The contributions of this research to Chinese women/gender studies and education are multi-fold. Theoretically, a synthesized theory on the Socialist View of Gender Equity has been proposed, which connects Chinese socialism with global feminism. The alternative theory on the Developmental Model of Gender Sensitivity for better gender understanding and communication as well as the gender mainstreaming model for higher education system are breakthroughs in gender and education. As for curriculum innovation and discipline development, the suggestion for integrating gender perspective into the mainstream moral citizenship education can be an effective way to develop interdisciplinary women/gender studies offering a lens of social equity in general education for Chinese college students.
Like the other courses, the general teaching textbook of this course can only be
designed and written by the Ministry of Education ... The local educational
sections can compile related textbooks as optional teaching materials for local
use only.
The second goal, the analysis of task influence, involves an investigation of the interaction between proficiency level and task complexity, i.e., how learners of different proficiencies respond differentially to pedagogic tasks depending on the cognitive demands of the tasks. For this purpose, oral performances elicited by a (dynamic) narrative and a (static) picture description task are compared.
3.3.2 Wigglesworth (2001) Wigglesworth, in an effort to quantify the effects of
variables on assessment task difficulty, conducted a study ... Speech samples
were rated in terms of grammar, fluency, cohesion and communicative
effectiveness.
Youth education in public gardens is becoming an important option to increase community outreach and educational opportunities, and to develop a future audience for public horticulture. It is often perceived that this education is primarily focused at the elementary level but some secondary horticulture education exists as well. FFA is a national leadership organization for agricultural education students and is comprised of approximately 500,000 members. The FFA has remained relevant and strong among educational standards that continue to evolve in a dynamic industry. This research explored the degree of mutual awareness of public horticulture and the National FFA Organization, and the possible benefits of collaboration.
Provide agriculture teachers personal and program-related contact information
for public horticulture organizations. • Develop educational materials that will
expose students to a broader range of career opportunities within public
horticulture.
The results of a two-level HLM analysis of achievement in reading and mathematics at first grade and third grade showed that there were statistically significant variations between classes and in the growth rate between the grades. The effects of the DACRP itself showed no statistically significant effects on young students' learning trajectories. However, when examining the interaction effects with predictors, mediating effects were shown. The study's results suggest that future research should be done to develop effective instruments to examine the effect of DACRP on students' learning; these could include improved research designs and advanced analytic methods.
In other words, half of the items for the cluster, "materials and environmental
adequacy" in kindergarten teachers' DACRP were distributed non- normally.
Table 4.2.1 Univariate Descriptive Statistics of Materials and Environmental
Adequacy ...
This result of this study was surprising in that it appeared to contradict the literature on academic freedom. The findings suggested that there was no significant difference between faculty perspectives about academic freedom theory and practice in the university classroom.
Keith (1997) found that most college professors understand academic freedom to
include the right to teach their subjects, choose textbooks and other course materials, and pursue truth and share their views within their discipline free from
...
School history textbooks play an important role in teaching students about their national identity. Historical narratives presented in the textbooks incorporate conceptions of who people are and how they are linked to particular locations. However, these narratives are never static. They are constantly changing to take into account shifting interpretations of how the "nation" is affected by politics, cultural, social changes, economic circumstances and the nation's relationships to the world at large. This thesis explores these changes in the portrayal of "Europe" in history textbooks of 1956-58, 1975-78, 1996 and 2005 as a way of demonstrating the changing conceptions of Turkey's official self-understandings as represented in these textbooks.
What this might mean is well illustrated in the work of the Educational Materials
Project of the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in South-east Europe (
CDRSEE) in their workbook, The Ottoman Empire: The solution [to the problem of
...
Scope and method of study. The scope of this study included the 299 new CareerTech teachers, from 27 CareerTech Schools in Oklahoma, which participated in the Oklahoma CareerTech New Teacher Induction Process from 2000-2006. The methodology employed by this study was a mixed-methods approach. This included distributing individual data collection instruments to each of the 27 CareerTech schools requesting descriptive information on the teaching status of induction process participants and 12 in-depth qualitative interviews of participants who had left teaching.
Wonacott (2002) presented a Model for Induction Assistance for beginning
CareerTech teachers that was adapted from Heath- ... Beginning CTE teachers
should also receive a Detailed Orientation providing information and materials on
the ...
Statistical analysis of the data included descriptive statistics regarding the mean, correlation between the six factors and math and language scale scores, multiple regression of data with all six factors and the ISTEP scale scores. Significant correlations were found between factor 1 (Collaborative Leadership), factor 6 (Teacher/Parent Communications) and student achievement. Multiple regression analysis revealed that factor 6 was significant and contributed the greatest variance in factor scores.
0 Teachers and administrators plan, design, research, evaluate, and compare teaching materials together. Through joint study of materials, teachers and
administrators 1) share the burden of long-term improvement, 2) confirm their
emerging ...
Using content analysis, this study examined twenty syllabi used by foreign language teacher educators in their methods courses. Data sources included information from the syllabi, email correspondence, and refereed research. The Professional Development Board of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) of which the researcher is a participant obtained the data as part of a larger study in progress.
Background to the Problem Stern succinctly points out the dilemma that the
second language (L2) teaching profession has faced for many years: the
challenge of how to fit culture of the people who speak the target language
without losing the ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate elements of MENC National Standards in select piano methods for variety of repertoire (Standard 2) and the development of skills for creating and reading music (Standards 3, 4, and 5).
The periodic evaluation of teaching materials for the private piano studio is
needed to surmise educational quality and content. “Piano methods and teaching materials have never been standardized” (Akins, 1982, pp. 1-2). Surprisingly ...
