Category: Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, Practice & Praxis
Advancing Teacher Training in Taiwan: Harnessing Virtual Reality to Assess and Enhance Teaching Practical Skills
As a mentor teacher, I frequently receive feedback from intern students during their return-to-campus internships, expressing their perceived lack of professional or adequate teaching abilities. Despite feeling confident in their subject knowledge, they admit to feeling apprehensive about actual teaching. Currently, in Taiwan, the only validated method for assessing educational professional competence before intern students …
Shaping Epistemological Profiles: School Placement Communities’ Impact on Preservice Teachers’ Personal Discovery and Knowledge Evolution
In educational literature, collaborative contexts have been highlighted as effective teacher development promoters. Especially in initial teacher education (ITE), the role of communities of practice gains prominence during school placement. Given the relevance of preservice teachers’ (PSTs) beliefs in their professional growth, this work aimed to understand these communities’ value in developing epistemological systems. Eleven …
Making a Real Difference in Physical Education: The Contribution of Reflection in Initial Conceptions of the Teaching Profession
In Physical Education literature, reflective practice has been praised through its integration into curriculum programs. Especially in initial teacher education (ITE), the path to follow aims to overcome the barriers imposed by behavioral and technicist approaches, refraining from any critical thinking, questioning or autonomy to both teachers and students. Given the relevance of reflection to …
Exploring Differentiation of Chinese Public English Education in Middle School
This study aims to find out how English teachers in Chinese public-school view and apply stratified teaching in their classroom. The study is part of a larger qualitative study. Four participants are from a middle (junior-high) school in China. This study adopts the combination of interpretivist paradigm and constructivism worldview. The methods used for the …
Intercultural Competence in a Homogeneous and Monocultural Foreign Language Learning Group: Chances and Limits (A Case Study)
The growing cultural diversity among language learners has led to an increased recognition of the importance of developing intercultural competence for both foreign language teachers and learners. This is particularly important when introducing foreign language learners to a new culture without underrating or underestimating their original one. Intercultural competence is generally considered a useful and …
Connectivism in Cross-Disciplinary Teaching: An Integrative Approach to Introduce Hydrogen Energy
This presentation showcases a cross-disciplinary course designed to harness the potential of hydrogen energy for achieving net zero emissions from three different disciplinary perspectives: environmental law, Arduino programming, and energy engineering. Grounded in Connectivism Learning Theory, the course underscores the importance of integrating diverse knowledge domains to enhance practical learning outcomes, crucial for developing sustainable …
Simulation of Situational Tasks as a Method of Developing Safe Behavior Skills
This study is one of the important issues of modern society and reflects the general problem of Kazakhstan, the way out of which we see through a local solution, using a series of lessons within the framework of the Lesson study. In this regard, the study’s purpose was to develop skills for responding to situations …
Exploring Imaginary Worlds: Leveraging Immersive Virtual Reality for Designing & Constructing 3D Environments
In an era defined by technological advancements, the integration of new media, Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR), has revolutionized art and design education, empowering students to explore innovative avenues of creative expression. This presentation outlines the key facets of a university-level art and design course integrating 3D design theory with the concept of imaginary world building. …
Developing an AI-Powered Robotic Assistant for Interactive Video-Based Learning: Engineering Innovations and System Design
This study presents an AI-powered robotic assistant’s concept and high-level design to revolutionize classroom video-based learning. The proposed system utilizes advanced natural language processing (NLP) and computer vision techniques to potentially generate interactive multiple-choice questions from educational YouTube videos automatically. The envisioned robotic assistant would transcribe video content, segment it, and use language models to …
Enriching and Enhancing Students’ Learning Experiences in an Introductory Mechanical Engineering Course Through Demo Kits
Mechanical Engineering for Modern Life is an introductory course designed for Year-1 undergraduate students, aiming to provide them with a comprehensive overview of the field of mechanical engineering and its sub-areas. To bridge the knowledge gap between Year 1 students and the theoretical concepts in different sub-areas of mechanical engineering, we have utilized a series …
Are Lecturers Teaching and Students Learning in a Post-pandemic Environment: A Case Study at a Business School in South Africa
Lecturers were confronted with so many changes and new technologies during the Covid-era that it was deemed of utmost important to analyse the different perspectives of lecturers within a Business School, in South Africa. The primary objective of the study was to determine to what extent teaching practices needed to change as well as to …
A Multi-factorial Approach Towards Tackling Plagiarism: A Comparison Between Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Plagiarism at Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught Level
Academic integrity is a fundamental value of higher education institutions and is a recognised priority in institutional learning and teaching strategies. Plagiarism is an ongoing problem in the HE sector and factors contributing to this complex phenomenon may differentially impact students at different academic levels of study, but this is under-researched. This study aimed to …
Teaching 21st-Century Skills in the EFL Classroom From Saudi EFL Teachers’ Perspectives
The 21st-century language classroom goes beyond simply teaching and learning grammar and vocabulary. This study explored EFL teachers’ perceptions of integrating 21st-century skills into their classrooms. This study adopted survey research. The sample of the study consisted of (49) teachers who were teaching at the secondary school level in Najran City, Saudi Arabia, during the …
Teacher Self-Efficacy and Emergency Online Teaching and Learning During COVID-19
This mixed methods study sought to measure and understand teacher efficacy and experience of teaching online one year into the transition to emergency remote online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study builds on our earlier work (Dolighan & Owen, 2021) that measured teachers’ sense of efficacy for teaching online at the initial stages of …
“Knowing Me – Knowing Us”: Positioning Collaborative Reflection in Establishing Inquiry Based Project Learning Approaches with Children
Inquiry-Based Project Learning is a term developed to explain the different historical and present-day approaches to using inquiry with children. In an inquiry approach, children lead their own learning as they explore and discover answers to their own questions. This term is drawn from a current project based in Aotearoa New Zealand exploring the ways …
Fostering Students’ Character in Worst Times Through Human Education: The Importance of Teacher’s Role and Attitude According to Value-Creating Education
This paper examines the situation in which students are growing in these years impacted by a global pandemic and climate change’s effects when conspiracy theories and pessimistic views have arisen even stronger. Students are exposed to them, most of all through social media. This study is questioning, which role as teachers we should cover. What …
Fostering Global Citizenship Through Poetry: Teaching and Learning Interconnectedness in Language, Literature and Culture From Value-Creating Education
This paper explores teaching and learning practices inspired by Value-Creating Education, i.e., the pedagogical commitments and perspectives shared by the Japanese educators and Buddhist activists Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871–1944), Josei Toda (1900–1958), and Daisaku Ikeda (1928–2023). More specifically, authors focus on poetry as a key resource in teaching and learning aimed at fostering global citizenship at …
Teaching Scientific Writing in the Era of ChatGPT
Generative AI (gen-AI) tools such as ChatGPT have very quickly become widely accessible as well as embedded into a wide range of existing software. The early iterations of these technologies so far have produced impressive outcomes in terms of their ability to produce generic writing, leading to the question – will the teaching of writing …
Say What, Steve: Active Learning Activity to Foster Reflective Thinking
The current study discusses a ‘Say What, Steve’ activity designed to engage undergraduate students majoring in Computational Sciences in coming up with meaningful questions based on a motivational lecture given by the late Steve Jobs to MIT students thirty years ago. This teaching method aims to inspire students to generate insightful questions pertinent to their …
Nurturing Politeness and Polite Expressions in English Language Teaching: A Study of Teacher Trainers and Preservice Teachers
Knowledge of politeness and polite expressions in English language use is vital for every school going child to thrive and succeed in society as well as contribute to its well-being. Effective communication and interpersonal skills are essential for success in society, and politeness and polite expressions are a vital aspect of English language use. This …
Enhancing Traditional Textbooks Using the Task-Based Approach: The Case of Teaching Turkish to Greek L1 in Cyprus
This study examines the challenges faced by teachers of Turkish in Cyprus due to the mandatory use of traditional textbooks and explores the potential impact of integrating Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) with the prescribed textbooks. Literature suggests that Turkish language textbooks often lack the integration of current foreign language acquisition studies and methodological advancements (Aygen, …
Distance Learning Experiences Since the Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in the Italian Context
As with other social contexts, the school has had to face the major challenges of the health emergency, requiring timely measures that have taken different forms over time. This paper will present the main findings of a qualitative research conducted through semi-structured interviews with Italian students from six different school institutes between May and June …
Exploring Pedagogies Available for Skill Acquisition in Hospitality and Student’s Preference
Skill acquisition is very important aspect of hospitality/tourism teaching delivery. An in-depth semi-structured interview was conducted involving two hundred (200) hospitality/tourism lecturers, students and practitioners in the industry to examine various pedagogies that are available, effective and preferred by students of hospitality education. The study showed that demonstrations and practical activities are dominantly used by …
