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Counter-storytelling through service-learning%253A Future teachers of immigrant students in Texas and California re-tell the Self and the Other
No full textThis article examines the use of Critical Race Pedagogy in two service-learning initiatives that prepare pre-service teachers for working with an increasing immigrant student population in California and Texas. It is not uncommon for teachers to participate in the Othering dominant discourse that tends to see those who are of a lower socioeconomic class, immigrant status, or non-English speaking as deficient (Valencia 1999). As professors, we identified the need to use counter-storytelling, a method of Critical Race Pedagogy (Solorzano amp%253B Yosso, 2005) to facilitate transformative practices that help pre-service teachers revise their prejudiced assumptions about their future immigrant and ELL students. A transdisciplinary curriculum, coupled with a service-learning context, played a prominent role in implementing counter-storytelling. In this article we present data from the pre-service teachers service-learning, in-class group discussions, assignments and evaluations related to their fieldwork, and our fieldnotes during participant-observation
A Qualitative Investigation of Adult Imprudent Behaviour
No full textImprudent behavior, indolence, dilatoriness, being unable to predict the result of behavior, perceiving probable harm far less than its magnitude based upon cognitive distortion, and suchlike are some reasons that lead individuals to indulge in risky behaviors without taking precautionary measures and to look for simple and easy solutions which do not require a radical change in habitual behaviors. The goal of this study is to evaluate adults tendency to behave prudently%252Fimprudently, their awareness of their behavioral tendency, their observations and ideas of social and environmental responses to their behavioral tendencies, and to explore the reasons why they behave prudently%252Fimprudently. Data were collected through in-depth interviews in late spring 2006. The results were analyzed using a descriptive methodology. The sample of the study consisted of 25 individuals including doctors, nurses, teachers and firemen. Findings indicate that imprudent behavior is the result of a cultural aspect in Turkish society%253B some variables of which may cause adult imprudent behavior
A Participatory Action Research Study of Nature Education in Nature%253A Towards Community-based Eco-pedagogy
No full textContemporary nature education is exploring different ways to develop awareness for change and initiate action. Such educational activities go beyond creating understanding and awareness in order to develop a sense of commitment for individual and collective action. This participatory action research study aimed to improve teachers sensitiveness towards nature, and to achieve environmental literacy and sustainability by inspiring community action and educational opportunities that support sustainable and thriving environments for a Community-based Eco-pedagogy. The study further explores the possibilities of helping the adults -through communication and collaboration with each other and their communities to re- evaluate and discover the diversity and importance of their surrounding environment while utilizing pedagogical strategies which will involve the participants to the in- depth study of the nature, history, the culture, the traditional customs, and the natural environment
An Evaluation of Teachers Perceptions of Teaching Social Skills to Fifth Grade Students within the Scope of Social Studies Lessons
No full textThe purpose was to evaluate teachers perceptions of teaching social skills to Fifth grade students using social studies lessons. The survey model has been used as a research method. The 5th grade teachers working in elementary schools in Canakkale province included in the scope of the study have been interviewed and a questionnaire has been formulated in this direction. Statistical methods as r-test, F-test, t-test besides %25 (percentage) and mean ( X ) have been used in terms of variables. Results of the study indicates that social skill levels found according to the social skill points in the research were adequate%253B teachers who have not participated in in-service training activities have the ability to teach students in observation skills better with respect to those who have not undergone such training. There was no significant relationship between effectively instructing students in sub-aspects of social skills by teachers and the educational status and occupational seniority of those teachers
Identifying students learning style preferences regarding some variables in the EFL classroom%253A The case of Turkey
No full textDuring the past decade, the identification of students learning style preferences has gained importance in educational research. This study aimed at identifying the individual perceptions of the learner style preferences of Turkish EFL learners. Using learning style preference categories and a 28-item language learning preference questionnaire adopted from Willing, the authors focussed on a group of 60 students at the ELT Department, Onsekiz Mart University. As a further step, the emphasis was also placed on the variables such as sex, attendance to prep class and schools graduated. In doing so, the study sought to find out whether these variables were likely to have an impact on students learning style preferences. Results showed the learning preferences of students in different learning style preference categories. The data obtained also revealed that a meaningful correlation was found with regard to the difference between the schools graduated and students perceptions of learning style preferences
