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The art of teaching; pedagogy.
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Dear colleagues,
I am delighted to invite you to contribute a chapter to an upcoming edited volume titled Advanced Topics in Academic Integrity: A Temporal, Technological, Social, and Pedagogical Perspective
Academic integrity lies at the core of the educational system, defining standards and safeguarding the credibility of academic work, ensuring competence in education, and preserving the value of institutional credentials. This topical collection examines academic integrity from four overlapping perspectives of temporal evolution, technological impact, social and cultural influences, and pedagogical approaches. In this book, the notion of integrity is posited as more than just the quality of being honest or the ability to enforce policy; instead, it is presented as an interplay between the individual, group, institution, and society. Before offering solutions, one must examine the influence of cultural norms and expectations, economic pressures, technological advancements, and pedagogical approaches—each of which shapes perceptions of fairness, influences behaviors, and either advances or creates barriers to meeting the needs of students and institutions. By uncovering the rich tapestry of these relationships this book aims to provide a nuance understanding of academic integrity issues by drawing from data-driven research and experiential narratives of educators and students.
The book is organized into four sections, drawing from a multitude of academic and professional domains, to provide an advanced understanding of academic integrity issues. All methods and schools of thought are welcome.
[A] Academic Integrity Through a Temporal Lens [B] Academic Integrity Through a Technology Lens [C] Academic Integrity Through a Social Lens [D] Academic Integrity Through a Pedagogical Lens
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
1. Evolution of Definitions, Cheating Strategies, and Response Strategies
2. Technology in Society and the Classroom
3. The “Netflixification” of Education
4. Generative AI and Machine-Aided Plagiarism
5. Social Factors Influencing Integrity
6. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
7. Assessment and Evaluation
8. Traditional, Hybrid, and Fully Online Delivery Modes
9. Phenomenological Perspectives (educators’ or student’s lived experiences)
There are NO publishing fees. It is FREE to authors. All methods and schools of thought are welcome. The abstract should be up to 500 words, and the full paper should not exceed 12,000 words. All submissions should follow APA style.
Important Dates
Abstract submission deadline: January 15, 2025
Full chapter submission deadline: March 15, 2025
Peer-review results returned: April 15, 2025
Final chapter submission deadline: May 15, 2025
Editor
Alexander Amigud, PhD. | aamigud@ibu.ca
International Business University, Toronto, Canada
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I am considering two options:
  1. A paywalled model with a brand-name publisher in the Netherlands.
  2. Open access with a non-brand-name publisher in Canada.
I am leaning toward open access because the book should be judged by its contents, not by the fancy imprint or cover. The e-book, including the Kindle version, will be free, while print copies will be sold at cost. At this point, it’s a cost-benefit decision. What would you prefer?
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What are the conditions for developing legal competence in students of technical specialties? What is the importance of studying law?
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I totally agree with Greg's Walterhouse answer. Since law regulates every aspect of our lives, ecomonical, personal, social, professional, enviromentical and in general the world we are living, therefore it is absolutely necessary to enhance people and especially the youths to embrace law. Learning basic law knowledge may help young people and tomorrow's adults not to fear law. Law's basic contribution is cultivating culture and mentality. So, basic law skills can lead to thw change of people culture, the improvemet of education and a more harmonic society. The participation of people in tomorrow's governance is another benefit. I personally work in the government sector and i believe that basic law knowledge is necessary for everyone in this sector, even for those working in data science field.
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How do students' attention and memory affect their performance on assessments and what pedagogical practices can be implemented to improve these skills?
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Ivonaldo Silva Student-centered classroom activities positively affect students' retention, thus, enhances their engagement/performance on assessments. Good example of pedagogical approaches/practices are: cooperatively learning, collaborative learning, constructivism, exploratory learning, and others. In fact, you can create your own your teaching approaches based on the learning styles of your students.
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Various terms are used, such as learning ecosystem, pedagogical environment, instructional environment, and so on. I am wondering which is the most suitable term.
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Educational Institutions/Organizations
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My academic pursuits align with my broader goal of connecting traditional cultural expressions with modern pedagogical methods, ensuring that future generations can experience and appreciate authentic cultural heritage. This is particularly important in a time when cultural traditions are increasingly vulnerable to the pressures of modernity. I am committed to finding solutions that honor both the preservation of heritage and the evolving needs of today’s education systems.
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Hi, Camila! How are you? I think there are impacts, but we also need to be careful with the notion of authenticity, since all cultural assets of an intangible nature change over time. I would cite as an example the carnival in the city of Olinda, which takes place a week before the one intended for tourists for the local population.
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Why are Pedagogical Models Used in Physical Education and Sports Little Studied in the Literature?
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Pedagogical models are used in physical education and sport because they help guide the educational process and define educational goals and strategies. Conversely, they may receive less study in the literature due to the nature of this field, which focuses primarily on texts and critical analysis.
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At our institution, we face a growing problem with students using advanced technology to cheat during exams. This includes:
  • Hidden smartphones/smartwattches and ChatGPT for quick answers.
  • Small cameras concealed in clothing buttons and earpieces for external assistance.
We're looking for strategies that go beyond traditional methods like monitoring or simply banning devices, as students are becoming more creative with their cheating techniques. Are there successful strategies or tools you have used to prevent or detect cheating with this type of technology? I'd appreciate both technological and pedagogical approaches.
My university wants to build a Farraday cage to host exams but it's expensive and it will have limited space. Please note that in my country it is prohibited to use any radio jamming equipment.
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I partially agree that we may need to incorporate computers into exams. However, my friend recently experienced a GPS outage while sailing near Gotland, likely due to Russian jamming. Fortunately, internet connectivity allowed him to quickly learn old school navigation techniques.
If LLMs were suddenly disabled, students would still need to have a foundational understanding of the subject matter and basic skills, independent of internet access
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TPACK Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge
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Dear Ms. Samino!
I found some resources for you:
1) Mirjam Schmid, Eliana Brianza, Dominik Petko,Developing a short assessment instrument for Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK.xs) and comparing the factor structure of an integrative and a transformative model, Computers & Education, Volume 157, 2020,
2) Mölgen, L., Asshoff, R. & Heuckmann, B. Development and Application of a Domain-Specific TPACK Questionnaire—Findings from a Longitudinal Study on Teaching Human Biology Using Digital Tools. J Sci Educ Technol 33, 607–620 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-024-10108-w, Open access:
3) Ning Y, Zhang C, Xu B, Zhou Y, Wijaya TT. Teachers’ AI-TPACK: Exploring the Relationship between Knowledge Elements. Sustainability. 2024; 16(3):978. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16030978, Open access:
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
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Dear Research Community,
Your expertise to explain the difference between the two (instructional communication and pedagogical communication) shall be immensely appreciable.
Thank you,
Koyel Mallick
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Dear Ms. Mallick!
You pointed to an important issue: how students perceive instructions as a method of teaching:
Gert J.J. Biesta, Siebren Miedema, Instruction or pedagogy? The need for a transformative conception of education, Teaching and Teacher Education,
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
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Teaching is expected to bring changes in behavior and any pedagogical challenges faced at high schools is as a result of foundation which is the elementary school. So, which teaching strategy or method can best help to impact more on the learners?
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I am teacher at the University of Zaragoza (Spain) and use the REAPSES method, which has been applied to primary school students. The REAPSES method means Learning Style Corners for Primary, Secondary and Higher Education. The aim is to adapt them to the active, reflective, theoretical and pragmatic learning styles that we can find in the classroom.
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How to use artificial intelligence technology and Big Data to help develop critical thinking in young people and the goal of reducing disinformation that targets children and young people through online social media?