Attitudinal Predispositions of First Year Preservice Teachers to Technology Integration in Pedagogy
There is growing cognizance of the potential of technology integration in pedagogy for enhanced educational experiences, though for sub-Saharan Africa, there is evident opacity of the concept due to the region’s unique challenges slowing down bridging of the technological gap between developing and developed regions. However, improved technology integrated pedagogical practices heavily rely on the …
Teaching in the Era of AI: Teachers’ Perspectives of Utilizing ChatGPT in Education
The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in teaching has had a transformative impact on various aspects of education. AI tools, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, have introduced innovative approaches to teaching and emphasized the necessity for personalised learning materials. Its application to teaching has heightened the significance of digitization, especially in the age of AI when …
Exploring Multiculturalism Through Vocal Teaching in the Context of Digital Society
In the era of new scientific and technological revolution, Digital technology has far-reaching impact on the political, economic and cultural development of various countries. The article explores how music from different cultures brings people together in the context of digital society, It can show us clearly the research significance. The researchers examined the research questions …
Strategies for Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Spirit to Equip Students With Life Skills: A Literature Review
The development of policies in education and the implementation of practices to foster an appropriate entrepreneurial spirit are very much needed to equip students with life skills and also to support students’ entrepreneurial competencies. The aim of this research is to examine various strategies and approaches that have been researched and implemented to develop an …
Teachers’ Characteristics, School Factors As Correlates of Students Achievement in Basic Science in Secondary School in Oyo State
Several factors can influence learning process and the overall students’ performance but seems few studies had made attempt to investigate the influence of teachers and school factors on students’ achievement especially in a technological-driven world where Basic science performance is low. The study investigated teachers’ characteristics and school factors as correlates of students’ achievement in …
A Systematic Review of Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices of Overt Translanguaging in English-Medium-Instruction Classrooms
This systematic review investigates the relationship between English-medium instruction (EMI) teachers’ translanguaging beliefs and their classroom practices. Translanguaging, the dynamic utilisation of multiple languages by multilingual learners, holds significant promise for EMI settings. However, a critical gap exists in understanding how teachers’ beliefs translate into classroom action. A comprehensive search across education databases identified ten …
Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Threat or a Tool for Teaching
The exponential rise in the use of artificial intelligence in instructional delivery has challenged the academic landscape and provided implications for teaching and learning. Artificial intelligence (AI) becomes one of the emerging issues in higher education. This paper looked into the state university teachers’ views and usage of artificial intelligence in the classroom. Using mixed-method …
Challenges and Needs for Primary Rural Schools to Develop Computing Science Teaching in Thailand
The teaching of computing science in a rural area is challenged by various limited resources and supports. This study aims to explore challenges and needs in computing science teaching in primary rural school, Thailand. Qualitative data were collected through interviews with six participants who teach computing science in a primary rural district. The findings show …
Infinite-Pi Learning Model in Product Engineers Training
Frequently, discussions arise within the T-shaped competency model regarding the choice between emphasizing depth or breadth in education. Each has its own considerations and applications at different levels of learning for students. Typically, learning begins with a broad overview and then delves into depth within applied disciplines, with the reverse approach for more theoretical subjects. …
Helix-C-Sketch in Engineering Design Education
C-Sketch, or Concept Sketch, is a technique used in design thinking and collaborative ideation processes. It involves creating visual representations of ideas and concepts using simple sketches or diagrams. In conventional 6-3-5 C-Sketch setup, 6 person in a group generate 3 ideas each in 5 minutes. This setup could help to generate various ideas in …
Peer’s Corrective Feedback: Effect on the Oral English Performance of the Students
Despite prevailing notions that corrective feedback are over-studied and obsolete, recent reviews argue for their continued relevance, particularly in pedagogy. However, concerns about the reliability of some studies necessitate further research, particularly addressing assessment validity and effectiveness. This study, conducted in a 21st-century teaching and learning setting, explores the impact of two types of corrective …
Enhancing Online Education: A Practical Approach to Empower Educator in Email Communication
The global shift towards online education, precipitated by the Covid-19 pandemic, has revealed critical challenges stemming from a lack of preparedness. As we approach a post-pandemic era, it is imperative to reimagine education within the digital realm to fortify our educational systems against future uncertainties. A particular concern is student engagement and interaction, requiring educators …
The Study of the Influence of Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies on English Language Acquisition
Today many representatives of the educational and psychological fields try to find new methods to make language acquisition more interesting, involving, and interactive. Rote memorization is not an option anymore. Reading books, listening to music, watching movies, and observing artworks have positively determined the language acquisition process. Since all these activities help students learn a …
Engaging Students Through Innovative Feedback Strategies: A Study of Exploration and Implementation
The National Student Survey in the United Kingdom found that students are often dissatisfied with the feedback provided from their university courses. Student from large and diversified cohorts are often disengaged from learning through feedback due to the lack of transparency, accuracy, consistency, and timeliness in the feedback provided to them. Acknowledging these challenges and …
Arts-Based Pedagogy for Promoting Diversity: A New Approach in Global Citizenship Education
This paper discusses the potential of incorporating arts-based pedagogy in global citizenship education. This novel educational approach is to increase young people’s awareness of diversity and guide them to become tolerant global citizens through art-making. Goal 4, among the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) created by the United Nations, aims for “quality education,” and one …
A Blended Learning Course in Engineering Materials: Course Design and Analysis
“Engineering Material II” is a Year 3 undergraduate major elective course that offers fundamental training to students who are interested in pursuing a career in materials-related fields or advanced study programs. Over the past three years during pandemic, this course has been taught in both real-time online mode and mixed mode, which combines online and …
Simulation Based Teaching: A Case Study on Perceptions of Nurse Educators at the University of Botswana
Background: Simulation based education has gained momentum in nursing education. During the advent of COVID 19, simulation-based teaching and learning became a useful strategy employed in nursing education globally as the traditional way of delivering content was not possible. Nurse educators are pivotal to the teaching and learning environment that help learners to develop both …
Unravelling the Dichotomy of Differentiated Instruction: Inclusionary or Exclusionary Practice?
For decades, differentiated instruction (DI) has been utilised as a generalist teaching approach and an inclusive practice in order to enhance the participation of all learners in the mainstream classroom, including learners with special educational needs. The extensive use of differentiation in mainstream classrooms as the gateway to inclusive education denotes the academic and social …
Narratives of Physics Teachers Using Virtual Simulations: Basis for In-Service Training Workshops
This narrative inquiry study aimed to understand, investigate, and interpret experiences of physics teachers when using virtual simulations. The participants were chosen using purposive sampling techniques. The data was gathered through an initial survey and face-to-face interviews that followed an interview protocol. Creswell’s data analysis and interpretation were used to generate themes from the verbatim …
Developing Strategies to Improve Student Teachers’ Performance in the Module “Introduction to Classroom Research” at a University of Technology
Introduction to Classroom Research (IER41ES) is a module that fourth-year Bachelor of Education (B-Ed) students must pass to obtain their teaching qualification. Over the last three years the module recorded considerably poor students’ performance. The purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons for poor students’ performance in the module, and further suggest ways …
Special Education and Shadow Teaching: Practices and Experiences in the Philippines
Inclusive education mandates that learners with disabilities (LWD) attend regular schools instead of special education schools. In the Philippines, while schools started to accept more LWD to study alongside the typical students, support provisions are placed to ensure that educational goals are being met. One such provision is the employ of special education teachers as …
A Multi-dimension Correlational Study Between Self-Directed Learning and Team Effectiveness in Project-Based Learning
At Singapore Polytechnic (SP), the Diploma in Perfumery and Cosmetic (DPCS) embraces an innovative Industry Now Curriculum (INC) pathway. With this framework, students engage in industry projects to equip themselves with valuable knowledge and skills crucial to the profession. This project-based learning (PBL) approach not only imparts practical expertise but also fosters autonomous learning through …
Educational Reforms in Japan: The Case for an Interdisciplinary Approach in English and Programming Education
Every ten years, the Japanese Ministry of Education enacts major curriculum reforms with the aim of transitioning Japanese society to twenty-first-century industry (Yamanaka and Suzuki, 2020). The latest of these sweeping reforms started in 2020, focusing on two major aspects of globalization: the introduction of mandatory programming education and the designation of English as a …
Gender Disparities of Teaching Reading in DepEd Northern Mindanao, Philippines
Gender disparity reflects the unequal status and opportunities between men and women, influenced by institutional, legal, and cultural factors that often favor male dominance. In the Philippines, educators struggle to address these disparities due to entrenched societal norms and frameworks like Education 2030 and the K-12 program. Textbooks often reinforce gender stereotypes, depicting males as …
