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The Effects of Early Childhood Teachers' Professional Development and Grit on Their Teacher-Child Interactions

  • Yurim Chae;Sanglim Kim
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.355-361
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    • 2024
  • The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of early childhood teachers' professional development and Grit on their teacher-child interactions. The subjects were 363 early childhood teachers working at kindergartens or childcare centers of South Korea. We used self-reporting survey questionnaires to measure the major variables and utilized the SPSS 28.0 Program to analyze the collected data. Cronbach's alphas were calculated and the descriptive statistical analyses were conducted. To investigate the research questions, Pearson's correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were done. As results, the higher early childhood teachers' professional development and Grit were, the higher their teacher-child interactions were. Early childhood teachers' professional development and Grit were found to have positive effects on their teacher-child interactions, which showed that professional development and Grit would predict the quality of interactions between teacher and young children. Based on these results, we suggest the importance of early childhood teachers' professional development and Grit so that they practice excellent interactions with young children in order to support development and learning through play.

Ways of Support for Beginning Teacher Induction in Elementary School (초임교사 교직 적응을 위한 지원 방안)

  • Sung, Byung-Chang
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.310-322
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    • 2007
  • This study is to find ways of support for beginning teacher induction in elementary school with constructing model of professional development. To achieve this purpose, this study reviewed significance of beginning teacher induction program, the bridge to life learning, and constructed the model of professional development for beginning. The final conclusion about ways of support as support intensity are orientation based on demanding of beginning teacher, bridge connection with veteran teacher, coordination of working conditions, collaboration among peer teacher, and strengthening computer network at week intensity level. At strong intensity level, the ways of support for beginning teacher are institutionalization on election and training of mentor, institutionalization on compulsory induction for 1 year, development and operation of teacher education center, and furtherance of school learning organization.

What is Learning in the Mathematics Classroom?

  • Patton, Barba Aldis;Hutto, Nora Nelson
    • Research in Mathematical Education
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.309-322
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    • 2010
  • What is learning in the math classroom? Does a new term need to be coined for learning? Is the term over-used and it has lost it meaning? The responses of one hundred five teacher-candidates and graduate students were coded using the five levels researcher designed rubric which was modeled after Bloom's Taxonomy for depth of knowledge. The effects of understanding learning include the preparation of lesson plans, classroom instruction, the guiding of student learning, and the professional development of teacher leaders.

The Duty and Role of Uiseoseubdoggwan(Medical Learning Officer) in the Joseon Dynasty Examined through the Historical Trace of IM Won-jun(任元濬, 1423~1500) (임원준의 사적을 통해 본 조선시대 의서습독관의 직무와 역할)

  • LYU Jeong-ah
    • The Journal of Korean Medical History
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.51-72
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    • 2023
  • IM Won-jun(任元濬, 1423~1500) was an Confucianism Doctor in the former period of Joseon Dynasty. Through IM Won-jun's historical trace we could know the range of Uiseoseubdoggwan(Medical Learning Officer)'s duty not limited to study medical books at that time but extended to medical treat, educate, recommend medical policy, personnel manage, carry out administrative work, carry out all the works concerned with medical books, make new medicines at different official period. Among these after learning duties the Royal Family of the Joseon Dynasty awarded high grades to medical treatment for king and king's mother, but from the viewpoint of advancement of medicine controling the top of medical policy as a chief of Jeonuigam had important meaning. The system of Uiseoseubdoggwan(Medical Learning Officer) in the Joseon Dynasty played the role of cultivating widely the man of ability who leaded medical development by sharing the man of ability between medicine and confucianism which was dominant learning at that time, so the knowledge and professional skill of medicine, Yin-Yang and the Five Elements theory, the spirit of relief of the world were spreaded across to national administration, education, publication culture, putting philosophy of filial piety into practice in the Joseon Dynasty.

Difficulties of Building a Learning Community for Professional Development (전문성 발달을 위한 학습 커뮤니티 형성에 있어서의 어려움)

  • Kwon, Na-Young
    • School Mathematics
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.17-26
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    • 2010
  • The purposes of this study were to understand mathematics teachers' difficulties under the context of community and to contribute to the research on professional development using a partnership between a high school and a university. I examined what struggles mathematics teachers had in building a learning community. I used data from a project in South East area in U.S.A. Three student teachers, three mentor teachers, and a university teacher participated in this study. Data sources included cluster meeting observations, interviews, and documents (such as open-ended surveys and e-mail responses). Data were analyzed using case study and narrative analysis methods. The results showed that the participants had power issues, issues about selecting topics to discuss, criticizing others, sharing goals, and managing time and the number of members.

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Continuing professional development through novice teacher mentoring after in-service English teacher training (초임 교사 멘토링을 통한 영어교사 심화연수 후 지속적 전문성 신장에 대한 사례연구)

  • Chang, Kyung-Suk;Kim, Chi-Young;Jung, Kyu-Tae
    • English Language & Literature Teaching
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.219-245
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    • 2011
  • This case study aims to investigate how a primary English teacher's professional development was pursued through novice teacher mentoring after the six-month intensive in-service teacher training program(IIETTP). The teacher was involved in mentoring two novice teachers working at the same school. They observed each other's classes and exchanged their views on the classes, focusing on areas to be improved. The observation was done within a framework that consisted of pre-, during- and post-observation sessions. Data was gathered through retrospective entries kept after the post-observation meetings. The entries were categorized according to their saliency, frequency and recurring patterns identified. The findings reveal that learning from the training course could be applied professionally and could serve to bridge the gap between training and teaching. It is also shown that the mentee teachers' professional development was enhanced and the mentor teacher herself benefited from the collaborative learning process involved with working with the novice teachers. Some suggestions are made for the effective implementation of school-based teacher development programs after the IIETTP.

