Teacher Professional Development, Technology, and Communities of Practice: Are We Putting the Cart Before the Horse?     

Mark S. Schlager  Judith Fusco 《The Information Society》2003,19(3):203-220

Over the past decade, education reform and teacher training projects have spent a great deal of effort to create and support sustainable, scalable online communities of education professionals. For the most part, those communities have been created in isolation from the existing local professional communities within which the teachers practice. We argue that focusing on online technology solely as a mechanism to deliver training and/or create online networks places the cart before the horse by ignoring the Internet's even greater potential to help support and strengthen local communities of practice within which teachers work. In this article we seek guideposts to help education technologists understand the nature of local K-12 education communities of practice--specifically their reciprocal relationship with teacher professional development and instructional improvement interventions--as a prerequisite to designing online sociotechnical infrastructure that supports the professional growth of education professionals.  相似文献   

PCC: A Leader of Change     

Judith P. Cannan  Les Hawkins 《Cataloging & classification quarterly》2020,58(3-4):230-238

Abstract

From its beginnings, the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) has been an international leader of change in bibliographic and authority control and maintenance, and metadata creation and distribution. This article highlights some PCC achievements in these areas.  相似文献   

Healthcare needs of older adults: in their own words     

Judith Hold  Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez  Hans Skott-Myhre  Alix Janke 《Educational gerontology》2019,45(1):1-10

Community-based health and human services professionals can play an important role in bolstering wellness through offering education to elderly residents and healthcare providers on how to address the unique needs of this population. The purpose of this study was to examine the healthcare needs of the elderly living in two metropolitan counties in Georgia that have experienced an increase in the number of elderly residents. Utilizing qualitative data garnered through focus groups, two main themes were identified: the role of exercise as a means of personal power and feelings of powerlessness. Participants’ narratives reflected opportunities and situations fostering good health through exerting their personal power to alter or improve individual health. On the other hand, negative pathways leading away from optimal health were realized when participants felt powerless to change their health status. For health and human services professionals working with the elderly, these findings should be considered as population, personal well-being, and power changes overtime.  相似文献   

The incidence of depressive symptomatology in juvenile sex offenders with a history of abuse     

Judith V. Becker  Meg S. Kaplan  Craig E. Tenke  Aldo Tartaglini 《Child abuse & neglect》1991,15(4):531-536

Depressive symptomatology was assessed in a sample of 246 male juvenile sex offenders using the Beck Depression Inventory. Of these participants, the racial composition was black = 147, Hispanic = 62, Caucasian = 34. Three adolescents elected not to identify their racial origin. Subjects were divided according to their self-reports of having been sexually or physically abused. The mean Beck score across all subjects was 14.3, a value markedly higher than published norms and indicative of mild depression. Forty-two percent of subjects attained scores indicative of appreciable depressive symptomatology. A history of sexual or physical abuse was significantly related to high Beck scores; abused subjects had a mean Beck score of 16.4, as contrasted to 12.3 for nonabused subjects (Wilcoxon test: z = 2.82; p less than .005). This relationship was apparent across all racial groups. While Hispanic subjects tended to have higher Beck scores and Caucasians lower scores, racial differences were not statistically significant. Results indicate that juveniles who have committed sexual crimes, particularly those with a history of abuse, should be evaluated for depression.  相似文献   

A face in a sea of faces: exploring university students’ reasons for non-attendance to teaching sessions     

Jeremy Oldfield  Judith Rodwell  Laura Curry  Gillian Marks 《Journal of Further & Higher Education》2019,43(4):443-452

In the past 20 years, the landscape of Higher Education in the United Kingdom has changed considerably. With the prospect of tuition fees spiralling above £9,000 per year, per student, it is important to explore the impact this has upon the student experience. In spite of the vast financial investment current students make towards their education, student attendance and engagement remain low. The present study therefore adopted a qualitative approach using focus groups to explore reasons for non-attendance at university teaching sessions. Four key themes emerged; these surrounded issues about a sense of belonging to university, views of the teaching (material taught and the personality and method of the tutor), perceptions of being a consumer and external pressures. This research suggests that universities should pay particular attention to the reasons why students do not attend and possibly change practice, providing more support where appropriate.  相似文献   

