scholarly journals RECONCILING LEARNING AND TEACHING STYLES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS DISCIPLINES THROUGH COGENERATIVE DIALOGUES

2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-114
Author(s):  
Nelson Nunez Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Diversity ◽  
Specific Class ◽  
Cogenerative Dialogues ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Oral Presentations

The use of cogenerative dialogues in Science disciplines is a pedagogical approach bringing together the plethora of academic and cultural backgrounds of current community college students. Specifically, this project illustrates the effects of integrating cogens in a community college chemistry class for science majors. Cogenerative dialogues were implemented in a Hostos Community College spring 2011 chemistry class as follows: some students discussed class issues with the professor in an informal setting once a week. An integrative assignment connecting typical foods from different countries was used as a framework to reinforce the learning process and to unravel content misunderstanding. The project outcomes transcended spring 2011 semester. A new book has been adopted in the class as a result of the dialogue. Oral presentations, the use of masteringchemistry.com and a forum to create exam questions have been implemented. Office hours are now used to both develop specific class problems and to dialogue with students about learning styles. Overall, cogenerative dialogues have opened a venue to facilitate the learning of difficult science concepts while building an atmosphere of acceptance, respect, and collegiality between instructor and the students. Key words: cogenerative dialogues, student diversity, college STEM teaching and learning.

scholarly journals Intercultural Management in Culturally Diverse Classrooms

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Classroom Culture ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Self In Relation ◽  
Diverse Classrooms ◽  
Teachers And Students

Globalisation and internationalisation have brought culturally diverse classrooms into universities and schools worldwide. There are increasing opportunities for culturally diverse teachers and students to interact and learn from each other. This paper investigates the changes that occur when classrooms are managed by teachers with different cultural backgrounds from that of their students, utilising observations and interviews. The research indicates that when people from both collective and individualist cultures are in the same classroom, the different dynamics require adjustments from at least one cultural group to achieve desirable learning outcomes, in particular from the teacher. This is largely due to, in individualistic and collective cultures, teachers having different roles associated with their respective power structure and social hierarchy caused by various ways of establishing and maintaining individual self-esteem and perceiving self in relation to others. It would appear that the changes are engineered by a teacher’s desire to allow students to learn more effectively and teachers’ belief as to what are effective teaching and learning strategies. However, the changes are also accompanied by many challenges and personal growth on the part of the teachers. Bridging cultural differences should never been taken for granted. Should teachers reflect deeply and adjust to changes in classroom culture, the learning and teaching experiences can be both enriching and enlightening. Intellectual challenges and reflections on different home and host cultural assumptions are required when managing students who are from dissimilar cultural backgrounds.

scholarly journals Engaging ESP Students with Brain-Based Learning for Improved Listening Skills, Vocabulary Retention and Motivation

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashraf Atta Mohamed Safein Salem
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Vocabulary Retention ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Brain Based Learning

The concept of teaching and learning has changed drastically over the past few years by the virtue of both research results carried out in the fields of second/Foreign language learning and acquisition. Of all these researches, findings related to the brain structure and functions in cooperation with cognitive aspects of the education process, including the study of learning styles and intelligence have struck the language learning domain. A due understanding of learners’ learning styles, emotional preferences as well as their memory functions help teachers to build their teaching practices to optimize students’ learning. Brain Based Learning Approach (BBLA) is a natural, motivating, and a positive way that supports and maximizes learning and teaching. The current study implements Brain Based Learning Approach to improve listening skills of Business students, retention and establish positive attitudes with regards to their brain dominance and learning styles. To achieve these aims, listening skills test, vocabulary retention test, adapted form of Robert Gardner Motivation Scale, were developed and used. The sample of the study consists of thirty six Business majors. Findings show that Brain Based Learning Is an effective approach for developing listening skills, consolidate vocabulary recalling and retention. It also helps maximize motivation towards learning language skills.

scholarly journals Teaching and Learning Styles on Moodle: An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Using STEM and Non-STEM Qualifications from a Gender Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1166
Author(s):  
María Sáiz-Manzanares ◽  
Raúl Marticorena-Sánchez ◽  
Natalia Muñoz-Rujas ◽  
Sandra Rodríguez-Arribas ◽  
María-Camino Escolar-Llamazares ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Technological Gap ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
And Mathematics

