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Inquiry based Laboratory. Una ricerca con i futuri docenti di sostegno.
2021
La formazione degli insegnanti in laboratorio è particolarmente rilevante perché consente di a t t i v a r e p r o c e s s i d i i n s e g n a m e n t o / apprendimento in cui gli alunni diventano protagonisti dei propri percorsi. Il laboratorio rappresenta la modalità trasversale che caratterizza la didattica e la formazione dei futuri docenti. Attraverso la didattica laboratoriale gli studenti hanno la possibilità di confrontarsi, di mettere in atto le abilità critiche, logiche e creative per esplorare la realtà circostante. Ciò si coniuga perfettamente con le possibilità che garantisce un laboratorio scientifico Inquiry-Based Learning centrato sul processo di investigazione. Nel presente…
La consapevolezza metacognitiva degli insegnanti di scuola dell’infanzia nell’uso delle TIC
2018
La metacognizione assume un ruolo significativo nello sviluppo professionale dei docenti. La rilevazione della consapevolezza metacognitiva degli insegnanti nell’uso delle tecnologie didattiche consente di riflettere sul senso e sull’efficacia delle scelte che si operano e, soprattutto, sugli obiettivi che si perseguono. Il presente contributo si prefigge di indagare la consapevolezza metacognitiva degli insegnanti di scuola dell’infanzia durante la realizzazione di un prodotto multimediale. La ricerca è stata condotta nell’anno accademico 2017/18, coinvolgendo 115 inseganti siciliani in servizio frequentanti un corso di formazione riguardante le tecnologie didattiche, della durata compless…
Training programme for novice physical activity instructors using Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model : a programme development …
2021
Previous research indicates that programmes employing Hellison?s Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model in physical activity have had a positive impact on youth development by increasing participants? positive values, autonomy, life skills, and prosocial behaviour. Despite encouraging results of the effects of TPSR-based programmes, there remains lack of research on the effective content of these programmes, and their implementation and evaluation. The current protocol article describes the development of a TPSR-based instructor training programme and a plan for an intervention study in which novice instructors learn to understand and apply the TPSR model in practice. The …
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…
The influence of improvisation activities on speaking confidence of EFL student teachers
2020
The purpose of the present study was to explore the application of improvisation activities in English teacher education, specifically to investigate their influence on the student teachers’ confidence when speaking English spontaneously. The improvisation activities consisted of storytelling, conversations and status expressions. Data were drawn from both pre- and post-questionnaires and retrospective texts. The statistical findings showed significant improvements in the student teachers’ level of speaking confidence and degree of relaxation while speaking English. The findings of the qualitative analysis confirmed this, and participants stated that the fun, collaboration and high degree o…
Impact of the "salary scholarship" impact profile and student achievement.
2013
In Spain, within the framework of the Strategy 2015, the implementation of scholarships, grants and wages especially adapted to the new situation of the European Higher Education, intended to ensure access to university education to those most disadvantaged social groups economically. This research makes an ex post facto, descriptive-comparative aimed at assessing the impact of the grant salary, as an economic factor, on equity, access and academic performance in the first year of college. The study was conducted with a total of 10,394 new students in the 2010-11 cohort at the University of Barcelona, from the database from the institution itself. A total of 642 students agreed to grant sal…
Teacher Training in Linguistic Diversity within Inclusive Education: Cooperation between Non-governmental Non-profit Organizations and Educational In…
2020
Esta tesis examina la colaboración entre las las organizaciones no gubernamentales sin ánimo de lucro centradas en los alumnos con una lengua materna diferente y los centros escolares de tres zonas geográficas europeas: República Checa, Italia y España. Responde a tres preguntas de investigación: (1) ¿Qué servicios ofrecen las organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro a los profesores? (2) ¿Cómo ven las organizaciones no lucrativas la cooperación actual? (3) ¿Conocen los profesores la existencia de organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro en este ámbito y están interesados en dicha cooperación? Se emplea un enfoque de métodos mixtos, aplicando un cuestionario a 34 organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro (9 chec…
La qualità inclusiva della scuola: dalle pratiche didattiche al profilo del docente inclusivo
2018
L’attenzione della ricerca pedagogica e didattica si rivolge con sempre maggiore consapevolezza ai fattori chiave dei processi di inclusione: la formazione degli insegnanti, lo sviluppo ed il monitoraggio dei contesti educativi nonché la produzione e l’incremento di pratiche didattiche inclusive. Attraverso la ricerca si sono voluti mettere a fuoco tali fattori chiave con la redazione di appositi strumenti che ne permettessero il controllo e la valutazione. Questo lavoro documenta una ricerca della durata di tre anni che ha visto coinvolti docenti in servizio, docenti in formazione frequentanti il terzo anno del corso di Laurea in Scienze della Formazione Primaria e alunni della scuola pri…
Possibilità di adattamento dell’approccio della Flipped Classroom (FC) al Universal Design for Learning (UDL). La percezione dei docenti universitari
2019
This research is about Flipped Classroom (FC) implementation in university context and aims to understand how this approach can be used in a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) environment and thus can help in creating inclusive spaces of teaching and learning. This work is an exploratory sequential design and will compare Flipped Classroom’s characteristics at university and UDL ones, in order to try and integrate these two approaches in the instructional practice. During the first phase of the study, in-depth semi-structured interviews were undertaken with academics that actually use Flipped Classroom. Then, in the second phase, a structured questionnaire built on interviews’ retrieved da…
How Did I Become a Good Teacher? Implications for Teacher Education
2017
Abstract The professional standards for teachers provide the competences needed for this occupation, in function of the level of education and of the career stages. This study aims to discover the most important training factors which contribute to the acquisition of teacher competences and to establish the implications for teacher education. We have used a mixed-method design as the procedure for collecting, analyzing, and combining both quantitative and qualitative data. To detect the main agents in the teacher competences’ achievement, we applied a questionnaire and we asked the personal opinion of the teachers regarding their evolution in the career. The findings indicated that the prin…