Toward a 3-P Model of Workplace Learning: a Literature Review

The interest in research focusing on learning taking place at work, through work and for work has considerably increased over the past two decades. The purpose of the paper is to review and structure this wide and diverse research field. A tentative holistic model—the 3-P model of workplace learning—is presented, in relation to which the following six lines of research are identified: (1) studies describing the nature of workplace learning, (2) research on work identities and agency in workplace learning, (3) studies on the development of professional expertise, (4) analyses of competence development in education–work contexts in vocational education and training as well as in higher education, (5) research on communities of practice, and (6) research on organisational learning. The research lines and the holistic 3-P model should be seen as analytic tools for understanding the diversity in workplace learning research. They may also serve as a kind of map for individual researchers, helping them to locate their main areas of interest in this broad field of research and to outline research designs for future studies.     

Knowledge-construction behaviors in a mobile learning environment: a lag-sequential analysis of group differences

Educational technology research and development - Mobile serious games are increasingly utilized as educational tools in elementary schools, and a considerable body of research has focused on...     

Growing and developing as a university researcher

While there is a substantial body of literature on academics’ development as teachers, investigation of their development as researchers post-PhD is rare. This study undertook an investigation of academics’ ways of understanding their own growth and development as a university researcher. Four qualitatively different ways of understanding research development emerged: (1) Becoming confident as a researcher; (2) Becoming recognised as a researcher; (3) Becoming more productive as a researcher; and (4) Becoming more sophisticated as a researcher. The first category of development was seen as most relevant to the early stages of an academic career, when doing a PhD or during one’s first academic appointment, but may also re-occur at later stages of a career during changes in research direction, etc. The last three categories are seen as relevant to all career stages, including more advanced stages as well as the early stages of a research career. Comparisons between academics’ ways of understanding their growth and development as a university researcher and as a university teacher are also presented.     

Digital badging systems as a set of cultural tools for personalized professional development

Educational technology research and development - Through design-based research, this study examines a digital badging system to support online, independent teacher Professional development (PD) in...     

Undergraduate research as a student engagement springboard: Exploring the longer-term reported benefits of participation in a research conference

ABSTRACT

Background: Undergraduate research is evident in many forms across higher education: in journals, at conferences and on research placements. It is widely reported that undergraduate research can encourage the development of discipline-specific and transferable communication skills and, in some cases, a more complex development of higher-order critical appraisal. Recent studies of extracurricular undergraduate research conferences have also found that participants report a development of self-authorship and an appreciation of the conference as liminal and transformative space. With many published studies measuring immediate feedback surrounding conference events, there is also a need to explore participants’ reflections over a longer term period of time.

Purpose: This small-scale project investigated participants’ self-report of whether and in what ways participation in a non-assessed, extracurricular undergraduate research conference had impacted their academic and professional practices, one year after their involvement in the conference.

Method: The qualitative study took place over two academic years with participants from an undergraduate conference which was held annually. The investigation adopted an action research methodology and completed two cycles of research. Data were collected firstly through an online survey with open questions, yielding feedback from 44 respondents. Focus groups were then conducted with nine of these students to explore this data further. A thematic approach was used to analyse the data.

Findings: The two cycles of data collection and analyses resulted in the identification of four central themes: (1) general positive impact on studies or career; (2) the development of presentation skills and personal confidence; (3) the development of research skills and perspectives; (4) an increased engagement with extracurricular opportunities.

Conclusions: Overall, our analysis identified that participants reported a development in communication skills and an enhanced relationship with the concept of ‘research’ and self-authorship. Students’ report that participation directly led to increased engagement with additional extracurricular activities is particularly noteworthy, as it contributes something new to the growing body of literature surrounding undergraduate research. More widely, the study suggests the potential for undergraduate conferences to act as springboards for increased extracurricular engagement.     

教师发展学校是教师专业发展的应然选择

教师发展学校是在合作建设、研究的基础上,旨在促进教师与学生共同发展的一种组织形式,是促进教师专业发展的新途径,具有主动参与性、合作研究性、实践生成性、专家引领性等特点;教师发展学校开展的一系列的教育教学活动,如教师之间相互合作、分享经验的合作传记、提升教师科研能力的行动研究以及提高教师业务素质的校本培训等,这些都是促进教师专业发展的有效途径。     

人地关系地域系统研究的地理学范式

从人地关系地域系统研究的根本目标出发,分析人地关系地域系统实质:即人地关系地域系统空间秩序研究、人地关系地域系统时间序列研究、人地关系地域系统发展状况研究、人地关系地域系统发展驱动力与驱动机制研究。作为综合性的研究课题,人地关系地域系统包括了不同的认识层次、不同的时空尺度,不同的地域结构,指出综合集成将成为未来人地关系地域系统研究的主要路径。据此,尝试性提出人地关系地域系统研究的地理学范式。     

州郡学院“院校研究”——以亳州师范高等专科学校为个案

本文从解析州郡学院＂院校研究＂的内涵入手,剖析亳州师范高等专科学校发展的＂瓶颈＂因素,提出对其进行＂组织再造＂的对策,进而详细地规划了亳州师范高等专科学校的新校区建设方案、专业拓展方案,最后总结出州郡学院＂院校研究＂的若干启示。     

Teaching emerging teacher-researchers: examining a district-based professional development course

Using critical constructivism as the theoretical lens, the teacher educator-researcher used practitioner research to systematically examine the experience of PreK-12 teachers in his district-based teacher research professional development course, while also examining his development as a teacher educator. The results of this study showed that, as the teachers made progress toward becoming teacher-researchers, they expressed being empowered by the teacher research process. Moreover, they showed a growing critical awareness in their work, while the teacher educator was challenged to re-examine his conceptions of teacher research. Finally, the teachers faced several important barriers in adopting an inquiry stance in their practice. This research generates both local and global knowledge about teacher research as a form of in-service teacher education.     