Using Play Pedagogy for Students’ English Oral and Reading Ability in Taiwan Primary School’s After Program
This study focused on elementary school students in the middle to lower grade levels (Age 6-9) who were part of an after-school English program in Pingtung County, Taiwan. The aim was to investigate the impact of English vocabulary game-based instruction on their English speaking and reading abilities. Employing an experimental research design, this study conducted …
Online Technical Instructional Video-Generating Motivation Scale (TIVGMS): Development, Reliability and Validity Testing
More people engage in producing online technical instructional videos as a result of increased access to open video channels and the advancement of video-based technical teaching and learning. Producers are essential in the transfer of technical expertise. Their motivations and backgrounds vary widely. It raises the question of what inspires people to generate online videos. …
Effects of SSCS Learning Activities With Bar Model on Mathematical Resilience and Learning Achievement in Fraction Word Problems
The goals of this this study were to examine two different aspects of learning accomplishment and mathematical resilience in Grade 6 children after they received learning management skills using the SSCS with bar model in fraction word problems. A group of 147 sixth-grade pupils in the first semester of the 2021 school year was the …
If ChatGPT is Writing the Courses and the Assignments, Why Do We Need Faculty or Students? An Ethics Module on Academic Integrity and Generative AI in Higher Education
This presentation delves into the convergence of academic integrity and Generative AI (GenAI). It introduces a framework for a lesson dedicated to exploring the ethical dimensions of GenAI with undergraduates students. This lesson was piloted during the winter semester of 2023 and subsequently during the Spring intersession. It specifically targeted first-year undergraduates at a science …
Promoting a Sense of Community in the Japanese as a Foreign Language Classroom and Beyond
Foreign Language Learning could be lonely tasks, memorizing endless lists of vocabulary, grammar, and sentences. In this post pandemic era, it is extremely important for foreign language learners to feel a sense of community when they learn a foreign language. Building a community and promoting a sense of community is a very important part of …
Using Dramatic Arts and Storytelling in Creating Effective Learning Outcome
The outcome of effective teaching and learning is when the learners can apply, analyze, evaluate, or create something new from the knowledge they receive. Failed learning is when the gained knowledge cannot be transformed but remains just information that later is lost from the learners’ minds and understanding. For learners, to be engaged many times …
The Effectiveness of Self-Regulated Learning via Infographics on the Topic of the Traditional Chinese Artisan Tools: A Case Study of Sichuan Vocational College of Health and Rehabilitation, Republic of China
The objectives of this study were to: 1) compare learning achievement after using infographics of traditional Chinese artisan’s tools, 2) study the effectiveness after using infographics of traditional Chinese artisan’s tools, and 3) explore student’s satisfaction after using infographics of traditional Chinese artisan’s tools. The population of this study were 30 students from Sichuan Health …
The Establishment of an Asynchronous E-learning Course in Higher Education – Challenges and Guidance to Overcome Them
After the Corona period, the use of asynchronous e-learning settings has increased in higher education, including the Bachelor’s degree program in Business Information Technology (BIT) at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW). In autumn 2022 an asynchronous e-learning course was introduced for a compulsory finance module in the aforementioned program. The comparison of …
Intercultural Teaching in EFL Secondary School Contexts: Indonesian Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices
The intercultural approach to fostering intercultural communication in classrooms has been a vital concern in the realm of English language instruction. However, acknowledging the interactive nature of culture and effectively conveying it to students can be a challenging task. In specific instances, impediments related to intercultural communication hinder the capacity of educators and learners to …
Good Methods Could Predict the Future: We Discussed the Teaching Methods of Rural Teachers in Taiwan
Due to the lack of educational resources, students in remote areas needed to turn their lives around through school education. The purpose of this study was to investigate the teaching methods used by Taiwanese teachers in remote areas to enhance students’ learning motivation. In this study, we used document analysis to compile the teaching methods …
The Art of Observation and Documentation of Children’s Play
How might we use data to make children’s learning through play visible? Noticing and valuing the ideas, thinking, theories, questions and feelings of our youngest learners involves the process of observation. Understanding their strengths, interests, needs and challenges also comes from meaningful documentation. At the same time, one of the most difficult aspects of observing …
Learning Technologies for Today and Tomorrow: A Digital Collection of Insights and Tips for Academics
This virtual presentation offers a participatory-online experience. In this collection of digital diaries by seven multi-disciplinary academics and instructional designers from five different universities in South Africa, each share their personal stories about their teaching and learning approaches when using digital technologies. Utilising the website builder, MS Sway, the group collaborates to create an interactive, …
Integrating STEM Education With Local Culture in Indonesia: Teachers’ Perspective and Practice
STEM education based on local culture produces a more contextual and meaningful learning experience for students. However, the practical implementation has led to numerous issues. The study aims to describe the challenges teachers face in implementing STEM education based on local culture and explore the teacher practice related to understanding and teaching strategies in STEM …
The Impact of Game-Based Learning on First-Year Undergraduate Students on Knowledge and Motivation: An Example From the Logistics Field
The paper aims to study the impact of utilizing the learner-centered framework on Game-Based Learning (GBL) on first-year university students. The objectives of the study are 1) Game-based learning can achieve knowledge for the learner. 2) Game-based learning can create student learning motivation. The game implemented in this study is called Beer Game, which is …
Teaching Design in the Wake of Artificial Intelligence
In order to maintain its relevance and pertinence throughout history, Design Teaching has been pushed to regularly evaluate its adequacy in the face of cutting-edge technologies and constantly renewed tools. In that respect, the new paradigm of Generative Artificial Intelligence pushes once more the territorial limits of Educational Research and Pedagogy. In this study, we …
Augmented Reality Technology on Chinese Vocabulary Teaching for International Undergraduate Students
Studying basic Chinese as a foreigner poses challenges rooted in unfamiliarity with the language’s characters and tones, compounded by cultural differences. These obstacles require state-of-the-art learning material which encourages participation, stimulates attention, and retains the learner’s enthusiasm. This study deployed an active learning approach, examined the primary challenges faced by international students in Chinese character …
The Application of TPRS Teaching Method for Chinese as Second Language Students
This study employs the TPRS teaching method to research elementary-level spoken Chinese instruction for foreign learners. It emphasizes moving beyond textbook content and focusing on cultivating students’ oral output abilities. The purpose includes of this study were: 1) to applying TPRS in an experimental class for elementary-level spoken Chinese, comparing it with a control class, …
Forgetting Green Biographies: Memories and Relationship With Plants in a Primary School
This research explored the experiences of children and parents in a primary school class in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Participants took to the green archives where they engaged in a process of exploration, rediscovery and appreciation of their relationship with plants. The researchers’ approach, based on active listening and curiosity, brought the sleeping green memory to …
The Impact of Picture Book to Enhance Learning Achievement on the Chinese Traditional Culture Course
In recent years, with the advancement of globalization and the rapid development of information technology, China’s education industry has shown a rapid development trend, but it is still faced with new opportunities and challenges, and educational content and teaching methods need to be reformed. This paper discusses the difficulties encountered by students in learning Chinese …
The Impact of English Songs to Enhance Learning Achievement for Students With Unequal Cognitive
The objectives of this study were to: 1) compare the learning achievement of students between pre-test and post-test scores using English songs 2) Identify effectiveness after using English songs. The population in this study were 200 students in Sichuan Yibin Vocational Technical School in semester 2/2023. The sample of this research were 54 students selected …
Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding Classroom Management and Learner Discipline During Teaching Practice
Teaching practice is a type of work-integrated learning as a period during which students work in the relevant industry to acquire specific in-service training to put theory into practice. It is an exercise aimed to expose student-teachers to the practical aspects of the teaching profession and to allow them to put their theoretical knowledge gained …
Secondary School Teachers’ Experiences of Using Gender and Inclusive Pedagogies Towards Bringing Changes in the Classrooms and Schools
Globally, attention to gender and inclusive pedagogies has grown in order to advance high-quality education. In Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, and Timor-Leste, a cross-cultural study was done to evaluate the effects of a co-designed teacher professional development program called Gender and Inclusive Pedagogy (GIP) on secondary school students’ participation and academic accomplishment throughout the pandemic …
Digital Media, Teaching and Learning: Pedagogical Implications for Teaching and Learning in a Participatory Culture
The era of digital media has come to create a youthful and pervasive participatory culture featuring different forms of affiliation, expression, problem-solving and information circulation among its members. The generation of digital media savvy individuals has now populated classrooms all over our college and university campuses. Concomitant with their arrival to the campus are the …
Enhancing Undergraduate Cell Biology Learning Through the Application of Gamification