Teaching in Higher Education is with increasing frequency completed within a Learning Management System (LMS) environment in the Blended Learning modality. The use of learning objects (activities and resources) offered by LMS means that both teachers and students require training. In addition, gender differences relating to the number of students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and Non-STEM courses might have some influence on the use of those learning objects. The study involves 13 teachers (6 experts in e-Learning and 7 non-experts) on 13 academic courses (4 STEM and 9 Non-STEM) and a detailed examination of the logs of 626 students downloaded from the Moodle platform. Our objectives are: (1) To confirm whether significant differences may be found in relation to the use of learning objects (resources and activities) on Moodle, depending on the expertise of the teacher (expert vs. non-expert in e-Learning); (2) To confirm whether there are significant differences between students regarding their use of learning objects, depending on the expertise of the teacher (expert vs. non-expert in e-Learning); (3) To confirm whether there are significant differences for the use of learning objects among students as a function of gender. Differences were found in the use of Moodle learning objects (resources and activities) for teachers and for students depending on the expertise of the teacher. Likewise, differences were found for the use of some learning objects as a function of gender and the degrees that the students were following. Increased technological training for both teachers and students is proposed, especially on Non-STEM qualifications, in order to mitigate the effects of the technological gap and its collateral relation with the gender gap and the digital divide.

Asset-Based Approaches to Equitable Mathematics Education Research and Practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Celedón-Pattichis ◽  
Lunney Lisa Borden ◽  
Stephen J. Pape ◽  
Douglas H. Clements ◽  
Susan A. Peters ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Mission Statement ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
National Council ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Mathematics Teaching And Learning ◽  
And Mathematics

In July 2017, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) released a new mission statement that shifts the organization's primary focus to supporting and advocating for the highest quality mathematics teaching and learning for all students. A key strategy for achieving this goal is to advance “a culture of equity where each and every person has access to high quality teaching and is empowered as a learner and doer of mathematics” (NCTM, 2017, “Strategic Framework,” para. 2). Increasing equity and ensuring the highest quality mathematics teaching and learning for all students requires systemic change (National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics [NCSM] & TODOS: Mathematics for ALL, 2016). As educators are called to enact NCTM's new mission, we acknowledge that such change is complex. We also acknowledge that our own experiences conducting equity work that is grounded in an asset-based approach are at different stages of development, ranging from beginning levels to lived experiences as diverse mathematics learners and mathematics education researchers. We see this change in mission as a call to both act politically (Aguirre et al., 2017) and to change story lines (i.e., “broad, culturally shared narrative[s]”; Herbel-Eisenmann et al., 2016, p. 104) that dominate the public perception of mathematics learning and teaching. We acknowledge that systemic barriers are part of a larger educational issue, but for the purposes of this commentary, we focus on mathematics.

scholarly journals The Importance of Pedagogical Empiricism for Sensitizing University English Language Teachers in Arab Context

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saleh Ahmed Saif Abdulmughni
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
English Language Learners ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Teaching Learning

There is a significant psychological aversion to English as a foreign language in Saudi Arabia. General weakness among learners opting for English majors and undergraduate learners of the English language is noted. Different learners are unaware of learning styles most suited to them. This research discussed the necessity for sensitizing university teachers towards the contributing factors in the success or failure of teaching and learning the English Language in Saudi Arabia. Teaching-learning processes would be fruitful if the syllabus designers, teachers, and learners become aware of important factors like teacher’s characteristics, learners’ characteristics, teaching materials, and educational institutions. This study aimed to emphasize the role of the English language teacher in facilitating learning processes, through conducting active research of English language learners at Wadi Ad-Dawasir in Saudi Arabia. This research enhances the prospects of pedagogical studies of different language learning and teaching.

