Reflecting on institutional support for SoTL engagement: developing a conceptual framework     

Paula Myatt  Deanne Gannaway  Ivy Chia  Kym Fraser  Jacquelin McDonald 《International Journal for Academic Development》2018,23(2):147-160

This paper considers the support required to develop Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) capability across institutions. Rather than developing a checklist or a standardised audit approach, this paper describes the reflective journey taken by a group of academic developers who used strategies and structures previously identified in the literature to develop a conceptual framework for academic professional development. The framework was refined through an iterative process, including reflection on its use within diverse institutional contexts, combined with evaluative feedback from recognised experts in the field. The resulting framework is designed to facilitate and guide conversations to support institutional decision-making related to SoTL capacity building.  相似文献   

Images in mirrors: Recollections,alternative explanations and modes of cognitive functioning     

Dr. Brian Jones  Professor Kevin Collis  Dr. Jane Watson  Miss Kimberley Foster  Dr. Sharon Fraser 《Research in Science Education》1994,24(1):191-200

Students' conceptions of how objects are seen directly, and in mirrors, were explored in an analysis of their written and drawn responses to common visual phenomena depicted in cartoons with brief text. Students in Grades K-10 (n=214) completed a questionnaire and some were interviewed. Evidence was sought to support an hypothesis for increasingly sophisticated responses related to the concepts of sight, light, reflection and image. The developmental model used in this analysis was the updated SOLO Taxonomy (Biggs & Collis, 1991; Collis & Biggs 1991). It appears from the results that different modes of functioning can interfere to produce factually incorrect recollections of experience particularly in the age group 7 to 13 years approximately. Also, this is associated with the common spurious conception that mirrors have a lateral inversion property. Explanations involving light were extremely rare and its role related to the production of an image ‘in the mirror’ but not to the perception of an image in the eyes. Specializations: science education, students' understandings of phenomena in science. Specializations: cognitive development, evaluation, mathematics and science education. Specializations: mathematics education, students' understanding of chance and data concepts.  相似文献   

Predictive validity of my class inventory     

Barry J. Fraser  Darrell L. Fisher 《Studies in Educational Evaluation》1982,8(2):129-140

A recent guest-edited issue of this journal (Volume 6, Number 3, 1980) summarizes the considerable interest evident since the late 1960s in the conceptualization, assessment, and study of student perceptions of psychological characteristics of their classroom learning environment. This issue and several other recent key overviews (Moos, 1979; Walberg, 1979; Fraser, 1981; Fraser and Walberg, 1981) have firmly established classroom environment as a thriving field of study.When used as criterion variables in prior curriculum evaluation research, student perceptions of classroom environment characteristics have differentiated revealingly, usefully, and appreaciably between classrooms following alternative curriculum materials or instructional strategies (Anderson, Walberg, and Welch, 1969; Levin, 1980). In addition, other studies have established the criterion validity of classroom environment perceptions in differentiating between classrooms varying in class size (Walberg, 1969), grade level (Welch, 1979), and subject matter (Anderson, 1971a; Hearn and Moos, 1978), and between classrooms in five different types of schools (urban, rural, suburban, vocational, alternative) (Trickett, 1978). The strongest tradition in past research on classroom learning environment, however, has involved investigation of the predictive validity of student perceptions (i.e., the ability to predict student cognitive, affective, and behavioral learning outcomes).  相似文献   

A comparison of actual and preferred classroom environments as perceived by science teachers and students     

Darrell L. Fisher  Barry J. Fraser 《科学教学研究杂志》1983,20(1):55-61

This study of perceptions of classroom environment is distinctive in that, first, it made use of two instruments (the Individualized Classroom Environment Questionnaire and Classroom Environment Scale) which have had very little use in prior science education research and, second, it involved assessment not only of student perceptions of actual environment, but also of student perceptions of preferred environments and teacher perceptions of actual environment. Administration of these instruments to a sample of 2175 junior high school students in 116 classes revealed that the environment scales exhibited satisfactory internal consistency reliability and discriminant validity in each of the three forms (student actual, student preferred, and teacher actual), and that there were some fascinating systematic differences between the profiles of environment scale scores obtained for the different forms. In particular, it was generally found that students preferred a more favorable classroom environment then was perceived as being actually present and that teachers perceived the environment of their classes more favorably than did students in the same classrooms.  相似文献   

Notes on the progress and plans for educational research in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam     

Fraser  Stewart E. 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》1984,30(1):69-84

Educational research in Vietnam is directed primarily by the National Institute of Educational Science (NIES), which consists of some thirteen specialised research departments. The Institute investigates various long-term aspects of educational policy reform, curriculum innovation and methodological approaches to education as well as more specialised fields such as national-ethnic minorities and population education.The major tasks of educational research in Vietnam have to be predicated on the demands of a developing society wishing to modernise its educational structure qualitatively while coping quantitatively with enormous population growth and a situation where school-age children currently comprise some 30% of the total population. Hence, harsh demographic realities and limited economic resources have to be offset, where possible, by efficient utilisation of the intellectual capital of the people and by the establishment of realistic educational priorities on the part of the government. These are amongst the major considerations of the NIES and are exemplified by the kind of research publications already emanating from the Institute as well as by the recently announced five-year plan for research development during the period 1981–1985.