Disinformation is currently the most frequently cited problem occurring in social media from which children and young people gain knowledge. Companies engage advertising companies that specialize in running online advertising campaigns, in which advertising spots, videos and banners informing people about promotional offers for products and services sold are posted on social media. The aforementioned online social media are also viewed by children and teenagers. For some of these social media, the primary audiences for profiled information and marketing messages are mainly school-aged youth. Children and adolescents are particularly susceptible to the influence of information transferred through the aforementioned online media. Advertisements are thematically profiled to correlate with issues that are in the field of the main interests of children and adolescents. Unfortunately, many offers of various products and services promoted through online advertising campaigns are not suitable for children and adolescents and/or generate a lot of negative effects. Nowadays, applications based on generative artificial intelligence technology, intelligent chatbots, are increasingly used to generate banners, graphics, photos, videos, animations, advertising spots. With the help of these tools, which are available on the Internet, it is possible to create a photo, graphic or video on the basis of a written command, i.e. a kind of digitally generated works of such high graphic quality that it is very difficult to determine whether they are, for example, authentic photos taken with a camera or smartphone or are supposedly photos generated by an intelligent chatbot. It is especially difficult to resolve this kind of issue for children and young people who view these kinds of artificial intelligence technology-generated "works" used in banners or advertising videos. It is necessary, therefore, that education should develop in children the ability to think critically, to ask questions, to question the veracity of the content of advertisements, not to accept uncritically everything found in online social media. It is essential to add the issue of learning critical thinking to the process of educating children and young people. The goal of such education should be, among other things, to develop in children and young people the ability to identify disinformation, including the increasingly common factoids, deepfakes, etc. in online social media. In connection with the fact that in the creation of disinformation occurring mainly in the aforementioned social media are involved applications based on artificial intelligence, so children and adolescents should, within the framework of education, learn about the applications available on the Internet based on generative artificial intelligence technology, through which it is possible to generate texts, graphics, photos, drawings, animations and videos in a partially automated manner according to a given verbal command. This is how the applications available on the Internet based on the new technologies of Industry 4.0/5.0, including generative artificial intelligence and Big Data technologies, should be used to help develop critical thinking and a kind of resistance to misinformation in young people. During school lessons, students should learn about the capabilities of AI-based applications available on the Internet and use them creatively to develop critical thinking skills. In this way, it is possible to reduce disinformation directed through online social media towards children and young people.
I described the key issues of opportunities and threats to the development of artificial intelligence technology in my article below:
OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS AND THE NEED FOR NORMATIVE REGULATION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT
I described the applications of Big Data technologies in sentiment analysis, business analytics and risk management in my co-authored article:
APPLICATION OF DATA BASE SYSTEMS BIG DATA AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SOFTWARE IN INTEGRATED RISK MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIZATION
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
How to use artificial intelligence and Big Data technologies to help develop critical thinking in young people and the goal of reducing misinformation that targets children and young people through online social media?
How can artificial intelligence technology be used to help educate youth in critical thinking and the ability to identify disinformation?
And what is your opinion about it?
What is your opinion on this issue?
Please answer,
I invite everyone to join the discussion,
Thank you very much,
Best regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
The above text is entirely my own work written by me on the basis of my research.
In writing this text I did not use other sources or automatic text generation systems.
Copyright by Dariusz Prokopowicz
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I think that online social computer games can affect children and teenagers in both positive and bad ways.
Development of Skills: Playing games frequently calls for cooperation, strategic thinking, and problem-solving. Gamers can improve their mental faculties, inventiveness, and flexibility. Emotional Regulation: Skillfully crafted games provide players the opportunity to feel a variety of emotions and develop coping mechanisms. This has the potential to enhance emotional intelligence. Sense of Achievement: Reaching objectives, leveling up, and finishing tasks in video games can give one a sense of success and enhance their self-confidence.
Imagination and exploration: Games provide virtual environments for players to create, explore, and consider many scenarios. Adverse Effects: Over gaming can result in addiction, which can have a negative impact on social interactions, academic achievement, and physical health. Financial Concerns: Parents and caregivers may get unexpected credit card bills as a result of in-app purchases and loot boxes. It is essential to set up appropriate parental restrictions. Physical Health: Extended gaming sessions can cause headaches, sedentary behavior, and irregular sleep schedules. Education: Playing video games too much may affect academic performance and personal development. Mental Health: Excessive gaming might cause some gamers to develop social isolation, depression, or anxiety.
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Is the Journal of Pedagogical Research a trusted journal to publish in? I checked in scopus website and scimago and I find it is there with scopus Q2 rank; but I have concerns if it is predator? Can you help?
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The journal “Journal of Pedagogical Research” (https://www.ijopr.com ) has some trustworthy features:
-Their indexing in Scopus looks solid https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101111517 and the same is true for the “Scopus content coverage” which looks normal (no sudden increase in accepted and published papers)
I see no real red flags, it is most likely a pretty safe choice.
Best regards.
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Hello everyone,
Thank you for your time and patience in advance! I attempt to develop a pedagogical framework and a competence scale for my PhD project. I have developed the drafts of both. I adapted several theories and previous similar frameworks for the current pedagogical framework development. I wonder if the expert panel is an indispensable step before I design teaching materials based on this framework. (I totally agree that having an expert panel can without any doubt benefit my design)
I asked this question because organizing the expert panel discussion might be challenging for me due to the time and resources limit.
Many thanks for your answers!
Best.
Bonnie
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Expert panels can be of great importance for the development of some educational measures, but whether they are indispensable depends on various factors such as the complexity of the topic, the scope of the measure, and the target audience or application.
There are some things to take into consideration.
Complexity of the topic:
Validity and reliability:
Different viewpoints:
Practical application and feasibility of the application:
User sharing:
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How do cultural and contextual factors influence your choice of teaching methods?
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Hi,
It might not be easily applicable to every context, but I focus on submitting non-disposable "homeworks". That is, I ask students to produce material to be published as OER, that can be used and improved over and over by other students. This proves to be very motivating, especially when the material is used by other students in different countries.
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hello, can you advise me a good wargame for pedagogy and training in strategy and tactic.
I am searching something a bit serious designed in research and open.
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I recommend Age of Empires II and Medieval Total War, they are not new games but I think the historical content in them can be worth considering.
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Physics Tests yoday in all levels rely on calculative predictions and conceptual assesment type questions. But there others i.e
** conceptual synthesis i.e how principle A works or related to principle B? Orehstis the relation of two principles
** historical questions i.w how gallileo proved Aristotle's theory inadequate and in which aspect of ""good theory" requirement
** when type of questions i.e when did classical physics separated from modern physics
** how Qs i.e are Transformation s obtsined
** stating assumptions i.estate assumptions behind application of principle C
**answer choice given Qs i. E is acceleration of reference frsmes intrinsic or extrinsic property
Do you think such Qs could, in a pedagogical assesment - wise valid way take as much as 60% on a physics Test?
This approach is rarely but non inexistent i.e rtredprof, Arisaka, schollar Sochi etc
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I find this kind of questions interesting in a physics class, especially some history, or such as "how could they discover this with such primitive equipment in that time?".
But can they be asked in a test? That depends on your local school system, I suppose.
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It is maybe an easy shortcut to satisfy the pedagogical or assesment principle of variation in difficulty in an exam in physics by using more sophisticated calculative prediction tasks, to a leve of situation modeling or mathematical accuracy/mathematization edge that students find unfair and vainlynaimef for assesment purpose.
Although conceptual-based questions or tasks and other synthesis or evaluation requirements grade Qs can do the job, they are ommitted, maybe because it takes more preparation or because it is more easy to be preduciced as irrlevant to the amateur student eye. Of course, colleawues may raise similar concerns but since educational research has not shed light here, the old traditional is still dominant.
I gener there is a luck of literature on valid methods to high difficulty assesment Qs in physics and their variety.
But the bottom line is derbing phydics, not the teacher..
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Teachers are expected to gain knowledge in pedagogical, content and technological aspects to be effective in the field of teaching. Yet, there are teachers who have a hard struggle to become fully equipped with the three knowledge basis in teaching. What are some practices that make teachers equipped in TPACK (Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge); what about their challenges?
