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Player agency in interactive narrative: audience, actor & author
The question motivating this review paper is, how can
computer-based interactive narrative be used as a constructivist learn-
ing activity? The paper proposes that player agency can be used to
link interactive narrative to learner agency in constructivist theory,
and to classify approaches to interactive narrative. The traditional
question driving research in interactive narrative is, âhow can an in-
teractive narrative deal with a high degree of player agency, while
maintaining a coherent and well-formed narrative?â This question
derives from an Aristotelian approach to interactive narrative that,
as the question shows, is inherently antagonistic to player agency.
Within this approach, player agency must be restricted and manip-
ulated to maintain the narrative. Two alternative approaches based
on Brechtâs Epic Theatre and Boalâs Theatre of the Oppressed are
reviewed. If a Boalian approach to interactive narrative is taken the
conflict between narrative and player agency dissolves. The question
that emerges from this approach is quite different from the traditional
question above, and presents a more useful approach to applying in-
teractive narrative as a constructivist learning activity
Bullying in a networked era: a literature review
This research update presents an aggregation and summary of recent academic literature on youth bullying. The purpose of this document is to âtranslateâ scholarly research for a concerned public audience, which may include but is not limited to parents, caregivers, educators, and practitioners.
This translation highlights recent findings and developments in the literature and makes them accessible to the informed but non-expert reader.
The documentâs two guiding questions are âWhat is bullying?â (Section I) and âWhat can be done about bullying?â (Section II). Section I begins with a brief overview of key definitions and related research conversations and then addresses bullyingâs prevalence, the types of individuals involved in bullying, the characteristics of individuals involved and the consequences of their involvement, and community-level dynamics related to bullying.
Section II covers four areas where action has been taken to address problems associated with bullying â school policy, curricula, school climate, and parents â and ends on a note about approaches that mix or cut across these areas. The purpose is to render lessons learned from research and assessment accessible to those interested in deepening or expanding their knowledge of bullying-related issues
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Reflecting upon the Greek state-school teacherâs changing role in the 21st century: an âecosystemicâ approach
AbstractIn the 21st-century globalized context, education systems world-wide are challenged to respond to increasingly rapid and often unpredictable demands of the globalized society in an interdependent way towards achieving common education goals on a transnational level. In this globalized space, the Greek state-school teacherâs role evolves and changes towards thinking and acting both locally and globally, as an active participant of the global âecosystemâ. The purpose of this article is to reflect upon the Greek state-school teacherâs changing role in the 21st century taking into consideration the global educational context in conjunction with the changing state-school context in Greece as well as the characteristics, challenges and changes of the teacherâs role internationally identified, both conceptual and practical, through an âecosystemicâ approach
Effects of Social-Emotional Education on Pre-Kindergarten Student Academic Achievement
Social-emotional education is an ongoing area of interest to optimize student achievement and ameliorate problem behaviors. This study examines the systematic effects of social-emotional education on preschool studentsâ academic achievement testing. A sample of Pre-Kindergarten students from private, suburban preschools was examined for this study. The results of this study yielded strong positive academic achievement scores in the domains of Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, and Early Math for students exposed to a social-emotional education program compared to a matched sample not exposed to social-emotional education. The results add to the research on social-emotional education by studying a lesser-studied population of students not deemed as at-risk. Preschool programs are encouraged to instill social-emotional education programs
Creating Sanctuary Schools for Students Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
The purpose of this project is to develop a Guidebook for school systems on how to help students diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) feel most safe when they are integrated into and participate in classrooms providing general education. The Sanctuary Model provides a framework that can be applied to school communities to address the unique needs of students diagnosed with autism. As a framework, it can provide these communities with a blueprint of how to encourage participation from students with autism so they too can benefit from learning how to identify not only their feelings but the feelings of others, addressing their unique experiences, explore holistic and effective ways to cope, and build trusting relationships within the classroom
Communication, Affect, & Learning in the Classroom
The purpose of the handbook was to synthesize the first three decades of research in instructional communication into a single volume that could help both researchers and instructors understand the value of communication in the instructional process.Preface1.Teaching As a Communication Process
The Instructional Communication Process
The Teacher
The Content
The Instructional Strategy
The Student
The Feedback/Evaluation
The Learning Environment/Instructional Context
Kiblerâs Model of Instruction
The ADDIE Model of Instructional Design2.Communicating With Instructional Objectives
Why Some Teachers Resent Objectives
The Value of Objectives
What Objectives Should Communicate3.Instructional Communication Strategies
The Teacher As a Speaker
The Teacher As a Moderator
The Teacher As a Trainer
The Teacher As a Manager
The Teacher As a Coordinator & Innovator4.Communication, Affect, and Student Needs
Measuring Student Affect
Basic Academic Needs of Students
Traditional Interpersonal Need Models
Outcomes of Meeting Student Needs5.Learning Styles
What is Learning Style?