Learning cell biology presents challenges for undergraduates due to its intricate nature, demanding comprehension of complex cell structures and functions within the human body. To address this, the integration of game design principles into non-game contexts, known as gamification, offers an innovative solution. While traditional learning methods encompass lectures and tutorials, the introduction of gamified …
Action Research in an Educational Research Methods Course to Implement Alternative Teaching Approaches
Teacher education programs put emphasis on the inclusion of educational research methods courses in the curriculum for the successful completion of teacher training. There are problems in engaging pre-service teachers in the research process to explore educational issues. To overcome these challenges, the author aimed to conduct an action research study to integrate inquiry-based teaching …
Rebels, Radicals, and Revolutionaries in American History: An Arts-Integrated Graphic Novel Project
Graphic storytelling can be an evocative and powerful medium for exploring the past and representing historical narratives. In this presentation, I describe a secondary school graphic novel project that integrated the visual arts with history education. Co-taught by an art teacher and a history teacher, the project, funded by the Margot Stern Strom Innovation Grant …
“¿Me Entiendes?” Do You Understand Me? Supporting Multilingual Teachers and Prospective Educators
This paper examines a Multilingual undergraduate course that was created to increase knowledge and understanding for both teachers and prospective educators in responding to language learning competencies for multilingual learners in our local community. One area considered in the design of our course has been the use of diverse resources to provide points of connection. …
Enhancing Chinese Speaking Proficiency Through Leveraging Higher Order Thinking Skills in ACTFL OPI-Aligned Activities
The ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) assessment serves as a widely acknowledged and reliable measure of an individual’s linguistic speaking aptitude. Prioritizing Higher Order Thinking (HOT) skills in the creation and execution of ACTFL OPI-aligned speaking activities offers a profoundly effective strategy for cultivating students’ oral proficiency at a higher level in the target language, …
The Role of Technology in Art Education in Ghana
Technology plays a vital role in modern art education and offers many opportunities and advancements in Ghana. The purpose of this article is to explore the impact of technology on art education in Ghana and the benefits it brings to both students and teachers. There is the problem of technology to equip teachers with innovative …
Educational Response to Digital Learning, on the Example of English Language Vocabulary Learning Problem
The aim of this study is to explore how digital learning can affect students’ education. The basic idea was to investigate in which way digital and interactive content influence the quality of knowledge and language skills of students. Starting from the hypothesis that the range of learned vocabulary can be greater with an interactive whiteboard, …
“I Don’t Have Any Knowledge About Space. What Should I Do?”: Helping Japanese Pre-service English Teachers Survive Their Teaching Practicums
This paper outlines a support structure for pre-service English teachers which is being implemented at a private Japanese university as part of a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) funded research project. Through the design and delivery of practical teaching workshops the researchers are working to provide meaningful support for pre-service English teachers. …
Considering Pedagogical Strategies for Countering Distraction and Its Sources
This research-based presentation reports on the issue of student distraction and disruption in online versus physical classrooms at university level. It is hoped that it will provide useful insights to teachers based on actual student feedback. The research was conducted by using a Student Disruption and Distraction (SDD) Questionnaire which garnered responses from 50 students …
Images As Catalysts: A Pedagogical Exercise Enhancing Writing Skills for First-Year PhD Design Students at the University of Porto
This paper introduces a pedagogical exercise that employs images as catalysts to facilitate the writing process for first-year PhD Design students at the University of Porto. The exercise pursues two fundamental objectives: firstly, to aid students in refining their research scope into a manageable territory, and secondly, to empower them to articulate the boundaries and …
An Initial Study of Integrating Bilingual and Science Instructional Modules for Elementary Science Teacher Preparation
The study aimed to develop integrated English and Mandarin instructional modules for elementary science teacher preparation. The instructor played a researcher’s role in implementing action research during science teaching and learning. Fifty university elementary pre-service students taking the three-semester hour course during the two semesters participated in the study. The researcher developed the multi-models of …
Using 5 Music Instructional Methods to Illustrate the Social Constructive Music Teaching Framework in Hong Kong Primary Level Music Education: A Comparison Study Between Private International and Public Schools
Music education under the frame name of arts education has been integrated into the primary and secondary education curriculums in Hong Kong for more than 20 years, starting from 2001, the year of launching the Learning to Learn curriculum for the reconstruction of the education system for the younger generation. Music education, embedded into the …
Teachers and Students’ Perspectives in Current State, Problems and Needs of Multicultural Learning in Malay Language Communication in the Southernmost Region of Thailand
This research aimed to explore the teachers and students’ perspectives in current state, problems and needs of multicultural learning in the Malay language communication subject at the secondary in Narathiwat province. Data was collected by the questionnaires from 33 secondary school teachers and 36 students under of the Narathiwat Secondary Educational Service Area Office. Data …
Is Co-teaching a Sustainable Practice in Teacher Education? Lecturers’ Perception
The purpose of sustainability is to improve human well-being and quality of life, but the definition of sustainability may depend on context. The core of higher education is to enable academic staff to implement education that is sustainable. Therefore, ensuring sustainability in co-teaching may require providing each lecturer with the skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed …
Problems and Needs in Experiential Learning in Mathematics: Teachers’ and Students’ Perspectives From Thailand
This study aimed to explore the teachers’ and students’ perspectives of problems and needs in Experiential Learning (EL) in Mathematics at secondary education. 31 teachers and 35 grade 11 students from Narathiwat province, Thailand, responded to the questionnaire, which was analyzed for mean and standard deviation (SD). Overall, mathematics teachers had moderate level of problems …
Teachers’ Engagement in Literacy Practices
Teachers’ personal and professional literate histories impact their beliefs and practices regarding literacy instruction (Gomez, 2009). Bernstein (2014) explained, “Students pick up on the ways in which teachers are oriented to literacy and if teachers—in part—shape students’ literacy practice and, possibly, their identity, then researchers must continue to attend to the complexity of teachers’ literacy …
Integration of STEAM With Local Context for Enhancing Early Childhood Students’ Creativity
This article aims to: a) review, analyze and synthesize the literature related to Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM) education and Context-based Learning (CBL); and b) developing the Context-based STEAM instructional model for enhancing creative skills in early childhood. The authors analyzed the STEAM instruction from the national and international contexts by using content …
Development of TPCK Creativity-Based Learning Model for Improving Grade 7 Students’ Academic Achievement and Creative Thinking
Creativity-based Learning (CBL) is useful in developing several important skills for mathematics students. This research aimed to: a) develop the CBL integrated with Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) or TPCK-CBL Model to teach mathematics for Grade 7 students; and 2) examine students’ development of academic achievement and creative thinking in the Ordered Pairs topic after …
Investigating Algerian Lecturers’ Views and Classroom Practices on Language Teaching Through CALL: A Case Study
Bringing new perspectives to the formal learning contexts caused a massive change in the teaching and learning process. Indeed, in recent years, the incorporation of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in language education has become increasingly prevalent, offering new opportunities for language learning and teaching. However, its implementation and impact vary across contexts. In fact, the …
Reducing Māori Student Disengagement in Education: Profiling the Critically Conscious, Culturally Responsive Educator
Māori learners as minority students in New Zealand are over-represented in the negative disengagement indices in mainstream secondary education, despite Māori only representing 17.4% of the New Zealand population. Compared with non-Māori students, Māori are more likely to receive disciplinary action excluding them from mainstream. Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi) as New …
A Transdisciplinary Team-teaching Approach to Community-based Undergraduate Capstone Projects in a Residential College in Singapore
This paper examines the impact of team-teaching pedagogies in the context of a capstone course in a residential college based in a Singapore university. The capstone experience in this college is part of the general education curriculum offered to resident undergraduates. Designed to provide an opportunity for transdisciplinary research collaboration, the capstone requires the multidisciplinary …
Developing Graduate Attributes Through Active Feedback in Experiential Settings
In traditional course design, much of the assessment focusses on an individual submission, encouraging students to focus on the summative assessment instead of developing the expertise (Gibbs & Simpson, 2004). By embedding active feedback within class activities there is a shift in students’ focus on assessment outcomes to also being focussed on skills development. The …
An Action Research on the Integration of Pinyin Instruction in Chinese Language Teaching Through the Use of Object-Based Teaching Material
This research focuses on action research in the field of Mandarin Chinese teaching. It emphasizes the process and outcomes of converting unidirectional Mandarin pinyin materials into bidirectional interactive materials suitable for Interactive Whiteboards. Considering the equipment conditions of the research site, the researcher repurposed the Chinese Pinyin materials and practically applied them in the classroom …
Flipped Learning Experience to Develop Research Skills and Scientific Argumentation in Students of a Teaching English as a Foreign Language Program
Scientific argumentation competencies in English involve writing and delivering an oral presentation with a scientific structure and research competencies are about the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to carry out an investigation in the field of education and pedagogy. Both are essential for future teachers, but students of a bachelor in English-teaching as a foreign …
