ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Characteristics of the Process of Culture Development Project Activities (Culture of Social Engineering) at the Future Bachelors of Social Work
Author: Nikitina, Natalya I.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Caseworkers,Social Work,Undergraduate Students,Professionalism,Multivariate Analysis,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Skill Development,Student Projects,Professional Education,Bachelors Degrees

In modern Russia professional activity productivity of social work specialist depends largely on his abilities and skills in the field of social design. University graduate's (social work bachelor`s) high level of professional-project activity culture can be regarded as one of the necessary conditions of successful labour market adaptation of young specialists in social sphere institutions. The article discusses various aspects of future social work bachelors' vocational project activity culture formation process during the study period at university. Development in social work bachelors the culture of vocational project activity is one of important normative standardized characteristics of their professionalism. Today a social work specialist in addition to possession of a wealth of interdisciplinary knowledge is required skills in terms of understanding social reality with further appropriate actions to its positive, constructive perspective transformation. This requirement necessitates the formation of culture of vocational project activities of future bachelors of social work.
Designing a Teachable Agent System for Mathematics Learning
Author: Song, Donggil
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Intelligent Tutoring Systems,Concept Mapping,Man Machine Systems,Interaction,Elementary Secondary Education,Mathematics Education,Computer Assisted Instruction,Computer Simulation,Educational Technology,Instructional Effectiveness,Artificial Intelligence

Learning-by-teaching has been identified as one of the more effective approaches to learning. Recently, educational researchers have investigated virtual environments in order to utilize the learning-by-teaching pedagogy. In a face-to-face learning-by-teaching situation, the role of the learners is to teach their peers or instructors. In virtual environments, learners take an active role by teaching a computer agent, which is referred to as Teachable Agent (TA). Although the current TA systems have shown their effectiveness on students' learning, there are some challenges associated with learner-computer interaction methods. One of the most popular interaction methods between the learner and the system is a concept map approach. The learner teaches TA by creating information structures by drawing and editing their concept map. However, the learner can teach TA rather constrained topics, such as concept-related materials or causal effects. It is difficult for TA systems to be utilized in different types of learning along with concept-related areas. Therefore, new approaches or methods for communication between a human learner and TA systems are required. This project aims to suggest a virtual learning-by-teaching environment. A communication method (i.e., a symbol manipulation approach) was adopted in this system. The method facilitates the interaction between the learner and the computer agent, specifically for K-12 students' mathematics learning. The design and development process is described, and future research areas are discussed.
Exploring School Choice and the Consequences for Student Racial Segregation within Pennsylvania's Charter School Transfers
Author: Frankenberg, Erica
Date: 2017-03-13
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: School Choice,Racial Segregation,Charter Schools,Equal Education,Educational Change,Educational Policy,Racial Differences,Racial Composition,Student Attitudes,White Students,Hispanic American Students,African American Students,Enrollment Trends,Statistical Analysis,Elementary School Students,Secondary School Students,Institutional Characteristics,Transfer Students

Using individual-level student data from Pennsylvania, this study explores the extent to which charter school racial composition may be an important factor in students' self-segregative school choices. Findings indicate that, holding distance and enrollment constant, Black and Latino students are strongly averse to moving to charter schools with higher percentages of White students. Conversely, White students are more likely to enroll in such charter schools. As the percentage and number of students transferring into charter schools increases, self-segregative school choices raise critical questions regarding educational equity, and the effects of educational reform and school choice policies on the fostering of racially diverse educational environments.
A Study Module in the Logical Structure of Cognitive Process in the Context of Variable-Based Blended Learning
Author: Smirnova, Galina I.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cognitive Processes,Blended Learning,Teaching Methods,Management Systems,Workshops,Independent Study,Professional Education,Self Management,Communication Skills,Learning Motivation,Critical Thinking,Metacognition,Engineering Education,Statistical Analysis,Assignments,Foreign Countries

