Search results for "EDUCATION TEACHERS"

Postać pierwszej nauczycielki we wspomnieniach przyszłych nauczycielek kształcenia wczesnoszkolnego

2018

Wybór zawodu w życiu dorosłym nierzadko ma związek z wcześniejszymi doświadczeniami młodego człowieka. Wśród tych doświadczeń można wymienić chociażby fascynacje wczesnodziecięce, odkryte w dzieciństwie uzdolnienia czy inspirujące kontakty z ważnymi dla jednostki ludźmi, np. z pierwszą nauczycielką. Jej osoba nie tylko umożliwia dziecku odkrywanie świata i rozbudza jego motywację do nauki, ale również sama może być dla niego przykładem do naśladowania. I chociaż później na drodze młodego człowieka pojawiają się inni ważni dorośli - nauczyciele, wychowawcy, opiekunowie, trenerzy itp., to jednak postać pierwszej nauczycielki zdaje się nad nimi górować jako ta, która pielęgnowała predyspozycje…

Special Education Teachers’ Identification of Students’ Reading Difficulties in Grade 6

2020

his study investigated special educational needs (SEN) teachers’ (n = 29) assessment practices and the accuracy of their ratings of the students’ (M age = 12.75 years, n = 55) skill levels in reading fluency and reading comprehension. Teachers rated their sixth grade students’ fluency and comprehension on a three-point scale, and the students were also tested in group tests. Results showed that SEN teachers used several assessment practices simultaneously but mostly relied on observations. The correlations between the teacher ratings and the test scores were significant but moderate in fluency and weak in comprehension. Only two thirds of low-performing students having difficulties in fluen…

Vocational teachers’ pathways in the course of a curriculum reform

2011

Teachers face continuous changes, many of which significantly influence their professional identities and work practices. This study investigates Finnish vocational teachers’ pathways in the course of a curriculum reform. The data were obtained by interviewing 14 vocational teachers twice, i.e. at the initial and later stages of the reform. This study used a narrative approach to analyse the interviews as whole and also to illustrate variations between teachers. The teachers were found to exhibit distinctive pathways through the reform: an empowerment pathway, a critical but adaptive pathway, an open and expectant pathway, a successful transformation pathway, and a struggling pathway. The p…

A classification of motivation and behavior change techniques used in self-determination theory-based interventions in health contexts

2020

While evidence suggests that interventions based on self-determination theory have efficacy in motivating adoption and maintenance of health-related behaviors, and in promoting adaptive psychological outcomes, the motivational techniques that comprise the content of these interventions have not been comprehensively identified or described. The aim of the present study was to develop a classification system of the techniques that comprise self-determination theory interventions, with satisfaction of psychological needs as an organizing principle. Candidate techniques were identified through a comprehensive review of self-determination theory interventions and nomination by experts. The study…

Higher education teachers’ descriptions of their own learning: a quantitative perspective

2017

In this large-scale study, higher education teachers’ (n = 1028) descriptions of their own learning are examined with quantitative analyses. The study follows up an earlier qualitative study that, using a phenomenographic approach, identified four different ways in which teachers at Finnish universities of applied sciences described their own learning. The purpose of the present study was to find out how teachers’ descriptions were divided into the categories formed in the previous study and to examine whether teachers’ descriptions of their learning differ according to their position, gender and age. The results show that most teachers described their learning as an individual activity. Di…

Utvecklingen av vårdlärarnas kulturkompetens : en kvalitativ studie som fokuserar på lärarna i mångkulturella lärandemiljöer i Finland

2011

Professional Journeys and Research Lives of Physical Education Teacher Educators

2019

During the early years of research in the subject area of physical education (PE), Lawson (1991) set out an agenda for bettering our understanding of those who educate teachers of this subject. Among the research questions he identified as worthy of consideration were their career pathways and the motivations for and impact of their research endeavours. The research presented in this thesis had four aims: (i) to scope the extant literature on PE teacher educators, (ii) to examine the professional views of an international group of PE teacher educators regarding the purpose of their subject, (iii) to determine what influenced participants’ entry to, and development within, their profession, …

Health Education Teachers’ Assessment Conceptions and Practices : Identifying Assessment Profiles

2022

The study explored the latent construct underlying the assessment conceptions and practices of Finnish Health Education teachers (n = 165) in the context of curricula, seeking thereby to identify the teachers’ assessment profiles. Six underlying factors were found to encompass their assessment conceptions and practices, namely Assessment supporting learning, Assessment of working, Self and peer assessment as part of grading, Common assessment criteria, Questionable assessment practices, and Norm-referenced assessment. Via cluster analysis, three distinct assessment profiles were identified, labeled as Problematic assessors, Learning supportive assessors, and Norm-based assessors. These find…