There are multiple ways that assessment is positioned within education: as a method for accountability, strategy to attract funding and an approach support learning. Different practices portray students in different can serve include or exclude them their learning assessment. Students often categorised differentiated through assessment, at times, access resources. This paper explores model where self-assessment, component of variety practices, foster students' involvement inclusion choices...

Teachers committed to inclusive education have the potential revolutionise pedagogical and assessment practices within regular classrooms simply because students with high needs challenge traditional assumptions about what it means 'to learn' assess'. This creates opportunities for teachers find creative ways ascertain how a child learns, these results can be communicated child, parents, school funding bodies enable further learning. paper explores diverse including criterion-based,...

Analysis of the impact professional learning and development (PLD) programmes for educators is complex. This article presents an analysis a PLD initiative in which classroom teachers learned to use narrative assessment students with ‘high’ ‘very high’ needs. Using Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), showed how various tensions arose across activity system participants during initiative. Tensions were associated roles those involved, approach, rules While new approach resulted...

Abstract This paper examines the assessment practices of teachers working with students special educational needs in New Zealand primary and secondary regular schools. A national survey was used to identify current by designated, through a resourcing policy, as having high very needs. Specifically, sought determine type used, reasons for using different approaches, role person carrying out levels confidence assessing relation learning. The use learning stories form narrative further explored...

Doctoral studies are often described as solitary and challenging endeavors, dependent on candidates’ highly developed skills, self-driven nature, commitment to engage in years of research activity. A range university initiatives specially crafted support higher degree students, for example, through digital physical resources, workshops, group gatherings, others. Our project examines what constitutes significant places learning experiences inclusion amongst doctoral ways capturing sharing...

The Finding That Bilinguals Sometimes Respond Differently To Same Item In Different Language Versions Of Questionnaires Is Usually Interpreted Terms Social Psychological Processes Such As Accommodation, Ethnic Affirmation, Or Desirability. However, Discrepant Responses May Be A Function Way Which Languages Have Been Acquired. Dual-Coding Model, Compound Should Images Related Interlingual Equivalents, Whereas Coordinate More Like Unilinguals, Since Their Two Conceptual Systems, Acquired...

This conceptual article re-examines the contribution of a contextual perspective to practice educational psychology. The two dimensions environment and learner are placed along continuum active passive. A range theory is then situated within this matrix. explains illustrates how matrix encompasses different views on learner's developmental relationship with each leads specific types interventions. model applied special education, school curricula policy making. It argued that can facilitate...

Educational psychologists' work routinely involves facilitation of teams in which participants hold diverse points view. In this article, the authors discuss diversity team and its place development shared goals. They describe, as an example educational interaction, structure functioning communities practice. Particular attention is paid to tension between commonality team-member knowledge determining course professional The consider a particular aspect regularly encountered by...

Professional learning and development (PD) programmes play an important role in improving professionals' ability to teach provide for the children young people they work with. This article reviews literature relating components considered successful general autism spectrum disorder (ASD)-focused PD. It then describes methodology findings from evaluation of 'tips autism' – a New Zealand PD programme developed teams who or live with five-year-old 12-year-old ASD. The involved examination seven...

Feuerstein's theory of Structural Cognitive Modifiability, its construct Mediated Learning Experience, and vehicle thinking skills development, Instrumental Enrichment (IE), have been widely discussed researched. This study assessed the effectiveness IE for primary school pupils, combined with concurrent provision to their teachers training in Experience curriculum packages embodying concepts. The programme groups African, 'Coloured', white English-speaking Afrikaans-speaking fifth grade...

The use of ontologies has become increasingly widespread in many areas, particularly technology enhanced learning. They appear promising supporting knowledge representation and learning content creation for domains interest. In this paper, we show how ontology-based scaffolding helped

Appears in: INTED2024 Proceedings Publication year: 2024Page: 6407 (abstract only)ISBN: 978-84-09-59215-9ISSN: 2340-1079doi: 10.21125/inted.2024.1679Conference name: 18th International Technology, Education and Development ConferenceDates: 4-6 March, 2024Location: Valencia, Spain

Ontologies have emerged as one of the most popular and widely accepted tools in technology enhanced learning supporting, among other things, knowledge representation content creation. In this paper, we describe development evaluation an ontology supported mobile application that supports abductive enquiry based learning. This has been developed for a science domain tested with high school students.

This chapter outlines the individualised and interconnected approach to teacher education, which enables Resource Teachers advocate in their professional work for equity a world that is becoming more diverse complex. The Teacher programme two-year part-time postgraduate qualification consists of several specialist endorsement areas. Experienced teachers can either complete course as fee-paying students or apply scholarship offered by Ministry Education. also co-construct meaning with other...