Blended learning is increasingly gaining importance in all levels of educational system, particularly in tertiary education. In engineering profiles the core blended learning activity is students' independent work, the efficiency of which is defined by the degree of students' active involvement into the educational process, their ability to absorb new knowledge independently, on their own. Our research is aimed at the analysis of blended learning and at revealing the approaches meant to activate students' independent work in blended learning based on LMS Moodle platform. The characteristic feature of the suggested approach is the orientation towards skills and work methods mastering carried out in the form of professional competencies training at practical classes and laboratory workshops. For the purpose of our research we used one of the most interactive Moodle tools--&quot;workshop&quot; in order to fulfill informational, educational and monitoring functions of learning. The use of the tool allowed revealing drawbacks of the method under study and managing these drawbacks in the most effective way. The paper contains the description of students' learning and independent work which would stimulate students' activity, self-management and develop their communicative skills. The outcomes of the current research proved that the approaches suggested significantly stir students' interest, thus, enhancing students their learning motivation, development of critical thinking and self-reflection, which altogether facilitate understanding theoretical material, encourage the development of practical skills and promote the pursue of academic goals.
Classification of Innovation Objectives Set for Continuing Professional Teacher Development
Author: Tyunnikov, Yurii S.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Classification,Innovation,Professional Continuing Education,Faculty Development,Educational Objectives,Evaluation Criteria,Holistic Approach,Program Implementation

The present demand for teachers, showing advanced aptitude for innovations, is an important reason for promotion of innovative practices in the continuous teacher training. For the on-going development of a continuous training system preparing teachers for innovative activities, it is necessary to have a complete taxonomy of practical objectives. They reflect in a certain way the diversity of innovative practices, and act both as an important prerequisite, and a starting point for generation of the main project solutions and procedures. The solution to the problem of classification tasks involves methodological justification for three fairly distinct procedures: definition of grounds for classification; building classification criteria, taking into account the essential characteristics of foundation classification; grouping tasks by specified criteria. The article discusses the methodological approach to classification tasks innovation, built on the structural components of the subject-object relationship educator in the field of innovative change. Describes the structure of the classification criterion, a triad of classifications based on categories of subject-object relations: &quot;the subject of innovation&quot;, &quot;innovation&quot;, &quot;relation between subject and object of innovation&quot;.
Media Education and Media Criticism in the Educational Process in Russia
Author: Fedorov, Alexander
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mass Media,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Criticism,Role,Audiences,Media Literacy,Comparative Analysis,Periodicals,Books

Media criticism and media education have a lot in common. For example, both media education and media criticism attach great importance to the development of analytical thinking of the audience. Indeed, one of the most important tasks of media education is precisely to teach the audience not only to analyze media texts of any types, but also to understand the mechanisms of media texts' creation and functioning in society. Actually, the same is emphasized by media criticism, addressing experts, and a wider audience as well. Therefore the synthesis of media criticism and media education is vital. Hence it is very important to debate on the role and functions of the media in society and analysis of media texts of different types and genres in classrooms of schools and universities.
English Language Learner Teacher Effectiveness and the Common Core
Author: Johnson, Tammy
Date: 2017-03-20
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English Language Learners,Case Studies,Teacher Effectiveness,Faculty Development,Achievement Gap,Academic Achievement,Common Core State Standards,Language Variation,Multicultural Education,Educational Policy,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Teacher Education,Elementary Secondary Education

Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and teacher effectiveness are among the most contentious issues in education today. With an increase in English language learners (ELLs) and the rigorous requirements imposed by the CCSS, teachers are left unprepared and ELLs struggle to stay afloat. Using California as a case study, this research synthesis outlines the current problem, which includes the complexity of the CCSS, the achievement gap between ELLs and their peers, and ill-equipped teachers. In addition, present-day efforts to alleviate such difficulties like the revised World Language: English Language Development credential and multicultural training are outlined. Based on our review, we recommend targeted policy changes, which include preservice teachers' participation in extensive fieldwork with ELLs, in-service teachers' comprehensive professional development connected to practice, as well as a systematic evaluation process to measure ELL teacher effectiveness.
Education of Civic Consciousness in George Kershenshteyner's Creativity
Author: Belentsov, Sergei I.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Citizenship,Citizenship Education,Citizen Participation,Ethics,Educational Objectives,Political Issues,Politics of Education,Questionnaires,College Students

