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- The Relationship between Work-Life Balance and Life Satisfaction among Teachers in Turkish Public Schools
- Issues and Tools for Quality Food Education at School Valentina Corinaldi valentina.corinaldi@gmail.com
- Does the Adult Educator Need a Personal Educational Philosophy
- Development of Intercultural Attitudes and Values in the Greek Students with the Teaching of Language and Literature. A Comparative Approach in the
- Perspectives and Limitations of Action Research in Teacher Change: The Effect Of EC Teachers’ Initial Beliefs and Practices Regarding Children’s Participation
- Teacher Education on Human Rights
- The Teacher Path to ICT Integration Seen Through the TPACK Lens: The Critical Role of Awareness of the Learning Challenge
3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 179 The Relationship between Work-Life Balance and Life Satisfaction among Teachers in Turkish Public Schools Turgut Karaköse tkarakose@yahoo.com Kürşad Yilmaz Yahya Altinkurt Orhan Murat Kalfa In today’s information era, the distinction between the individual's family-life and work- life dimensions has been growing even bigger. When examined from the teachers’ point of view; in order to enable quality and efficiency in education, it is important that teachers achieve balancing their work-life and family-life. Thus, it is important to determine the effect of work- life balance on life satisfaction of teachers. The purpose of this study is to identify whether there is a relationship between work-life balance and life satisfaction of teachers. This study was designed according to the relational survey model. The sample of the study consisted of 281 teachers working in Kütahya, Turkey. Study data was collected with Work-Life Balance Scale (Netenmeyer, Boles and McMurrian, 1996) and Life Satisfaction Scale (Diener, 1985). The “Work-Life Balance Scale” consists of two sub-scales aiming at measuring “work-family conflict” levels that are due to work life and “family-work conflict” levels that are due to family life. Together with descriptive statistics aiming at identifying teacher opinions, a “Multiple Regression Analysis” was conducted in order determine whether there is a significant relationship between the work-life balance of teachers and their life satisfaction rates. According to the result of this study which examined the effects of work-life balance of teachers on their life satisfactions; life satisfaction levels of teachers were a little over “medium degree”. The work-life balance of teachers who participated in the study was observed to be at a “medium” degree. Based on this data, it can be asserted that teachers have a “medium degree” of work-life balance and again a “medium degree” of life satisfaction. According to the analysis, there is a significant difference between work-life balances of teachers regarding the gender variable; however, no statistical significant differences were observed for the other variables of the study. In addition, there were no significant differences between life satisfaction rates of teachers regarding the other variables. At the final stage of the study, the effect of work-life balance of teachers on their life satisfaction was analyzed with the Pearson correlation analysis and according to the results; there is a positive way significant relationship between work-family conflicts and family-work conflicts of teachers; but there is no significant relationship between work-family conflicts and life satisfactions of teachers. In addition, according to the correlation analysis, there is a negative way significant relationship between family-work conflicts and life satisfaction of teachers. Keywords: Work-Life Balance, Life satisfaction, Teachers, Public Schools 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 180 Issues and Tools for Quality Food Education at School Valentina Corinaldi valentina.corinaldi@gmail.com Food education is becoming a central topic and it will be even more so during this year, thanks to Expo 2015, whose topic is "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life". Eating is a complex act that deals with individual, political, social and cultural dimensions. The school and the educational institutions should take on this new challenge. The purpose of this project is to give teachers and educators effective tools for food education. The theoretical framework is based on Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory. Howard Gardner (1983) identifies eight types of human intelligence able to solve problems and to produce appreciable performance in the cultural background. Each intelligence type can help in dealing with important issues related to food, using different types of problem solving. The experimental project CulturAAlimentazione, aimed to promote a food education model at Primary school based on a narrative approach. The project produced the first result, the Manifesto for conscious education of children in families and school contexts, written by the University of Macerata and the Laboratorio delle Idee Company. The Manifesto has inspired a second project called Edueat that provides tools like the play book Aggiungi un gioco a tavola. It is composed of two smaller books, one for adults and the other one for children. The purpose of the book is to transmit food education through playful and sensory approach; in fact, it proposes some activities that children can achieve together with their parents, using the senses. The third result is the senses intelligence table that explains some activities crossing every intelligence type with the sensorial abilities. Every activity is based on sensory exploration of food through several student skills. For that reason the table could become a useful teaching-learning tool at school to promote healthy and conscious eating. Currently the project is going on through field testing of the activities based on the book with children and training courses for teacher and parents, to diffuse good practice about food education. Keywords: Food education, Multiple Intelligences, senses, playful approach 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 181 Does the Adult Educator Need a Personal Educational Philosophy? Vasiliki Karavakou vkm@uom.edu.gr Genovefa Papadima This paper aims to highlight (a) the reasons for which the adult educator should be mindful of the broader philosophical framework governing their thought and practice as well as (b) how the adult educator can reclaim it in the educational process. Coupling educational philosophy and educational practice is necessary as theory without practice leads to an excessive and sterile idealism, whilst practice without its theoretical underpinnings