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Digital Natives – The Journey Begins: Digital Technologies Action Research
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2020
Pages:
1-7
Received:
13 April 2019
Accepted:
17 January 2020
Published:
11 February 2020
Abstract: As educators our primary focus is to scaffold knowledge and concepts so that students are prepared for the future and ultimately the workforce. Due to the rapidly changing digital technological advances there has been debate in education on how we provide the skills and knowledge for students so that they become productive and valued members of society. When our current students are entering the work force many of the jobs that may be available have not yet been developed and this is why the platform of the curriculum area of Digital technology plays such a profound role in preparing our students for the future. The focus of the curriculum is to develop processes that enable students to enhance their problem solving skills and to work collaboratively. This skill based approach is in contrast to a purely knowledge based curriculum. At Rangeville State School I have developed a programme that lays the foundation for prep students to start developing those skills that are emphasised in the curriculum. The intent is then to build on those skills and process and to provide a whole school based programme that will help to enhance opportunities for our older students.
Abstract: As educators our primary focus is to scaffold knowledge and concepts so that students are prepared for the future and ultimately the workforce. Due to the rapidly changing digital technological advances there has been debate in education on how we provide the skills and knowledge for students so that they become productive and valued members of soc...
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The Impact of Professional Development on Dialogic Teaching for Science Teachers in Saudi Arabia
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2020
Pages:
8-13
Received:
6 January 2020
Accepted:
27 January 2020
Published:
11 February 2020
Abstract: This study investigates the impact of a professional development that embed interactive/dialogic strategies on the enactment of these strategies to teach science-based inquiry in Saudi Arabia. Seventeen science teachers attended the professional development that embed dialogic conversation into teaching science-based inquiry. The instrument developed by previous reserachers was adapted to explore the science teachers’ use of the dialogic inquiry strategies prior and after their participations. This instrument consisted of 18 items with a Likert scale (alpha Cronbach = 0.79) and observe the strategies used in the stages of receiving information, and how teachers recognize and use the information collected about students’ thinking to develop dialogic inquiry. The overall results indicated that science teachers became more capable to develop dialogic inquiry strategies to interact with their students. Some strategies were highly developed at the receiving phase such as, writes down observations (M= 3.67), and interprets data (M=3.52), at the recognising phase (provide neutral responses M=3.41). However, strategies that indicate the use of students’ ideas to develop further inquiry did not exceed the moderate level (asking how/why questions (M=2.90). Science teachers also met with some difficulties to develop some strategies such as help the learners to come to an agreement upon an explanation (M=2.52). The study underlines the significance of incorporating dialogic conversation strategies into the professional development programs to help science teachers to enact scientific inquiry.
Abstract: This study investigates the impact of a professional development that embed interactive/dialogic strategies on the enactment of these strategies to teach science-based inquiry in Saudi Arabia. Seventeen science teachers attended the professional development that embed dialogic conversation into teaching science-based inquiry. The instrument develop...
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Family Socioeconomic Status and Deviant Behaviour Among Secondary School Students in Homabay County, Kenya
Dorothy Anyango Aute,
Moses Wesang’ula Poipoi,
Okaya Edward Khasakhala
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2020
Pages:
14-21
Received:
13 January 2020
Accepted:
4 February 2020
Published:
25 February 2020
Abstract: Every society has its norms that govern the behaviour of its members thus any behaviour contrary to the norms of the society is considered deviance. There are a number of factors that are associated with deviance and one of them is poverty. The socioeconomic status of a family affects virtually all the aspects of life in that family including physical, emotional, mental and the parental environment. It further contributes to the behaviour of both the parents and the children in the family. Irrespective of the fact that Homabay County is situated along the lake, majority of the residents languish in abject poverty and consequently there is rampant deviance among the secondary school students in Homabay County. Deviance has devastating effects which include destruction of learning facilities, early pregnancies, arrests and even deaths. The objective of the study was to evaluate the relationship between family socioeconomic status and deviant behaviour among secondary school students inHomabay County. The study adopted Structural Strain Theory by Robert Merton which provided a conceptual link between family socioeconomic status and deviant behaviour. The study adopted a correlational survey design and the target population included form two students from all the secondary schools in Homabay County, heads of guidance and counseling department, Deputy Principals, Principals and selected members of parents association. Out of the population of 20,160 students a representative sample of 512 students was randomly sampled. Principals, Deputies, PA representatives and HODs were purposively sampled. Instruments for data collection included questionnaires administered to measure family socioeconomic status and deviant behaviour, structured and unstructured interview schedules, focus group discussions and analysis of documents from the sampled schools. Instruments were then piloted. The validity of these instruments was ascertained through expert judgment and piloting while the reliability of the instruments was tested using the Split half method and the level of confidence was α ≤ 0.05. Data was analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings revealed significant negative correlation between SES and deviant behaviour (r=-0.644, p<0.05).