Relevance of the publication is caused by need of judgment of realities and prospects of development of the Russian society. The education system is the main factor of updating of tenor of life of the state and further development of democratic institutes. Therefore questions of a humanization of Russian education become defining in historical and pedagogical process. The solution of an objective is impossible without knowledge of history of formation and development of the Russian school. The appeal to historical experience gains now special relevance as promotes updating of values and ideals, preservation of communications of the past with the present, between science and education. The appeal to the European history of a development of education of the second half of XIX--the beginning of the XX centuries, namely gives to Germany essential help. The German pedagogical thought is characterized by existence of rich humanistic traditions and experience. The purpose of article consists in the characteristic from modern positions of the humanistic system offered by the famous teacher of Germany of the second half of XIX--the beginning of the XX centuries George Kershenshteyner. The leading approaches to the characteristic of this problem are system, historical and culturological, the intrinsic characteristics which allowed to reveal, features of civil education in Germany of the considered period. Materials of article can be useful to pedagogical workers, organizers of educational work with the studying youth for acquaintance to life and activity of the famous German teacher and the public figure George Kershenshteyner.
Investigating Student Exposure to Competency-Based Education
Author: Ryan, Sarah
Date: 2017-03-20
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Competency Based Education,Secondary School Students,Factor Analysis,Reliability,Pilot Projects,Student Surveys,Program Implementation,Outcomes of Education,Correlation,Construct Validity

In recent years, most U.S. states have revised policy by providing schools at least some flexibility to move away from the Carnegie unit system, with its focus on credits and &quot;seat time,&quot; toward competency-based policies that link student advancement to mastery of content. Yet, there is little systematically collected information about how competency-based education is implemented, making it difficult to evaluate the impact on student outcomes. Using data from 600 students in grades 9-12 and confirmatory factor analytic techniques, we report initial reliability and validity results from the pilot administration of a survey designed to capture student exposure to elements that have been described as essential to a competency-based, student-centered model for learning and instruction. These elements include mastery-based progression, personalization, flexible assessment, and the development of specific skills and dispositions. Results suggest that the survey offers a way to reliably measure and study variation in the implementation of competency-based education. Importantly, the survey provides a way to capture implementation from the student perspective, leveraging the fact that student reports about their classroom experiences may be a particularly reliable source of information about instructional practice.
Formation of the Foreign Language Discursive Competence of Pedagogical Faculties Students in the Process of Intercultural Dialogue
Author: Ponomarenko, Larisa N.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Second Language Learning,Intercultural Communication,Communicative Competence (Languages),Communication Strategies,College Students,Secondary School Students,Interdisciplinary Approach,Second Language Instruction,Teaching Methods,Teacher Education,Educational Development,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis,Qualitative Research,Teacher Student Relationship,Hermeneutics,Questionnaires

The article presents the main ideas of concept of foreign language discursive competence formation among university and secondary school students by means of intercultural dialogue. The concept includes fundamental principles, activity stages of educational process, and criteria of foreign language discursive competence formation. Innovation of the research is in interdisciplinary approach to solving the problem of foreign language discursive competence formation. It combines principles, methods and diagnostic techniques used in Pedagogy, Methodology of teaching foreign languages and Linguistics. Integrated solution allowed to create the optimal mode of experimental activities and to get innovative experience of the results of empirical research. The author notes that intercultural dialogue is a means of formation of foreign language discursive competence, and the system factor is a special course &quot;Discourse as the way of communication and understanding of the world&quot;. The originally developed special course includes studying the theory of discourse, and practical tasks for mastering various types of discourse and communication strategies. It is emphasized that the formation of foreign language discursive competence involves not only organization of intercultural dialogue between students and their foreign-language peers on the Internet, but also various interactive methods of foreign language teaching techniques. The results of research proved the effectiveness of the suggested concept of foreign language discursive competence formation. The reliability of the results is confirmed by calculations based on the x[superscript 2] criterion (Pearson criterion). The paper proves that the proposed concept seems promising as it is significant for professional training of future teachers in modern conditions of education modernization and Russia's entry into the world educational space.
Head of a University Department: Competence and New Activity Priorities
Author: Reznik, Semen D.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Department Heads,College Faculty,Universities,Administrator Role,Competence,Educational Objectives,Administrator Responsibility,Administrator Surveys,Educational Improvement,Efficiency,Administrator Characteristics,Management Systems,Questionnaires