Learning and Teaching with CMC in the U.S. Higher Education Arena

2011 ◽  
pp. 34-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison V. Level ◽  
Amy E. Hoseth
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

This chapter provides an overview of current issues and trends related to the impact and integration of computer mediated communication (CMC) and technological innovation in the teaching and learning environments of higher education in the United States. The chapter includes an introduction to the higher education arena, and then focuses on the current learning and teaching environments. Topics such as learning styles, learning behaviors, and CMC as an infrastructure in the student environment are discussed, along with transformational changes in the teaching environment. Recent fundamental changes in teaching and learning due to the incorporation of CMC are also discussed.

scholarly journals Las ecuaciones diferenciales lineales de segundo orden como modelos matemáticos

2017 ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Rosa Virginia Hernández ◽  
Luis Fernando Mariño ◽  
Mauricio Penagos
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Semantic Knowledge ◽  
Mass System ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Inadequate Knowledge ◽  
Specialized Language ◽  
Teaching Of Mathematics ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
And Mathematics

La resolución de problemas y modelación matemáticas son áreas críticas en la enseñanza y aprendizaje de la matemática. Allí se deben poner en juego, conceptos, habilidades y procedimientos provenientes de la experiencia matemática en cursos anteriores. La mayoría de los estudiantes tienen dificultades para llegar a entender el lenguaje de las matemáticas; relacionadas con el conocimiento inadecuado del lenguaje especializado que incluye palabras técnicas, no técnicas, y notación simbólica, específicamente en la formulación de modelos matemáticos. El propósito del estudio estuvo centrado en analizar los resultados sobre el conocimiento semántico que un grupo de estudiantes de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander evidencia en la representación de ecuaciones diferenciales lineales de segundo orden como modelos matemáticos. Los fundamentos teóricos de que dieron soporte a la investigación fueron: La teoría de dos etapas propuesta por (Mayer, 1986), el ciclo de modelación bajo la perspectiva cognitiva de (Ferri, 2006) y las representaciones externas de (Goldin & Kaput, 1996). El trabajo fue cuantitativo de tipo exploratorio y descriptivo. La investigación se fundamentó en la teoría de dos etapas propuesta por Mayer R para la resolución de problemas matemáticos, el ciclo de modelación según Ferri y la teoría de las representaciones de Goldin y Kaput. Para recolectar la información, se diseñó y aplicó un cuestionario de 17 reactivos con respuestas cerradas y abiertas. Los hallazgos muestran que cada participante hace su propia representación interna y externa a conceptos como: sistema masa-resorte, peso, masa, punto de equilibrio, Ley de Hooke, fuerzo amortiguadora, fuerza externa, Ley de Newton inmersos en la situación mediante un problema de palabra. Es necesario realizar trabajos a profundidad sobre el conocimiento con el propósito de buscar explicaciones y contribuir en la enseñanza y aprendizaje hacia la resolución de problemas matemáticos. Palabras clave: Ciclo de modelación, modelación matemática, problemas matemáticos, representaciones externas.   Abstract   The resolution of problems and mathematics modeling are critic areas in learning and teaching of mathematics. Is there where it must to put on game concepts, skills and procedures originating from the mathematic experience in previous courses. Most of the students have difficulties to understand the mathematic language, related with the inadequate knowledge of specialized language that includes technique words, non-technique words and symbolic notations, specifically in the formulation of mathematic models. The purpose of this research was focused to analyze the results about the semantic knowledge that a group of students of Engineering Faculty of Francisco of Paula Santander University evidence in the representation of lineal differential equations of second order as mathematic models. The theory fundaments that gave support the research was: The theory of two phases by (Mayer, 1986), the modeling cycle under the cognitive perspective of (Ferry, 2006) and the extern representations of (Goldin & Kaput, 1996). The project was quantitative of exploratory and descriptive type. The research was based in the theory of two phases purposed by Mayer R for the resolution of mathematic problems, the modeling cycle according Ferry and the Representations theory of Goldin and Kaput. To recollect the information it was designed and applied a questionary of 17 reactive with opened and closed answers. The discoveries showed that each participant does its own intern an extern representation to concepts as: spring-mass system, weight, mass, balance point, Hooke’s Law, buffering strong, extern strong, Newtown’s Law immersed in a situation through a problem of word. It is necessary to execute deep jobs about the knowledge with the purpose of to look for explanations and aid in teaching and learning through the resolution of mathematic problems. Key words: Modeling cycle, Mathematic Modeling, Mathematic problems, extern representations.   Resumo   Resolução de problemas e modelagem matemática são áreas críticas no ensino e aprendizagem da matemática. Deve ser colocado em jogo, conceitos, habilidades e procedimentos a partir da experiência matemática em cursos anteriores. A maioria dos alunos tem dificuldade em entender a linguagem da matemática; relacionado ao conhecimento inadequado de linguagem especializada que inclui palavras técnicas, não técnicas, e notação simbólica, especificamente na formulação de modelos matemáticos. O objetivo do estudo incidiu sobre a análise dos resultados sobre o conhecimento semântico que um grupo de estudantes da Faculdade de Engenharia da evidência Universidade Francisco de Paula Santander na representação de equações diferenciais lineares de segunda ordem como modelos matemáticos. Os fundamentos teóricos que deram apoio à pesquisa foram: A teoria de dois estágios proposto por (Mayer, 1986), o ciclo de modelagem sob a perspectiva cognitiva (Ferri, 2006) e representações externas (Goldin & Kaput de 1996 ). O trabalho foi quantitativo de tipo exploratório e descritivo. A pesquisa foi baseada na teoria de dois estágios proposta por Mayer R para resolver problemas matemáticos, o ciclo de modelagem de acordo com Ferri e a teoria das representações de Goldin e Kaput. Para coletar as informações, foi elaborado e aplicado um questionário de 17 itens com respostas fechadas e abertas. Os resultados mostram que cada participante faz sua própria representação interna e externa para conceitos tais como o sistema massa-mola, peso, massa, equilíbrio, a Lei de Hooke, força de amortecimento mim, força externa, Act imerso Newton na situação através de um problema da palavra. É necessário realizar um trabalho aprofundado sobre conhecimento com o objetivo de buscar explicações e contribuir para o ensino e a aprendizagem para a solução de problemas matemáticos.   Palavras-chave: Ciclo de modelagem, modelagem matemática, problemas matemáticos, representações externas.

