterizam as representações sociais, sendo três representações como núcleo central e oito características embasadoras, organizadas conforme as noções de sistema central e periférico (ABRIC, 1994). As alunas discorrem sobre o que as levaram a voltar para a escola, sobre as motivações para aprender a ler e a escrever, sobre o que a aquisição da leitura e da escrita promove, sobre como é a vida sem saber ler e escrever, dentre outras representações construídas.
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Newell, Jesse Leah. "Selling students short : a neo-Marxist feminist analysis of formal career education policy in Ontario /." 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR52161.
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Thesis (M.Ed.)--York University, 2009. Graduate Programme in Language, Culture and Teaching.Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-111). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR52161
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Lee, Ji Yun. "Private tutoring and its impact on students' academic achievement, formal schooling, and educational inequality in Korea." Thesis, 2013. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8K64R8K.
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Over the last two decades, private tutoring has emerged as an important issue in education as its demand has been growing around the world. However, the evidence of the effectiveness of private tutoring is still mixed. Using the Korean Educational Longitudinal Survey, this dissertation explores the causal impact of private tutoring in Korea on three outcomes: students' academic achievement, the quality of the learning environment in formal schooling, and educational inequality. The first set of empirical analyses explores how private tutoring in secondary schools affects students' academic achievement in both short-term and long-term aspects using Ordinary Least Squares, Instrumental Variable, and Propensity Score Matching methods. The results suggest that private tutoring in middle school, on average, has positive short-term effects on students' academic achievement in middle school, but minimal long-term effects on the university entrance examination scores. By subject area, English and math tutoring are effective in improving academic achievement in middle school, whereas verbal tutoring is not. Moreover, private tutoring in grade 7 is most beneficial for students in middle school. In terms of private tutoring in high school, only math tutoring is beneficial for high school students in improving scores on the university entrance examination. The second set of the analyses employs Ordered Logit, Propensity Score Matching, and Difference-in-Differences methods to estimate the impact of private tutoring on the quality of formal schooling. The quality of the learning environment in formal schooling is measured by students' attention to lessons in class. On average, private tutoring shows a positive influence on students' attention to lessons in grade 8, but the magnitude of its influence is not substantial. However, when differentiating the results by ability group, positive effects are detected mostly in the low-ability group, which means that low achievers pay more attention to lessons in schools if they participate in private tutoring. These results imply that private tutoring improves the overall learning environment in formal schooling, which in turn increases the overall quality of schooling. The third set of the analyses uses Quantile Regression, Two-Stage Least Absolute Deviation estimator, and Propensity Score Subclassification to estimate the heterogeneous effects of private tutoring between ability groups, which provides implications on educational inequality based on academic achievement. The overall results suggest that private tutoring in middle school exacerbates educational inequality between high and low achievers, which implies a widening of the achievement gap. In addition, enrolling in tutoring at an earlier grade level results in greater heterogeneity between high and low achievers in academic performance than enrolling in tutoring during later grade levels. However, private tutoring in high school contributes to reducing the achievement gap; low achievers benefit more from private tutoring in high school compared to high achievers. Moreover, three years of cumulative math tutoring and receiving a single year of math tutoring in grade 12 contribute to narrowing the achievement gap between low and high achievers in the university entrance examination scores.
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Quinn, Lynn. "A social realist account of the emergence of a formal academic staff development programme at a South African university /." 2006. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/906/.
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Heydari, Roya. "The Impacts of Informal Science Education on Students’ Science Identity and Understanding of Science Inquiry." Thesis, 2020. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-z4dn-1c96.
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This study examines the development of science identity and understanding of science inquiry among a sample of high school and college-aged students of color, a majority of whom were female, during a yearlong informal science research internship. Formal science settings often have structures that form barriers between students and science, by removing these structures, informal science settings transform the science process into a relevant learner-centered experience. Informal science education (ISE) programs have been commonly studied for simple affective outcomes. These programs have been shown to improve interest, confidence, and motivation in science in addition to improving general attitudes toward science. However, the outcomes of ISE programs on deeper affective outcomes such as identity have yet to be thoroughly explored. Additionally, research on the impact these programs have on cognitive growth and science inquiry development is extremely limited. With the importance of ISE programs becoming increasingly recognized, the need to develop a deeper understanding of the program impacts is imperative. Lastly, the impact these programs have on students of color is of keen interest as ISE programs show potential for combatting their persistent underrepresentation in science.
