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It’s Not Only What You Say, But How You Say It : Investigating the Potential of Prosodic Analysis as a Method to Study Teacher’s Talk

2018

In this study, we introduce new insights into prosodic analyses as an emerging method to study what happens in classrooms interactions. We claim that the prosodic aspects (features of speech such as intonation, volume and pace) of talk are important, but under-represented in the learning sciences. These prosodic aspects may be used to complement, intensify or even reverse the linguistic content of speech. Thus far, most research on classrooms has focused on the content (what is said) rather than on understanding the meaning of the prosodic features (how it is said) of talk. In this study, we introduce prosodic analyses as a method to study classroom discussions. Our exploratory experiment f…

Fostering Heuristic Strategies in Mathematics Teacher Education

2018

International audience; The “double discontinuity” stated by Felix Klein 1908 is still relevant in the mathematics teacher education at German universities. We are developing a course approach, which is intended to bridge the double discontinuity in a didactic dimension. We offer additional learning opportunities for teacher students, which are characterized by clarifications of mathematical methods that are fundamental to the regular lecture contents. We focus especially on reflections on heuristic strategies, which are the core part of mathematical methods according to George Pólya. Feedback shows that students consider our approach as helpful in the transition from school to university.

Characteristics of participation - A mathematician and a mathematics educator collaborating on a developmental research project

2018

International audience; In this paper, a developmental research project involving offering mathematical modelling (MM) activities to university biology students is presented, and a particular aspect is studied, namely the project as a collaboration between mathematicians and mathematics educators. The aim of the paper is to investigate what characterizes their participation in the project, and how the characteristics of the project and its development might influence this participation. Interview data as well as observation data from the MM sessions are analysed, and findings show that the mathematics educator served as a broker influencing the practice of the mathematician. It is hoped tha…

Family- and classroom-related factors and mother–kindergarten teacher trust in Estonia and Finland

2014

This study examined the role of family-related (mother’s education, depressive symptoms and child’s gender) and kindergarten-related (teacher’s experience, teaching practices and class size) factors in mothers’ and teachers’ mutual trust in Estonia and Finland. Six hundred eighteen (206 Estonian and 412 Finnish) mothers of kindergarten children and their teachers (26 Estonian, 49 Finnish) were participated in the study. Both mothers and teachers filled in the questionnaire on trust; teachers’ teaching practices were observed with early childhood classroom observation measure. The results of multilevel modelling showed that mothers in both countries trusted more in teachers who used child-ce…

Associations Between Reading Skills, Interest in Reading, and Teaching Practices in First Grade

2017

ABSTRACTThis study examined associations between classroom-level reading fluency, comprehension, interest in reading, and teaching practices. Participants were 466 children from 21 classrooms. Reading fluency and interest were assessed at the beginning and end of Grade 1, reading comprehension at the end of Grade 1. Teaching practices were observed with the Early Childhood Classroom Observation Measure (ECCOM). Teachers were more likely to use teacher-directed methods in classrooms where children had poorer initial reading fluency. In classrooms with mostly child-centered methods, children showed better reading fluency, comprehension, and higher interest, whereas in classrooms with predomin…

Contents and functions of dramatizations in team decision making

2017

This study examines the contents and functions of dramatizations in natural team decision making. Theoretically, the study employs symbolic convergence theory to understand decision making as a complex phenomenon constructed in symbolic communication. Observational meeting data and thematic interview data from an autonomous team in Finland were analyzed. A fantasy theme analysis and an inductive, rhetorical discourse analysis revealed three rhetorical visions and seven functions of dramatizations in the team’s decision making. Visions represented social, righteous, and pragmatic master analogues. The functions of dramatizations were legitimizing independent and current decisions, reinforci…

Fra le invenzioni della scena gesuitica. Pedagogia e debordamento.

2008

Questo saggio intende stimolare legittimo riconoscimento storiografico ad uno dei fenomeni più interessanti della storia dello spettacolo (e non solo dello spettacolo) dell’età moderna, ossia il teatro gesuitico, con particolare riferimento alla scena urbana, al fine di mettere in evidenza il ruolo avuto dalla Compagnia di Gesù nella società non soltanto europea. Pedagogia e debordamento sono i due poli entro i quali i padri gesuiti, anche nel campo dello spettacolo, hanno saputo articolare, più di ogni altro la propria azione fra l’educazione nei collegi e il rapporto diretto con le diverse fasce del sociale e con le culture locali, esprimendo spesso geniale creatività inventiva fino agli …

La mancata collaborazione D'Annunzio/Fortuny

2016

Gabriele d'Annunzio 150 "Vivo, scrivo." Atti del convegno internazionale di stud

2014

Cercare il teatro al di fuori dell'istituzione teatro significò per d'Annunzio partecipare, in modo per certi aspetti autonomo e originale, a quella tensione del rinnovamento dell'arte scenica che attraversò i padri fondatori del teatro europeo fra Otto e Novecento.

L'avventura scenica dei gesuiti in Giappone

2016

Diversamente dalle altre aree del mondo nelle quali si trovarono a operare, i missionari della Compagnia di Gesù dovettero misurarsi in Giappone con l'ostilità di una buona parte dell'aristocrazia, che si ri¬teneva depositaria di una civiltà superiore, e della casta dei Bonzi, che vedeva i propri privilegi minacciati dal pericolo di una nuova religione. Tali difficoltà di insediamento, unitamente al problema della lingua, misero a dura prova le capacità inventive e il proces¬so di adattamento al territorio. Il risultato fu, nelle arti sceniche, una lenta ma progressiva evoluzione di tecniche di rappresentazione, il più delle volte inedite e originali, che non mancarono di utilizzare forme e…