Affect, ontology, and pedagogy: An autoethnographic study on student-teacher relationships

In studying affect within the realm of student-teacher relationships my thesis project use the concept of “affect” as composed by Baruch Spinoza (1992, 2007). I focus specifically on how Deleuze (1988) interprets and implements the term within his own philosophy, as well as on Antonio Negri’s (2011, 1991) work on Spinoza including his and Michael Hardt’s (2000, 2004, 2009) more recent works. This thesis will explore Spinoza’s affect within the discourse of Affective Pedagogy and Critical Pedagogy while remaining committed to a Spinoizist ontology as outlined by Deleuze (1988). I used artefacts from my past experiences as a student and teacher to produce evocative writing pieces which act as affective continuances of my past experiences as a student, student-teacher, and teacher, and the relationships of affect that composed them. This project used these artefacts and the writings they produced as sites of intensity that are carried through from traces, to evocative thresholds, to concepts, and finally into analysis.

Aristotle and pedagogy. 'Arístóteles y la pedagogía'.

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The Impact of Gender and Pedagogy on the Development of Self-Regulated Learning Strategies in Undergraduate Engineering Classrooms

The purpose of this paper is to examine ways in which pedagogy and gender of instructor impact the development of self-regulated learning strategies as assessed by the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) in male and female undergraduate engineering students. Pedagogy was operationalized as two general formats: lecture plus active learning techniques or problem-base/project-based learning. One hundred seventy-six students from four universities participated in the study. Within-group analyses found significant differences with regard to pedagogy, instructors’ gender, and student gender on the learning strategies and motivation subscales as operationalized by the MSLQ. Male and females students reported significant post-test differences with regard to the gender of instructor and the style of pedagogy. The results of this study showed a pattern where more positive responses for students of both genders were found with the same-gendered instructor. The results also suggested that male students responded more positively to project and problem-based courses with changes evidenced in motivation strategies and resource management. Female students showed decreases in resource management in these two types of courses. Further, female students reported increases in the lecture with active learning courses.

The psychology and pedagogy of reading : with a review of the history of reading and writing and of methods, texts, and hygiene in reading /

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Teachers’ Knowledge, Awareness and Pedagogy of Global Education in Secondary Schools

For the last fifty years, social studies teachers have been prepared to teach from a global perspective, but since September 11, 2001 have faced a difficult challenge teaching from a global perspective. This study examines ninety secondary school teachers’ global knowledge and their disposition toward teaching from a global perspective.

Teachers' knowledge, awareness, and pedagogy of global education in secondary schools

Professor Mohammed K. Farouk, Major Professor In 1979, the Florida State Board of Education approved the teaching of global education in the state of Florida. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that contributed to teachers' global knowledge, global mindedness, and pedagogy in global education. The Hanvey model of teaching from a global perspective was the theoretical framework for the study. A total of 90 secondary teachers from Miami-Dade County Public Schools were randomly selected and placed in three groups: Globally Oriented Social Studies Program (GOSSE), Non-Globally Oriented Social Studies Program (non-GOSSE), and Teachers Who Teach Other Subjects (TWTOS). Seven teachers, two of whom team-taught a class, were selected for classroom observations and interviews. A mixed methods design that combined quantitative and qualitative data was used. ANOVA and Chi square techniques were used to determine whether the factors that contributed to teachers' global knowledge and global mindedness differ among groups. Classroom observations and interviews were conducted to determine whether the instructional strategies differ among the seven selected teachers. The findings of the study show that teachers who were trained in teaching from a global perspective differed in their global knowledge and used more appropriate instructional strategies than teachers who were not trained in teaching global perspectives. There was no significant difference in the combined global knowledge of the non-GOSSE and TWTOS groups when compared with the GOSSE group. There was no significant difference in the combined global knowledge of the GOSSE and non- GOSSE groups when compared with the TWTOS group. There was no significant difference among the teachers in their global mindedness. Observation and interview data indicate that current events, role-playing, simulations, open-ended discussion, debates, and projects were the predominant instructional strategies used by globally trained teachers. Cable networks, Internet, magazines, and newspapers were found to be the dominant tools for teaching global education. This study concluded that teachers who were trained in globally oriented programs had more global knowledge than teachers who were not. It is recommended that teacher education programs should incorporate a global perspective in the preparation of social studies teachers, with particular attention to developing their global attitudes.