Guided by Carlone and Johnson’s (2007) science identity framework, this study utilized a case-study approach, which included a mixed-methods data collection process. Observations and semi-structured interviews were used in conjunction with an open-response questionnaire and quantitative survey to analyze the interactions within the informal science setting more deeply. Findings showed that participants experienced a positive statistical change in their understanding of science inquiry and science identity. Qualitative analysis of the data revealed two over-arching themes of the research experience: (1) Students’ Self-Development; and (2) The Learning Environment. Lastly, structural implications, such as program duration and same-race mentorship, are discussed as methods for retaining students of color in science.
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"Developing Social Presence as an Academic Advisor for Online Graduate Business Students." Doctoral diss., 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.57098.
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abstract: For more than 30 years, social science researchers have studied how students in online learning environments interact with each other. This has led to the development of a construct called social presence. Studies have shown that high social presence can lead to improved student retention, engagement, and satisfaction. The literature explores how social presence has been measured by faculty or researchers, but lacks insight on how other university staff can affect social presence in online graduate students. This is an action research mixed-methods study conducted by an academic advisor and attempts to measure social presence through a webpage intervention for an online graduate business program. A pre-and-posttest were conducted in a five month span, as well as semi-structured interviews with students of the program. Results suggest that overall, the intervention did not increase social presence in the program. It also suggests that social presence is developed between students in a variety of ways, and can even be developed between their academic advisor and themselves. Overall, this study acknowledges how academic advisors can explore social presence to improve academic advising techniques and interventions for their programs, while also adding to the literature a different perspective through the eyes of a university staff member.Dissertation/Thesis
Doctoral Dissertation Educational Leadership and Policy Studies 2020
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Coleman, Derrell Anthony. "The affect [i.e. effect] of high school disciplinary alternative education programs on students with long-term multiple referrals." Thesis, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3099437.
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Simbarashe, Mashingaidze Samuel. "Realistic Mathematics Education as a lens to explore teachers’ use of students’ out-of-school experiences in the teaching of transformation geometry in Zimbabwe’s rural secondary schools." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25021.
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The study explores Mathematics educators’ use of students’ out-of-school experiences in the teaching of Transformation Geometry. This thesis focuses on an analysis of the extent to which students’ out-of-school experiences are reflected in the actual teaching, textbook tasks and national examination items set and other resources used. Teachers’ teaching practices are expected to support students’ learning of concepts in mathematics. Freudenthal (1991) argues that students develop their mathematical understanding by working from contexts that make sense to them, contexts that are grounded in realistic settings.
ZIMSEC Examiners Reports (2010; 2011) reveal a low student performance in the topic of Transformation Geometry in Zimbabwe, yet, the topic has a close relationship with the environment in which students live (Purpura, Baroody & Lonigan, 2013). Thus, the main purpose of the study is to explore Mathematics teachers’ use of students’ out-of-school experiences in the teaching of Transformation Geometry at secondary school level.
The investigation encompassed; (a) teacher perceptions about transformation geometry concepts that have a close link with students’ out-of-school experiences, (b) how teachers are teaching transformation geometry in Zimbabwe’s rural secondary schools, (c) the extent to which students’ out-of-school experiences are incorporated in Transformation Geometry tasks, and (d) the extent to which transformation geometry, as reflected in the official textbooks and suggested teaching models, is linked to students’ out-of-school experiences.
Consistent with the interpretive qualitative research paradigm the transcendental phenomenology was used as the research design. Semi-structured interviews, Lesson observations, document analysis and a test were used as data gathering instruments. Data analysis, mainly for qualitative data, involved coding and categorising emerging themes from the different data sources. The key epistemological assumption was derived from the notion that knowing reality is through understanding the experiences of others found in a phenomenon of interest (Yuksel & Yildirim, 2015). In this study, the phenomenon of interest was the teaching of Transformation Geometry in rural secondary schools. In the same light, it meant observing teachers teaching the topic of Transformation Geometry, listening to their perceptions about the topic during interviews, and considering how they plan for their teaching as well as how students are assessed in transformation geometry.
The research site included 3 selected rural secondary schools; one Mission boarding high school, a Council run secondary school and a Government rural day secondary school. Purposive sampling technique was used carefully to come up with 3 different types of schools in a typical rural Zimbabwe. Purposive sampling technique was also used to choose the teacher participants, whereas learners who sat for the test were randomly selected from the ordinary level classes. The main criterion for including teacher participants was if they were currently teaching an Ordinary Level Mathematics class and had gained more experience in teaching Transformation Geometry. In total, six teachers and forty-five students were selected to participate in the study.
