Curriculum frames for two different groups of teachers in Indonesia

This paper reports on a study conducted in Indonesia at a time when two curricular reforms were underway. School-based curriculum was being implemented to allow Indonesian teachers more autonomy to develop curriculum to suit their local school community and its needs. Alongside this, the second concurrent reform introducing Character Education was more strongly prescriptive, requiring all teachers, including those working in language education, to address a particular set of stipulated values across all classes. The Indonesian schooling sector employs teachers at two different levels of professional status: civil servant teachers working in the higher status public sector and non-civil servant teachers who teach in the private Islamic Schools. Each level received different professional learning opportunities to prepare for the reforms. This study is interested in whether and how EFL teachers of different status exercised degrees of professionalism as they recontextualised these reforms in their classes. Nine teachers were interviewed and three of their classes were observed. This study found that the group of teachers with more professional learning could cope better with the weaker framing of school-based curriculum, while teachers with less professional learning reported disengagement with the reforms.

With the best of intentions: A critical discourse analysis of HPE curriculum materials

Much of physical education curriculum in the developed world and specifically in Australia tends to be guided in principle by syllabus documents that represent, in varying degrees, some form of government education priorities. Through the use of critical discourse analysis we analyze one such syllabus example (an official syllabus document of one of the Australian States) to explore the relationships between the emancipatory/social justice expectations presented in the rubric of and introduction to the official syllabus document, and the language details of learning outcomes that indicate how the expectations might be satisfied. Given the complexity and multilevel pathways of message systems/ideologies we question the efficacy of such documents oriented around social justice principles to genuinely deliver more radical agendas which promote social change and encourage a preparedness to engage in social action leading to a betterment of society.

A comparative study of early childhood curriculum documents focused on education for sustainability in South Korea and Australia

This thesis is about a comparative study of early childhood education (ECE) curriculum documents focused on education for sustainability (EfS) in South Korea and Australia. It examined how the national ECE curriculum documents in two culturally different contexts align with contemporary concepts of sustainability and activist early childhood education for sustainability (ECEfS) principles. Drawing on systems theory, Korean and Australian ECE curriculum documents were used as the primary sources for this study within the framework of critical document analysis (CDA). This study offers a step forward in developing culturally inclusive/holistic understandings of sustainability and more contextualised/localised approaches to ECEfS.

Understanding curriculum planning practices that promote equity and excellence for students with disability

This thesis analyses how primary teachers plan from the Australian Curriculum for students with disabilities as part of their curriculum planning to achieve equity and excellence for all. The researcher used an institutional ethnographic approach to create data maps that visually represented how these teachers navigated across thirty-one curriculum organising texts in their individual and classroom planning. By identifying the complexity of the process, types of texts that were most influential, and the everyday/night work of curriculum planning, leaders can strategically plan to support teachers to have high expectations for students with disabilities. Key themes include students with disability, curriculum entitlement and practices that promote equity.

Inquiry learning: A pedagogical and curriculum framework for information literacy

This chapter presents an inquiry learning framework that can be used as a pathway for the development of information literacy in both K-12 and higher education. Inquiry learning is advocated as an authentic and active approach that draws upon students’ natural curiosity. The pedagogical and curriculum framework incorporates three major elements: questioning frameworks, information literacy and an iterative research cycle. Models and strategies for the elements of the framework are presented and discussed. The chapter ends with an acknowledgement of the challenges associated with implementing inquiry learning.

Assessing clinical reasoning: A method to monitor its development in a PBL curriculum

The aim of this study was to develop and trial a method to monitor the evolution of clinical reasoning in a PBL curriculum that is suitable for use in a large medical school. Termed Clinical Reasoning Problems (CRPs), it is based on the notion that clinical reasoning is dependent on the identification and correct interpretation of certain critical clinical features. Each problem consists of a clinical scenario comprising presentation, history and physical examination. Based on this information, subjects are asked to nominate the two most likely diagnoses and to list the clinical features that they considered in formulating their diagnoses, indicating whether these features supported or opposed the nominated diagnoses. Students at different levels of medical training completed a set of 10 CRPs as well as the Diagnostic Thinking Inventory, a self-reporting questionnaire designed to assess reasoning style. Responses were scored against those of a reference group of general practitioners. Results indicate that the CRPs are an easily administered, reliable and valid assessment of clinical reasoning, able to successfully monitor its development throughout medical training. Consequently, they can be employed to assess clinical reasoning skill in individual students and to evaluate the success of undergraduate medical schools in providing effective tuition in clinical reasoning.

