White Counseling Supervisees’ Experiences Working with Latino Youth: A Phenomenological Study

The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of White counseling students who facilitated a group intervention with Latino adolescents. A phenomenological approach revealed several challenges experienced by the counselors in working across race and culture. Two major themes that emerged from the analysis included counselors’ lack of cultural knowledge and the presence of White racial bias. These experiences engendered the counselors’ self-doubt regarding their abilities to work effectively across culture. Suggestions for training and supporting future professionals in work across race and ethnicity are included, with examples of supervisory responses to learner’s biased statements.     

Scaffolding English language learners' mathematical talk in the context of Calendar Math

Teachers of elementary mathematics face multiple, convergent demands. These demands include supporting the growing population of English language learners (ELLs) and facilitating mathematical discussions across relevant curricular contexts. The authors used a comparative case study to examine how two teachers attempt to facilitate discussions while enacting a Calendar Math curriculum, in Grade 4 classrooms with high concentrations (>50%) of ELLs. The authors found that these teachers' use of Calendar Math did not provide a supportive context for conceptually based discussions. However, teachers did support ELLs in mathematical discussions by including display questions, elaborating student responses, modeling the use of mathematical vocabulary use, and use of self-talk. Teachers differed with regard to how often they elaborated responses, used vocabulary, the amount of teacher speech and the length of lessons. We discuss what these practices may mean for ELLs.     

A pedagogy of emotion in teaching about social movement learning

This article explores the role of emotion in teaching about social issues in higher education. We draw and expand upon Boler's notion of a ‘Pedagogy of Discomfort’, Goodman's and Curry-Steven's concept of a ‘Pedagogy for the Privileged', and on Freire's idea of a ‘Pedagogy of Hope', in reflecting on our own experiences in teaching a graduate-level course on social movement learning. We argue for the importance of further sociological theorisation of the role of emotion in teaching and learning in higher education, and acknowledge the challenges a Pedagogy of Emotion present to those teaching in the social sciences at the post-secondary level.     

Introducing sustainability into university curricula: an indicator and baseline survey of the views of university teachers at the University of Valencia

Many higher education institutions have assumed the role of diffusing knowledge, values, attitudes and behaviours that favour sustainability. A key objective in such work is training university teachers to apply sustainability criteria to their respective disciplines. While university teachers' active participation is essential to achieving this goal, their ideas about and predispositions towards introducing sustainability into curricula are not always understood or appreciated. In this paper, we report on a questionnaire survey at the University of Valencia, Spain, on the current baseline situation for introducing sustainability across the university's curricula. We also report on a measure to periodically review the situation, including progress of and/or decline in introducing sustainability into diverse subject areas, focusing on a series of indicators grouped under the common name ‘π Indicator’. Key findings from the survey include the widespread support for introducing sustainability across the university's curricula; however, as might be expected, significant differences occur in how questions are addressed by staff from various disciplines, including how they relate to departmental perceptions, interpretations and performance of sustainability‐related teaching.     

Contenidos,estructura y determinantes de las ideas de los padres. Una investigación empírica

Resumen

Se han estudiado las ideas de los padres sobre el desarrollo y la educación de los niños con un cuestionario contestado por 278 sujetos (maridos y mujeres) de diferentes niveles educativos, con diferentes niveles de escolarización, de diferentes hábitats y diverso grado de experiencia previa como padres. Se han encontrado diferencias entre unos sujetos y otros en relación con su nivel de información, sus expectativas evolutivas, su capacidad de influencia percibida sobre el niño y su desarrollo, etc. El nivel de escolarización del sujeto ha resultado ser el más importante determinante de estas diferencias. El análisis de los datos ha puesto en evidencia la existencia de tres clases de padres a las que se propone denominar tradicionales, modernos o actualizados y paradójicos.     

Contextos de crianza y educación de los niños españoles menores de seis años

Resumen

El estudio de los contextos en que los niños crecen y se desarrollan suele adoptar una perspectiva microscópica en la que un aspecto concreto de un determinado contexto es analizado en profundidad. Este trabajo presenta un enfoque diferente, tratando de describir desde una visión macroscópica cuáles son los contextos de desarrollo y educación de los niños españoles menores de 6 años. En él se pasa revista a la historia de la educación preescolar en España, a diversos datos demográficos, a los tipos de cuidado y educación que los menores de 6 años reciben en España y a la población afectada por cada uno de ellos, analizándose también las tendencias en la investigación y los problemas que el futuro parece plantear en este terreno.     

Misconceptions on geometric optics and their association with relevant educational variables

The topic of geometrical optics was chosen to diagnose the preconceptions of 44 trainee teachers in this subject area. The scores obtained from a pretest were examined with respect to several variables describing cognitive, academic and social factors. The results suggest that both students’ level of cognitive development and their pre‐knowledge should be taken into account in developing an integrating paradigm for science teaching. Cognitive style appears as a further variable to be considered in this.