Strategies for effective faculty involvement in online activities aimed at promoting critical thinking and deep learning     

Nina Abdul Razzak 《Education and Information Technologies》2016,21(4):881-896

Highly-traditional education systems that mainly offer what is known as direct instruction usually result in graduates with a surface approach to learning rather than a deep one. What is meant by deep-learning is learning that involves critical analysis, the linking of ideas and concepts, creative problem solving, and application (Harvey & Kamvounias, Higher Education Research & Development, 27(1), 31–41, doi: 10.1080/07294360701658716 2008)- all of which prepare graduates for life in the 21st Century. It is precisely this kind of deep learning that the current national educational reform initiatives in Bahrain are trying to promote, in contrast to what has usually been offered historically. Unfortunately, this noble aim is not always achieved and teaching methods need to be examined and developed, since there definitely are a lot of alternatives to stereotype lecturing in academic institutions (Annerstedt, Garza, Huang-DeVoss, Lindh & Rydmark, Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 10(2), 107–127, 2010). One such alternative suggested in this paper is that of increasing faculty involvement with students in online contexts, as a means for promoting critical thinking and deep learning.  相似文献   

In search of an effective source use pattern for writing argumentative and informative synthesis texts     

Vandermeulen  Nina  van den Broek  Brenda  Van Steendam  Elke  Rijlaarsdam  Gert 《Reading and writing》2020,33(2):239-266

Reading and Writing - In order to design effective instruction and feedback for synthesis writing on both writing processes and products, a clear insight into synthesis writing processes underlying...  相似文献   

Why some early college high school students do not transition to a 4‐year college: An exploration of perceived barriers and schooling experiences on students’ transition plans     

Bryan C. Hutchins  Nina Arshavsky  Julie A. Edmunds 《Psychology in the schools》2019,56(7):1117-1138

This study examined why some seniors attending Early College High Schools did not plan to continue their education at a 4‐year college immediately after graduation despite attending schools designed to provide coordinated academic and social supports with the expectation that all students would continue their education. Most students in our study (75%) did plan to continue their education at a 4‐year college immediately after graduation. For the remaining students, we used cluster analysis to identify four distinct groups of noncollege bound students. These groups were evaluated based on background characteristics, perceived opportunities and barriers, and schooling experiences. Results indicate that noncollege bound students are diverse in their reasons for not continuing their education at a 4‐year program and that any reform efforts designed to personalize opportunities and supports for these students must take into account how combinations of perceived opportunities and barriers shape their postsecondary decisions.  相似文献   

The temporal dimension of gender inequality in academia   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Nina Toren 《Higher Education》1993,25(4):439-455

This paper examines gender inequality in academic careers by applying Merton's concept of socially expected durations (SEDs). Women's relatively slower advancement along the academic hierarchy has been traditionally attributed to their traits and constraints. The concept of SED shifts attention from the individual to the organizational level, and the actual and expected augmented durations between promotions for women are viewed as part of the structural arrangements of academic institutions and their culture. It is argued that because of the distinct characteristics of academic careers, time-in-rank is an important dimension distinguishing among otherwise very uniform occupational roles and career patterns. The implications of conceptualizing career discrepancies in terms of socially expected durations are discussed.  相似文献   

从学生评语的变迁透视学生评价实践中的话语裂缝现象     

费妮娜 《教育科学论坛》2006,(6):15-17

解释学认为,学生评语是在判断学生一个阶段的学习情况时,评价主体被赋予权力用以建构话语并以文本的形式对其进行解释的表达手段,是对学生全面成长状态化的质性评价。所以话语建构和文本解释是学生评语的核心,也是衡量学生评语有效性的基础。然而曾几何时,学生评语却陷入了“几家欢喜几家愁,想说爱你不容易”的尴尬境地。由此,本文针对学生评价中以学生评语为代表所呈现的话语裂缝现象进行相应的分析。  相似文献   

The academic "hurdle race": A case study   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Nina Toren  Dahlia Moore 《Higher Education》1998,35(3):267-283

This study analyzes the career patterns of a cohort of faculty members in a large Israeli university and shows that women constitute a small minority in that university, and that their rank advancements are fewer, slower, and lower than men's. We examine three possible explaining mechanisms: (a) "Thresholds" - according to which after women cross a certain barrier, differential career development on the basis of gender disappears or is, at least, greatly reduced. (b) "Ceilings" - according to which women's advancement is curbed before they reach the highest rank. (c) "Hurdles" - according to which women, as compared to men, are confronted by more obtrusive barriers at each step of the academic career. We found that no threshold could be detected after which gender differences are reduced and that the ceiling effect may be a by-product of women's extended career paths. Rather, the analysis of the case study suggests that women's career trajectories are characterized by "hurdles", i.e., at each rank they stay longer and their advancement probability is lower than men's even when their publication rates are taken into account.  相似文献   

Women at the top: Female full professors in higher education in Israel   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Nina Toren 《Higher Education》1988,17(5):525-544

The perceptions and attitudes of women who have reached the top of the academic hierarchy (female full professors) are examined in reference to the effects of gender on their scientific work and career. The analyses refer to a number of issues such as encapsulation and isolation, opportunities and achievement. In general, female full professors do not feel that they have been discriminated against in the course of their careers. They are nevertheless aware of the different career patterns of the sexes in academia, with women having to work harder and longer than men to establish their suitability and competence as academic scientists. They do not however attribute these differences to sex-based stereotypes and discrimination, but rather to objective conditions and women's own decisions.This study was supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation received through the Israel Foundations Trustees.  相似文献   

A.F.W. Schimper: from the 'oecology of plant distribution' to the 'functional ecology of terrestrial ecosystems'     

Buchmann N 《Endeavour》2002,26(1):3-4

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Paternal Sensitivity and Children’s Cognitive and Socioemotional Outcomes: A Meta-Analytic Review     

Michelle Rodrigues  Nina Sokolovic  Sheri Madigan  Yiqi Luo  Victoria Silva  Shruti Misra  Jennifer Jenkins 《Child development》2021,92(2):554-577

In a series of meta-analyses, paternal sensitivity was associated with children’s (age range: 7 months–9 years) overall cognitive functioning (N = 3,193; k = 23; r = .19), including language skills (k = 9; r = .21), cognitive ability (k = 9; r = .18), and executive function (k = 8; r = .19). Paternal sensitivity was not associated with children’s overall socioemotional functioning (N = 2,924; k = 24; r = −.03) or internalizing problems, but it was associated with children’s emotion regulation (k = 7; r = .22) and externalizing problems (k = 19; r = −.08). In the broad cognitive functioning, executive function, broad socioemotional functioning, and externalizing problems meta-analyses, child age was a significant moderator.  相似文献   

Do Mothers or Children Lead the Dance? Disentangling Individual and Influence Effects During Conflict     

Nina Sokolovic  Andre Plamondon  Michelle Rodrigues  Sahar Borairi  Michal Perlman  Jennifer M. Jenkins 《Child development》2021,92(2):e143-e157

Are mother–child conflict discussions shaped by time-varying, reciprocal influences, even after accounting for stable contributions from each individual? Mothers were filmed discussing a conflict for 5 min, separately with their younger (ages 5–9, N = 217) and older (ages 7–13, N = 220) children. Each person’s conflict constructiveness was coded in 20-s intervals and data were analyzed using dynamic structural equation modeling, which separates individual and influence effects. Children influenced their mothers’ behavior under certain conditions, with evidence for developmental differences in the magnitude and direction of influence, whereas mothers did not influence their children under any circumstance. Results are discussed in the context of child effects on parent behavior and changes in parenting across middle childhood.  相似文献