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Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) is a framework that focuses on the intersection of three core knowledge areas: technology knowledge (TK), pedagogical knowledge (PK), and content knowledge (CK). TPACK is essential for teachers to effectively integrate technology into their teaching practices. Here are some effective practices and challenges that teachers may encounter when trying to obtain TPACK:
Effective Practices:
  1. Professional Development: Engaging in ongoing professional development opportunities that specifically target technology integration in education is essential. This may include workshops, courses, and conferences.
  2. Collaboration: Collaborating with other educators, both within and outside the school, to share best practices and insights on integrating technology effectively.
  3. Lesson Planning: Creating lesson plans that intentionally incorporate technology to enhance and support the delivery of content. This involves aligning technology with specific learning objectives.
  4. Experimentation: Being open to experimenting with new technologies and teaching methods to discover what works best for their students.
  5. Student-Centered Approach: Focusing on the needs and preferences of students, as technology can be tailored to meet individual learning styles.
  6. Reflective Practice: Regularly reflecting on their teaching practices, including technology integration, and making adjustments based on feedback and assessment data.
  7. Staying Current: Keeping up with the latest educational technologies and trends to ensure their knowledge remains relevant.
Challenges:
  1. Technological Obstacles: Teachers often face technical challenges, such as malfunctioning hardware or unreliable internet connectivity, which can disrupt their lessons.
  2. Time Constraints: Integrating technology effectively can be time-consuming, and many teachers find it challenging to balance the demands of the curriculum with the need to explore and incorporate new technologies.
  3. Lack of Access: Some teachers may not have access to the necessary technology or tools due to budget constraints or resource limitations in their schools.
  4. Resistance to Change: Teachers may face resistance from students, colleagues, or even parents who are not comfortable with or supportive of technology integration in the classroom.
  5. Digital Literacy: Not all teachers possess a high level of digital literacy themselves, which can impede their ability to effectively use technology for educational purposes.
  6. Privacy and Security Concerns: Managing student data, protecting privacy, and ensuring online security are ongoing concerns when using technology in the classroom.
  7. Assessment and Evaluation: Designing fair and effective assessments for technology-integrated lessons can be challenging, as it requires measuring both content knowledge and digital skills.
Obtaining TPACK is an ongoing process that requires dedication and adaptability. Teachers who successfully integrate technology into their teaching are better equipped to engage and motivate students while helping them develop critical digital skills. However, they must navigate various challenges to ensure a seamless and effective integration of technology into their teaching practices.
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This is the topic of Webinars of "The Future of Quality: What's Next? by QAA Annual Conference.
Could you share your viewpoint on this topic and why you think so?
Creating an environment which fosters pedagogic research informed decision making on quality matters
Presented by: Dr Paul Chin - Head of Learning and Teaching, Centre for Learning and Teaching, University of Bath ; Dan Connolly - Teaching and Learning Coach, Barnsley College ; Dr Katherine Lupton - Lead for International Academic Partnerships, Leeds Trinity University
Institutions across higher education often grapple with challenges of tackling quality issues that are informed by the literature and exemplars of good practice. In FE, there is often little capacity for pedagogic work and in HE, academics and professional staff often do not have the space to focus on it. In this session our speakers will discuss the findings of this Collaborative Enhancement Project. The team developed a Pedagogic Research Model (PedR) – a ‘how to’ guide on developing, promoting and celebrating pedagogic research activities - to unpick the challenges around quality issues, and created this model approach which both higher education (HE) and further education (FE) can adapt to promote a culture of a scholarly informed approach to their own institutional decision-making processes.
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Quality has no limit value! If one full of existing quality, then there would be no innovation
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According to M. Fountopoulou, the 21st century teacher needs powerful tools and techniques for developing and cultivating personal skills, which are both exciting and significantly relevant:
- connecting theory with practice, - medium and long-term view of learning and teaching
- evaluation of the information
- the transformation of knowledge, the - - - the management of the school unit
- the combined application of scientific and pedagogical principles
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Hello Philippos,
When it comes to 21st-century education teacher's priority must rely on the transformative power of education, defined by UNESCO as the process that "involves teaching and learning geared to motivate and empower happy and healthy learners to take informed decisions and actions at the individual, community and global levels." (2023,
Combining scientific, pedagogical skills and values with a broader sense of the teacher's mission is essential to ensure learners develop skills better aligned with the challenges we face today.
Thus, teachers should be trained in the following areas to ensure they are prepared to foster learner's eagerness to learn and awareness about the world they live in:
- social-emotional skills
- critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- resilience and flexibility
- collaboration and empathy
- pedagogical use of technology
UNESCO. (2023). Five questions on transformative education. UNESCO. Retrieved 11-08-2023 from https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/five-questions-transformative-education#What%20Is%20%E2%80%9CTransformative%20Education%E2%80%9D?
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Teacher identify has been in the past associated with a kind of owe inspiring yet of an unsophisticated kind, one of devoted and monk-type personalities, dogma servants who need not any of the type of social charisma or mastering of deeper social or advanced pedagogical conceptions.
The new age has given this identify opposite to this idea traits. Such terms such as self-assessment, learning communities, digital technologies, hybrid learning and teaching, inclusion, self-management of the school unit, tele-education, distance education do not simply enrich the educational vocabulary but shape a new environments and teacher identify.
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The new age of education has brought about significant changes in the identity and role of teachers. Previously, the perception of teachers was often associated with devoted and monk-like personalities who followed established dogma without requiring advanced pedagogical knowledge or social charisma. However, the landscape of education has shifted, and these traditional notions of teacher identity have evolved.
Embracing new concepts and technologies:
Teachers in the modern era are expected to engage with concepts such as self-assessment, learning communities, digital technologies, hybrid learning and teaching, inclusion, self-management of the school unit, tele-education, and distance education. These terms not only enrich the educational vocabulary but also shape a new educational environment and redefine the identity of teachers.
Adopting a learner-centered approach:
With the emergence of self-assessment and learning communities, the focus has shifted towards learner-centered approaches. Teachers now play a role in facilitating student reflection and self-assessment, empowering students to take ownership of their learning process, and fostering collaborative learning environments.
Integrating digital technologies:
The prevalence of digital technologies has transformed the way teaching and learning take place. Teachers are now expected to incorporate digital tools and resources into their instruction, providing students with blended learning experiences that combine traditional classroom teaching with online learning tools . This integration of technology requires teachers to have a certain level of technological proficiency and adaptability.
Facilitating inclusive education:
Inclusion has become a key aspect of modern education, and teachers are tasked with creating inclusive learning environments where all students, regardless of their abilities or backgrounds, can thrive. This requires teachers to have a deep understanding of diverse learning needs, implement differentiated instruction, and provide appropriate support for every student.
Navigating new educational models:
The advent of hybrid learning and tele-education has introduced new models for teaching and learning. Teachers now have the opportunity to navigate these flexible approaches, conducting classes that incorporate both in-person and online components, or even delivering education remotely through tele-education. This necessitates a willingness to adapt and innovate within these evolving educational contexts.
The new age of education has redefined teacher identity. Teachers are expected to be knowledgeable, adaptable, technologically proficient, and skilled in fostering inclusive learning environments. The expanding educational vocabulary and changing educational models have transformed the way teachers approach their roles, embracing new opportunities for effective teaching and learning.
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Dear friends and colleagues,
my team and I are currently analyzing data from an experiment with small groups of learners. Here, we want to conduct a multilevel analysis (hierarchical linear modeling) because we assume that collaborating with others affects the knowledge of the individual group members.
We hope that you may help us model the following situation from our experiment, using a multilevel analysis.
Our question: How do we model the levels, especially: where do we enter the experimental condition? (As a predictor for the outcome variable, or as Level 3?)
Design of the study
  • Participants collaborate in small groups (groups of 3 members) to solve a collaboration task
  • each small group is randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions which consist of different types of pedagogical support:
  1. Control Condition
  2. Experimental Condition A
  3. Experimental Condition B
  • Before the collaboration, the participants answer a pretest (individually) that assesses their knowledge about collaboration. After their collaboration, the participants answer a respective posttest (individually).
Research question: How does the experimental condition support measure influence affect participants' knowledge about collaboration?