leads to malign empiricism and unreflective activism. The determination of the personal educational philosophy enables the adult educator to acquire conscious knowledge of the reasons for which they uphold certain convictions and evaluations, to further develop critical thinking and insight, to ascribe meaning to and control their educational choices and teaching methods and intervene (if possible) in the curriculum. The issue of the contribution of one’s personal educational philosophy to the educational process branches into a series of other, equally important, issues about the aims of education itself, the role of the educator, the learner and the learning process, the influence that is exercised upon them by particular cultural affiliations and finally, the fact that each learner may indeed follow a personal educational philosophy. Any review of the relevant literature reveals that these issues are investigated by several questionnaires, some of which focus on the importance of learning strategies (PALS, Conti, 1978; ATLAS, Conti & Colody, 2004), whilst others research the effect that personal educational philosophy has upon educational practice (PHIL, Conti, 2007; PAEI, Zinn, 1983). More adequately than any other the PAEI questionnaire by Zinn aspires to highlight the personality of the educator and investigate their critical awareness, the possibility of adopting alternative approaches in the planning of educational programs and teaching methodology and the realizability of the educator’s broader evaluative goals. This paper investigates the methodological and interpretative virtues of Zinn’s questionnaire in the context of a broader reflection on the contribution of one’s personal educational philosophy to the educational process and practice. It is worth noting that the determination of the personal educational philosophy is not sufficient for resolving the problems modern adult educators have to face. Evidently, the proper institutional arrangements, social and educational policies as well as a broader culture about adult learning should be in place. Nevertheless, being mindful of the kind of educational philosophy that underlies educational practices constitutes a clearly and undeniably necessary precondition for the adult educator’s effective response to all modern challenges. Keywords: educational philosophy, adult educator, self-evaluation, teaching and learning 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 182 Development of Intercultural Attitudes and Values in the Greek Students with the Teaching of Language and Literature. A Comparative Approach in the Curricula of 2003 and 2011 Vasiliki Mitropoulou mitro@theo.auth.gr Maria Anagnostopoulou In today’s Greek schools, special emphasis is given to intercultural education, which refers to the enrichment of educational approaches with teaching and pedagogical practices that aim to promote peaceful coexistence and equal opportunities to all pupils, independently of their cultural origin. The principles of intercultural education are diffused in the aims, goals and contents of the –in use- Curricula of 2003 and the new Pilot Curricula of 2011. Our aim in this work was to notice the extent to which both Curricula (2003 and 2011) took into consideration the cultural diversity in the classrooms and particularly, to investigate how they promoted the values of respect, tolerance, equality and solidarity in the pupils’ attitudes. Additionally, we aimed to compare the two Curricula, as concerns their contribution to the principles of intercultural education. We focused our research on the courses of Greek Language-Literature at Primary and Secondary Education, in both Curricula of 2003 and 2011. Specifically, we analyzed the cognitive content, the proposed teaching methods and activities, as well as the interdisciplinary projects and teaching scenarios. The data drawn from our investigation (words, sentences, paragraphs) was firstly analyzed and then categorized into the following categories: 1. Information / understanding of the "others" living in Greece and abroad. 2. Interaction, communication, co-operation with the "others" who live abroad. 3. Interaction with the "others" in Greece - Intercultural Education (conditions and procedures in Education so as to achieve coexistence, acceptance, cooperation, inclusion). 4. Values / attitudes / skills that are promoted in the Curricula, and contribute to the equality among people in multicultural societies. Some of the important key terms that have been included in the listed categories are; multicultural society, equality of cultures, egalitarianism, respect of rights, integration of foreigners, co-existence, intercultural conscience. Upon completion of this research phase, a tentative attempt was made to compare our findings and present which of the two Curricula focused on and promoted more the intercultural needs. Keywords: intercultural values, intercultural attitudes, curricula, cultural integration, co- existence 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 183 Perspectives and Limitations of Action Research in Teacher Change: The Effect Of EC Teachers’ Initial Beliefs and Practices Regarding Children’s Participation Vassiliki Alexiou alexiouvaso7@gmail.com Sofia Avgitidou This study aims to highlight the processes and outcomes of a collaborative action research project in relation to the initial beliefs and practices of participating teachers that formulate their different profiles. Specifically, by teacher profile we mean a combination of teachers’ beliefs regarding the aims of education, the organization of the learning process, their understanding of children’s characteristics and abilities and of their educational practices related to these beliefs. Action research has been widely discussed as an effective methodology for the support of teachers’ reflection and improvement of practice (Altrichter, Posch & Somekh 2001). However, little attention has been given to the examination of action research differentiated processes or outcomes in relation to the different profiles of the participating teachers. The research draws from an 18-month action research aiming to support 12 early childhood (EC) teachers in rethinking and improving their practices regarding young children’s participation in decision making. Observations of both free and structured activities, interviews with EC teachers in the beginning and end of action research, recorded structured activities, individual and collective meetings and children’s interviews and drawings were all used as data collection methods. The analysis of initial teacher interviews and observations of practice identified three different teacher profiles among these 12 participating EC teachers in