Current Issues in Education (E-Journal, Arizona State University)
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Book Review - American Higher Education: A History
Get PDFAmerican Higher Education: A History, by Christopher J. Lucas is a historical narrative of the origins and development of the system of higher learning in place in contemporary America. It extends and updates earlier works in this area, and provides, as the author had hoped, "a more 'accessible' historical account, useful chiefly for nonspecialists and a more general readership . . ." but is nonetheless a thorough review of the historical underpinnings of American higher education. This work is recommended for students and professionals who seek a broad understanding of contemporary higher education and how it came to pass
Exploring Parental Aggression toward Teachers in a Public School Setting
Get PDFResearch regarding teacher experiences with school violence has focused almost exclusively on student perpetrators. Consequently, little is known about acts against teachers where parents are the primary aggressors. The present study attempts to fill that void by examining public school teachersâ experiences with problematic parental behavior. Using data from 5,971 P-12 teachers in one southeastern state, this study utilizes a descriptive and exploratory analytical framework and finds that teachers experience more verbal abuse than actual physical aggression, and that experiences vary according to teacher, school, and community characteristics. The article concludes with recommendations for policy/practice and for further research
Ideological Dissonance in a Literature Teaching Process - Moral Conflicts in a Democratic and Nationally Diverse Society: A Case Study of Israeli Teachers
No full textThe current study examines the implications of literary teaching material in a national diversified society in which the governmental educational policy separates between two national educational systems, and controls both of these separate systems. We set out to examine whether, in such realty, teachers are willing to teach texts, not formally included in the curriculum, that are replete with values and politics. In addition, we examine if they are willing to teach, whether they would introduce their ideological beliefs even if the teaching unit is incompatible with their ideological worldview. The teaching material comprises two poems about Jerusalem, one written by a Jewish poet and the other by an Israeli Palestinian poet. 26 Interviews were preformed with teachers: 13 Jews and 13 Palestinians. Their sayings were categorized into the following voices: The essence of the voice â a captured or liberated voice; Character of the voice â neutral or political; and Aim of the voice â socialization or individualization. We did not find any differences in the voices among the Palestinian and the Jewish teachers. Categorically, the teachers attempted to silence any discussion that spilled over into political matters. The ideological dilemma made the teachers voice as hidden voice. Since, we do not believe that the governmental educational policy in Israel is going to become more democratic, we hope that our findings will encourage colleges of education in Israel and similar societies to encourage their students to develop liberated and political voices, and voices of individualization
The Teacher Performance Assessment: Reflections on the Pedagogical Thought Processes of Three Student Teachers
Get PDFThe impacts of the Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA) on 3 pre-service teachersâ pedagogical thought processes and self perceptions are the focus of this study. Qualitative research procedures included interviews, observations, and coding of the pre-service teachersâ written documents. Emerging themes and implications for teacher education include variance in: 1) the pre-service teachersâ ability to analyze and articulate learner outcome results; 2) how they thought they impacted student learning; and 3) their locus of control
An Analysis of Research Methods and Statistical Techniques Used By Doctoral Dissertation at the Education Sciences in Turkey
Get PDFTo assess research methods and analysis of statistical techniques employed by educational researchers, this study surveyed unpublished doctoral dissertation from 2003 to 2007. Frequently used research methods consisted of experimental research; a survey; a correlational study; and a case study. Descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, factor analysis, bivariate correlation, Many Whitney-U test, and Kruskal Wallis-H test were frequently used statistical techniques analysis. Though some new statistical techniques analyses were introduced into educational dissertation, the trends of frequently used analysis of statistical techniques stayed relatively steady
Disposition and Early Childhood Education Preservice Teachers: Where to Start?
Get PDFAbstract: This study explores teacher education programs and preservice teacher dispositions. The study examined the dispositions of two sections of a reading methods course populated by preservice teachers. A dispositions checklist was used to collect data in three phases and from two audiences. The findings of the study strongly suggest that preservice teachers struggle with surfacing and identifying their own dispositions; as well as their peersâ dispositions. The study also shows that the perception of preservice teachersâ dispositions differ greatly from the perception the instructor of the course. Implications from this study suggest further development of practices that surface disposition and strategic use of data to improve teacher dispositions; within teacher education programs
"It's Not My Fault": Using Neutralization Theory to Understand Cheating by Middle School Students
Get PDFAccording to neutralization theory, to justify unethical behavior delinquents often embrace strategies that deflect personal responsibility for their actions from them and toward other persons or contextual factors outside their control. Drawing on neutralization theory, this case study explores how middle school students endorsed comparable strategies to justify cheating. Participants included six faculty members from an 8th grade teaching team and eight of their students at a competitive, private middle school in Northeastern Massachusetts. Based on interview and focus group data, we found that students adopted three of the five neutralizing strategies to rationalize what might be seen as unethical behavior: (1) denying responsibility; (2) condemning the condemner; and (3) appealing to higher ideals. Specific recommendations for schools include promoting supportive student-teacher relations and creating an academic environment in which students value course work for its inherent value, rather than solely as a means to gain admission to an elite high school
Web-Based CALL to Listening Comprehension
Get PDFThis paper reports on a study which investigated the effectiveness of Web-based computer assisted language learning (CALL) on tertiary studentsâ listening comprehension. Both studentsâ academic performance and attitudes were examined at the end of the Web-based CALL. While t tests were used to analyze the results of studentsâ academic performance, descriptive statistics interpreted studentsâ attitudes toward this learning. Although there was no significant difference between the students employing the Web-based CALL and the students using the traditional method, the students responded to the Web-based CALL positively, and the lower-level students, compared to their higher-level peers, were more motivated to practice listening comprehension under the Web-based CALL environment. This paper ends with discussions of potential issues that need to be taken into account and recommendations for future implementation and studies
Perceptions of Teachers and Students Regarding the Middle School Honors Program
Get PDFThis study examined the perceptions held by 40 teachers and 304 students of a middle school honors program. The sample population represented an equal number of honors and non-honors participants. Two surveys were analyzed using thematic coding for qualitative questions, while t test and descriptive statistics were used for quantitative results. The results confirm college and high school findings in the academic perceptions of the honors students, reasons for and against the enrollment, satisfaction with the program, and the over-representation of female and white students in the program, but reject specific identified characteristics of an honors student. Middle school honors students do not have the same qualities as high school and college honors students
Visible or Invisible? Korean High School Studentsâ Current Schooling Experiences in the United States
Get PDFThis qualitative study examined the current schooling experiences of eight Korean high school students in the United States. By comparing and contrasting recent immigrant adolescents and 1.5/2nd generation students, the purpose of this study was to explore how their identities as Koreans or Korean Americans were formed and shifted while they engaged with American teachers and peers in mainstream contexts. The findings suggest that even in the same ethnic group, differences were conspicuous. The newcomer group desperately wished to assimilate to mainstream culture by associating with American classmates. On the other hand, the 1.5/2nd generation group lived bi-culturally with dual identities as Korean and American and shifted their identities according to their convenience. Despite these differences, both of the groups suffered a similar experience by receiving unwelcome gestures from their mainstream teachers and peers: the newcomers as invisible outsiders and the 1.5/2nd generation as visible and marked outsiders