Signifying “students”, “teachers” and “mathematics”: a reading of a special issue     

Tony Brown 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2008,69(3):249-263

This paper examines a Special Issue of Educational Studies in Mathematics comprising research reports centred on Peircian semiotics in mathematics education, written by some of the major authors in the area. The paper is targeted at inspecting how subjectivity is understood, or implied, in those reports. It seeks to delineate how the conceptions of subjectivity suggested are defined as a result of their being a function of the domain within which the authors reflexively situate themselves. The paper first considers how such understandings shape concepts of mathematics, students and teachers. It then explores how the research domain is understood by the authors as suggested through their implied positioning in relation to teachers, teacher educators, researchers and other potential readers.

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Linking critical pedagogy practice to higher education in Malaysia: insights from English language teachers     

Joanna Joseph Jeyaraj  Tony Harland 《Asia Pacific Journal of Education》2019,39(1):1-13

This study explores whether critical pedagogy is viable for meeting the goals of the Malaysia Education Blueprint (MEB) 2015–2025. The MEB has a particular focus on societal improvement and the authors suggest that critical pedagogy should be considered as a way of teaching as it specifically aligns with the aims of government policy. However, there is uncertainty about how critical pedagogy might be enacted in the Malaysian higher education context because it is difficult to understand and practise. The authors interviewed English language critical pedagogues from various countries about their experiences and found four common themes across all cultures. These were: co-construction of knowledge between teacher and student; new levels of trust; the use of problem-posing techniques; and evaluation of teaching and the student experience. These findings provide a guide to practice and the authors conclude that for critical pedagogy to gain acceptance across Malaysia, consideration needs to be given to changing prevailing cultural norms, the strict social order, as well as the political landscape of the country.  相似文献   

Semantic Innovation: Arithmetical and Algebraic Metaphors Within Narratives of Learning     

Tony Brown  Frank Eade  Dave Wilson 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》1999,40(1):53-70

This paper examines a theoretical perspective on the ways in which children progress in learning mathematics. It suggests that there is a difficulty in associating teaching discourses with the mathematics they locate. This can result in an incommensurability between alternative perspectives being offered. The paper resists attempts to privilege any particular account but rather demands an analysis of these discourses and their presuppositions. In developing these themes the paper invokes Ricoeur's analysis of time and narrative as an analytical approach to treating notions such as transition, development and progression in mathematical learning. His notion of semantic innovation is introduced. This embraces both the introduction of a new metaphor into a sentence or the creation of a new narrative which reorganises events into a new plot. The notion is utilised in arguing that the shift in the student's mathematical development from arithmetic to first order linear equations with unknowns reconfigures the contextual parameters governing the understanding of these mathematical forms. It is also utilised in showing how alternative approaches to accounting for such transitions suit different and perhaps conflicting outcomes. For example, demonstrating awareness of generality or performing well in a diagnostic test featuring the solution of linear equations.This revised version was published online in September 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

Media Commentary     

Andrew Hart  Tony Benson 《Learning, Media and Technology》1993,19(3):167-172

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Individual Action Planning in Initial Teacher Training: Empowerment or discipline?     

Tony Lawson 《British Journal of Sociology of Education》1999,20(1):89-105

The article explores the impact of Individual Action Planning (IAP) on Postgraduate Certification in Education student teachers, in terms of whether it can be seen as a process of empowerment or discipline. The context of changes in teacher education introduced by recent Governments is established and the literature on empowerment, discipline and education is reviewed. The findings of the reactions of a group of student teachers to the IAP process are reported, with a focus on whether they experienced Action Planning as enabling or controlling. The authors conclude that the main perception of IAPs by the student teachers has more to do with empowerment than discipline, but that neither concept fully encompasses those responses. They propose that further study is needed to explore whether a system of self-surveillance is operating through IAP.  相似文献   

A developing case study: A collaborative longitudinal experience of school change research     

Brenda Cherednichenko  Neil Hooley  Wes James  Tony Kruger  Denise Lawson  Rod Moore  Jane Partridge  Craig Tyson 《The Australian Educational Researcher》1999,26(3):57-71

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Establishing a successful physical activity program to recruit and retain women     

Clare Hanlon  Tony Morris  Susan Nabbs 《Sport Management Review》2010,13(3):269-282

Increasingly, health organisations and governing bodies in developed countries are paying serious attention to the problem of adult inactivity. Many of the programs designed to increase levels of activity, particularly amongst target populations, such as women, have not been systematically assessed for their effectiveness in recruiting women and helping them maintain activity levels. The purpose of this study was to determine what attracted and sustained women to participate in physical activity programs. Responses from a survey to sport and recreation program providers identified 64 successful programs in the state of Victoria, Australia. Eight of these programs were purposively selected for case study analysis. Data was collected from a focus group with women participants from each of these eight programs. Six core themes emerged from inductive content analysis of the focus groups. The most frequent participant responses related to the social aspects of the exercise environment. Women in the focus groups valued instructor professionalism and instructors’ technical knowledge, however, it was their awareness and sensitivity that participants appreciated most. This exploratory study is important because it reflects the voices of women talking about what made physical activity programs successful for them. The study raises critical questions that should be examined systematically through large-scale survey research and field-based intervention studies, which in turn should stimulate program development to encourage women in physical activity.  相似文献   

Trajectories of Physical Discipline: Early Childhood Antecedents and Developmental Outcomes     

Jennifer E. Lansford  Michael M. Criss  Kenneth A. Dodge  Daniel S. Shaw  Gregory S. Pettit  John E. Bates 《Child development》2009,80(5):1385-1402

This study examined childhood antecedents and developmental outcomes associated with trajectories of mild and harsh parental physical discipline. Interview, questionnaire, and observational data were available from 499 children followed from ages 5 to 16 and from 258 children in an independent sample followed from ages 5 to 15. Analyses indicated distinct physical discipline trajectory groups that varied in frequency of physical discipline and rate of change. In both samples, family ecological disadvantage differentiated the trajectory groups; in the first sample, early child externalizing also differentiated the groups. Controlling for early childhood externalizing, the minimal/ceasing trajectory groups were associated with the lowest levels of subsequent adolescent antisocial behavior in both samples and with parent–adolescent positive relationship quality in the second sample.  相似文献   

Productive pedagogies: A redefined methodology for analysing quality teacher practice   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Martin Mills  Merrilyn Goos  Amanda Keddie  Eileen Honan  Donna Pendergast  Rob Gilbert  Kim Nichols  Peter Renshaw  Tony Wright 《The Australian Educational Researcher》2009,36(3):67-87

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Home Visits: How Do They Affect Teachers’ Beliefs about Teaching and Diversity?     

Miranda Lin  Alan B. Bates 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2010,38(3):179-185

Based on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, this qualitative study examined the impact of home visits on a group of six Head Start educators. Each participant conducted two home visits. For the first home visit, participants were not provided any guidance. On the second visit, participants were provided a handout with questions intended to guide their visit. The participants were asked to document, in a reflective journal, their feelings and attitudes toward the children’s families on two visits. Additionally, participants commented on their teaching beliefs and practice as impacted by their home visit. Results of the study indicated that home visits enabled participants to see the families and children that they work with from a different and more positive perspective. The guided home visit questions allowed participants to better understand children and their families from historical and cultural perspectives. Also, participants were better able to create a more multicultural learning environment and lesson plans for their children.  相似文献