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A Study on Childcare Teachers' Cooperation Experiences with Nuri Curriculum Teaching Assistants (어린이집 담임교사와 누리과정 보조교사의 협력 경험에 대한 연구)

  • Cho, Jooyeon;Yang, Sungeun
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.123-133
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    • 2016
  • Objective: The aim of this study was to achieve a qualitative understanding of childcare teachers' cooperation experiences with Nuri curriculum teaching assistants. Methods: The study adopted a qualitative research design. Participants comprised 23 childcare teachers working with Nuri curriculum teaching assistants. Focus group interviews were conducted to discuss their cooperation experience with the teaching assistants. Qualitative themes analyses were carried out following individual-level analyses, group-level analyses, and cross-group-comparisons. Results and Conclusion: The results showed that childcare teachers, at first, had low expectation for Nuri curriculum teaching assistants because they have ambiguous job descriptions. However, the teachers' actual interactions exhibited cooperation effects on improving the quality of childcare. Childcare teachers suggested the ways to promote cooperation between childcare teachers and Nuri curriculum teaching assistants at individual and systemic levels.

A Study on the Role Expectation and Job Performance of Childcare Teaching Assistants (어린이집 보조교사의 역할기대 및 업무수행에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Jooyeon;Yang, Sungeun
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.1-14
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    • 2016
  • The present research aimed to assess role expectations and job performance of childcare teaching assistants at daycare centers. In order to describe participants' experiences, qualitative data were analyzed using Van Manen's phenomenological approach. The findings showed that childcare teaching assistants suffered a gap between their role expectations and reality. They felt diverse emotions and doubt about their professionalism through interactions with teachers in charge, directors, parents, and children. The participants claimed that the Nuri curriculum teaching assistants system should be improved to achieve better quality childcare programs. The implications to support the Nuri curriculum teaching assistants system were discussed in depth.

Teaching Assistants as a Prerequisite for Best Practice in Special Education Settings in Saudi Arabia

  • Bagadood, Nizar H.;Saigh, Budor H.
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.101-106
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    • 2022
  • The Saudi Arabian Special Education Regulations define the role and requirements from teaching assistants within the educational process. Although all public special education programs are subject to such regulations, their implementation in practice sometimes appears contradictory. Therefore, special educators frequently encounter a range of problems when they fail to comply with such regulations. This article discusses how teaching assistants influence the teaching practices delivered to students with disabilities in special education settings. A qualitative case study approach was conducted using 22 semi-structured interviews. The results suggest a need to focus on the role of the teaching assistant in special education classes to ensure exposure to effective learning practices for students with disabilities. Based on these findings, a number of important implications for future practice, in terms adopting appropriate provisions are suggested.

Comparison on How Much Multiple Teaching Assistants affect Students' Study Results and Self-Efficacy (다수의 학습도우미 시범.실습법이 학생의 과제수행능력과 자기효능감에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Bog-Soon;Kim, Byung-Soon
    • Journal of Digital Contents Society
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.129-134
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    • 2010
  • Today's elementary schools emphasize practice- and learner-based computer courses. In this research, we found solutions to the above issues by adapting a demonstration/practice teaching method led by multiple teaching assistants, expanding lessons tailored to each student's own level. We chose fourth graders from three classes at Elementary School as the subject for this research. Through this research, we have analyzed the students' study results, self-efficacy, response and interest in the computer courses by examining three groups of students: the first group led by a teacher's demonstration and practice, the second group by a teaching assistant's demonstration and practice, and the last by multiple teaching assistants' demonstration and practice. As a result, we were able to show that a computer course taught by multiple teaching assistants will help not only induce an interest and motive for a mutual learning environment among the students, but also bring positive effects on the study results and self-efficacy.

The Effect of Self-Efficacy and Service Quality on Ease of Use and Usefulness of an e-Loaming System (자기효능감과 서비스 품질이 e-학습 시스템의 사용용이성과 유용성에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee Ung Gyu;Lee Jong Gi
    • The Journal of Information Systems
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.41-56
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    • 2003
  • The objective of this study is to explore the effects of e-teaming users' self-efficacy and perceived service quality for e-teaming staffs such as instructors or teaching assistants on two main perceptions for e-learning systems in a view of information technology - perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness which have been considered as important antecedents for acceptance of information technology so called in Technology Acceptance Model. For this purpose, we suggest a research model and test it empirically by sampling in students of virtual universities. In result, all hypotheses except the relationship between academic self-efficacy and perceived usefulness are accepted. This result implies that self-efficacy for computers and service quality for staffs such as instructors or teaching assistants should be considered as important ones for success of e-learning systems in addition to those related with information technology.

