scholarly journals The Far Reaching Influence of Early Literacy Education: Beginning Teachers Look to Their Own Early Literacy Teachers as Role Models for Their Teaching

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica McGlynn-Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Early Literacy ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Literacy Teachers ◽  
Literacy Experiences ◽  
Qualitative Research Study

This qualitative research study examined how the professional practice of six beginning elementary teachers was influenced by their own childhood literacy teachers. Results illustrate that the participants' early literacy experiences varied greatly as did the ways in which those experiences intersected with their teaching practice. The participants all reported modeling their teaching after one or two specific teachers from their own childhoods. Using these role models as guides, the participants focused on teaching students whose needs were similar to their own needs as students. Implications for preservice and inservice teacher education are discussed.

scholarly journals El sistema de evaluación de la práctica profesional docente: un estudio de caso de una carrera de pedagogía en educación musical en una universidad confesional

2016 ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Pérez Blanco
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Beginning Teacher ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Education Degree ◽  
Professional Teaching

RESUMENEl objetivo de esta investigación cualitativa es analizar el sistema de evaluación de la práctica profesional, a través del análisis de las percepciones de profesores principiantes de la carrera de Educación Musical. Este estudio aporta a construir y reconstruir la realidad que vivieron 17 profesores principiantes mientras fueron estudiantes en práctica, permitiendo crear líneas de acción en aspectos descendidos si fueran necesarios. Además, se proponen algunos tópicos emergentes para realizar posteriores investigaciones relacionadas con el tema de investigación.Palabras clave: Sistema de evaluación, práctica profesional docente, profesor principiante. Evaluation system of professional teaching practice: A study case of a music education degree in a denominational universityABSTRACTThe objective of this qualitative research is to analyze the evaluation system of the professional practice through the analysis of perceptions of beginning teachers graduated with a Music Education Degree. This study brings to construct and reconstruct the reality that beginning 17 teachers lived while they were internship students, allowing to create lines of action in aspects as necessary. In addition, some emerging topics are proposed for further research related to this topic.Keywords: Evaluation system, teacher professional practice, beginning teacher.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Athletes in Disabled and Non-Disabled Sport Contexts: A Descriptive Qualitative Research Study

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheryl Chatfield ◽  
Michael Cottingham
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Upper Echelon ◽  
Disability Sport ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Disability Sports ◽  
Disability Narratives ◽  
Group Interviews

The term supercrip suggests extraordinary feats but is sometimes applied to any proficiency demonstrated by an athlete with a disability. This use of the term potentially undermines spectator appreciation for achievements of the upper echelon of disability sports participants. Prior disability sport researchers have suggested that a comparison of individuals’ perceptions of athletic heroes with and without disabilities has potential to help disability sport marketers counter the supercrip stereotype. The purpose of this research was to explore differences in perceptions by comparing participant descriptions of role models with and without disabilities. Research participants, who consisted of undergraduate students at a large southwestern university, viewed video recorded scenarios of athletes with and without disabilities and participated in focus group interviews. Our findings supported those of prior researchers who suggested that participants were most likely to describe relatable circumstances as inspiring. Our participants also critiqued the depth of the stories presented in the scenarios based on their prior exposure to disability narratives. Disability sport marketers might benefit from emphasizing multiple elements of athletes’ backgrounds to appeal to potential consumers. Marketers should also consider that consumers might have developed preexisting expectations about style of presentation of athlete interest stories.

Understanding the Systems, Contexts, Behaviors, and Strategies of Parents Advocating for Their Children With Down Syndrome

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Krueger ◽  
Jessica D. Cless ◽  
Meghan Dyster ◽  
Mollie Reves ◽  
Robert Steele ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Intellectual And Developmental Disability ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome

Abstract In the current qualitative research study, we focused on understanding the ecological systems, contexts, behaviors, and strategies of parents (N = 435) advocating for their children with an intellectual and developmental disability diagnosis, specifically Down syndrome (DS). Based on the data analysis, parents of children with DS advocate for their children frequently, in a variety of settings, with different actions, attitudes, motivations, and outcomes. The most common settings where advocacy occurred were primarily school and healthcare systems. The goals of parents often included inclusiveness, equality, and acceptance, whereas a few parents reported advocating due to discrimination and judgment. Implications for further research and professional practice also are described.

