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The Fiction-Nonfiction Divide: Can Teachers’ Personal Reading Preferences Impact the Diversity of Genres Shared in Elementary Classrooms?
Get PDFDespite expanded efforts to increase the amount of nonfiction literature taught in elementary classrooms and a recent publication boom in the quantity and quality nonfiction children’s literature, a disparity still remains. While elementary teachers recognize the need to include more nonfiction, the primary genre for reading and literacy instruction remains fiction literature. Some of this may be about lack of acceptable children’s literature selections in the curriculum, but it may also indicate teachers’ preference for fiction. Using discourse analysis, this qualitative study analyzed the online discussion board responses of 99 graduate student in-service teachers who were asked about their early literacy experiences. Results indicated overwhelmingly positive early childhood memories of fiction (n=77), including many activities culturally situated within home and family, such as story time and library visits. Teachers did not recall similar early memories of nonfiction. Responses to nonfiction were more closely tied to schooling activities such as report writing and research. Some teachers also indicated a conscious effort to provide students with more exposure to nonfiction genres in their own classrooms. This study highlights the importance of directly addressing teachers’ personal preferences in both teacher preparation and in-service professional development to help them move toward more balanced classroom literacy across diverse genres
Mentoring for Effective Teaching - An Analysis of Austrian Mentees’ School-based Mentoring Practices
Get PDFPractical school mentoring is very important in Austrian teacher education. This quantitative study shows feedback from student teachers (n=114) on their experiences in supporting mentors based on the five factors (personal attributes, system requirements, pedagogical knowledge, modelling, and feedback). Trained mentors accompany primary school teaching student teachers during their internships. Results show that mentees recognize that their mentors maintain a pleasant relationship (95.7), are enthusiastic (92.1%) about mentoring-practice, convey positive attitudes (87.8%), are attentive in their teaching activities (88.6%), and provide oral feedback (85.9%).When assessing the personal attributes of the mentors, the mentees gave a percentage value higher than 69% for the six items. This indicates that the mentees have a good impression of their mentors. The article shows that in future mentoring practices should focus primarily on areas such as systemic issues, structures with planning units, assessments, questions about the feedback culture
Social Network of Urban Labor Force: Attributes and Measurement
Get PDFIndividuals connect with society through both emotional and obligatory relationships, as well as cooperative relationships rooted in the social division of labor. This study introduces the concepts of open and closed networks to capture these distinct relational pathways and characterizes social networks in terms of breadth, closeness, and trust. Using data from the 2012 China General Social Survey and a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) approach, we construct a comprehensive social network index for both open and closed networks. The results reveal that larger cities in China exhibit stronger open networks, whereas smaller cities are dominated by closed networks. Further empirical analysis of influencing factors supports these findings. These results align with China's stage of urbanization and provide new insights into social network dynamics in other transitional economies
The Role of Self-regulation in Media Concentration in Mongolia: Based on The Network Theory
Get PDFFree, fair, and independent media are essential for a democracy to function effectively. Media interact with politicians and other powerful members of society, play a significant role as a public watchdog, and serve the public. However, in a free democracy, the media must be held accountable and must be transparent. Journalists must follow specific legal and ethical regulations. Regulations for the media industry are generally divided into three categories: state regulation, independent self-regulation, and co-regulation with participation from civil society. Media Councils make ethical decisions on news coverage and journalistic behaviors by applying the Code of Ethics consisting of professional journalistic standards. It is important to point out that they are independent institutions set up by the media industry. An effective media self-regulation system is essential to promote the pluralism of journalism, diversity, and independent media, as well as to ensure citizens’ rights to seek and receive reliable and credible information. Consequently, they are neither authorities nor courts.This study focuses on the above three kinds of media regulation and their advantages and disadvantages in media concentration. It will also explain the relationship between network theory and media development. Furthermore, it will discuss the advantages of and opportunities for a media self-regulation mechanism in the current media development in Mongolia, based on resolved journalistic cases by the Media Council’s Ethics Committees
The Impact of Social Media Dependency on Chinese Netizens' Willingness to Forward Health Rumors: The Moderating Role of Social Media Literacy
Get PDFIn the digital era, the forwarding of false health rumors by netizens causes secondary dissemination of information, leading to its fission-like spread and bringing serious social problems. Based on an empirical survey of Chinese netizens, this paper aims to explore how social media dependency and media literacy affect netizens' willingness to forward health rumors. Data analysis found that social media dependency has a significant positive impact on forwarding willingness, social media literacy has a significant negative impact, and social media literacy has a negative moderating effect on the relationship between social media dependency and forwarding willingness. As the level of netizens' social media literacy changes, the impact of social media dependency on the forwarding willingness is no longer a simple linear positive correlation. High social media literacy will weaken its positive promoting effect and even make it show a negative change
