Predicting child outcomes from preschool quality in Portugal     

Isabel M. P. Abreu-Lima  Teresa B. Leal  Joana Cadima  Ana Madalena Gamelas 《European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE》2013,28(2):399-420

The main purpose of this study is to analyze whether quality of preschool classrooms relates to 4- and 5-year-old children developmental outcomes. The study was conducted in 60 classrooms in Porto Metropolitan Area, Portugal. Children (N?=?215) were evaluated in the literacy, math, and behavior domains. Preschool quality was assessed through classroom observations using the ECERS-R and the Early Language and Literacy Classroom Observation. Global classroom quality although relatively low, predicted children’s literacy skills and behavior but not math skills. Quality of language and literacy environment was not consistently related to child outcomes. Mother educational level stood out as consistently predicting most of child developmental outcomes. The relevance of these results is discussed considering the Portuguese educational scenario, in the realm of an international context.  相似文献   

The implementation of education for sustainable development in Sweden: investigating the sustainability consciousness among upper secondary students   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Teresa Berglund  Niklas Gericke  Shu-Nu Chang Rundgren 《Research in Science & Technological Education》2013,31(3):318-339

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Designing asynchronous online discussion environments: Recent progress and possible future directions     

Fei Gao  Tianyi Zhang  Teresa Franklin 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2013,44(3):469-483

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The Scottish educational crisis of 2000: an analysis of the policy process of unification     

David Raffe  Cathy Howieson  Teresa Tinklin 《教育政策杂志》2013,28(2):167-185

The ‘exam results debacle’ of August 2000 provoked a crisis of confidence in Scottish education and appeared to reveal widespread discontent with the current Higher Still reform of post-16 education. For a time the political future of the reform seemed to hang in the balance. This is surprising because the reform incorporated the views of the consensus that emerged from the Howie debates of the early 1990s, and its development involved consultation on a wide scale. Subsequent debates blamed the leadership style of those, especially the Inspectorate, who steered the reform process; some commentators invoked Humes' (1986) analysis of the ‘leadership class’ of Scottish education. This paper argues that a full explanation must take account of Higher Still's character as a flexible, unified system. Compared with other types of reform, the introduction of a flexible unified system tends to involve more conflict between educational interests, and a policy process that is relatively centralized, ‘top-down’ and linear. An analysis of this process must take account of horizontal as well as vertical lines of conflict in education, and of the political weaknesses which prevented the leadership from articulating clear principles and priorities as a basis for conflict resolution. The paper concludes that Humes' analysis should be complemented by McPherson and Raab's (1988) account of Scottish educational policy-making as the interplay of pluralist and corporatist forces.  相似文献   

Conceptions of teaching and educational knowledge requirements     

Jim Hordern  Maria Teresa Tatto 《牛津教育评论》2013,39(6):686-701

Abstract

This paper scrutinises the educational knowledge requirements of craft, technical, and reflective professional conceptions of teaching, as recently outlined by Winch, Oancea, and Orchard. Drawing on Bernsteinian sociology of knowledge we identify the different requirements each conception makes of educational knowledge, and how it is envisaged that this knowledge will be used in educational practice. While craft conceptions dismiss the value of educational knowledge per se, they nevertheless value other forms of disciplined knowledge. Arguing that technical conceptions of teaching may be either narrowly instrumental or autonomous, we suggest that an advanced technical knowledge base requires a disciplinary aspect, while knowledge for purely instrumental purposes offers a reductive view of educational practice. Moreover, the varying notions of reflection suggested by reflective professional conceptions require certain forms of engagement with educational knowledge, which are challenged by contemporary reforms in teacher education globally. It is suggested that there are often interdependencies between forms of educational knowledge and conceptions of teaching, with potential implications for the trajectories of educational reforms. The argument is briefly illustrated with reference to the national contexts of Germany, England, and Finland.  相似文献   

Editorial     

Teresa Grainger 《Literacy》2000,34(1):1-2

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The Effects of Autonomy on Motivation and Performancein the College Classroom     

Teresa Garcia  Paul R. Pintrich 《Contemporary educational psychology》1996,21(4):477-486

The goals of this study were to extend the literature about classroom autonomy in several ways. First, since previous research on autonomy has tended to focus on younger learners, we examined whether the positive effects of autonomy on motivation and performance would be replicated in a college sample. Second, we tested to see whether the well-established links between intrinsic motivation and autonomy would also be found using motivational constructs that play key roles in learning (specifically, task value, self-efficacy, and test anxiety). Third, we sought to trace the effect of autonomy on changes in student motivation over the course of a semester. Finally, we examined the role of autonomy on course performance. We found that experiences of classroom autonomy in the college classroom were more closely related to motivational factors than to performance. While the immediate experience of autonomy may not be directly facilitative of high course grades, autonomy does seem to foster intrinsic goal orientation, task value, and self-efficacy, all of which are critical components of “continuing motivation.” The data presented here lend further support for the benefits of fostering autonomy within academic settings.  相似文献   

Correction to: A probabilistic approach to student workload: empirical distributions and ECTS     

Antonio Souto-Iglesias  María Teresa Baeza_Romero 《Higher Education》2018,76(6):1027-1027

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Indigenous elsewheres: refusal and re-membering in education research,policy, and praxis     

Sandy Grande  Teresa L. McCarty 《International journal of qualitative studies in education》2018,31(3):165-167

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Acquiring a New Technology at Home: A Parent-Child Study About Youths’ Influence on Digital Media Adoption in a Family     

Teresa Correa 《广播与电子媒介杂志》2016,60(1):123-139

This study examines to what extent children influence their parents’ acquisition of new technologies in a country with diverse levels of technology penetration, such as Chile. It also investigates the factors that play a role in the influence process, including children’s persuasive strategies (argumentative vs. non-argumentative) and parents’ attitudes toward technology (perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness). Using a parent-child survey and dyadic analyses, the results suggest that youths influence their parents’ acquisition of all technologies under study, particularly the Internet. Also, argumentative strategies have a greater influence than non-argumentative strategies. Finally, parents’ perceived usefulness played a more important role than perceived ease of use in the influence process.  相似文献