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Construction of a Web-based e-Teaching Portfolio for the Efficient Management

  • Kim, Yun-Hae;Park, Se-Ho;Ha, Jin-Cheol
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.35-40
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    • 2012
  • This study presents an analysis of the current situation (management, approach, adjustment, transportation, and others) of teaching portfolio by examining the teaching portfolio managers (staffs, researchers, teaching assistants, etc.) of 6 universities in the southeast of Korea. The rationale for the study focus is that the existing teaching portfolio either suffers a problem in the transportation, approach, adjustment and/or management or is likely to raise a problem in the future. In order to solve this problem, this study builds a web-based e-teaching portfolio. According to the analysis results, the engineering education system was established in all 6 universities (Ed- note that '6 universities' has already been specified as the study sample). The teaching portfolio was partially digitalized in this system, despite some problems of converting analog data into digital data, which induced difficulties in constructing the overall e-teaching portfolio. Therefore, this study focused on constructing an e-teaching portfolio without developing any additional system by using the existing system positively, and also on determining the appropriate components among the existing teaching portfolio components. Accordingly, in order to convert the analog data into the digital data required for this study, we used a digital camera as the conversion device and converted the teaching portfolio components into those appropriate for the e-teaching portfolio. Finally, we constructed an existing system appropriate for the e-teaching portfolio by using these devices and components.

The Teaching and Practice of Architectural Design A Case-study of Two Professor-Architects in Italy (건축설계의 교육과 실천 -이탈리아 두 교수건축가의 사례연구-)

  • Kim, Kyong-Soo
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.1 no.2 s.2
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    • pp.183-199
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    • 1992
  • The problem of separation between the teaching and the practice of architectural design in Korean universities has activated this study. Comparison between two professor-architects in Italy through their various activities has been made during the period of 1991-1992 in the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia. The names of the two professor-architects are Aldo Rossi and Franco Mancuso. Their teaching activities in their architectural design class with their assistants, their background and formation of architectural theory, and two realized (and prized) works of them have been compared. The results show that there is a great difference (or oppositions) in their world-view and their attitudes towards architecture, the one as an empiricist, the other as a rationalist. But the most impressive observation must be the fact that all of them were coherent in their teaching, theory and practice, although this raises another qustion about the 'rationality' in architecture.

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The effects of participation at English camp as a teaching assistant (대학생의 영어캠프 보조교사 경험에 관한 연구 -역량, 영어능력, 직무와의 연관성을 중심으로-)

  • Kim, Gina;Cho, Inchul
    • English Language & Literature Teaching
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.293-312
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    • 2011
  • Many immersion programs have been established and managed throughout Korea in recent years in schools, English villages and camps. Research on the effects of various programs has been reported with focus on the program types or the benefits and learning outcomes for the participants. The purpose of this study is to find out the effects of participation at English camp as a teaching assistant by comparing some factors such as competence, English abilities, and connection to current studies/career before and after camp experience. The results show that all 17 competence rates rose with 'crisis management' showing prominent change. Also, the camp experience provides opportunity for improving English Test scores, conversational skills, teaching skills, and mostly language confidence. Lastly, the camp helped in setting career goals and was helpful in the preparation process of job seeking. Most of the subjects, the teaching assistants at camp, replied that the impact of camp experience is useful in current studies/career. In conclusion, the experience as camp teaching assistant is valuable in many aspects.

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Development of the Teaching Materials Based on the ARCS Motivation Model in Chemistry Experiments Subject (화학실험 교과목에서 ARCS 동기모형을 적용한 교수자료 개발)

  • Park, Sun-Hee;Kim, Hyung-Su;Yoon, Kee-Jong
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.87-95
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study is to develop and make applications of the teaching materials that are based on the ARCS motivation model for experiments in chemistry. In order to achieve this goal, we researched on the needs of professors, learners, and teacher-assistants and analyzed the contents of the subject. Then we designed and developed teaching materials utilizing the ARCS theory, and made the applications and analyzed their effects. As a result, we found out that the applications of the newly developed teaching materials positively affected the understanding, interest, and concentration of the experiments, and helped the students comprehend various theories better through experiments. The new teaching materials shortened the duration of experiments and reduced the margin of error. They were also helpful preventing accidents and gave students clear ideas about experiments.

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