On the Implementation Difficulties of Assessing Course Objective Attainment based on Outcome-Based Education
Get PDFThis paper investigates the difficulties in implementing assessment of course objective attainment. Through a questionnaire survey, it was found that teachers face practical difficulties in five aspects: understanding of the concept of Outcome-Based Education (OBE), setting course objectives, designing assessment components, calculating achievement status, and providing feedback and improvement. The paper analyzes the reasons for these difficulties and puts forward measures to overcome them
Translations and Adaptations of Assessment Tools in Early Childhood Education: A Scoping Review
Get PDFObjective: This scoping review sought to provide an insight into the key processes used in the translation and adaptation of assessment tools in peer-reviewed literature on assessment tools in early childhood education. Methods: Peer-reviewed articles published between 2012 and 2022 were identified via independent systematic searches using the databases Academic Search Complete, ERIC, Education Source, and APA PsycInfo. The articles included in this scoping were coded using a data extraction form developed for specifically for this study. Results: In the 56 articles selected, 33 reported forward translation; the analyses and findings of this scoping review were based on these 33. 30% of the articles did not report any methods of quality control methods. The most used quality control methods were back-translation only, and back-translation and expert review. 42% specified at what point the target population was included in the adaption process, and the preference was during pilot testing and focus groups. Regarding translators, 7 articles indicated the tools were translated by the researchers, 10 by independent bilinguals, and 3 utilized a team in the translation process. Conclusion: While cultural relevance and appropriateness were emphasized in these articles, there is limited information reported on what this process entailed. There were no specific or general guidelines reported. More focus should be placed on developing a culturally relevant protocol and related guidelines for the translation and adaptation process of assessment tools
Neuropsychopedagogical Motor Intervention Program Strengthening Inhibitory Control, Working Memory, and Language Abilities in Post-COVID-19 School Returnees
Get PDFThis study aimed to evaluate the effects of a neuropsychopedagogical motor intervention program (NMIP) on the cognitive functioning and academic achievement of students. 201 students aged 7 to 10 participated, randomly assigned to either the control group (103 students underwent two assessments during the NMIP period) or the experimental group (98 students underwent NMIP interspersed with two assessments). The NMIP utilized the Coordinating Methodology, focusing on motor development, executive functions, and mindfulness. It consisted of 36 sessions, each lasting 15 minutes, involving the coding and decoding of figures and colors with parts of the glass human body, implemented by the class teacher in the school setting. Cognitive functioning and academic achievement were assessed using the Children's Scale for Inhibitory Control Screening (CSICS), Neuropsychopedagogical Scale for Working Memory Screening (NSWMS), Scale for Screening Phonological Abilities (SSPA), and Children's Scale for Reading and Writing Screening (CSRWS) before and after the NMIP. The results showed significant improvements in the experimental group: ±19% (p<0.01) in CSICS, ±29% (p<0.01) in NSWMS, ±23% (p<0.01) in SSPA, and a reduction of ±52% (p<0.01) in reading and writing difficulties measured by CSRWS. Additionally, ANOVA analysis indicated superior performance (p<0.01) in cognitive functions and academic skills among children in the experimental group post-NMIP compared to those in the control group. In conclusion, the NMIP demonstrated substantial positive effects on both cognitive functioning and academic achievement in elementary school students
Writing Woes of ESL Learners: Can Dynamic Assessment Be the Solution?
Get PDFAbstractThis study explores the effectiveness of dynamic assessment (DA) in addressing grammatical writing difficulties in Pakistani English as a Second Language (ESL) learners' writing. Adopting an interactionist approach to DA, the research observes mediational moves by a teacher during the writing assessment process. The study employs a qualitative case study design, examining the interactional patterns and outcomes of DA for three higher secondary-level Pakistani ESL learners over an eight-week period. The findings indicate that the interactionist approach to DA is a promising method for improving the grammatical accuracy of Pakistani ESL learners, particularly in areas such as tenses, pronouns, and subject-verb agreement. The results of this study have significant implications for writing instruction in ESL contexts. Dynamic assessment can support the development of writing skills by providing ESL writers with opportunities to engage in distributive practice and receive feedback on their writing, resulting in a tailored and effective approach to writing instruction
A Study on Meme Marketing Strategies of Domestic Brands and Optimization Suggestions
Get PDFIn today’s era of traffic, the powerful monetization ability of meme marketing has attracted growing attention from brands. However, there is still limited research on domestic brand meme marketing in academic circles. Therefore, aiming to study domestic meme marketing strategies from a macro perspective, an interview was conducted to collect current meme marketing strategies of domestic brands, and a questionnaire was then released to evaluate the application effect of these strategies. The results show that domestic brands have used Internet memes in marketing with the help of artificial intelligence, explored to establish a brand virtual image, and adopted the two-way communication model of User Generated Content (UGC). Nonetheless, current meme marketing strategies have not shown a significant effect on improving consumers’ willingness to learn about brands and purchase their products or services. This paper provides improved meme marketing strategies that further arouse the transformable consumption potential of consumers and effectively consolidate the maintenance and expansion of brand communication