Empowering Chicana/o and Latina/o High School Students: A Guide for School Counselors

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1096-2409-19.1. ◽  
Author(s):  
Padilla Alejandro ◽  
Carlos P Hipolito-Delgado
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Student Empowerment ◽  
School Students ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Sociocultural Awareness

A qualitative research study was conducted with 15 school counselors to identify the strategies they used to empower Chicana/o and Latina/o high school students. The findings of this study revealed that participants facilitated student empowerment by developing personal relationships with students, involving alumni, building sociocultural awareness, and encouraging social action. Based on these findings, school counselors who seek to empower students are called to develop positive relationships, identify role models, and encourage community engagement.

Searching for hope in brain, lung, and pancreatic cancers: A collaborative qualitative research study

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Pearson ◽  
Maureen Rigney ◽  
Anitra Engebretson ◽  
Johanna Villarroel ◽  
Jenette Spezeski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Pancreatic Cancers

Location-thinking, value-thinking, and graphical forms: combining analytical frameworks to analyze inferences made by students when interpreting the points and trends on a reaction coordinate diagram

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander P. Parobek ◽  
Patrick M. Chaffin ◽  
Marcy H. Towns
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Rate ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Reaction Rates ◽  
Reaction Coordinate ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Chemistry Students ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Analytical Frameworks ◽  
Chemical Representations

Reaction coordinate diagrams (RCDs) are chemical representations widely employed to visualize the thermodynamic and kinetic parameters associated with reactions. Previous research has demonstrated a host of misconceptions students adopt when interpreting the perceived information encoded in RCDs. This qualitative research study explores how general chemistry students interpret points and trends on a RCD and how these interpretations impact their inferences regarding the rate of a chemical reaction. Sixteen students participated in semi-structured interviews in which participants were asked to interpret the points and trends along provided RCDs and to compare relative reaction rates between RCDs. Findings derived from this study demonstrate the diversity of graphical reasoning adopted by students, the impact of students’ interpretations of the x-axis of a RCD on the graphical reasoning employed, and the influence of these ideas on inferences made about reaction rate. Informed by analytical frameworks grounded in the resources framework and the actor-oriented model of transfer, implications for instruction are provided with suggestions for how RCDs may be presented to assist students in recognizing the critical information encoded in these diagrams.

scholarly journals Education and Heritage of Medieval Warfare. A Study on the Transmission of Knowledge by Informal Educators in Defensive Spaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 320
Author(s):  
Darío Español-Solana ◽  
Jesús Gerardo Franco-Calvo
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Transmission Of Knowledge ◽  
Historical Reenactment ◽  
Heritage Education ◽  
Informal Educators ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Informal Settings

Historical reenactment is becoming a top-tier teaching tool in the countries of Southern Europe. In Spain specifically, this discipline is experiencing a boom as a heritage education method, particularly in informal settings. This article is the outcome of a qualitative research study of the results obtained from one hundred and fifteen educators from historical reenactment groups. The study analyses the methods used by the exponents of this discipline to teach war in the Middle Ages, specifically in three Spanish castles dating from the 11th to the 12th centuries. It has made it possible to analyse how the educational discourses are organised in relation to Medieval war within military spaces from this period, and how historical reenactment is a coadjutant in the construction of teaching/learning spaces from a heritage education perspective.

scholarly journals Relegating expertise: The outward and inward positioning of librarians in information literacy education

2021 ◽  
pp. 096100062110201
Author(s):  
Alison Hicks ◽  
Annemaree Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
English Language ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Language Models ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Practice Of Teaching

Previous research has demonstrated that professional narratives reference discourses that shape the practice of information literacy within higher education. This article uses discourse analysis method to identify how information literacy discourses construct and position teaching librarians within higher education. Texts analysed include four recent English-language models of information literacy and 16 textbooks. Analysis suggests the existence of two distinct narratives related to the role, expertise and professional practice of teaching librarians. In the outward-facing narrative librarian work is typically absent from guidelines for practice. In contrast, book introductions, which constitute the inward-facing narrative, centre professional librarians yet simultaneously position them as incompetent, or as lacking the skills and understandings that they need to be effective in this setting. These narratives constitute a form of othering that threatens professional practice at a time when the professionalisation of librarianship is being drawn into question. This article represents the second in a research programme that interrogates the epistemological premises and discourses of information literacy within higher education.

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