Navigating Stormy Seas: Techniques for Teaching Contentious Topics in Political Science Programmes
In increasingly polarized political contexts, exacerbated by concerns over student safety, mental health, and media hysteria over “safe spaces” and “cancel culture”, teaching contentious political science topics has become more challenging than ever before. At the same time, students do not enter as blank slates on these topics and are likely to bring their own …
The Development of a Motor Control Experimental Set Through a Virtual Reality Program by Using Active Learning
The development of a motor control experimental set through a virtual reality program by using active learning. The objectives of this research for 1) Develop a motor control experimental set of operating the motor control circuit 2) Develop an active learning management through a virtual reality program 3) To evaluate the achievement of an active …
Beyond Words: Non Verbal Communication in the Undergraduate Medical Education Classroom
Background: One of the greatest gifts bestowed upon humanity by the divine is the ability to communicate. This encompasses the expression of thoughts, emotions, information, abilities, and ideas through both verbal and nonverbal means. Nonverbal communication accounts for over 65% of all communication and is the focus of this research project, which aims to explore …
Use of Contextualized Activity Sheets in Improving Students’ Knowledge on Climate Change
As a major global issue, climate change is one of the topics in the senior high school curriculum, specifically in the Earth Science subject. Designing instructional materials in which the learners can relate their personal experiences to climate change plays an important role in enriching their knowledge about climate change. This paper aims to develop …
Challenges and Opportunities of Remote Teaching as a Basis for Blended Learning
Identifying the challenges encountered and the opportunities discovered by the teachers during this distressing time benefits the academic institution and its clients. However, a comprehensive study of how different challenges and opportunities are associated with teachers’ success in teaching is lacking. This paper intended to determine the challenges encountered and the opportunities discovered by the …
Pedagogical Strategies for Reflection That Promote Student Growth
Institutions of higher education are the starting point for students in pursuing lifelong autonomous careers. To become autonomous learners, they must make independent choices and decisions about the content of and strategy for learning. In this regard, reflection is an essential component of quality learning and the expression of such learning. In addition, it forms …
Literature Review of Teachers’ Perspective of Blended Learning Model in Secondary and Higher Institutions
The objective of this paper is to provide an extensive literature review of academic papers written in English about teachers’ perspective of Blended learning model in secondary and higher-level educational institutions. The research shows us, that there are many factors that influence how the implementation of the Blended learning model is accepted by different educational …
How to Improve Choral Teaching Efficiency? An Experimental Research of Structured Teaching Model in Primary Choral Education
In recent years, various choral exhibition festivals and choral competitions have emerged, which is an effective way to promote the prosperity of choral teaching, but under the performance-oriented evaluation method, it will lead to too utilitarian choral teaching and weaken the educational significance of choral teaching itself. In choral education within primary schools, a successful …
Challenges and Recommendations to Champion Breastfeeding Teachers in Albay
In today’s modern world, it is equally significant for the mothers to nurse their babies and pursue their jobs. However, working mothers specifically teachers face initial challenges when they chose to breastfeed and return to work. In the Philippines, Republic Act No. 10028 (2009) otherwise known as Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion was implemented to support breastfeeding …
Using Artificial Intelligence Tools in Product Design Course
The utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in product design courses has gained significant prominence in recent years. A preliminary survey conducted at the onset of the design course revealed that 70% of students expressed their disagreement with the idea of banning AI tools from the curriculum, and 27.5% remained neutral. Subsequently, a follow-up survey …
Lived Experience: Teachers Serving First Nation School Communities
Indigenous communities, especially located in “remote” and “very remote” areas, have had many formidable challenges in engaging Indigenous students due to lack of resources and support. One of the major issues is the high turnover of teachers. A variety of complex factors have a critical impact on their decisions to stay or leave (Burleigh, 2016; …
Revealing History Through Design: An Exploration of Pedagogy in Projects Rooted in Reconciliation and Remembrance
A broader historical narrative of the colonization of the southern United States is being told by historians such as Ric Murphy who in his book “The Arrival of the First Africans in Virginia”, aims to recognize them and to “… ensure that their contributions and legacy no longer remain unknown in American History.” At the …
A New Didactic-Andragogical Tool to Consolidate Knowledge Applied to the Active Methodology PBL
Literature and teaching experience show the need to reflect upon teaching-learning strategies that take advantage of students’ prior knowledge and that promote opportunities to develop autonomy, especially when teaching adults. This work aims to present the strategy named Circle of Knowledge (CK) and contextualizes it in the light of andragogy by demonstrating two practical applications …
Preservice Teacher Perceptions of Using 360° Cameras and Virtual Reality for Education Preparation
Using XR technological tools such as 360° cameras and virtual reality in education preparation has been found to be a beneficial way for preservice teachers (PSTs) to reflect on their teaching styles and experience the virtual classroom (Ardisara & Fung, 2018; Coffey, 2014; Ferdig & Kosko, 2020; Feurstein, 2019). Additionally, utilization of XR in PST …
Collaborative Lessons in a Cross-Border Space: Learning Each Other’s Language, Literature and History on the Basis of the CoBLaLT Model
In the paper we propose a new paradigm for teaching literature, language and history in cross-border territories from the point of view of cross-border didactics and cross-curricular collaboration at the higher elementary school level. Based on the CoBLaLT model, we propose interdisciplinar activities for students of two cross-border classes on both sides of the Slovenian-Italian …
Brilliant Club Scholar Programme Case Study: Teaching Climate Change With KS2 Pupils
Since the autumn of 2022, I have become a Brilliant Club Scholar Programme tutor, delivering university-style lectures on Climate Change to KS2 pupils with underprivileged background. I appreciate the opportunity to contribute and be part of pupils’ progress in their understanding of this subject and try to engage them in a range of learning activities. …
Revolutionizing Teacher Education: Preparing Language Teachers for the Plurilingual and Digital Age of Language Education
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges to language educators worldwide, including in Canada, who had to swiftly adjust their teaching methods to incorporate technology. This shift required significant training and adaptation, and many educators faced difficulties in engaging students and keeping their attention in a virtual environment. Unfortunately, inadequate support and training led to …
The Effect of Group Poster Competition on Student Motivation in a Rural Primary School in Southwest China
Motivation has always played an essential role in determining students’ academic performance. The intent on boosting student motivation has led to different pedagogies. This study focuses on how group poster competition designed for 27 sixth grade students in a rural elementary school in China may affect students’ levels of motivation in English classes. The group …
Independent Learning: Analysis of the Academic Effect of Considering the Principles of Independent Learning (IL) in Teaching Filipino 9
Independent learning is an essential skill that improves students’ metacognitive skills and learning. This study assessed the effectiveness of Independent Learning (IL) as a Tier 1 Intervention in improving the academic performance of Grade 9 students in Filipino subject and explore the significance of IL and its principles on the learning and experience of Grade …
Escape Room and Trivial as Tools to Reduce Anxiety Before Exams
One of the biggest causes of anxiety for students at any level in the academic field is taking tests. This study aims to reduce the levels of anxiety expressed by students in class. In this sense, an attempt is made to generate confidence in the knowledge acquired through review sessions, in which online games specifically …
The Effect of Teacher Immediacy as Leverage Technology on Online Students’ Participation, Academic Achievement and Knowledge Retention
COVID-19 pandemic has led to a major shift towards online learning, emphasizing the importance of teacher immediacy in promoting students’ participation, academic achievement and knowledge retention. The transition to online learning has become increasingly prevalent, necessitating a deeper understanding of the factors that influence students’ academic performance in environment. One such factor is teacher immediacy, …
Protecting Children: Reflective Practice for Future Educators
In Italy, Bachelor’s degree courses in Education Sciences prepare future educators who can work within public, private and third sector organizations in the planning, implementation and evaluation of educational interventions. A curricular traineeship of 250 hours is foreseen, preceded by a 50-hour training course on critical situations in educational contexts. During their traineeship, students participate …
SCIFARI: Exploring the Effectiveness of Team Teaching in Science on Middle School Students
In the Middle School Science department at Mallya Aditi International School, Bangalore, India, a team of teachers designs and delivers course content to enhance learning experiences. The pedagogy of the Middle School departments includes deliberations among the team regarding lessons, hands-on activities, experiential learning opportunities and evaluation processes before and during implementation. This has been …
Strength in Numbers: Analysis of the Effectiveness of Team Teaching in Mathematics in Middle School
Mallya Aditi International School, Bangalore, India, is an inclusive school that caters to a wide range of students from high-end socio-economic backgrounds to economically underprivileged students, admitted under the Right to Education Act. The students have been exposed to team teaching from the early years of school and continue to experience the same in Middle …
Active Learning: Portuguese as a Non-Native Language (PNNL) Teaching Experience to Chinese