Dimensions of Learning Style and Their Assessment
Matching, Bridging, and Style-Flexing6.Classroom Anxieties and Fears
Communication Apprehension
Receiver Apprehension
Writing Apprehension
Fear of Teacher
Evaluation Apprehension
Classroom Anxiety
Probable Causes of Classroom Anxiety
Communication Strategies for Reducing Classroom Anxiety7.Communication And Student Self-Concept
Student Self-Concept: Some Definitions
Characteristics of the Self
Development of Student Self-Concept
Dimensions of Student Self-Concept
Self-Concept and Academic Achievement
Effects of Self-Concept on Achievement
Poker Chip Theory of Learning
Communication Strategies for Nurturing and Building Realistic Student Self-Concept8.Instructional Assessment:Feedback,Grading, and Affect
Defining the Assessment Process
Evaluative Feedback
Descriptive Feedback
Assessment and Affect
Competition and Cooperation in Learning Environments9.Traditional and Mastery Learning Systems
Traditional Education Systems
Mastery Learning
Modified Mastery Learning10.Student Misbehavior and Classroom Management
Why Students Misbehave
Categories of Student Behaviors
Studentsâ Effects on Affect in the Classroom
Communication, Affect, and Classroom Management
Communication Techniques for Increasing or Decreasing Student Behavior11.Teacher Misbehaviors and Communication
Why Teachers Misbehave
Common Teacher Misbehaviors
Implications for the Educational Systems12.Teacher Self-Concept and Communication
Dimensions of Teacher Self-Concept
Development of Teacher Self-Concept
Strategies for Increasing Teacher Self-Concept13.Increasing Classroom Affect Through
Teacher Communication Style
Communicator Style Concept
Types of Communicator Styles
Teacher Communication Style
Teacher Communicator Behaviors That Build Affect14.Teacher Temperament in the Classroom
Four Personality Types
Popular Sanguine
Perfect Melancholy
Powerful Choleric
Peaceful Phlegmatic
Personality Blends15.Teacher Communication: Performance and Burnout Teaching: A Multifaceted Job
Roles of an Instructional Manager
Teacher Burnout
Symptoms of Teacher Burnout
Causes of Teacher Burnout
Methods for Avoiding Burnout
Mentoring to Prevent BurnoutAppendix A To Mrs. Russell:
Without You This Never Would Have HappenedGlossaryInde
Relations with the educational community and transformative beliefs against gender-based violence as preventive factors of sexual violence in Secondary Education
Nowadays sexual violence among adolescents continues to be detected in schools. In this sense, several studies show the great importance of the interactions of boys and girls with people in their educational environment to configure their emotional and sexual identity, their beliefs about violence, and their relationship with sexual violence, being necessary to identify the actions that prevent sexual violence at schools. In the current article, and according to the literature review, a model based on structural equations is proposed to analyze the influence of studentsâ relationships with one another, with the educational community (at the center, with faculty, staff, other workers), and familiesâ relationships with the center as well as adolescentsâ own beliefs related to gender violence on being a victim, bystander, or aggressor of behaviors related to sexual violence in a sample of 4,273 Spanish students in secondary education. This model is replicated for only women (n = 2,022) and only men (n = 2,038). The results show that positive relationships are a protective factor against involvement in situations of sexual aggression, and they influence the acquisition of transformative beliefs regarding models of attraction and nonviolence. In turn, these beliefs even more obviously affect the prevention of this type of violence
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