Data set:
  • 150 Participants (Level 1) in
  • 50 small groups (Level 2) <- here, collaboration takes place, therefore we assume that the subjects are statistically interdependent in their knowledge (ICC is 16%, so as expected an effect of the small group), in
  • one of 3 experimental conditions (Level 3?)
Analysis: Multilevel model (random intercept?) to investigate the effect of the experimental condition on individual knowledge, while taking small group membership into account.
We are very interested in your opinion! How do we best model the levels, especially: where do we enter the experimental condition?
For data analysis, we use the lmer-package for R.
Our first intuition was:
MLM_rand_int <-lmer(KNOWLEDGE POST ~ CONDITION + (1|SMALL GROUP), data = data )
What's your take on this?
Many thanks in advance!
Sebastian
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If you are data are in long form (that is with replicates), you simply include it as a factor (as Daniel Wright says, suitably coded, eg the control as the referent category) in the fixed part of the model. You need a multilevel analysis are you are making repeated measures of the same group which is likely to produce dependence.
You may want to look at teh chapter on higher level variables in this:
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We are concerned about the pedagogical monitoring of online classes
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Hello Arsenio,
Measuring compliance with the analytical plan in an online system requires the use of learning analytics and other data gathering methods to monitor student progress and teacher behaviors. If the concern is about the pedagogical monitoring of online classes, by analyzing this data, instructors can gain insights into the effectiveness of their teaching methods and make adjustments to improve the learning experience for their students.
In using learning analytics, for example, teachers can monitor and observe students' online class activities, such as discussion boards and assignment submissions, to gain insights into their learning progress. Here, framework called DIAMOND can be utilized to monitor online lectures and deduce important figures, such as the degree of student participation.
A learning analytics approach can be used to monitor the quality of online one-to-one tutoring by analyzing teacher behaviors and classifying tutoring sessions into those that are effective and those that are not effective.
Learning analytics can also be used to design and implement a solution for teachers to facilitate their access to information. This can allow teachers to find new ways of developing their pedagogical dynamic and to carry out a monitoring and assessment process that is more personalized and better adapted to facilitating students' learning.
Hope this helps!
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I believe physics curriculum designers are either too convervative or agnostic about the pedagogic structure.
Since critical thinking is the main feature of masters programs, physicists who insist on problem solving or advanced skills-based curricula for masters are in fact not being loyal to pedagocic theories or learning at the graduate level.
This might have consequences as, beyond the extra-IQ students, others are left at a disadvantage - even if they acquire those skills. Masters level education was always about critical thinking- and this is gained via essay-based projects on cutting edge field fronts better. Knowing physics does not imply critical thinking at higher level, as it is narcisistically assumed.
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Dear Philippos good morning. I think that, If you have experience you can know, in what way? Read the studies that have been done, analyze and evaluate them, observe what kind of studies have been done and how they have used critical thinking. You can answer your question. Best regards and good lock
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Many educators hail active learning as a solution for helping undergraduate students acquire a variety of essential skills that are needed in today's workplace and which cannot be acquired through traditional learning methods (e.g., collaboration, communication, creativity, complex problem-solving). If this is the case, then why aren't more universities steeped in undergraduate courses that are project-based, problem-based, inquiry-based, and so forth? Why do we see in so many universities the majority of undergraduate courses being delivered in more or less the traditional lecture-and-recitation style? From my experience, the reason for sticking to the traditional style of instruction at universities often has little to do with available budget or with the ratio of instructors to students. It also has very little to do with the claim that only through the traditional approach can we teach fundamental concepts (it may surprise you to hear, but I've heard that reason from faculty). The main reason I see for not implementing active learning is that this approach requires a level of pedagogical proficiency that traditional learning doesn't. And most faculty/instructors don't have that level of pedagogical proficiency, as they are simply not being incentivized to acquire it. What matters to their career success are publications and funding.
What are your experiences and thoughts on the reasons active learning isn't implemented more in undergraduate education? And what can be done about it?
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  1. Resistance to change: Faculty members and administrators may be resistant to change and may not see the value in adopting new teaching approaches. They may be comfortable with traditional lecture-based methods and may not be willing to invest the time and effort required to learn new techniques.
  2. Lack of training: Faculty members may not have the necessary training or support to implement active learning effectively. They may not be familiar with the various techniques or may not know how to design effective activities.
  3. Limited resources: Implementing active learning often requires additional resources, such as classroom space, technology, and support staff. Institutions may not have the necessary resources to implement these changes.
  4. Large class sizes: Large class sizes can make it difficult to implement active learning. Faculty members may struggle to manage group work or facilitate discussions with a large number of students.
  5. Time constraints: Active learning requires more time and preparation than traditional lecture-based methods. Faculty members may not have the time necessary to design and implement effective activities.
  6. Student resistance: Some students may resist active learning because it requires them to be more engaged in the learning process. They may prefer traditional lecture-based methods or may be uncomfortable with group work or discussion.
To overcome these obstacles, institutions may need to provide support and training for faculty members, allocate resources for classroom space and technology, and involve students in the process to gain their support and feedback.
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Pros
It's effective.
It is working universally (to some extend in some cases, in others more extensively)
It has been unchallenged.
I would say it leans more on the side of assessment than (instructive or student-centered, any) learning which is prime in educational theory
Cons
It is simplistic, primitive and not sophisticated.
This shows that it is narrow in scope. I hope one day I will substantiate this to publish an article in journal.
Pedagogically and learning theory speaking it is very weak (i.e. it addresses only one of Bloom's levels, application).
Physicists don't take advice from mainframe educational research.
They only value physics education research which downplays more results of generic research.
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I think by utilizing many of the principles outlined in my research (Attention-Driven Design: How Instructional Designers Design to Capture the Learner's Attention) would balance out any cons related to the paradigm utilized by science. As it currently stands, the science learning paradigm of "learning physics by solving numerical problems and calculations in specific situations" has both pros and cons. Here are some potential advantages and disadvantages to consider:
Pros:
  • Hands-on learning: Solving numerical problems can be a very practical way to learn physics. It allows students to apply the theories they've learned in a concrete way and gain a deeper understanding of the concepts.
  • Critical thinking skills: Problem-solving requires students to analyze the situation, identify relevant information, and apply their knowledge to find a solution. These skills are transferable to many other areas of life and can help students develop critical thinking skills.
  • Engagement: Many students find numerical problem-solving to be an engaging and challenging way to learn physics. It can be more interesting than simply reading about theories and concepts.
  • Mastery: Solving numerical problems can give students a sense of mastery over the material. When they're able to successfully solve a problem, they feel more confident in their understanding of the concepts.
Cons:
  • Focus on rote memorization: If the emphasis is solely on solving numerical problems, students may be encouraged to memorize formulas and methods rather than truly understand the underlying concepts.
  • Limited creativity: Problem-solving typically involves applying a specific formula or method to a given situation. This may limit students' ability to think creatively and come up with innovative solutions.
  • Difficulty with abstract concepts: Some students may struggle with abstract concepts and find it challenging to apply them to numerical problems. They may benefit more from visual aids or hands-on experiments.
  • Narrow focus: While numerical problem-solving is an important aspect of learning physics, it's not the only one. Students may miss out on other important aspects of the subject, such as the history of physics or its social implications.
Overall, whether the pros outweigh the cons of the numerical problem-solving approach to learning physics will depend on the individual student and the context in which they're learning. It's important to consider a variety of teaching methods and approaches to ensure that all students can learn and thrive.