As part of a teaching experience in Higher Education, this communication aims to share a set of active learning strategies, using technologies, adopted in a Portuguese as a Non-Native Language speaking subject, composed by 14 Chinese students, enrolled in a bilateral partnership (China-Portugal). Due to constraints arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, and for a period …
Means of Expression of Metaphorical Thinking in Primary School Lithuanian Language Textbooks
The development of metaphorical thinking occupies a significant place in the process of holistic (total) education of the personality. The development of children’s metaphorical thinking is a current issue that opens up new opportunities for scientific and practical researches in the field of cognitive potential of childhood; therefore it is especially important that this education …
The Role of Reflection in Changing Student’s Conceptions About the Teaching Profession: Navigate Towards Meaning Physical Education
In initial Teacher Education Programs, students face a different reality than expected due to the opportunities to engage in deeper reflection and critical thinking. Therefore, this study explored the reflective dimension’s role in changing students’ initial conceptions about the teaching profession during the first semester of a teacher education program. One hundred and twenty-two students …
The Implementation of an Asynchronous E-learning Course in Higher Education – Lessons Learned
The pandemic boosted the use and impact of electronic learning (e-learning) in many life areas including education (Monira et al., 2022). Based on that externally forced experience, the Business Information Technology Bachelor degree program (BIT) at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) radically changed the learning-teaching set-up from traditional face-to-face (F2F) …
Diagnosing Misconceptions in First-Year Calculus
Learning tertiary mathematics is challenging and has been an obstacle for many students. Calculus students are unaware of their misconceptions. This makes understanding and progress difficult and prevents students from being successful in mathematics, especially in first-year calculus modules. Focusing on misconceptions in calculus is essential for enhancing student learning and is needed in developing …
Just Between Meme and You: Online Memes as Health Communication Tools in Design and Media Arts Higher Education Curricula
This study posits that current online trends of mistrust in health policies may be partly overcome through an exploratory employment of memes. It aims at filling a critical gap whereby unexpected communication channels might succeed in addressing subjective bias seemingly immune to fact-based cognitive persuasion channels. We propose that the classroom may be a particularly …
Ingenuity in the Pandemic: A Cross-Course Science-Literacy Integration Project
When faced with compressed hybrid courses amidst the pandemic, two university teacher educators sought to leverage the opportunity into an innovative, collaborative project to increase authentic learning experiences for their students. Pre-service teachers in one elementary literacy and one elementary science education course collaborated on a science-literacy integration project, bringing their content expertise and shared …
Faculty Motivations for Participating in Interactive Seminars and the Impact of Student Non-Engagement: A Conceptual Framework
In a virtually driven world, the advancement and usage of technology has been seen to have many direct and indirect implications for educational practice. Against this backdrop, our paper reconceptualises academic faculty’s motivations for engaging with their students in interactive seminars. Extant research suggests that student and faculty interaction can be considered as a key …
Exploring Content and Tools Tailored on Gen Z University Courses: A Case Study
University education plays a crucial role in the development of young individuals, serving as a vital foundation. However, it is not uncommon for there to be a concealed sense of discontentment regarding the quality of services provided by universities. Because of Generation Z (Gen Z) members particular traits, traditional methods to course design are sometimes …
The Views of Romanian Teachers on the Sexual Development and Education of Children
The topic of sexuality passes for a taboo in our country even today, there being no open treatment of the subject, not even in the closest family circle. There is no sexual education in schools, while sexual enlightenment is restricted to 1-2 hours, provided at the age of 13-14. Our goal is to determine the …
Restructuring Interdisciplinary Teaching Materials: Crossing Over From Non-STEM to STEM
This study presents seven types of visual modifications to customize teaching materials for an interdisciplinary course called “The Role of Hydrogen Energy for Net Zero Emission and Practice.” An instructional designer with a non-STEM background worked with a team of instructors to redesign their lecture slides, with the goals of appealing to students from a …
An Initial Attempt of A.I. in the ESL/EFL Writing Classroom: Lessons Learnt
Recently, artificial intelligence (A.I.) and its use in the language classroom is a topic that has sparked widespread discussion across the globe recently. Amongst these A.I. models, one particular software is called Jenni AI, which supports writers in creating pieces of writing step-by-step. In this paper, the teacher-researcher reports on his experience in using Jenni …
Rethinking Work Integrated Learning Pedagogy: Reflections Post COVID-19
The consistent battle to ensure quality outcomes in work integrated learning (WIL) experiences has been an ongoing matter for higher education institutions. For universities that offer WIL modules, it is essential to ensure consistency from one year to the next concerning student experiences, as well as outcomes. During the COVID-19 pandemic, universities moved to emergency …
The Development of a Digital Entrepreneurship Children Education Model in Malaysia
In the context of business and entrepreneurship, attitudes, digital skills, and the teaching of entrepreneurial values by preschool teachers are very important in engaging children. The purpose of this study is to analyse the needs in developing a model for Digital Entrepreneurship Education for B40 group kindergarten children based on teachers’ perceptions. The respondents of …
Foundation Phase Teachers’ Views on the Role of Proprioceptive Development in School Readiness
This exploratory case study reports on the views of six purposively selected Foundation Phase teachers from an independent school in Gauteng, South Africa, on the role of proprioceptive development in school readiness. The study was guided by Ayres’ sensory integration theory, which is based on the assumptions that the brain can change and that this …
Cultural Institutions as Spaces for Education: Artistic Expressions in Initial Teacher Training at the University of Madeira
This communication aims to highlight the formative and artistic role of three socio-cultural institutions in the island territory of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal, as spaces that preserve various local cultural aspects while promoting artistic education, inclusion and citizenship from a perspective of education for all — basic elements in the training of future …
Exploring the Efficacy of Context-Based Instructional Strategy in Fostering Students’ Achievement in Chemistry in Agbani Education Zone, Enugu State Nigeria
The study investigated the effect of Context-Based Instructional Strategy (CBIS) on students’ achievement in chemistry. CBIS was used as experimental group and Expository Instructional Strategy (EIS) as control group, sources showed that students’ poor achievement in chemistry is from teaching strategy adopted by the chemistry teachers. Two research questions were answered and two null hypotheses …
Under Fire: Developing Micro-Level Partnership Practices Between a Ukrainian and United Kingdom University as a Rapid Response to Threats to Higher Education During Military Invasion
This research uses a case study design (Creswell and Creswell, 2022) to engage in a framework of reflection-in-action (Schön, 1983) exploring the implementation and impact of a series of small-scale micro-level events initiated between departments of education at a Ukrainian and UK university. This was as a response to the challenges faced by Higher Education …
Design of the Performance Evaluation Indicators for Tunnel Engineering Course
The world is increasingly challengeable. High education would play an active role in this situation. As a traditional course needs redesigning, well-designed assessment for the course is necessary. Here is the design of the performance evaluation indicators for the Tunnel Engineering course at Chang’an University in China. Following the student-centred principle, an assessment system integrating …
Environmental Education in Indonesia Secondary School Teachers’ Perspective: A Systematic Review
Environmental education (EE) as a means to implement natural awareness and eco-friendly behavior among students is influenced by the teacher’s perspective towards it. In the previous Indonesian school-based curriculum (KTSP), EE is incorporated and mentioned distinctly as a subject. However, the alternation of KTSP into the 2013 curriculum has removed EE as a unit in …
A Study on the Effectiveness of Active Learning in Different Learning Environments: Active Learning Method in the Field of Business Management
With the spread of active learning (AL), various teaching methods have been proposed in business management education. However, it is difficult to understand a pragmatic science like business management for undergraduate students who do not have business experience. In this situation, we proposed an active learning method based on the PDCA cycle to draw out …
Practice of Knowledge Presentation in Tunnel Engineering Teaching
High education situation is increasingly challengeable. The courses in traditional fields would surfer more squeeze from the changing environment. The teaching style should accordingly be robust and more favorable to student knowledge acquisition. Here is the practice of knowledge presentation in Tunnel Engineering teaching at Chang’an University in China. The presentation style is part of …
Locating Your Inclusive Practice: A Reflective Heuristic and Workshop
Conceptions and theoretical understanding of what constitutes Inclusive Pedagogy abound (Hernández-Torrano et al., 2020; Hockings, 2010; Lawrie et al., 2017; Livingston-Galloway & Robinson-Neal, 2021). Furthermore, wide-ranging recommendations proliferate, complicating implementation. Building on the groundwork of Lewis and Norwich (2004) and Moriña’s (2020) the facilitator provides a heuristic for attendees to clarify their own conception, implementation, …
Evidence-Based Reflective Practice to Help Engineering At-Risk Students in Supplementary Lesson Context
This paper documents the author’s application of reflective practice to enhance quality teaching, in a supplementary lesson context at Singapore Polytechnic (SP). Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate educational framework standards were implemented in active teaching and learning methods as well as enhancement of faculty teaching competence, via evidence-based reflective practice (EBRP). To help engineering at-risk students to pass their …
Continuity of Learning Through TBM: Technology-Based Modalities During and After Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is definitely a health issue that has affected much of the sectors in the community. As a city, Santa Rosa has never been hindered by the present challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, different calamities, and problems that need to be addressed appropriately. This investigated the learners’ perspectives on their current capacity …