Abstract: Every society has its norms that govern the behaviour of its members thus any behaviour contrary to the norms of the society is considered deviance. There are a number of factors that are associated with deviance and one of them is poverty. The socioeconomic status of a family affects virtually all the aspects of life in that family including physi...
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Teaching Reform of Clinical Medicine in Western Comprehensive University
Xueling Chen,
Xian Wang,
Xinzhi Li,
Le Zhang,
Hong Zou,
Xuelian Pei,
Lei Zhao,
Fang Wu,
Jun Hou
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2020
Pages:
22-26
Received:
8 February 2020
Published:
14 April 2020
Abstract: With the rapid development of medical education, how to train high-quality medical talents in line with social needs is an important problem of medical education reform faced by western medical colleges with lack of faculty and limited medical resources. Based on promoting the excellent physician program of the ministry of education, medical college of Shihezi University has been achieved certain reform efforts by integrating basic medical courses, strengthening the cultivation of medical thinking, integrating humanistic education, and changing the examination mode. Under the educational idea of inheriting the "three foundations" and advocating the "three early", a new training mode was initially established by combining integration of preclinical medical courses centered on organ systems with humanistic quality education. It is of vital practical significance to train medical talents with comprehensive post competence such as humanistic spirit, innovation ability, scientific research ability and community comprehensive service ability.
Abstract: With the rapid development of medical education, how to train high-quality medical talents in line with social needs is an important problem of medical education reform faced by western medical colleges with lack of faculty and limited medical resources. Based on promoting the excellent physician program of the ministry of education, medical colleg...
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Research on Modeling and Simulation of Agent-based Intelligent Teaching System
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2020
Pages:
27-31
Received:
29 February 2020
Published:
14 April 2020
Abstract: With the development of information technology such as Artificial Intelligent and mobile computing, various kinds of education concepts or products have become a reality which great promote the development of educational innovation. Nowadays more and more attention are put on the reform of teaching mode, such as MOOC, SPOC, Micro-Course and so on. These teaching modes have tremendous advantages over traditional teaching on facilitating the students’ study, enhancing their learning interest and broadening their horizons. However, the problem of lacking of platform support for the integration of these teaching models still exists. In order to solve this problem, this article propose a model of intelligent teaching system, named ITS for short. The ITS could be regarded as a platform or a system but also a new generation of innovation teaching environment, consisting of software platform and hardware devices. Compared with the traditional classroom teaching, the intelligent teaching system gives emphasis on virtual teaching online and offline, in and out of class. In terms of the definition listed above, this article presents a modeling and simulation of intelligent teaching system basing on agent technique, targeting all components concerned, such as knowledge base, network education system, intelligent teaching platform and some hardware devices. The simulation proves that the modeling of the intelligent teaching system is an efficient way to enhance the quality of teaching and improve the teaching effect, and the intelligent teaching system has the potential to become an application product in the market.
Abstract: With the development of information technology such as Artificial Intelligent and mobile computing, various kinds of education concepts or products have become a reality which great promote the development of educational innovation. Nowadays more and more attention are put on the reform of teaching mode, such as MOOC, SPOC, Micro-Course and so on. ...
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