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Keeping attention or provoking student interest is not considered a proper pedagogical approach at least in education theory. The same with attention grabbers that fall outsider standard types like invoking student experience and identifying a gap with mastering phenomena
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I personally believe in the Universal Design Approach to pedagogical learning. If you are not engaging the student, they will become bored and not want to learn anything you are teaching. For example, my students were having a hard time converting from decimal, to fraction, to percent. I decided to have a project which would sink in for their knowledge strength. I gave each of my students a package of skittles. They needed to do a dot plot for each of the colors. Then figure the colors into fractions to equal up to a hole. They needed to draw a circle graph with percentage. They needs to draw a bar graph with decimals. They also had to write a conversion of the fraction, to the decimal, to the percent. As my students worked through their work, it began to make sense to each student. It attracted their attention. Some students needed a written module which they received with this project. Some students needed a visual module which they received with this project. Some students needed a hands-on module which they received with this project. Every week, I would have my students do centers, projects, shadow boxes or a poster to be finished over the weekend and due on Monday. It was in place of a test, but it was fun. They wanted to learn. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink. Same with a student learning. You can put the book in front of them, but they might not pay attention. sMany kids struggle to memorize. For instance, when I am teaching prime numbers it takes me less than five minutes to teach students how to find a prime number. It is a great bell work exercise. I have my students number 2 through 31. We then circle 2 and cross off all other numbers equal to 2 by counting by 2's to 31. We do the same thing with 3, and then 5. In that way, you have the prime numbers mostly likely used to reduce fractions. It is a fun project in teaching my students. They don't have to memorize. Eventually, the numbers will come to them with use, but they can always find the number. Another saying, you can fish for someone, and they will have a fish for a day. You can teach them to fish, and they will have a fish everyday they fish. If you need an example of either project, or bell work project which I have used on my kids (which was fun!) I will supply them. When my kids came into my classroom, they never knew if they were going to use crayons, rules, highlighters, scissors, etc. in my class. The Vork system - visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic is so important in teaching. Reflection is another great way to great a student's perspective and should never be overlooked in teaching. Hope this helps.
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Your critical comments, valuable opinions, scientific facts and thoughts, and supportive discussion on how can structural grammar and IC analysis be justified in the recent pedagogical and enhancement trends in EIP for EFL adult learners.
I shall be thankful sincerely for your kind participation.
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In my opinion, it will depend on to what extent the language learner would like to view how the language works. I would say that if we opt to view language from the perspective of medium/tool in conveying messages or communication; incorporating structural grammar and IC analysis are beneficial to use the grammar correctly within the exact communication function to deliver the correct message by the encoder to the decoder.
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What are the justifications and reasons for the difference in the pedagogical method used by the teacher in teaching?
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Since all the teachers are unique identities and students are also not the same regarding their maturity, levels of knowledge, areas of interest, motivation, intelligence level and socio-economic backgrounds.
Course objectives and Course learning outcomes are also not the same. Abilities and skills of teachers also vary. For all these factors there are differences in the pedagogical methods used by the teachers in their teaching, even sometimes they have same training, same educational qualifications and same cultural backgrounds.
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what survey question can you ask preservice teachers, when you want to measure their (a)mathematical modelling competencies.
(b) pedagogical strategies
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Check out this dissertation:
Gould, H. (2013). Teachers' conceptions of mathematical modeling. Columbia University.
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Recently, some universities in some regions of the world are making an effort to use a list of published international journal articles with related research interests on the same research topic as a substitute for a doctoral dissertation (e.g., DBA, EMBA, EdD)? 1. If this is a trend, what would be the implications for the quality of the Ph.D. degree? Are there major implications for higher education? 2. If not, what are the general skills involved in writing a dissertation that differ from those involved in writing international journal articles, or vice versa? 3. What pedagogical skills should the supervisor of a dissertation or journal article have? Are there any similarities or differences? 4. Should doctoral students write a dissertation or write a stack of journal articles to replace the doctoral dissertation? What are the considerations/values behind this? Please brainstorm or share your own ideas with your fellow students / colleagues. By Percy Kwok
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Hello, again, Percy Lai Yin Kwok
I have noticed some universities recognise work in the form of journal articles as a substitute for a thesis and grant a doctoral title to candidate on that basis. To answer your questions, (1) I do not believe this to be detrimental as the quality I have observed from PhD theses and published papers are similar. There are not any implications of this on higher education as both seem to me to require similar skills. That should answer (2) as well. Similarly, supervisors would require the same pedagogical skills - and hopefully not have any extra or different requirements (3) as the candidate hopefully has sufficient self-motivation. To answer (4), I think both require the same amount of time and effort from the candidate so I am not biased to one type or the other.
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Pls direct me towards articles about Relationship between Teachers' qualification (education level) and pedagogigal knowledge,attitude and practices.
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Dear Dr. Ramdas!
You raised a very important topic to consider. I see pedagogy as a collective social effort (students & teachers & other stakeholders):
1) Fawns, T. An Entangled Pedagogy: Looking Beyond the Pedagogy—Technology Dichotomy. Postdigit Sci Educ 4, 711–728 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-022-00302-7, Open access:
2) Yakavets, N., Winter, L., Malone, K. et al. Educational reform and teachers’ agency in reconstructing pedagogical practices in Kazakhstan. J Educ Change (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-022-09463-5, Open access:
3) Sanz, N.M., Urías, M.D.V., Salgado, L.N. et al. Educate to transform: An innovative experience for faculty training. Educ Inf Technol (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-022-11160-y, Open access:
4) Myllykoski-Laine, S., Postareff, L., Murtonen, M. et al. Building a framework of a supportive pedagogical culture for teaching and pedagogical development in higher education. High Educ (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00873-1, Open access:
5) Sanli Jin, Qian Lu, Dong Pang, An investigation of knowledge, attitude and practice towards simulation among clinical nursing teachers in China: A cross-sectional study, Nurse Education in Practice, Volume 63, 2022, Free access:
6) Mikko Puustinen, Janne Säntti, Hannu Simola, Five decades of persistent decontextualisation of academic teacher education in Finland, International Journal of Educational Research, Volume 116, 2022, Open access:
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
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👨‍🏫 Are you teaching in primary, secondary or higher education? Do you usually use videos as complementary resource in your classes? I would like this ResearchGate space to serve us to enhance our classes, by discussing on the main benefits and inconveniencies encountered when trying to integrate videos as pedagogical aids. Let's share our experience!
👍 As per my experience in integrating videos in STEM disciplines, they have noticeably increased the interest of students in the subject, as well as their motivation. When using videos for both conceptual and procedural learning it is expected to find an increase in performance (which is reported in literature). In my case studies I haven't been able to isolate their effect because it was developed during covid-19 pandemics and there were many factors affecting students' performance. However, a combination between quantitative and qualitative data collection led us to infer that videos did imply a mitigating effect for the adverse effects of lockdown (this case study is part of my research publications).
👎 In terms of disadvantages, I find that the main drawback is the time and resources that teachers need to invest in the creation of such videos. In order to overcome this difficulty, it is true that the internet is full of audiovisual resources that we might take profit from. They are mostly coming from informal education (dissemination, outreaching activities...), but many of them comply with main quality standards described in literature for pedagogical use.
🔈 What is your experience in these regards? Do you count on additional resources or criteria when selecting video material? Is your experience it the classroom indicating any interesting phenomenon of video effects in students' motivation or performance? Please, share in this discussion. Let's build knowledge and share our experiences to enhance our teaching activity.
📚🔍 My research in STEM education is focused on some of these key aspects. I am open to collaborate in future case studies that might complement our experience and expertise fields. Don't hesitate contacting me through my ResearchGate profile.
Thanks for sharing!
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I am teaching at a public university. Sometimes I use videos as a complementary resource in my classes.
I see, it effectively enhances the interest level of the students in their subject matters, as well as videos, creating motivation among the students towards learning. Videos attract the attention of the inattentive students in the class. Nowadays students prefer watching a video over listening to lectures or reading books.
It is possible to effectively engage the students and increase their participation through video-based learning. When they are bored, video reduces their cognitive overload. We know that the human brain can process videos many times faster than any text whether it is easy or complex.
But the uninterrupted internet facilities and good quality projectors are very important for using videos in the classes. That's why sometimes it is not possible for teachers in all academic institutions to use videos as complementary resources in classes.
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Sometimes creating our own videos for classes is too time and resource consuming. Internet is full of audiovisual resources that we might select as pedagogical aids. From all criteria one could follow to select suitable videos (clarity, duration, expositive tone, who is the author...), which aspects do you usually consider?
