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Bridging The Theory-practice Gap : A Case Study Of Novice Teachers' Reflective Practice Development In A Title I School / By Rachel Cooper Bray.
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Rachel Cooper Bray
Bridging the theory-practice gap: a case study of novice teachers' reflective practice development in a Title I school
Under the direction of Lucy Bush, Ed.D.
The purpose of this study is to describe the utilization of reflective practice inquiry by novice teachers as means to develop better instructional decision-making practices regarding their students who live in poverty. Research intentions are to discover a gap in the literature that addresses a potential nexus between novice teachers’ development of reflective practice as they instruct students who live in poverty and critical and social pedagogy. The study sought to answer the question of how does reflective practice influence novice teachers’ instructional decision-making practices? In addition, the answers to the questions of what are novice teachers’ underlying beliefs about teaching children who live in poverty, and how do these beliefs help develop a framework for social pedagogy were pursued. The participants were limited to those who were teaching within their first three years at a rural, Title I middle school located in the Southeast. Four novice teachers from a school in the Southeastern region of the United States participated in the study. Pre-and post-semi-structured interviews, along with reflective journal writings and classroom observations were conducted during the course of the study. Analysis of the data revealed the following findings: (a) Novice teachers’ instructional decision-making practices are positively influenced by reflective practices when teachers are more aware of their student’s needs through continuous reflection of their instructional practices, (b) Teachers who acknowledge an understanding of the “language of the poor�? (Harrington, 1962) tend to make instructional decisions that mirrors this concept, and it may or not be similar to their own socioeconomic backgrounds, and (c) Novice teachers’ underlying educational philosophical beliefs along with reflective practice help build a foundation for critical pedagogy, which in turn, supports an elementary foundation for social pedagogy. Findings of this qualitative case study support the research that reflective inquiry could aid in the development of better instructional decision-making practices for novice teachers. The results of the study may give educators research literature to improve professional development regarding reflective practice for novice teachers. This study may also lend support for school superintendents and policy makers charged with implementing reflective practice curriculum for educators’ professional development
STABILITY AND CONTINUITY IN COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE FROM EARLY TO LATE INFANCY
Full text linkS t a b i l i t y and continuity in cognitive performance from e a r l y to l a t e infancy, by Rachel Cooper This research i s concerned with the s t a b i l i t y and continuity of cognitive measures throughout the infancy period. A review of the l i t e r a t u r e showed that standardised infan
Arguing for Aesthetics: where does design literacy fit?
No full textPresentation by Prof. Rachel Cooper (Imagination Lancaster) at the Urban Perspectives on Design Literacy Summer School at Loughborough University, 20–21 June 2019. Rachel challenged delegates to think about design beyond the traditional notion of a service provided by built environment professionals. Personal perspectives, urban design process, environmental sustainability, social concerns, diversity and mixed use, perceptions of place, sensory experience, health, crime, crowding, confidence, and more, formed the basis for an interactive session encouraging delegates to consider the sensory aesthetics of place.<br
Behaviours: older adults' behavioural strategies in the adoption of new technology-based products: the effects of ageing and the promising application of smart materials for the design of smart products
No full textIn a world that is ageing fast technology can really make a difference to keep people independent, healthy and socially connected. While the physical and sensorial signs of ageing have to some extent been considered in the design of technology for older people, much work is still needed to understand the impact of cognitive and emotional changes in the adoption, deferral or rejection of technology devices. Understanding the behavioural strategies of older people when dealing with technology-based products can help designers as well as marketers to reconsider product attributes and market communication, respectively. A set of smart computational materials suggests novel application opportunities for the design of more immediate and intuitive technology products
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
sj-docx-1-tva-10.1177_15248380231165694 – Supplemental material for A Systematic Review of Criminal Justice Initiatives to Strengthen the Criminal Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Violence in East Africa
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-tva-10.1177_15248380231165694 for A Systematic Review of Criminal Justice Initiatives to Strengthen the Criminal Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Violence in East Africa by Sarah Rockowitz, Kirstin Wagner, Rachel Cooper, Laura Stevens, Kari Davies, Jessica Woodhams, Wangu Kanja and Heather D. Flowe in Trauma, Violence, & Abuse</p
sj-docx-2-tva-10.1177_15248380231165694 – Supplemental material for A Systematic Review of Criminal Justice Initiatives to Strengthen the Criminal Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Violence in East Africa
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-2-tva-10.1177_15248380231165694 for A Systematic Review of Criminal Justice Initiatives to Strengthen the Criminal Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Violence in East Africa by Sarah Rockowitz, Kirstin Wagner, Rachel Cooper, Laura Stevens, Kari Davies, Jessica Woodhams, Wangu Kanja and Heather D. Flowe in Trauma, Violence, & Abuse</p
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