Assisting digital forensic analysis via exploratory information visualisation

Background: Digital forensics is a rapidly expanding field, due to the continuing advances in computer technology and increases in data stage capabilities of devices. However, the tools supporting digital forensics investigations have not kept pace with this evolution, often leaving the investigator to analyse large volumes of textual data and rely heavily on their own intuition and experience. Aim: This research proposes that given the ability of information visualisation to provide an end user with an intuitive way to rapidly analyse large volumes of complex data, such approached could be applied to digital forensics datasets. Such methods will be investigated; supported by a review of literature regarding the use of such techniques in other fields. The hypothesis of this research body is that by utilising exploratory information visualisation techniques in the form of a tool to support digital forensic investigations, gains in investigative effectiveness can be realised. Method:To test the hypothesis, this research examines three different case studies which look at different forms of information visualisation and their implementation with a digital forensic dataset. Two of these case studies take the form of prototype tools developed by the researcher, and one case study utilises a tool created by a third party research group. A pilot study by the researcher is conducted on these cases, with the strengths and weaknesses of each being drawn into the next case study. The culmination of these case studies is a prototype tool which was developed to resemble a timeline visualisation of the user behaviour on a device. This tool was subjected to an experiment involving a class of university digital forensics students who were given a number of questions about a synthetic digital forensic dataset. Approximately half were given the prototype tool, named Insight, to use, and the others given a common open-source tool. The assessed metrics included: how long the participants took to complete all tasks, how accurate their answers to the tasks were, and how easy the participants found the tasks to complete. They were also asked for their feedback at multiple points throughout the task. Results:The results showed that there was a statistically significant increase in accuracy for one of the six tasks for the participants using the Insight prototype tool. Participants also found completing two of the six tasks significantly easier when using the prototype tool. There were no statistically significant different difference between the completion times of both participant groups. There were no statistically significant differences in the accuracy of participant answers for five of the six tasks. Conclusions: The results from this body of research show that there is evidence to suggest that there is the potential for gains in investigative effectiveness when information visualisation techniques are applied to a digital forensic dataset. Specifically, in some scenarios, the investigator can draw conclusions which are more accurate than those drawn when using primarily textual tools. There is also evidence so suggest that the investigators found these conclusions to be reached significantly more easily when using a tool with a visual format. None of the scenarios led to the investigators being at a significant disadvantage in terms of accuracy or usability when using the prototype visual tool over the textual tool. It is noted that this research did not show that the use of information visualisation techniques leads to any statistically significant difference in the time taken to complete a digital forensics investigation.

Conception d’un portfolio électronique pour évaluer les compétences des élèves du programme Arts, lettres et communication

Le ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche, de la Science et de la Technologie (MERST) du Québec a modifié en 2013 le programme pré universitaire Arts, lettres et communication. Le cégep de La Pocatière a décidé de donner l’option médias. Les compétences du programme sont réparties dans 11 cours. Cette réalité nous a amenée à chercher une solution afin de permettre à l’étudiante ou à l’étudiant de réaliser un bilan de ses compétences et à l’enseignante ou à l’enseignant d’évaluer la compétence d’intégration des acquis du programme dans le cours porteur de l’épreuve synthèse de programme. C’est pour cela que l’objet de cet essai de maîtrise porte sur la conception d’un portfolio d’évaluation électronique pour documenter les compétences des élèves du programme Arts, lettres et communication, option médias. Un nouveau programme appelle de nouvelles pratiques de toutes sortes dont évaluatives. De plus, les étudiantes et les étudiants de la génération C sont très attirés par les technologies. De là, l’idée d’un portfolio d’évaluation électronique. Par ailleurs, les études réalisées jusqu’à présent sur le portfolio peuvent servir de sources d’inspiration. Notamment, celle de France Côté où le portfolio porte sur un cours, celle de Ginette Bousquet qui a pour objet un portfolio d’apprentissage et celle de Nathalie Martin qui présente un portfolio vérifiant l’acquisition de deux compétences (morcelées sur plusieurs sessions) d’un programme technique. Toutefois, elles ne répondent pas au besoin pressenti d’évaluer la compétence d’intégration des acquis qui suggère d’évaluer toutes les compétences du programme pré-universitaire. L’objectif général du présent essai est de concevoir un outil d’évaluation permettant à l’étudiante ou à l’étudiant de recueillir les preuves de ses compétences dans le but d’en faire un bilan au terme du programme Arts, lettres et communication, option médias dans le cadre du cours porteur de l’épreuve synthèse de programme : Projet médiatique II. Pour ce faire, le cadre de référence a été formé. Il porte sur le concept de compétence, l’évaluation des compétences, l’autoévaluation, le portfolio, le portfolio d’évaluation et le portfolio électronique. De plus, il intègre les objectifs spécifiques suivants : 1. Concevoir un portfolio électronique pour évaluer les compétences de l’étudiante ou de l’étudiant dans le cadre du programme Arts, lettres et communication, option médias; 2. Valider le portfolio électronique pour évaluer les compétences de l’étudiante ou de l’étudiant dans le cadre du programme Arts, lettres et communication, option médias. La méthodologie retenue se situe dans le pôle de l’innovation pédagogique. Il s’agit d’une recherche de développement s’appuyant sur les étapes de Van der Maren (2014). La méthodologie est qualitative et le paradigme interprétatif. Nous avons d’abord conçu le prototype en nous appuyant sur le cadre de référence afin d’en retirer les éléments essentiels d’un portfolio et nous avons appliqué les phases de Van der Maren. Puis, nous l’avons soumis aux critiques de quatre juges-experts. Les données recueillies par un questionnaire et une entrevue complémentaire, après analyse, ont amené des modifications du prototype. Tout cela a permis de concevoir le portfolio d’évaluation électronique et le Guide de réalisation qui en est la structure. Les résultats laissent transparaître notamment que pour faire élaborer un portfolio d’évaluation électronique, l’étudiante ou l’étudiant aura avantage à être accompagné par un Guide de réalisation conçu par son enseignante ou son enseignant. Aussi, que le support électronique est une plus-value. De plus, que le portfolio d’évaluation électronique permet un bilan de toutes les compétences, de pratiquer l’autoévaluation et surtout, qu’il s’agit d’un outil pertinent d’évaluation des compétences. Le portfolio d’évaluation électronique sera mis à l’essai à l’hiver 2016 dans le cadre du cours porteur de l’épreuve synthèse de programme (ESP).

Quantity or quality? The professionalization of social media communication in Portugal and Germany: a comparison

As the worldwide growth of social media usage and institutionalization by organizations rise worldwide little is known about the degree of professionalization that has occurred. By comparing data between two asynchronous countries this research project offers insights into its strategic usage as well as discovering an interesting dynamic between activity and professionalization.