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Choosing appropriate educational videos in class requires careful and thorough selection by the teacher. For one, the video should cone from a legitimate source. For another, it should be aligned with the learning standards. Lastly, the video should be age-appropriate, that is, it should not contain any scenes which are not suitable with the target age.
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What has to be the proportion of pedagogical and subject matter courses need to be attended by trainee teachers who will be assigned to teach at primary and secondary schools?
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It depends on the academic discipline taught and the level of training of the teacher
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Dear all,
I'm trying to refer to pedagogical practices that foster learner empowerment. Yet I'm struggling to define the term myself.
Can somebody help?
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Eloy
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ok Mr. Munoz, I hope I can help you even a little:
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Thank you very much Dennis! And sorry that the question was a bit unclear... In our studies we have investigated how the implementation of programming has affected mathematics learning, since in some countries programming has been integrated within the subject mathematics. In Sweden, Scratch is often used in grades 1-6 and thereafter the students in grades 7-9 and upper secondary school are often using Python (or Javascript). We have so far mostly been studying programming activities in grades 1-6 in our research and read a lot about the development of Scratch. But we are not so familiar with the development of Python.
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What are the pedagogical values of teaching anger expressions in L2?
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Dear Ms. Amran!
You pointed to an essential topic - body language. May I argue that cultural differences are key factors to be able to understand the ways people communicate, body language is an essential component in any study of a language. For example "tutoring" is a tool that help learn a language:
Behera, A., Matthew, P., Keidel, A. et al. Associating Facial Expressions and Upper-Body Gestures with Learning Tasks for Enhancing Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Int J Artif Intell Educ 30, 236–270 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-020-00195-2, Open access:
2) Ueda, Y. Understanding Mood of the Crowd with Facial Expressions: Majority Judgment for Evaluation of Statistical Summary Perception. Atten Percept Psychophys 84, 843–860 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-022-02449-8, Open access:
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
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The question can be considered simple, but for me, the answer is not easy. The answer should not be just another ethic course. In this way, morality is probably not different from medicine or economics or anything else: It would remain theoretical. Theory may (or may not) be the foundation for the later training of a skill, but most often theoretical knowledge is transformed into practical skill by *application* or *exercise*. But how to do this for morality? Or is moral behavior not teachable at all?
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We can always learn from the moral examples that have been transmitted to us since our childhood because we always perceive in our lives the moral and ethical principles and codes through our daily behaviors, and it is that the moral principles and the strong values ​​of character are taught to us constantly. Our “human existence” offers us the opportunity of taking or not knowing how to take the codes of ethics, morals and Human Rights [that derive from them] in our daily life, everything depends on us and our mental capacities to be able to perceive or not perceive if our ethical and moral behavior goes the right way.
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(especially pedagogical courses of study).
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The core of teaching consists of four fundamental values: dignity, truthfulness, fairness, responsibility and freedom. In addition, all teaching is founded on ethics – whether it be the teacher-student relationship, pluralism, or a teacher's relationship with their work. Societies demand a university education grounded on ethical principles. Education in ethical values is the responsibility of universities but will not be viable unless also adopted by directly responsible agents, the teachers who work with the students.
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MOOCs are new and growing trends in educational phenomena. Moocs are known for their hidden potential to cut across various inherent defects and deficiencies of education. Developing and validating effective MOOCs is still a challenge for us. The real usage of MOOCs is yet to be realised. The pedagogically poor and insufficient content delivered through moocs is its major drawback. Let us discuss various pedagogical considerations while developing moocs.
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MOOC course modality was born many years ago (in the 70s) in the UK, their government usually publish some reports on the evolution & maturity of the MOOCs, here is one available from 2013, that is before pandemia (123 pages):
The maturing of the MOOC: a literature review of massive open online, 2013, UK.
Best Regards.
PD. Personally, I consider that there are several platforms that offer very professional free MOOCs with badges, other platforms still need improvement. Of course, all are free, so complaints are not so important, because always there is some useful information. The majority of the problems I personally have seen is that some free MOOCs upload tons of PDFs, that nobody reads. There the MOOCs teaching philosophy should be part of the solution, before creating MOOCs understand what is their goal.
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I'm interested in pedagogical, staff development, equity, and collection development practices that further decolonization.
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Dear Mr. Marshall!
I hereby searched for resources you may consider of value for your work:
1) Lilley S. Transformation of library and information management: Decolonization or Indigenization? IFLA Journal. 2021;47(3):305-312. doi:10.1177/03400352211023071 Available at:
2) María Faciolince and Duncan Green 2021. Decolonizing Open Access in Development Research One Door Opens: Another Door Shuts, evelopment and Change 52(2): 373–382. DOI: 10.1111/dech.12633, © 2021 International Institute of Social Studies Free access:
3) A case-study: Beth Jachimiak (2021) Decolonizing the Academic Library’s Juvenile Collection, Collection Management, 46:3-4, 186-189, DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2020.1861492 Available at:
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
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I want to go to Reggio Emilia to conduct my Master Research Paper for Early Childhood Studies. I want to know the experiences of other professionals.
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Given the fact that constructionism and constructivism are theoretical frameworks, does the pedagogical model of problem based learning more closely align with the constructivist approach as opposed to the constructionist approach.
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Constructivism is a theory describing how learning regardless of whether learners are using their experiences to understand a lecture, it build critical thinking and PBL is a learning environment that embodies most of the principle that improve learning active, cooperative, getting feedback, tailored to student learning and to solve problems, both increase critical thinking in learning.
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With the purpose of, to find out the pedagogical skills mathematics teachers use to identify and address students mathematics anxiety
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The effect of pedagogical evaluation and content evaluation on mathematics teachers
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It is widely believed that humorous environments help students' learning by relaxing them and easing their stress. However, I would like to know whether laughter really , physically affects brain functions during learning/focusing/ memorizing etc.
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The children in this PowerPoint about "Humor and Education" are laughing while they are learning. Also check out the second PowerPoint about laughter as it relates to creativity:
International Society for Humor Studies: http://www.humorstudies.org/ .
Alleen and Don Nilsen’s The Language of Humor (Cambridge University Press, 2019) is now available. We have developed a PowerPoint to accompany each of the twenty-five chapters of the book as follows:
Chapter 1: Introduction & Humor Theories Chapter 2: Humor in Anthropology & Ethnic Studies Chapter 3: Humor in Art Chapter 4: Humor in Business Chapter 5: Humor in Computer Science Chapter 6: Humor in Education Chapter 7: Humor in Gender Studies Chapter 8a: Humor in Geography I (International Humor: Books, Conferences and Organizations) Chapter 8b: Humor in Geography II (International Humor: Examples and Discussion) Chapter 9: Humor in Gerontology Chapter 10: Humor in History Chapter 11: Humor in Journalism Chapter 12: Humor in Law Chapter 13: Humor in Linguistics Chapter 14: Humor in Literature Chapter 15: Humor in Medicine and Health Chapter 16: Humor in Music Chapter 17: Humor in Names and Naming Chapter 18: Humor in the Performing Arts Chapter 19: Humor in Philosophy Chapter 20: Humor in Physical Education Chapter 21: Humor in Politics Chapter 22: Humor in Psychology Chapter 23: Humor in Religion Chapter 24: Humor in Rhetoric and Composition Chapter 25: Humor in Sociology We’re sending you a PowerPoint indicating how humor is important to your particular discipline. Please let us know if you would like to receive any of our other humor-related PowerPoints (see above). Thanks. Don and Alleen Nilsen don.nilsen@asu.edu alleen.nilsen@asu.edu .
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We are in search of the key educational theories that may serve as a 'best fit' to inform educational interventions adopted by various stakeholders to improve health professionals students teaching and learning of pharmacology and eventually transform their ways of thinking and practising.
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Cognitivist theory and constructivism.....agree with Faraz Khurshid Orlando M Lourenço Orlando M Lourenço Silvia Fränkel Frits F. B. Pals
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Dear doctors and professors, I would like to ask you to review my PhD dissertation on pedagogical sciences. If anyone can help, please write down your email address!