Geography Teachers Usage of The Internet For Education Purposes
No full textThe purpose of this study is to determine geography teachers use of the Internet for education purposes and the extent to which Turkish Internet sites can fulfill the needs and requirements of geography teachers Internet usage. Research is carried out using the screening method. Data were collected by means of a measurement tool that was developed by the researcher (questionnaire form) over the Internet. The study group consists of 174 teachers, who filled out and submitted the questionnaire on avolunteer basis, and all participants were members of an Internet forum, Geography Teachers of Turkey (Turkiye Cografya Ögretmenleri), that was created for the purpose of information sharing among geography teachers. Frequency, percentage correlation, and arithmetic mean were used, as appropriate, for the purpose of analyzing the data. Study results indicate that geography teachers use the Internet most frequently for the purpose of geography education in order to acquire documents that can be used in teaching geography. The study further indicates that geography teachers least frequently for purpose of classroom applications with direct Internet use and for assessing students studies
Assessing Cultural Competence in Graduating Students
No full textTwofold purpose of this study was to develop a framework to understand cultural competence in graduating social work students, and test that framework for appropriateness and predictability using multivariate statistics. Scale and predictor variables were collected using an online instrument from a nationwide convenience sample of graduating social work students (n %253D 513) from 43 institutions accredited by CSWE. Results revealed that there was a good fit between the statistical model and data collected. The best fit model suggested that different demographic variables of respondents had varying effects on knowledge, attitude and belief, and skill components of cultural competence. Amount of education in human diversity and age were the two variables that affected their cross-cultural knowledge. Amount of education in human diversity, political affiliation, and years of education affected their own attitudes and beliefs while working with diverse populations. The amount of education in human diversity, gender, ethnicity, spirituality, political affiliation, and years in social work job were the 6 demographic variables of the respondents that influenced their skills when working with people from diverse backgrounds. Implications for education and practice are discussed
The Implementation of Project Citizen in Bolivian Schools%253A Perspectives from Three Teacher Educators
No full textThe central aim of the present paper is to examine, from the Social Studies, Modern Languages, and Science Education perspectives, the role of the Project Citizen initiative in school communities of Bolivia. To that end, Project Citizen in Bolivia, during its first three years of implementation will be discussed, followed by views from each field (Social Studies, Foreign Languages, and Science Education) regarding the effect of this educational approach in Bolivian schools. For this purpose, the four core values suggested by Robinson and Taylor (2007) will serve as a framework to explore student voice%253A 1. A conception of communication as dialogue, The requirement for participation and democratic inclusivity, 3. The recognition that power relations are unequal and problematic, and 4. The possibility for change and transformation
Media and Teaching about the Middle East
No full textThis qualitative study was conducted in 2006-2007 and found that teachers relied on a variety of readily available media to stay informed about the Middle East and used some of them in their teaching. Teachers tried to explain to their students that every Middle Eastern Muslim is not a terrorist and Iraq was not behind the 9%252F11 terrorist attacks. The guiding questions were%253A (1) What are the sources of news that teachers use to teach about the Middle East%253F (2) How do teachers use the media to teach about the Middle East in the post 9%252F11 schools%253F Semi-structured interviews were used to gather data and teachers instructional plans were examined. The Uses and Gratification theory provided the conceptual framework and data were analyzed using the grounded theory
A Comparative Analysis of Assessment and Evaluation Exercises Included in Geography Textbooks Written According to the 2005 Secondary Education Geography Curriculum and Textbooks of the Former Curriculum in Turkey
No full textThis study conducts a comparative analysis of the assessment and evaluation exercises in the geography textbooks written according to the Secondary Education Geography Curriculum for 2005 in Turkey with those in the former geography textbooks. In this respect, firstly, the assessment and evaluation studies included in geography textbooks written according to the former and the new geography curriculum have been analysed in quantitative and qualitative terms, then the development of the new curriculum in terms of assessment and evaluation studies and their application dimension have been identified. The study has showed that assessment and evaluation studies in geography textbooks written according to the 2005 secondary education geography curriculum had more effective characteristics in terms of their quality and the inclusion of different assessment and evaluation tools and methods compared to assessment and evaluation studies in the textbooks of the former program