The purpose of the article is to justify the increasing role of a university department in achieving the major objective of higher education, namely to train highly qualified specialists for the national economy. The article contains some of the results of monitoring (questionnaire) of 350 heads of departments of Russian universities, as well as 30 experts--experienced representatives of the university management. The factors that complicate the job of university departments and their heads have been identified; new requirements for professional competence of heads of departments have been established; the results of the analysis of changes in the structure, content and priorities of the activities of heads of departments have been stated. Based on the results of a survey of heads of departments and highly qualified experts, measures to improve management efficiency at a university department as a key element of a Russian University have been proposed.
Exploring the Intersection of Education Policy and Discourse Analysis: An Introduction
Author: Lester, Jessica Nina
Date: 2017-03-27
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Policy,Discourse Analysis,Educational Research,Policy Analysis,Research Methodology,Journal Articles,Futures (of Society)

In this article, we introduce the special issue focused on diverse perspectives to discourse analysis for education policy. This article lays the foundation for the special issue by introducing the notion of a third generation of policy research--a strand of policy research we argue is produced at the intersection of education policy and discourse analysis. We also very briefly discuss discourse analysis writ large, noting that there is no single definition or orientation. Then, we present the six articles included in the special issue, highlighting the ways in which they offer contemporary understandings of the varying applications of discourse analytic perspectives to the study of education policy. We conclude by discussing key policy and methodological implications, as well as future directions for policy scholars working at the intersection of education policy and discourse analysis.
Investigating Knowledge Exchange amongst School Teachers, University Teacher Educators and Industry Partners
Author: Maher, Damian
Date: 2017-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College School Cooperation,School Business Relationship,College Faculty,Teachers,Industry,Communities of Practice,Information Dissemination,Teaching Methods,Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Technology Uses in Education,Partnerships in Education,Qualitative Research,Foreign Countries,Elementary Secondary Education,Observation,Interviews,Focus Groups

This article reports on a study in which teachers, university teacher educators and a software company formed a learning community which provided a mechanism for knowledge exchange regarding pedagogical approaches using mobile technologies. The study employed an interpretivist methodology. The findings indicated that the collaboration promoted reflection on practice and facilitated development of innovative pedagogies. All partners benefited through this knowledge exchange: the teachers developed new approaches and ways of thinking about teaching; the teacher educators gained insights informing their practice and feedback on theory-practice alignment; and the industry partner derived insights on how to support other schools in technology knowledge exchange.
The Changing Roles of Science Specialists during a Capacity Building Program for Primary School Science
Author: Herbert, Sandra
Date: 2017-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Capacity Building,Elementary School Students,Foreign Countries,Science Education,Interviews,Specialists,Role,Community Role,Elementary School Teachers,Self Efficacy,Faculty Development,Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Science education starts at primary school. Yet, recent research shows primary school teachers lack confidence and competence in teaching science (Prinsley &amp; Johnston, 2015). A Victorian state government science specialist initiative responded to this concern by providing professional learning programs to schools across Victoria. Drawing on cultural historical activity theory (CHAT), this paper reports the analysis of transcripts of interviews with 17 science specialists from eleven schools. It presents the various perceived and enacted science specialist roles, and how they changed over time. The CHAT analysis of the transcripts revealed seven different stages describing trajectories of the science specialism. The variation in the trajectories indicate the importance of the influence of the community in the enactment of the science specialism. Affordances, constraints and challenges of implementing the science specialist role are discussed.
Improving the Computational Thinking Pedagogical Capabilities of School Teachers
Author: Bower, Matt
Date: 2017-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computation,Thinking Skills,Foreign Countries,Grade 7,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Workshops,Faculty Development,Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis,Technological Literacy,Teacher Surveys

The idea of computational thinking as skills and universal competence which every child should possess emerged last decade and has been gaining traction ever since. This raises a number of questions, including how to integrate computational thinking into the curriculum, whether teachers have computational thinking pedagogical capabilities to teach children, and the important professional development and training areas for teachers. The aim of this paper is to address the strategic issues by illustrating a series of computational thinking workshops for Foundation to Year 8 teachers held at an Australian university. Data indicated that teachers' computational thinking understanding, pedagogical capabilities, technological know-how and confidence can be improved in a relatively short period of time through targeted professional learning.