Chinese Preschool Educators’ Language Use for Meaning Making During Shared Reading with Wordless and Text-based Picture Books
This study analyzed Chinese preschool educators’ language use for meaning making that were differed in shared reading with wordless and text-based picture books with the same topic of Aesop’s fable story (The lion and the mouse). We transcribed the verbal interactions of two cohorts of educators who read the books to preschool children. One cohort …
Challenges of Implementing Social Justice in University Classroom
The purpose of this study was to explore the challenges that university teachers face while implementing social justice in their classrooms. It also examined teachers’ conceptions regarding social justice teaching. Implementation of social justice in stereotypical classrooms is a task that needs examination at both the micro and macro scales. This study pursued to find …
Experiences and Pedagogical Reflections on Virtual Teaching Practice in Mexico
Digital platforms help us establish sociocultural and educational communication with the ethical other. They have facilitated pedagogical follow-up for our students during the pandemic period through the intermediation of the digital interface and the emerging pedagogical mediation of students’ parents. With the purpose of acquiring data regarding the everyday experiences of teachers during the COVID-19 …
Research Supervision During COVID-19: A Comparison Between Supervisors’ and Supervisees’ Experiences
The COVID-19 pandemic shaped teaching, learning, and research activities and imposed an urgent online transition. Technology was extensively used to facilitate research and mentoring purposes, including research supervision. The importance of this research project stems from the need to explore the experiences of research students and research supervisors during the pandemic to assess the way …
Efficiency in Learning Computer Programming Through Blended Learning Methods
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the way education is delivered, leading to a widespread adoption of online learning methods. Online education has adopted many methods of learning, such as synchronous, where teaching is present during instruction, and asynchronous, where pre-recorded video learning is provided for students. In addition, there is also blended learning, where both …
Influencing Learner Interest With Authentic Materials in a Tertiary CLIL Context
Authentic materials are an extremely valuable tool for instruction particularly in Content Language Intergraded Instruction (CLIL) contexts but often instructors shy away from using these materials, citing the linguistic difficulty for students. This presentation will discuss a mixed methods research project focusing on the effect on learner interest (LI) with the incorporation of English authentic …
Towards Creating a Transformative Arabic Language Classroom: A Pedagogical Model
Language learning is interrelated with learners’ identities (Temples, 2010; He, 2010). However, research that explores Arabic teachers’ innovative identity-targeted pedagogic practices in creating transformative Arabic classrooms is limited. This qualitative study draws upon the field of Positive Futures (Kraft, 2022) where positive perceptions of the future enrich students’ learning outcomes and asks: what pedagogic innovations …
Controlling the Level of Anxiety in L2 Presentation Performance: Case Study of EFL Students in Japan
The main objective of this research is to investigate the impact of pedagogical techniques involving L1 on reducing anxiety in L2 presentation performances among Japanese university students learning English as a foreign language (EFL). In our English presentation class, seventeen EFL students gave a short presentation in English based on homework in which they write …
Enhancing Student Learning Outcomes in Educational Measurement and Evaluation: Integrating Blended Learning Approaches and Concept-Based Instruction
The development of student learning outcome should possess effective learning experience in which the directly effective approaches. This study investigates how blended learning approaches and concept-based instruction affect to students’ educational measurement and evaluation capability. The research method is deemed as one-group pretest-posttest experimental design which a treatment is implemented into group of college students …
Getting Ready for F2f Learning: Teaching Factory in the Fashion Design Program
This study investigates the implementation of teaching factory learning at SMKN 1 Bancak in Semarang Regency, Indonesia, for the 2021/2022 academic year. The research utilizes a qualitative methodology, including observations and interviews with vice principals and teachers to gather primary data. The study aims to assess the readiness of SMKN 1 Bancak in implementing teaching …
Teaching Science in Remote Schools: The Struggles and Successes of Teachers From the Perspective of an Ethnographer
The remote population in Ghana has been on the increase in the last decade with the number of males being slightly higher compared to females. This affected the share of educational resources as the remote schools were disadvantaged in human and material resources. However, the basic schools in the remote communities had their students in …
Inspirational Curriculum Innovation: 21st Century Teachers Leading the Way – Teaching in Aotearoa New Zealand
The rapid advancements of education in the 2Ist century makes the value of innovation a priority and an integral part of teacher education. Eclectic teaching practices and the changing role of the teacher, signal the need for innovative approaches to curriculum development. In Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood teachers lead the way as innovators within …
A Design Project Aimed to Promote Social Change: From the Classroom to the Community
This study reports on pedagogical practice carried out in an academic context with undergraduate students from the 1st year of Communication Design at Lusófona University of Porto (ULP) in the first semester of 2021/22. A collaboration project with Pedro Hispano Hospital (PHH). Students were invited to design posters integrated into The Organization for Economic Cooperation …
Teaching and Learning Process and Information and Communication Technologies From the Remote Perspective
This article reports the experience of the pedagogical consultants responsible for the curriculum development of Senac São Paulo courses when facing the emergency need to maintain the pedagogical process in their schools in the face of the Covid 19 pandemic. The urgent adjustment to distance education resulted in the improvement of the process and the …
Teaching and Learning in COVID-19 Situation: The Design of an Online Pedagogical Seminar Course
This study examined the effectiveness of an assessment approach that focuses on three aspects of presentation (content, presentation skills, and answering) in a seminar course. The research also investigated the relationship between presentation and student development, specifically regarding communication skills, teamwork, public speaking, and problem-solving abilities. The study also aimed to determine the feasibility of …
Designing a Couse for Building Effective Pre-writing Skills of Academic Thesis
Today, the number of Japanese universities has decreased to less than 70%, requiring students to write a senior thesis as part of the graduation requirements (Kawaijuku, 2017). It may result from the weak motivation toward writing that Japanese students have. That might be because not a small number of students perceive writing a senior thesis …
The Study Conceptual of Professional Learning Community and Teacher’s Practice in School in Thailand
The research aims to study the concept of the teacher professional learning community and the practice of using the teacher professional learning community process. This research collects data from 360 teachers by using online questionnaires. Questionnaires consist of multiple choices about general information, the concept of teacher professional learning community, and rating scale questions about …
Investigating Pre-service Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Mathematics Proficiency and Critical Citizenship in the Design of Social-Issue-Themed Mathematics Online Lessons
Conditions that recently threatened the breakdown of social order led the authors to question the role of mathematics in addressing these conditions. In the light of these conditions, this study aimed to explore the tension between the need for pre-service secondary mathematics teachers (PSMTs) to be mathematically proficient and society’s expectations of them to develop …
Surviving Distance Learning Calculus: Students’ Perspective, Practices, Experience and Performance on a Modular Instruction Class
The absence of in-person classes due to COVID-19 compelled the teacher-researcher to deviate from the traditional face-to face class and lecture instruction delivery. This cycle 2 of an action research study using the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model determined the students’ perspective, practices, and performance on a fully modular calculus class. Survey questionnaires, reflective journals, and focus …
Higher Education Beyond COVID-19 Pandemic: Students’ Perspectives on Design Thinking: A Q-methodology Study
The purpose of this study is to examine and categorize the epistemological views of college students and correlate and group those who share similar patterns of views regarding the use of Design Thinking (DT) in their Philosophy course at De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde, Philippines. Q-Methodology which is a mixed research method was used …
The Faceless Learners, the Perplexed Instructors, and the Dilemma of Webcams: A Survey of Instructors at Two Bahraini Universities
After more than two years of teaching remotely in an emergency mode due to the Covid-19 pandemic (between March 2020 and October 2022), the interaction between university students and instructors in Bahrain has shifted tremendously due to the lack of social, visual, and physical presence associated with the more traditional face-to-face teaching practice. This paper …
Designing the Support Framework for New Students in the Postgraduate Module “Open and Distance Education: Theory, Institutions and Operations” at the Open University
Student support has been at the core of the research interests of the practitioners and the organizations that provide distance learning services since the very beginning. Besides their individual needs and capabilities, distance learning students have specific common characteristics that are linked to the context in which they study, which differs from the traditional way …
A Comparative Analysis of Flexible Learning and Performance in Computer Programming Course
Learning computer programming entails conceptual and imperative knowledge. Learning difficulties often arise when novice learners apply conceptual knowledge to practice to gain imperative skills. In the post-pandemic era, learners at all levels suffered as learning overturned from fully online to hybrid learning. Lecture recording, live classes, online game-based tools, social and digital media, and collaborative …