Educação física e esporte escolar : da formação à competição

Seminário de Educação Física e Esporte promovido pela Comissão de Turismo e Desporto no qual foram foram debatidos os seguintes temas: a importância da educação física no sistema educacional brasileiro; o desenvolvimento cognitivo e motor e sua relação com a implementação da educação física no sistema no ensino infantil; as experiências exitosas em educação através do esporte; programas de inspiração internacional; a organização dos jogos e competições escolares como fator de democratização da prática esportiva e a relação dos jogos escolares com a prática da educação física e a seleção de atletas de alto rendimento.

Características psicoinstruccionales de alumnado preadolescente y rendimiento académico en la Educación Artística escolar

Este trabajo investiga la relación de determinadas características del alumnado de Educación Primaria y de Secundaria (teorías implícitas de la inteligencia, metas académicas de logro, autoconcepto social, compromiso con las tareas artísticas y actitudes hacia la enseñanza artística en la escuela) con el rendimiento académico (calificación y comprensión artística) en la asignatura de Educación Artística. Se formulan cuatro hipótesis que plantean relación débil de las calificaciones académicas en la asignatura de Artes Visuales con el nivel de comprensión, así como relación positiva y significativa del rendimiento académico en Educación Artística con concepciones sobre la propia inteligencia como incremental, con el compromiso con las tareas artísticas, con las actitudes hacia la asignatura, con las metas de aprendizaje y con el autoconcepto social. Los resultados, obtenidos de una muestra de 606 escolares de Educación Primaria y Secundaria, confirman parcialmente las hipótesis de investigación pues se constata cierta relación significativa, positiva e irregular entre calificación en Educación Artística y comprensión artística, se confirma la relación previamente hipotetizada del compromiso con las tareas artísticas y de las actitudes hacia la Educación Artística con el rendimiento académico en la asignatura de Arte, y se señala asimismo relación estadísticamente significativa de las metas académicas de aprendizaje y del autoconcepto social con la calificación y con la comprensión artísticas, si bien las metas de desempeño también muestran ciertas relaciones significativas con el rendimiento artístico. Se concluye subrayando la relevancia del presente trabajo al establecer relaciones significativas entre características del alumnado y su rendimiento académico en la asignatura de Educación Plástica y Visual.

Moodle, la plataforma para la enseñanza y organización escolar

Sencilla y Potente. Ecológica y económica. “Moodle” se extiende exponencialmente por los centros de enseñanza de todo el mundo. Es muy útil como herramienta para la enseñanza. Permite la gestión de la asignatura, y son muchas sus utilidades, desde colgar los más diversos contenidos multimedia (apuntes, videos, imágenes,…,) hasta poder evaluar las diferentes tareas de nuestros alumnos o realizar exámenes online. Resulta esencial para crear “objetos de aprendizaje” o “unidades didácticas” y para fomentar el autoaprendizaje y el aprendizaje cooperativo. También es la herramienta ideal para gestionar la organización de las comunidades educativas y permitir la comunicación y el trabajo en red entre sus distintos integrantes y con otros centros. Resultando especialmente útil para la integración e implementación de los currículos, la comunicación con las familias y su uso en el ámbito extraescolar. Con este artículo se pretende explicar de una manera clara y sencilla en que consiste moodle y cuales son sus diferentes posibilidades de uso para los centros, los profesores y los alumnos, siempre desde el punto de vista de un usuario no iniciado en las nuevas tecnologías.

Estudio del proceso formativo que siguen un grupo de docentes para realizar un diagnóstico de necesidades en deporte escolar

[Es] En este artículo se relata el proceso formativo que han seguido tres profesores de educación física coordinadores de deporte escolar en el curso 2004/2005. En éste curso se realizó un diagnóstico en tres ikastolas de Bizkaia para lo que se crearon diferentes grupos de trabajo en los que se dieron procesos formativos a distintos niveles. Las personas que posibilitaron el desarrollo de la investigación fueron profesores de educación física coordinadores de deporte escolar. Éstos, a través de la investigación-acción, han iniciado su formación como investigadores en el propio proceso de realización del diagnóstico. La formación que han recibido ha partido de considerarles objeto y sujeto de la investigación y de formales en la elaboración y utilización de técnicas adecuadas a la realización de procesos de investigación de naturaleza cualitativa.

El autoconcepto social y el rendimiento académico en la educación artística escolar del alumnado preadolescente

[EN] This correlational study aims to analyse the relationship of the social dimension of the selfconcept with age, educational level, sex and with the academic performance, understood as qualification and as artistic understanding of a group of primary and secondary students. The results show, generally, negative relationship between social self-concept and demographic variables, while statistically significant, although of opposite sign, of the social self-concept with the qualification in the field and with the artistic understanding respectively.

Análisis de una experiencia de formación permanente en el deporte escolar a través de un programa de habilidades sociales

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