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A Study on Duty Performance area of Fisheries & Shipping Business High School Teachers (수산.해운 전문계열 교사의 직무수행 영역에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sam-Kon;Cha, Cheol-Pyo;Ban, Gun-Woo
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.79-90
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    • 2010
  • This study referred to relevant literatures, collected professional advice, created the sphere of duty with considering the characteristics of marine products-marine transportation education and teachers' specialty, and researched the feasibility of duty sphere classified from 2nd of September in 2008 to 20th of October in 2008 by selecting 80 professional teachers at random teachers who were working in 4 schools that had local 1. As the result of this study, it is proper to classify the sphere of marine products-marine transportation professional teachers into teaching-learning sphere, actual training guidance sphere, life guidance sphere, class management sphere, administrative performance sphere, specialty extension sphere, academic-industrial cooperation and community connection sphere. 2. For the contents of each sphere of marine products-marine transportation teachers' duty, it is proper to systematize teaching-learning field with 32 contents of duty, actual training guidance field with 21 contents of duty, life guidance sphere with 18 contents of duty, class management sphere with 12 contents of duty, administrative performance sphere with 18 contents of duty, specialty extension sphere with 15 contents of duty, academic-industrial cooperation and community connection sphere with 9 contents of duty respectively.

ICT-oriented Training of Future HEI Teachers: a Forecast of Educational Trends 2022-2024

  • Olena, Politova;Dariia, Pustovoichenko;Hrechanyk, Nataliia;Kateryna, Yaroshchuk;Serhii, Nenko
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.387-393
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    • 2022
  • The article reflects short-term perspectives on the use of information and communication technologies in the training of teachers for higher education. Education is characterized by conservatism, so aspects of systematic development of the industry are relevant to this cluster of social activity. Therefore, forecasting the introduction of innovative elements of ICT training is in demand for the educational environment. Forecasting educational trends are most relevant exactly in the issues of training future teachers of higher education because these specialists are actually the first to implement the acquired professional skills in pedagogical activities. The article aims to consider the existing potential of ICT-based learning, its implementation in the coming years, and promising innovative educational elements that may become relevant for the educational space in the future. The tasks of scientific exploration are to show the optimal formats of synergy between traditional and innovative models of learning. Based on already existing experience, extrapolation of conditions of educational process organization with modeling realities of using information and communication technologies in various learning dimensions should be carried out. Educational trends for the next 3 years are a rather tentative forecast because, as demonstrated by the events associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the socio-cultural space is very changeable. Consequently, the dynamism of the educational environment dictates the need for a value-based awareness of the information society and the practical use of technological advances. Thus, information and communication technologies are a manifestation of innovative educational strategies of today and become an important component along with traditional aspects of educational process organization. Future higher education teachers should develop a training strategy taking into account the expediency of the ICT component.

Understanding of Scientific Inquiry Developed by Beginning Science Teachers in Professional Learning Community (교사학습공동체 활동을 한 초임중등과학교사의 과학 탐구에 대한 이해)

  • Kim, Yurim;Choi, Aeran
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.221-232
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    • 2019
  • Despite the continuing emphasis on the importance of scientific inquiry, research studies have commented that authentic scientific inquiry is not implemented in school science classroom due to a lack of understanding of scientific inquiry by the teacher. The purpose of this study is to investigate understanding of scientific inquiry developed by beginning teachers through open-ended questionnaire and semi-structured interview. They voluntarily set up the goal of inquiry-based classes, planned inquiry-based classes, shared and reflected their teaching experience in professional learning community for more than a year. It appeared that participant teachers understood scientific inquiry as 'what scientists do', 'process how students do science' and 'science teaching methods.' All teacher participants described scientific inquiry as 'what scientists do', and understood 'the process of doing scientific investigation to solve problems related to natural phenomenon' and 'the process of constructing scientific knowledge using scientific practice.' Two participant teachers seemed to understand scientific inquiry as a 'teaching method' based on the understanding of the process how scientists or students do science. Participant teachers had a limited understanding of scientific inquiry that it is the same as laboratory works or hands-on activities prior to engaging the professional learning community, but they developed an understanding of scientific inquiry that there are various ways to conduct scientific inquiry after engaging in professional learning community.

A Need of In-Service Education for the Professional Development of Middle School Science Teachers' Teaching Practice (중학교 과학교사들의 수업 실행 전문성 개발을 위한 교사교육 요구)

  • Choi, Young;Lee, Musang;Song, Myungseub
    • Journal of Science Education
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.369-382
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study is to survey the need of in-service education for the professional development of middle school science teachers' teaching practice. The questionnaire was modified by Young Choi's framework(2010) to survey the level of the progression in the professional development and learning, the degree of in-service education necessity, and the degree of priority of need. The questionnaire was administered to 203 middle school science teachers in Daegu. The mean level of the progression in the professional development and learning were 2.45 and 3.15. The degrees of in-service education necessity to improve level of the progression in the professional development and learning was 3.45, and 3.16. The element and aspect highest degree of priority of need were 'element 1. planning coherent sequences of lessons' and 'aspect 1-4. planning difference among individuals', 'aspect 1-2. planning learning activity'. The degree of in-service education necessity and the degree of priority of need was a significant difference according to almost all of the teachers' characteristics.

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