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Action research as a school-based strategy in intercultural professional development for teachers
2011
Abstract Teacher professional development is a key factor for transforming professional and school culture. This article describes a case study undertaken in a Spanish school during the 2007–2008 academic year. Our aim is to explain how action research methodology was applied to encourage professional and school culture towards an intercultural and inclusive approach. Our results show that the training process challenged teachers’ pre-existing deficit theory perspectives and empowered them as leaders for school change. The conclusions identify the key factors that enabled teachers to engage in critical reflection, and to implement strategies for collaborative work and community participatio…
INCLUSION THROUGH TRAINING AND METHODOLOGY OF ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION
2023
The theme of practicing sport for people with disabilities goes far beyond the simplification of a healthy lifestyle, but refers to complex aspects of a pedagogical, educational, social, and cultural nature that combine to outline the education and training system of future professionals in this field. This is demonstrated by the growing interest that the question has aroused in recent decades, with the issuing of supranational regulatory provisions that recall the right of all minors, without distinction, to an education capable of harmoniously involving every dimension that constitutes human being, including the education of the body; and this is highlighted by the numerous reviews of int…
Effectiveness of a digital platform for sharing knowledge on headache management: a two-year experience
2018
It is crucial that all headache specialists receive adequate training. Considering the unsatisfactory results obtained with standard updating courses and the growing need for continuing professional education, a digital platform was developed as a training tool. The platform has been active since 1 October 2014. It is readily accessible to doctors by free registration. Users have access to all the material available on the platform, which includes scientific articles, e-books, presentations and images. Users can share their own material and clinical cases directly. At the time of this study, the platform had 37 users. In the second year following its launch 316 files were downloaded and fiv…
Digital skills e consapevolezza metacognitiva: prospettive di sviluppo professionale dei docenti universitari neoassunti
2021
La spinta all’innovazione verso ambienti di apprendimento caratterizzati da un uso intensivo della tecnologia, determinata dalla crisi pandemica, costituisce una questione strategica per lo sviluppo dell’alta formazione. In questa direzione, la formazione e professionalizzazione del docente universitario sul versante pedagogico-didattico-valutativo rappresenta un’azione rilevante con potenziale impatto sul sistema universitario nel suo complesso. Il focus specifico del presente contributo riguarda il ruolo della competenza metacognitiva del docente con particolare attenzione all’utilizzo delle tecnologie, delle strategie didattiche evidence-informed e di modalità innovative di valutazione. …
Continuing professional development among social‐ and health‐care educators
2020
Future social- and health-care educators will be required to have versatile competence in educating professionals that reflects both the constantly changing health-care environment and delivery of high-quality patient care. Continuing professional development can be defined as a process that aims to increase educators' competence and well-being, along with the effectiveness of an organisation. This study aimed to describe educators' continuing professional development and clarify the contribution of continuing education. The research applied a qualitative approach as only limited information about social- and health-care educators' professional development currently exists.' Data were colle…
Initiation of the professional development of the teachers of primary (Argentine, Colombia, Spain and France). Comparative study.
2016
espanolUno de los aspectos fundamentales en la consecucion de una educacion de calidad es la figura del maestro, su formacion y su forma de intervenir en las aulas de educacion primaria en tanto en cuanto la profesionalidad de los docentes puede marcar la diferencia en el aprendizaje de los estudiantes incluso contrarrestando las dificultades de origen. De hecho: �Las escuelas que desafian sus condiciones adversas y logran buenos resultados de aprendizaje son aquellas en las que los docentes han asumido una mayor participacion en la toma de decisiones institucionales y un mayor compromiso con los resultados de aprendizaje de los alumnos (OREALC/ UNESCO, 2007, p.60)�. Por todo ello, desde es…
La formazione iniziale degli insegnanti attraverso la pratica del microteaching.
2014
Le metodologie che fanno uso della videoregistrazione sono sempre più utilizzate nella formazione professionale dei futuri insegnanti. La professionalità del docente richiede oltre alle conoscenze teoriche o disciplinari, la capacità di mobilitare i saperi per organizzare risposte efficaci a problemi complessi e rilevanti e la capacità di riflettere sul proprio agire. È necessario che durante il percorso universitario l’insegnante in formazione acquisisca specifiche competenze e capacità autoriflessive. Questo contributo descrive una metodologia per la creazione di esperienze formative centrate sull’utilizzo della videoregistrazione e per la raccolta di dati sull’effetto del video sull’appr…
Collective Agency-Promoting Leadership in Finnish Teacher Education
2018
Globally, there is a political and social consensus that teacher education is a key priority for the twenty-first century. However, studies have so far paid little attention to a crucial issue, namely, leadership in teacher education. This chapter contributes to discussion on transforming teacher education practices by focusing on leadership practices in a particular Finnish teacher education department. Adopting a subject-centred sociocultural approach, we elaborate the main challenges, insights, and lessons learned, as perceived by the four leaders of the department, in efforts to move towards more innovative and collaborative practices. We argue that teacher education leaders currently r…
Profiling in-service teachers across Europe to determine their attitude to IBSE
2013
The ESTABLISH FP7-funded project is involved with development and implementation of professional development workshops to support teachers in adopting more inquiry based approaches in their teaching. Identifying teacher views, goals, practices and the challenges they face in implementing inquiry activities, can inform teacher educators of the needs of their participating teachers. This can also inform them to provide the appropriate support in order to help teachers overcome obstacles and develop their own practice in inquiry. This paper outlines the initial results from a profiling instrument used to examine teachers’ beliefs about IBSE, attitudes to teaching science and teaching by inquir…
Descriptive literature review of the added value of virtual realities in vocational education and training
2020
Tarkastelemme tässä katsaus artikkelissa virtuaalitodellisuusteknologian (VR) hyödyntämistä ammattikasvatuksen kentällä viimeisen kymmenen vuoden aikana. Tavoitteenamme on selvittää, minkälaista empiiristä tutkimusta aiheesta on tehty ja minkälaista lisäarvoa VR tuottaa ammattikasvatukselle 13 tutkimusartikkelin perusteella. Tulosten perusteella tutkimus VR:n hyödyntämisestä ammattikasvatuksessa on yhtäältä lisääntynyt, mutta toisaalta empiirisiä tuloksia on vielä suhteellisen vähän. Tutkimus on toistaiseksi keskittynyt käyttökokemuksiin erilaisia VR-sovelluksia hyödynnettäessä. Havaitsemamme lisäarvo liittyy erityisesti reaalimaailman rajoitusten ylittämiseen ja erilaisten oppimisprosessie…