Campus Resilience: Educational Strategies to Elucidate Impact Factors and Implement Recommended Recovery Methods in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Through utilizing diverse methods, education provides a unique path both to discovering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and recommending recovery methods. During 2021-2022, we implemented a variety of educational opportunities – including special topics and directed studies courses, campus-wide presentations, and extracurricular activities – toward this end. Initially, we offered a special topics course …
Instructors’ Perceptions of the Opportunities and Challenges of Integrating Technology in Crisis-prompted Online Language Instruction in the Times of Covid-19
This mixed-method study investigated higher education language instructors’ experiences during the pivot from face-to-face teaching to online teaching during the stay-at-home order in the Spring of 2020. Eleven participants discussed their approach to teaching online for the first time. The present study provided a comprehensive view of language instructors’ use of technology, their experiences, challenges, …
The Effects of Instructional Scaffolding in Students’ Conceptual Understanding, Proving Skills, Attitudes, and Perceptions Towards Direct Proofs of Integers
Students find mathematical proving a challenging task and often perform poorly in proving despite its importance in developing students’ critical thinking and reasoning skills. The purpose of the study is to determine if instructional scaffolding can improve students’ conceptual understanding, proving skills, and attitudes and perceptions towards proving. The instructional scaffolding strategies used were providing …
Impact of Teacher Beliefs on Planning ESL Reading Lessons
The challenges brought about by the pandemic have reaffirmed that individuals’ beliefs are integral to humans, as they help orient and interpret our social and personal experiences. Similarly, teacher beliefs towards education are shown to be an ever more important factor in shaping frontline practitioners’ teaching practices. In the Chinese classroom, however, teacher beliefs and …
A Model for Using Data and Differentiated Instructional Strategies to Support Students’ Learning Needs
Learning Analytics is an important area in education, with limited evidence that it improves student outcomes and supports learning and teaching needs (Viberg et. al, 2018). In a creative school, the use of data to understand students’ needs is even less straightforward because many of our learning goals are more subjective and not as easily …
L1 Use in the L2 Classroom: A University Instructor’s Perceptions of His Language Choices
First language (L1) use in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms has been researched for over three decades. Scholars have studied classroom L1 use from different perspectives, for example, the functions of teachers’ L1 use (Sert, 2005; Forman, 2016) and its pedagogical effects (Lee & Macaro, 2013; Lee & Levine, 2020). Although English-only policies …
Effectiveness of Modified Individual Learning Monitoring Plan on Science Achievement and Student Engagement Among the Grade 11 Academically Challenged Learners
Monitoring student’s progress is one of the key roles of a teacher because the goal of education is the academic achievement of the learners. With this, the researcher devised a modified individual learning monitoring plan patterned to that of the DepEd to assess its effectiveness in student engagement and academic achievement among the Grade 11 …
Make the World a Better Place: Design Skills in an Academic Context
This article aims to present a pedagogical practice carried out in an academic context with undergraduate students from the 2nd year of the Communication Design course at Lusófona University (UL) in the second semester of 2021/22. A proposal that provides continuity to a project developed in the 1st semester in partnership with this NGO. A …
The Dichotomy Between Final Year Undergraduate New Zealand Nursing Students’ Reports of Learning and Their Practice Intentions in Aged Residential Care: Challenges and Surprises
The aged healthcare sector internationally is facing a crisis in attracting and retaining a nurse workforce. Alongside the global rise in longevity, the sector is experiencing an increasing demand on their services. Yet undergraduate nursing students are often reluctant to consider aged residential care (ARC) with perceptions that a lack of opportunities, compared to hospital …
Learning Beyond Teachers’ Lesson Plans – Implementing the Ignorance-driven Teaching and Learning Model in College Classes
Knowledge and non-knowledge, or ignorance, seemingly antithetical, are actually symbiotic. In essence, knowing is about learning about (what is), learning from (what causes and what is the consequence of), learning with (how to deepen learning with the better exploration of), and learning for (how to pursue a greater) ignorance. That is, ignorance sets off, drives, …
Addressing the Shortage of ESL/EFL Teachers Amid the Pandemic: An Investigation Into Teacher Burnout in a Profit-Driven Context
The conundrum of ESL/EFL shortage has been exacerbated due to the Covid-19 outbreak as many Vietnamese public schools have undergone an alarming spike in teacher turnover rates. One of the influencing factors of teachers’ decision to leave their profession has been reported to be being drained from work. Very little, however, is known about the …
EFL Teachers’ Experiences and Attitudes to Emergency Remote Teaching at Japanese Universities
In 2020 teachers worldwide faced an unprecedented situation in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Japan, this forced educators to quickly adapt face-to-face programs to online ones as the new academic year started in April 2020. Although Japan is a technology rich society, the use of technology in education had been limited up until …
Common Pronunciation Mistakes in English for Students From South-East Asia Influenced by Their First Foreign Language
The opportunity to study English language in the country of its origin is a privilege not available to everyone. Thus many students choose to learn English in a non-native environment alongside another foreign language. This article is a part of a big research dedicated to the process of adaptation of the students from the countries …
Investigating the Impact on Learner Interest With the Incorporation of Active Learning Activities in a Tertiary CLIL Context
This interactive presentation will discuss the benefits and time-saving nature of the inclusion of Active learning(AL) techniques emphasizing the positive effect on learner interest (LI) in Japanese tertiary Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) oriented classes. This presentation will offer a brief background into the concept of AL as a methodology for instruction as well …
Physical 3D Model Teaching and Learning Kits for CMOS Integrated Circuits Physical Implementation Lesson
There is a popular call for CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) ICs (integrated circuits) design courses recently due to the global competition in IC chips. In PCB (printed circuit board) design, the layout, the circuits, interconnect routing etc. can be clearly visualized. However, this is not the case for ICs chips design, where all the …
Developing a Framework for Using Online Feedback on Teaching Effectiveness to Improve Student Learning
Student feedback on teaching is typically received from formal end-of-course evaluations with the purpose of giving insights into the effectiveness of a lecturer’s teaching. However, such evaluations are usually summative, and the timing of their administration restricts any teaching adjustments that could have been done earlier in the course. This study investigated the development of …
Teachers’ Readiness, Teaching and Research Competence in the New Normal: Implications to Educational Policy
This descriptive-correlation research was conducted to determine the levels of readiness, teaching and research competence of teachers in the Schools Division of Iloilo as they adapt to the new normal. There were 380 public secondary junior and senior high school teachers who were surveyed using an adapted and modified questionnaire. They were categorized into age, …
Challenges Encountered by Non-araling Panlipunan Teachers Teaching Araling Panlipunan Department of Education General Santos City, Philippines: Basis for Capability Building
This study intended to describe the challenges encountered by Non-Araling Panlipunan teachers Teaching Araling Panlipunan (AP). It sought to identify the coping mechanism, interventions and identify capability building programs as a solution to the problems. The study employed qualitative phenomenological research to examine individual life experiences of Non-Araling Panlipunan Teachers who have specialization-workload mismatch. Key …
Blended Professional Learning Community Sessions on Action Research
Action Research (AR) has shown a significant contribution toward improving teacher practice. Challenges in its conduct have led to teachers’ struggle in completing such projects. Professional Learning Communities (PLC) had created an improvement in participatory transformation in teaching through collaborative learner-centered solution-making. Thus, the Action Research Professional Learning Community named “SAHA” was formed to address …
Catch Them in Situ: Exploring Pre-service Science Teachers’ Understanding of Indigenous Knowledge Integration in a South African University
Higher education institutions in South Africa are in the midst of a student-driven revolution of curriculum decolonisation through the introduction of indigenous knowledge (IK) in higher education. This design-based qualitative study used individual and group interviews to explore the understandings and experience of pre-service Life Science teachers regarding IK integration during their training and their …
Koto-tsukuri: Education at the Interface
The move to online was a serious disruptor. We reflect here on almost three years of fully online educational work at university level in a science-based curriculum in Japan. Presented as a workshop at the conference, participants experienced a real-time deployment of a class management system put together with low-code tools. Initial setup was to …
Learning From Events
What can be learned from the successful production of large-scale real-world arts events that is useful in the classroom? Through practical examples, this paper attempts to make some connections. We start with a short story of how the same software came to be used to deliver university-level classes on AI and also co-ordinate the international …
Dancing With Digital Tools: Discourses on Teaching and Learning in School-Age Educare in Sweden
Internationally, there is a growing interest in School-Age Educare and the meaning of aesthetic aspects of teaching and learning in educational settings. Even if dancing is beneficial for human wellbeing and can be understood as both a physical activity as well as an aesthetic expression there are few studies that examine dance in School-Age Educare. …
Problems Encountered by Teachers During Online Learning at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Catanduanes State University Experience
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, like other universities worldwide, the Catanduanes State University (CATSU), the lone state university in the island-province of Catanduanes in the Philippines, was forced to implement online and modular learning in order to be able to deliver instruction to tertiary level students. Thirty (30) out of the 235 regular …