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I want to develop the TSPCK-based instruction to teach a pre-service teachers and study its impact on the conceptual understanding and motivations.
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Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is defined as the knowledge that discriminates a chemistry teacher from a chemist by Shulman who coined the PCK term. There is rich and deep literature on PCK. I mean, there are many different aspects of PCK that researchers have been working on. Regarding topic-specific PCK, in the PCK literature, Veal and MaKinster (1999) proposed the General taxonomy of PCK. In that taxonomy, there are general PCK (i.e., for teaching science or history), domain-specific PCK (i.e., for chemistry or biology teaching), and topic-specific PCK (i.e., for teaching a topic under a science domain such as teaching redox reactions). In the PCK literature, PCK has been defined as topic-specific, which means that teaching chemical equilibrium requires different knowledge and skills from teaching gas laws. My dissertation is about the comparison of experienced chemistry teachers' PCK for teaching different chemistry topics. The paper published from my dissertation is entitled 'Examination of the topic-specific nature of pedagogical content knowledge in teaching electrochemical cells and nuclear reactions'. I hope it would be useful for your work.
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I am searching for the origins and development of the pedagogical orchestration concept. Thank you in advance
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Dear Claudio, thank you for asking an interesting technical question. In addition to the relevant links suggested by Alfonso García-Monge please also have a look at the following interesting article which might help you in your analysis:
Technology for Classroom Orchestration
This article has been posted as public full text on RG, so it can be freely downloaded as pdf file. As you can see, it often pays off to search the "Publications" section of RG directly for relevant references. For example, when you search for the term "classroom orchestration" and then click on "Publications" you will get the following long list of potentially useful articles ahich are all available on RG (many of them even as public full texts):
Good luck with your work and best wishes, Frank Edelmann
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Did ICT enhanced pedagogy promote pedagogical transformation?
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With the development of ICT, we have the opportunity to better realize the various phenomena around us, which seems us to be a “mystery”. I think that the development of ICT has to a certain extent brought pedagogy in a new direction (but I am not talking about all areas of science and education). I want to give an example from my own practice. One of the most difficult tasks for students is to imagine the propagation of radio waves from BS antenna under various conditions. However, the use of 3D radio wave propagation simulators in the teaching process has allowed students, engineers and even lecturers to better understand the propagation of radio waves in real life.
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This is the main inquiry question for my PhD studies. I'm asking it with the geographic particularity because of the need for ecoliteracy to be sensitive to bioregions and cultural differences. Your ideas are welcome!
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Teeka Bhattarai Children do learn from doing. Children love to do real and meaningful things. Children like to do things that might make a difference. John Dewey and Evelyn Dewey mentions Marietta Johnson in their book "Schools of To-morrow". This is a very old book (1915) with great ideas that seem new even today. You will find it free online. Also the book they recommend, "Thirty years with an idea" written by Mariette Johnson, have ideas that would suit your thinking.
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The new statute proposed by the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education (May 2021) is not just a matter of local concern but a potential threat to academic freedom and progress. This statute, crafted behind closed doors, is non-participative and poses significant dangers. It deviates from the binary Associate Professor/Professor ranking for PhD holders among university educators, disregarding international standards. Instead, the Ministry's proposal introduces a convoluted system of seven ranks and an additional entrance competition for faculty membership. This could potentially stifle the intellectual growth and diversity that are the hallmarks of a thriving academic community.
The Ministry's proposed system is not just complex but fundamentally unfair. It intends to introduce a new diploma, the "Habilitation Universitaire," after twelve years of service, followed by yet another competition to advance to a higher rank. In summary, the new statute imposes two competitions, an extra diploma beyond the PhD, and a complex system of seven ranks, each requiring a meticulously prepared file and a viva voce examination before a jury, evaluating subjective criteria like involvement and openness. This system fosters nepotism and discourages academic advancement through research, as faculty members are compelled to conform to arbitrary standards for promotion, a clear violation of the principles of meritocracy and fairness.
Even more alarming is the absence of any financial incentives or salary increments in the proposed ranking system despite the significant hurdles it imposes. This unprecedented oversight is astonishing and unacceptable, as it fails to recognise our academic professionals' hard work and dedication.
Perhaps the most egregious aspect of the new statute is its provision allowing faculty positions to be filled by individuals without PhDs through what the Ministry terms a "common trunk" pathway. This provision effectively shuts out thousands of unemployed PhD holders from academic positions, blatantly disregarding their qualifications and the value they could bring to the academic community. This is not just a policy oversight but an apparent injustice that needs to be addressed.
The new statute is nothing short of atrocious, hybrid, and catastrophic, with no redeeming qualities. Any future statute must include financial incentives for rank progression, adhere to international ranking standards, prioritise promotion through research, and recognise the value of pedagogical experience. It should also affirm that the PhD is the highest qualification in Tunisia.
It is worth noting that the current salary for a Tunisian Associate Professor is approximately 800 USD, one of the lowest in the world. As the leader of an autonomous union for university educators and researchers in Tunisia, I denounce the incompetence of the current Minister. Despite our repeated attempts to engage in dialogue, she has consistently ignored our correspondence, instead advancing the agenda of her benefactors from the nomenklatura, oligarchy, and the UGTT union, contrary to principles of syndicate plurality and democratic practices in academia.
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Thank you Jimela, the issue is related to academia at the level education in Tunisia and is by no means personal. Thank you for your feedback anyhow.
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Can anyone recommend me studies that focus on dynamic assessment procedures, especially following an interventionist approach, in assessing pre/in service teachers' pedagogical or content-related knowledge in EFL/ESL context?
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Topic of my article is: "Relationship between Instructional Practices and Epistemic and Pedagogic beliefs of University Teachers". It means Instructional Practices =Dependent Variable and Epistemic & Pedagogic beliefs= 2 Independent Variables. I have developed a questionnaire on the three mentioned variables and have got 100 responses from university teachers. I have demographic characteristics like Gender, Age, Experience etc. I have also developed file in SPSS and I know that Multiple Regression can solve my problem but don't understand how to calculate it through SPSS. And also if Two Way ANOVA can resolve my problem?
Can somebody guide me how can I analyze my data and calculate Multiple Regression Coefficient and Pearson Correlation Coefficients?
Please help.
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Hello Mazhar,
The specific model(s) to be evaluated should be guided by your research question(s), the nature of your variables, and your data collection method.
If your interest with the demographic variables is just to describe your sample, and your RQ was something like, "Do scores on Epistemic beliefs and Pedagogic beliefs relate to scores on Instructional practices?" and all three variables were continuous and metric (interval strength or better), then multiple linear regression with 2 IVs and 1 DV would likely work well.
But, if the instructional practices variable was categorical, then you would need to look at a different kind of analysis (which could include: manova, discriminant analysis, logistic regression).
So, if you could further articulate your aims and the nature of the variables, I would wager you'd get more focused recommendations.
Good luck with your work.
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I am considering as research an estimate of the equilibrium between supply and demand of pedagogical training, considering how the government makes a decision to offer (or not) pedagogical training to teachers, and, concomitantly, how is the decision making of teachers in participate (or not) in pedagogical training. I thought about doing this using game theory, but I'm not sure what kind of model I should use, or what I should consider to determine that model. Has anyone worked with something similar and could give me any suggestions?
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Dear Carmem Fruhauf de Oliveira,
Your research idea is very interesting. I am sharing my thoughts on it. As mentioned in your question, I consider a game between the government and a potential teacher and it proceeds as follows.
Suppose the government arranges for training and the teachers decide to participate. Now the government must choose the amount of investment. This will create a level of teaching skill which, along with teacher's effort, will become input to produce a particular quality of a good, say 'teaching'. This good will have public good characteristics for the students. On the other hand, a teacher will get a fixed income but only after completion of the training period i.e. in future period. So he will discount his future utility to obtain utility in the present period. But if he does not participate in training, he can still get a job (may be as a contractual teacher) instantaneously but at a lower salary and will produce a low quality public good.