Results from the study reveal that some teachers have limited knowledge on transformation geometry concepts embedded in students’ out-of-school experience. Using Freudenthal’s (1968) RME Model to judge their effectiveness in teaching, the implication is teaching and learning would fail to utilise contexts familiar with the students and hence can hardly promote mastery of transformation geometry concepts. Data results also reveal some disconnect between teaching practices as espoused in curriculum documents and actual teaching practice. Although policy stipulates that concepts must be developed starting from concrete situations and moving to the abstract concepts, teachers seem to prefer starting with the formal Mathematics, giving students definitions and procedures for carrying out the different geometric transformations.
On the other hand, tasks in Transformation Geometry both at school level and the national examinations focus on testing learner’s ability to define and use procedures for performing specific transformations at the expense of testing for real understanding of concepts. In view of these findings the study recommends the revision of the school Mathematics curriculum emphasising pre-service programmes for teacher professional knowledge to be built on features of contemporary learning theory, such as RME theory. Such as a revision can include the need to plan instruction so that students build models and representations rather than apply already developed ones.Curriculum and Instructional Studies
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Pivec, Jakub. "Způsoby využití ICT v přípravě žáků do školy." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-365271.
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The goals of this thesis are: to find out what role do information and communication technologies (ICT) play in learning and students' preparation for school and in what conditions and means are students using ICT for school preparation in non-school settings; and to show the current state of digital technology usage by students for school purposes, but also to hint at the potential challenges in the implementation and usage of information and communication technologies. The theoretical part consists of three aspects; it introduces the terms preparation for school and learning using information and communication technologies; analyzes the current relation of curricular documents to using ICT in schools, and summarizes results from thematically-related research. The research part of this thesis presents the results of the quantitative and qualitative research inquiry into selected high-school students and their teachers/educators. The goal of this inquiry was to determine what methods and in what conditions are students using ICT in their school preparation.
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Masilo, Motshidisi Marleen. "Implementing inquiry-based learning to enhance Grade 11 students' problem-solving skills in Euclidean Geometry." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24966.
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Researchers conceptually recommend inquiry-based learning as a necessary means to alleviate the problems of learning but this study has embarked on practical implementation of inquiry-based facilitation and learning in Euclidean Geometry. Inquiry-based learning is student-centred. Therefore, the teaching or monitoring of inquiry-based learning in this study is referred to as inquiry-based facilitation. The null hypothesis discarded in this study explains that there is no difference between inquiry-based facilitation and traditional axiomatic approach in teaching Euclidean Geometry, that is, H0: μinquiry-based facilitation = μtraditional axiomatic approach. This study emphasises a pragmatist view that constructivism is fundamental to realism, that is, inductive inquiry supplements deductive inquiry in teaching and learning. Participants in this study comprise schools in Tshwane North district that served as experimental group and Tshwane West district schools classified as comparison group. The two districts are in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. The total number of students who participated is 166, that is, 97 students in the experimental group and 69 students in the comparison group. Convenient sampling applied and three experimental and three comparison group schools were sampled. Embedded mixed-method methodology was employed. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies are integrated in collecting data; analysis and interpretation of data. Inquiry-based-facilitation occurred in experimental group when the facilitator probed asking students to research, weigh evidence, explore, share discoveries, allow students to display authentic knowledge and skills and guiding students to apply knowledge and skills to solve problems for the classroom and for the world out of the classroom. In response to inquiry-based facilitation, students engaged in cooperative learning, exploration, self-centred and self-regulated learning in order to acquire knowledge and skills. In the comparison group, teaching progressed as usual. Quantitative data revealed that on average, participant that received intervention through inquiry-based facilitation acquired inquiry-based learning skills and improved (M= -7.773, SE= 0.7146) than those who did not receive intervention (M= -0.221, SE = 0.4429). This difference (-7.547), 95% CI (-8.08, 5.69), was significant at t (10.88), p = 0.0001, p<0.05 and represented a large effect size of 0.55. The large effect size emphasises that inquiry-based facilitation contributed significantly towards improvement in inquiry-based learning and that the framework contributed by this study can be considered as a framework of inquiry-based facilitation in Euclidean Geometry. This study has shown that the traditional axiomatic approach promotes rote learning; passive, deductive and algorithmic learning that obstructs application of knowledge in problem-solving. Therefore, this study asserts that the application of Inquiry-based facilitation to implement inquiry-based learning promotes deeper, authentic, non-algorithmic, self-regulated learning that enhances problem-solving skills in Euclidean Geometry.Mathematics Education
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