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Zusammenfassung In Vietnam wird pädagogische Forschung in erster Linie von dem National Institute of Educational Science (NIES) gesteuert, das aus dreizehn spezialisierten Forschungsabteilungen besteht. Das Institut erforscht verschiedene langfristige Aspekte der erziehungspolitischen Reform, Curriculum-Innovation und methodologische Erziehungsansätze sowie speziellere Gebiete wie das der national-ethnic minorities und das der population education.Die Hauptaufgaben der pädagogischen Forschung in Vietnam müssen auf den Forderungen einer sich entwickelnden Gesellschaft basieren, die einerseits ihr Erziehungssystem qualitativ modernisieren möchte, andererseits jedoch quantitativ bei einem enormen Bevölkerungswachstum mit einer Situation fertig werden muß, in der derzeit 30% der Gesamtbevölkerung Kinder im schulpflichtigen Alter sind. Deshalb müssen harte demographische Realitäten und begrenzte ökonomische Ressourcen so ausgeglichen werden, daß, wo immer möglich, das intellektuelle Kapital der Bevölkerung wirksam genutzt wird und realistische pädagogische Prioritäten von der Regierung gesetzt werden. Diese Gesichtspunkte gehören zu den Hauptüberlegungen des NIES. Sie werden durch die Art der von diesem Institut bereits herausgegebenen Forschungsberichte sowie durch den kürzlich angekündigten Fünf-Jahres-Plan zur Forschungsentwicklung für die Zeit von 1981 bis 1985 belegt.

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Résumé Au Viet-Nam, la recherche en matière d'éducation est assurée essentiellement par l'Institut National des Sciences de l'Education (INSE) qui regroupe quelque treize départements de recherche spécialisés. L'Institut étudie les différents aspects à long terme de la réforme de la politique de l'éducation, de l'innovation du curriculum et des approches méthodologiques de l'éducation ainsi que des domaines plus spécialisés tels les minorités ethniques nationales et l'éducation en matière de population.Les principales tâches de la recherche en matière d'éducation au Viet-Nam doivent être formulées d'après les besoins d'une société en développement qui souhaite moderniser qualitativement sa structure éducative et faire face quantitativement à une énorme augmentation de la population, à une situation où les enfants en âge scolaire représentent actuellement quelque 30% de la population totale. C'est pourquoi il faut compenser, là où c'est possible, la sévérité des réalités démographiques et les ressources économiques limitées par une utilisation efficace du capital intellectuel du peuple et par des priorités réalistes établies en matière d'éducation par le gouvernement. Ce sont les principales considérations de l'INSE comme le montrent le type de publications de la recherche émanant déjà de l'Institut ainsi que le plan quinquennal présenté récemment pour le développement de la recherche pour la période allant de 1981 à 1985.

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GENDER DIFFERENCES IN STUDENT MOTIVATION AND SELF-REGULATION IN SCIENCE LEARNING: A MULTI-GROUP STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING ANALYSIS     

Sunitadevi Velayutham  Jill M. Aldridge  Barry Fraser 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2012,10(6):1347-1368

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of students?? motivational beliefs (learning goal orientation, task value and self-efficacy) in science learning on students?? self-regulation in the science classroom. The study also examines the moderating effect of gender on the proposed relationships. Data were collected from 719 boys and 641 girls across grades 8, 9 and 10 in 5 public schools in Perth, Western Australia. Results from structural equation modeling analysis indicated that all 3 motivational constructs were strong predictors of students?? self-regulation in science learning. The multi-group analysis to examine gender differences revealed that the influence of task value on self-regulation was statistically significant for boys only. The findings present possible opportunities for educators to plan, and to put into practice, effective intervention strategies aimed at increasing students?? self-regulation in science learning. The core feature would be to target and develop students?? motivational beliefs of learning goal orientation and self-efficacy in science learning. Additionally, for boys, the intervention strategies would be to elevate boys?? perspectives of science task value.  相似文献   

Piloting a dispersed and inter-professional Lesson Study using technology to link team members at a distance     

George Koutsouris  Brahm Norwich  Taro Fujita  Thomas Ralph  Anna Adlam  Fraser Milton 《Technology, Pedagogy and Education》2017,26(5):587-599

This article presents an evaluation of distance technology used in a novel Lesson Study (LS) approach involving a dispersed LS team for inter-professional purposes. A typical LS model with only school teachers as team members was modified by including university-based lecturers with the school-based teachers, using video-conferencing and online video sharing. The aim was to examine the experiences of using video-conferencing and video transfer technology to support the use of LS procedures to connect team members between schools and university. The meetings from two LS teams (primary and secondary) were recorded and analysed using a discourse analysis framework, and team members were interviewed after the LS cycle. Despite some technical difficulties, the communication between the dispersed members of the teams was largely smooth and successful. Extending LS teams and practice to include non school teachers, using distance-linking technology, can more effectively support teachers, while reducing the practical constraints of bringing other professionals into the LS team.  相似文献   

The Renewal of Science Teachers’ Knowledge: a pilot professional development project     

Lesley H. Parker  John W. Wallace  Barry J. Fraser 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》1993,21(2):169-177

This paper describes a pilot project for the professional development of science teachers, a major aim of which was to update teachers’ science content knowledge. The paper focuses on the rationale and background of the project, the model of inservice education, the arrangements for credentialling and recognising participating teachers, and the findings of the external evaluation of the initial stages of the project. It concludes with a summary of the features of the project which appear to be facilitating the achievement of its aims.  相似文献   

Inservice Education Associated with Dissemination of an Innovation in Law‐Related Education     

Barry J. Fraser  David L. Smith 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》1981,9(2):58-62

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Application of a systems model in evaluating an innovative work experience program     

Trevor R. Parmenter  Barry J. Fraser 《International Journal of Disability, Development & Education》1980,27(3):141-150

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