A case study of student and teacher relationships and the effect on student learning
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A CASE STUDY OF STUDENT AND TEACHER RELATIONSHIPS AND THE EFFECT
Definition of Key Terms
Explication is the process of defining terms and operations in a qualitative research study and serves as a strategy for dealing with bias. Taking care to define terms and operations affords the researcher and reader clarity by making some important components of the study more explicit (Stake, 2010). The following is a list of terms that will be used in this research study: 1) Verstehen: The German word for personal understanding. Qualitative researchers reach many of their interpretations through experiential understanding – understanding from their own personal experience or 9 from the recollections and artifacts of the personal experience of others (Stake, 2010). 2) Zone of Proximal Development: The distance between the actual developmental level of the child by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance (Vygotsky, p. 86). 3) Social constructivism: knowledge is socially constructed where individuals create meaningful learning through interactions with others. 4) Illuminative Cases: an example of an excellent program to learn under what conditions the program exemplifies excellence. 5) Responsive Interviewing Model: an approach to depth interviewing research which relies heavily on the interpretive constructionist philosophy mixed with a bit of critical theory; the goal being to generate a depth of understanding rather than breadth (Rubin & Rubin, 2005). 6) Lab Teacher: A classroom teacher they trained and mentored in best practices in a variety of content areas who open their classrooms for observation purposes so other teachers in the field of education (inside 10 and outside the district) can come to acquire new instruction and content knowledge. 7) Educational Resilience: a dynamic set of interactions between the student and the educational environment that work together to interrupt a negative trajectory and support academic success (Downey, 2008). Download 1.49 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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