relation to a participatory educational process. The first teacher profile was related to beliefs and practices that supported and encouraged children’s wide participation during both free and structured activities. The second profile was related to a contradiction among what the teacher claimed (children’s active participation) and what the teacher was observed to encourage in the classroom (children’s limited participation in decision making). The third profile related to limited margins for children’s participation in the daily educational process both stated by the teacher and observed in practice. Resistance to change beliefs and practices through the course of action research was also differentiated and concerned either issues related to the feasibility to organize daily education as a participatory process or to issues related to children’s ability to actively participate in decision making. This paper will show how the processes of support as well as the outcomes of action research were differentiated according to the three teacher profiles. Discussion of these results aims to clarify that while action research is a flexible and adaptable methodology to support teachers rethink, improve or change their actions according to their needs, questions and initial beliefs and practices, it does not necessarily have the same outcomes for all participating teachers. Keywords: collaborative action research, children’s participation, educational profile, case studies 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 184 Teacher Education on Human Rights Vassilis Pantazis pantazisv@uth.gr Efpraxia Triantafyllou Georgia Pantazi The human rights can be promoted and implemented through education, training and the bodies of socialization. The educations of human rights contribute to the realization of the injustice in the world and distinguish fair from unfair. Therefore, if the state wants prospective citizens to understand, defend and respect human rights, it has to change its educational purpose and method of teaching. Specifically, it should seek the introduction and analysis of human rights at all grades of education. Furthermore, it should properly prepare the educational community, which will play an important role in the realization of human rights. Moreover, the teacher is the one who should actively participate in the struggle for human rights and to develop a more humane and just fullness. But what happens in Greece? Does the Greek educational system provide for the involvement of students in human rights? Has the educational community has received adequate training? The present study tried to give answers to these questions. In particular, we conducted a research with a view to investigating the knowledge and attitudes of Greek teachers for the education of human rights. The empirical part of this study pursued two objectives: Our first objective was to collect data on the implementation of human rights education in Greek schools. The second objective was to analyze the important practices for teaching human rights. Regarding the survey sample, teachers of both primary and secondary education participated (Primary, Secondary, High). Finally, the results showed the weakness of the Greek education system to promote human rights. Indicatively, our research revealed the weaknesses were teachers in effective teaching of human rights and in connection with specific references from the daily life of those involved. These weaknesses largely appear to be due to a lack of compulsory courses on education rights in the Greek education departments and the lack of good information - training of practicing teachers. Keywords: Education, Human Rights, Training 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 185 The Teacher Path to ICT Integration Seen Through the TPACK Lens: The Critical Role of Awareness of the Learning Challenge Vassilis Kollias vkollias@uth.gr Ilias Karasavvidis As a model, TPACK (Koehler & Mishra 2009) represents the different types of knowledge teachers need in order to integrate ICT in their practices and realize their potential. It can therefore establish a shared language for discussing teacher professional development along the line of ICT integration. Krauskopf et al. (Krauskopf et al 2015) have recently addressed how TPCK could be used to map teacher professional development along ICT integration giving emphasis on the processes of teacher learning. In the current study, we used self-reported maps of projected professional development to highlight barriers along this path. Twenty seven graduate students in a graduate program focusing on educational leadership participated in the study. The participants had a bachelor degree leading to a career either as primary or as secondary education teachers. Half of them had extensive teaching experience while the others had no prior teaching experience. In an introductory lesson on the use of ICT in teaching, the students were introduced to the TPACK model. Then they were asked to use the TPACK categories in order to report their own projected professional trajectory towards mastering high quality ICT integration in their classrooms. Data analysis used the written reports produced by the students and focused mainly on a) the teachers’ perceived starting point of professional development, b) the teachers’ perceived knowledge deficiencies and c) their perceived pathways of professional progress. The majority of the participants (19 out of 27), independently from the educational level they taught at and their prior classroom teaching experience reported explicitly Pedagogical Knowledge and Content Knowledge as secure foundations (starting points). The majority (22 out of 27) reported also explicitly Technological Knowledge as their main deficiency and described a learning trajectory which would include acquaintance with software and fitting of the software to prior pedagogical competence. Teachers with no extended teaching experience as yet, highlighted the importance of assessing their ICT efforts, using trial and error, in order to gradually arrive at the optimal use of ICT. The implication is that both novice and experienced teachers in primary and secondary education embark on the ICT integration journey with little awareness that they will have to fundamentally transform their teaching practices to realize the potential of technology. The result is in accordance with recent research on barriers of ICT integration even for highly qualified teachers who misconstrue the transformative challenge of technologies (Karasavvidis & Kollias 2014). Keywords: TPACK, ICT integration, learning Download 5.07 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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