Do single-gender classrooms in coeducational settings address boys' underachievement? An Australian study     

Judith Mulholland  Paul Hansen  Eugene Kaminski 《Educational studies》2004,30(1):19-32

This paper reports a research project developed in partnership with the Principal and Leadership Team of an Australian secondary school. It monitored a school-based initiative designed to address the underachievement of male students. Students in Year 9 selected single-gender or coeducational classes in mathematics and English during the second half of a school year. Student scores in standardized tests and school-based assessment in these subjects were obtained before and after the establishment of the initiative. Results indicate no significant difference in mathematics achievement that can be attributed to gender or class composition. However, scores in school-based English improved for students in single-gender classes. Improvement for girls in single-gender classes was greater than that for boys in single-gender classes.  相似文献   

Storytelling and Interactive Media: incorporating digital technology into a degree course in Time‐based Media∗     

Judith Aston 《Learning, Media and Technology》1999,24(2):137-142

Digital technology offers new challenges for media education. One approach is to incorporate computers into courses with more established traditions. This paper describes how computers have been incorporated into an undergraduate media production course, which has grown out of an ongoing relationship between art and design and the humanities.

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Validity of GRE General Test scores and TOEFL scores for graduate admission to a technical university in Western Europe*     

Judith Zimmermann  Alina A. von Davier  Joachim M. Buhmann  Hans R. Heinimann 《European Journal of Engineering Education》2018,43(1):144-165

Graduate admission has become a critical process in tertiary education, whereby selecting valid admissions instruments is key. This study assessed the validity of Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test scores for admission to Master’s programmes at a technical university in Europe. We investigated the indicative value of GRE scores for the Master’s programme grade point average (GGPA) with and without the addition of the undergraduate GPA (UGPA) and the TOEFL score, and of GRE scores for study completion and Master’s thesis performance. GRE scores explained 20% of the variation in the GGPA, while additional 7% were explained by the TOEFL score and 3% by the UGPA. Contrary to common belief, the GRE quantitative reasoning score showed only little explanatory power. GRE scores were also weakly related to study progress but not to thesis performance. Nevertheless, GRE and TOEFL scores were found to be sensible admissions instruments. Rigorous methodology was used to obtain highly reliable results.  相似文献   

Self-Regulation Programs for At-Risk Youth: Are Teachers Affected Too?     

Einat Lichtinger  Judith Leichtentritt 《Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk》2016,21(2):104-117

This study examines changes experienced by teachers of youth at socioeconomic risk during and after conducting self-regulation programs with their students. Participants' self-reports were classified into 3 change models. Teachers in the 1st model reported changes in their interaction with the school, their role with the students, and their own self-regulation. Those in the 2nd model experienced a partial process centered mainly on their handling of the classroom and on changes in themselves. In the 3rd model teachers reported virtually no change as a result of implementing the program. The implications for teachers of at-risk youth are examined.  相似文献   

Journeys across educational and cultural borders: international postgraduate students with young children     

Judith Loveridge  Stephanie Doyle  Niusila Faamanatu-Eteuati 《British Journal of Sociology of Education》2018,39(3):333-347

There is substantial research about international postgraduate students but little research about their experiences as parents or their children’s experiences. We focus on four postgraduate international students with young children navigating early childhood education and care in New Zealand. A narrative analysis, informed by socio-cultural understandings of learning and post-structuralist understandings of identity, revealed emotional complexities, stress and transformation as parents and children made many transitions. Parents wanted their own culture respected and their host culture decoded. Families experienced tensions around the use of home and host languages as they juggled children’s present and future linguistic needs. Supporting international students in their family identity has positive effects for them, their children and their doctoral studies, and hence for universities. Further research about the experiences of international students who are parents and of their children could assist in the formulation of policies to effect such support.  相似文献