From Vocational College to New University: The Research Profile and Development Needs of Academic Staff in a Period of Transition

Prompted by the provision of special funding for research development from the Department of Employment, Education and Training, an analysis of the research status and development needs of staff one network member of a newly amalgamated University was undertaken. It was found that many staff were without research‐based qualifications and had limited research experience. Teaching and curriculum development were dominant activities, the latter being particularly so in some of the newer disciplines. It was felt by many that there was a lack of institutional support for research by senior management in general and in some faculties in particular, as people in those positions took time to adjust to the changing climate of expectations in the transition from College to University. Specific research skills needing development were identified, including submission writing, statistical data analysis and reporting research. The availability of time and money for research were, predictably, seen as critical. In a conclusion unanticipated at the commencement of the study, the emergence of a widely recognised and supported research ethos was perceived as perhaps the most significant element to contribute to the development of research in a new university.     

Science identity development: how multimodal composition mediates student role-taking as scientist in a media-rich learning environment

Educational technology research and development - Science identity has been widely discussed in recent years; however, research on its development in multimodal composing environments, especially...     

Media Research: a graduate student's primer

The purpose of this paper is to trace the historical emphasis and development of media-related research. The positive and negative aspects of this research are reviewed. Early research with its inherent methodological problems is followed by more recent studies involving aptitude treatment interaction. Recommendations by practitioners and researchers alike, as well as trends for future research, are presented. This paper should provide the novice media researcher with an introduction, review and current thinking on media-related research activities.     

Developing a quality curriculum in a technological era

Educational technology research and development - There is considerable rhetoric internationally around the need for national curricula to reflect the changes that are taking place in the world...     

探索性实践:外语课堂研究新途径

探索性实践是一种以实践者为主体的教育研究途径。通过梳理探索性实践的提出、涵义、其原则的演变和发展,分析探索性实践与行动研究的区别,发现探索性实践为外语课堂研究提供了崭新的视角,是实现教师专业化发展、提升教师职业生涯品质的有效途径。     

Cognitive Development in Gifted Children: Toward a More Precise Understanding of Emerging Differences in Intelligence

To truly understand gifted performance, it is necessary to merge research on giftedness with current thinking in cognitive development and intelligence. This article presents traditional research on gifted children's cognitive development then considers how the application of newer models and theories from the field of cognitive development can be combined with research on giftedness to change the way people think about gifted performance. First four factors that have often been associated with giftedness are discussed from the perspectives of cognitive developmental psychology and gifted education. Next, emphasis is placed on investigating the strategic development of gifted children. Specifically, R. S. Siegler's (Emerging Minds: The Process of Change in Children's Thinking, Oxford University Press, New York, 1996) model of strategy development is addressed in terms of what it may contribute to understanding gifted cognition. Finally, future lines of research using models from cognitive development and complex systems models of development are recommended.     

努力营造社会科学创新的体制环境

社会转型对社会科学的研究提出了许多新的课题，因而为社会科学的发展提供了良好的契机。但是，社会科学的繁荣和发展还需用特定的体制环境。本文分析了社会科学发展的特殊规律，认为遵循这些特殊规律，营造一种能够促进社会科学繁荣和发展的体制环境十分重要。这种体制环境主要的内容是：宽松自由的学术环境、科学合理的评价体系以及成果导向的管理体制。     

教学海报——小学科学教学新视角

教学海报作为教学工具,运用于小学科学课堂教学中,既能直观呈现儿童科学研究思维历程,又能用于科学数据整合,发展儿童科学研究思维。本文探索教学海报在课前、课中、课后的运用,促进儿童的全面发展和科学素养的养成。     

国外外语课堂教学研究对开展对外汉语课堂教学研究的启示

课堂教学研究对于对外汉语教学学科建设和提高课堂教学质量都具有积极意义,但目前对外汉语教学界对课堂教学研究的理论认识和实证研究仍很薄弱,本文的目的在于通过对国外外语课堂教学研究的回顾,澄清一些对课堂教学研究的模糊认识,并对对外汉语课堂教学研究的范围、方法和意义等问题做出初步回答,对开展对外汉语课堂教学研究提供一些有益的借鉴。     

高校学报应在高校科研中发挥积极作用

高校学报的主要职责是连续、集中、全面地反映高校的教学科研成果、展示高校的学术水平、塑造学校形象、培养学术人才,是学校建设的重要组成部分。学报应融入到学校发展的主流,进一步促进教学科研的发展。