If the government does not invest in training then it will spend that amount in some other development projects which will yield some level of social benefits. In that situation, if a teacher opts for teaching job he will get a lower salary (compared to what he would be getting as a trained teacher) and will produce an inferior quality of the public good (teaching service).
The government, being a social planner, will take decision through maximizing social welfare which will include the payoffs of all the agents, whereas, a teacher will decide by maximizing his own utility.
This is merely a draft of what I thought. You can build a model considering suitable functions and solve it.
With regards,
Tilak Sanyal
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I'm looking for papers which focus is the massification of Zoom as a pedagogical and social tool for researchers
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I am already using zoom app to take virtual class. I have slso good experience about zoom app. The drawback of it is every slot is of half hour, after that we have to reconnect.
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What’s the difference between flipped learning and blended learning? Is flipped learning a form of blended learning ? or it is a pedagogical approach stand by itself.
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Prof. Khalid Mohammed, my guess is that for blended learning students don't have the role of individual learners, as they do have in the flipped classroom methodology.
Traditional learning converges faster to the blended learning environment, where the teacher still can have the main role.
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According to UNESCO, "One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, close to half the world’s students are still affected by partial or full school closures, and over 100 million additional children will fall below the minimum proficiency level in reading as a result of the health crisis."
On the other hand, there are very few reports that talk about the affect of COVID-19 pandemic on pedagogical skills of teachers and their future.
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Obviously, there would teaching learning gap's with mindsets of shortcuts and overlapping phenomenon on basic S & T concepts etc.
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I now explore three pedagogical strategies to improve junior high school students' skills in ESL academic writing. The main things I set up now are: lexical resources, grammatical range and accuracy, and coherence and cohesion. Do you think it works? Do you have any better suggestions for me?Thanks!
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You can consider with discourse can increase the student motivation and activity to write their idea.
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On the one hand, the concept of "animation" emphasizes the spiritual aspect of the relationship among the subjects of the pedagogical process, and on the other - involves active cognitive activity of humanistic, cultural and health orientation.
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The twelve principles of animation should be basic knowledge for everyone. They were introduced by the Disney animators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas in the book The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation published in 1981. These principles are the outcome of Disney animators’ work from the 1930s onwards. They were created to help reflect real life and the basic laws of physics in animations, but also to resolve abstract issues like character appeal. The 12 principles of animation are perfect for both frame-by-frame animation and motion design.
The 12 principles are:
Squash and stretch
Anticipation
Staging
Straight Ahead Action and Pose-to-Pose
Follow Through and Overlapping Action
Slow in and Slow Out (Ease In, Ease Out)
Arcs
Secondary Action
Timing
Exaggeration
Solid Drawing
Appeal. Kindly check the following link:
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To what extent do you think the use of learners' linguistic landscape as a pedagogical resource for second and foreign language learning is useful?
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Language is culture and culture is language. However, using the interlinguistic approach to teach a foreign language (EFL/ESL) can be used to a certain extend if there are effective results (production of written/spoken discourse) especially if L1 and L2 are cognates (French/English for instance). So all is fair to learn a language.
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Hello all,
I'm preparing for my Master's thesis. Part of my research is about relating teachers' and students' mindsets.
While reading about that, I found that all articles are stressing the positive impact of 'growth mindset pedagogical practice' on students' mindsets, not the effect of the teachers' mindset 'beliefs'. My advisor told me that if the relationship between teachers' and students' mindset beliefs is already proven before, then no need to test it again. However I'm really confused: should I consider the previous research's findings as clear about the relationship between the two mindset beliefs, and then no need to test this effect? Or I consider that these findings refer to growth mindset 'teaching strategies' that maybe not all growth mindset teachers employ, so testing of the relationship between the two mindsets beliefs is new and needed?
To illustrate, I'm confusing beliefs with practice, and I cannot conduct an observational study (to consider practice) as my advisor wants it to be quantitative (and so I'm considering beliefs that can be tested using questionnaires).
What do you recommend? Testing the relationship or not?
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There are many reasons why it can be hard to stick to good habits or develop new skills. But more often than not, the biggest challenge is sitting between your two ears.
Your mind is a powerful thing. The stories you tell yourself and the things you believe about yourself can either prevent change from happening or allow new skills to blossom.
Recently, I've been learning more about the link between our beliefs and our behaviors. If you're interested in actually sticking to your goals, building better habits, and reaching a higher level of achievement, then you'll love the research and ideas in this post.
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Techno pedagogic content knowledge is affecting pedagogical spheres to a larger extent. Can science methodologies be effectively transacted using TPCK?
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From my experience, TPACK is effective in teaching science or many other topics. The content knowledge is where to start, move to pedagogy (activities), then select the technology to support the learning. Thank you.
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i am doing a research on documentary as a pedagogical tool, and i am trying to see how i can use Theatre in education as my theoretical framework.
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Theatre in education and pedagogy is separated from drama education. The distinction being that the drama verticle typically teaches method and theory of performance alone, while theatre as a pedagogy integrates both art and education to develop language communication and sometimes the specific subject domain also. for example, the theatre can be extensively used as a mass tool to reach out to a larger local audience in the field of issues related to environmental awareness or education.
While the theoretical framework to use theatre in pedagogy may be selected on the basis of the objective or the research need, the universality of the theatre as a model based on audiovisual-performance based always helps better than any traditional pedagogy.
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Greetings from Vancouver, Canada!
My doctoral research is going to begin soon. Because the instance of higher education students in Canada, and elsewhere, has been on the rise for more than a decade, I am interested in exploring at the intersection of instructional design and supporting student mental health. Specifically, I want to determine whether there may be adaptations that can be made to Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to mitigate stressors students may experience in the future at the time of pedagogical development and instructional design. To get a sense of how my work is beginning to materialize, please see:
Does anyone know of work being done in this area? Please point me in interesting directions that might be worth some exploration.
Thank you very much!
Larry White
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Thank you Lawrence White for your question. Your idea and research proposal are beneficial and look promising. I believe integrating critical components related to your question, including - medical education, psychiatry, and management are vital in answering your research question.
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Can the study be relevant?
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It depends on your research question, the validity of the methods you will use and how you present your paper. These are the areas that will make a difference.
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I am interested to know how do you design virtual learning experiences that leverage existing online resources and customize them to your instructional needs. What are the problem areas where technology might be able to support them?
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The most important is to track and understand the learner's characteristics, needs, and level.
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A group of participants received a pedagogical intervention in a pre-test/post-test design. after intervention, I divided this group into 3 subgroups according to their pretest scores. I want to compare subgroups scores at the post-test.
what statistical test is the more appropriate ?
thank you in advance
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Good question
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Hello everyone Pedagogical transitions from Pre-COVID to COVID period - Faculty's perception of online learning This online survey is for educators in Higher Education Institutions (HEI) to participate in. Please share this link with anyone in your network who teaching courses at colleges and universities. Please submit on or before August 15th. https://forms.gle/B85JKifmZns9DKkt9
Thank you for your interest in participating in this study.
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We teachers must be very clear that pedagogical mediation must be based on precise and achievable learning objectives, and develop appropriate teaching strategies so that students can build on what they already know. It is also very important to take into account the applicability of scientific knowledge in our daily life, in industry, development of an environmental awareness in order to have a society with a better quality of life.
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I used short graded online review quizzes at the beginning of each session to help students to master the core content. They tend not to stay on the online platform for the entire session, so the online review quizzes worked well in getting them to read the course material and build a sound foundation of what had been done previously before moving on the the new material.
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we are group of academicians. Passionate about learning innovative pedagogical techniques.
plz what are newer ways you using to enhance teaching and increase learning.
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Text is no longer the primary means of learning transfer. Character-based simulation, in which animated characters provide a social context that motivates learners, can improve cognition and recall and bodes well for high-impact e-learning.
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- how pedagogical approaches are influenced by the evolution of teaching techniques?
- Are the norms of Behaviorism still valid?
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