scholarly journals Learning And Teaching Styles In Management Education: Identifying, Analyzing, And Facilitating

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Provitera ◽  
Esin Esendal
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Teaching Styles ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Learning And Teaching

Drawing on the learning theory of the Felder-Silverman model (2002), and the work of A.F. Grasha, this paper provides a brief review of teaching and learning styles used in management education. Professors, like students, demonstrate a number of learning styles and a professor has some responsibility to organize and present a course to satisfy students’ varied learning styles. After a brief review of the literature this paper suggests ways to assess the teaching and learning styles of management educators and students.

scholarly journals A vision of You-topia: Personalising professional development of teaching in a diverse academic workforce.

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 49-62
Author(s):  
Lisa Thomas ◽  
◽  
Kathryn Harden-Thew ◽  
Janine Delahunty ◽  
Bonnie Amelia Dean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Student Diversity ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Technological Advances

The higher education (HE) sector in Australia is in a state of flux due to a range of social, political and economic factors. Increased competition, greater student diversity, tautening of industry exigencies, reduced funding, and rapid technological advances are key drivers of change in this environment. Within this period of transformation, HE institutions remain steadfast in maintaining quality teaching and learning practices. Challenges are therefore presented on the traditional role and function of the teaching academic, creating opportunities to explore how staff can be better prepared to teach into the new era of HE. Professional development for learning and teaching is one approach that can support staff to enhance teaching practice. Professional development programs however that fail to meet the contemporary needs of HE or consider the academic’s professional requirements, may be at risk of becoming extraneous. A move towards a more flexible approach to professional development may be necessary to meet these requirements to provide appropriate, timely support for teachers. This paper problematises approaches to professional development which adopt a ‘one-size-fits-all’ model and introduces a new, innovative program Continuing Professional Development (Learning & Teaching) (CPD [L&T]) at the University of Wollongong . The CPD (L&T) model supports the professional development of all teaching staff – from casual teacher to professor level, academic and professional staff. The model is externally referenced and features self-nominated activities for accreditation. CPD (L&T) enables multiple, ongoing methods of engagement across a professional’s teaching career, supporting a new, You-topic vision of professional development in learning and teaching.

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