Working collectively to design online teacher education curriculum: How do teacher educators manage to do it?

This paper is part of a three-year inquiry that supports and investigates the work of groups of mathematics teacher educators using technological tools to design and implement multimedia practice-based teacher education curriculum materials. This paper describes the kinds of activities, interactions, and tools used by mathematics teacher educators to engage in such work. Using Engeström’s Activity Theory as a framework, we organize our observations of the groups’ work sessions, noting differences across the groups’ objectives and ways of organizing the division of labor and tools for engaging in the work. Our results suggest the activity of collective curriculum development amongst teacher educators can take on at least three distinct types of interactions. We present these types of interactions as “caricatures” (Lambdin & Preston, 1995), using data from all of the groups to represent composite descriptions.This work was done with the support of NSF grant DRL- 1316241 to D. Chazan and P. Herbst. All opinions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Foundation.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/143006/1/MilewskiGurselHerbstPMENA17.pdf-1Description of MilewskiGurselHerbstPMENA17.pdf : Main Articl

DIRECTING FOCUS AND ENABLING INQUIRY WITH REPRESENTATIONS OF PRACTICE: WRITTEN CASES, STORYBOARDS, AND TEACHER EDUCATION

We discuss affordances and liabilities of using a storyboard to depict a written case of a teacher’s dilemma that involves race, opportunity to learn, and student community. We rely on reflections by the teacher educator who authored the written case and later depicted it as a storyboard to use it with his preservice teachers (PSTs). The analysis involved, first, organizing the signifiers in each of the two representations of practice into what we call concentric spheres of stratification, and secondly, contrasting the various meanings attributed to signifiers by both the author and his PSTs. We suggest that the resources of storyboard allow for more inquiry and alternative narratives than is available from the single modality of text in the written case.Work reported here has been done with the support of NSF grant DRL- 1316241 to D. Chazan and P. Herbst. All opinions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the foundation.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/143005/1/HerbstBoileauClarketalPMENA17.pdfDescription of HerbstBoileauClarketalPMENA17.pdf : Main Articl

Approaching Net-Zero Energy Building Through Utilization of Building-Integrated Photovoltaics for Three Cities in Turkey-Preliminary Calculations

This research addresses the impact of the building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) solutions on the performance of a residential building with the area of 2247 m(2) at different regions of Coastal Anatolia. Three cities are chosen with respect to their solar heat gain as the lowest, highest and average. Hourly performances are calculated using the DOE software of Energyplus and installed peak PV power calculated as 84.2 kW. Our preliminary results showed that the annual heating and cooling energy consumption for the three locations vary between 1.44 kWh/m(2)-9.12 kWh/m(2) and 22.2 kWh/m(2)56.9 kWh/m(2), respectively. The cooling demand is much higher than the heating demand for these coastal locations of Anatolia (as expected). The maximum use of the three cities is 56.9 kWh/m(2) and according to results this load can be easily supplied by an 84.2 kWp PV. As these are preliminary results they can be treated within margins of +/- 20 kW depending on the orientation of the building facades and the type of the solar cells.This research addresses the impact of the building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) solutions on the performance of a residential building with the area of 2247 m(2) at different regions of Coastal Anatolia. Three cities are chosen with respect to their solar heat gain as the lowest, highest and average. Hourly performances are calculated using the DOE software of Energyplus and installed peak PV power calculated as 84.2 kW. Our preliminary results showed that the annual heating and cooling energy consumption for the three locations vary between 1.44 kWh/m(2)-9.12 kWh/m(2) and 22.2 kWh/m(2)56.9 kWh/m(2), respectively. The cooling demand is much higher than the heating demand for these coastal locations of Anatolia (as expected). The maximum use of the three cities is 56.9 kWh/m(2) and according to results this load can be easily supplied by an 84.2 kWp PV. As these are preliminary results they can be treated within margins of +/- 20 kW depending on the orientation of the building facades and the type of the solar cells

Toplum ve Psikoloji İlişkisini Kürt Meselesi Üzerinden Okumak (preprint)

Bayad A, Şen E, Alparslan K, Eser Ü. Toplum ve Psikoloji İlişkisini Kürt Meselesi Üzerinden Okumak (preprint). In: Şah U, Gürel Kayaoğlu A, Gürsel B, Eroğlu D, Sandıkçı E, eds. Eleştirel Psikoloji Yaklaşımlar, Gündemler, Tartışmalar. Araştırma-İnceleme Dizisi. Vol 541. İletişim; 2022: 311-335

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BackgroundAromatase inhibitors have positive impacts on the disease-free life of patients with breast cancer. However, their side effects, especially arthralgia, may be experienced by many patients. This study sought to assess the efficacy of Progressive Relaxation Exercises on the prevalent side effects of Aromatase Inhibitors in patients with breast cancer.Materials and methodsThis clinical trial was conducted with single-blind randomization at a physiotherapy department in a local hospital. Patients who received Aromatase Inhibitor were assigned at random to either the study or control group. The study group (n = 22) performed a Progressive Relaxation Exercises program four days a week for six weeks, while the control group (n = 22) received advice on relaxation for daily life. Data was collected before the intervention and after six weeks. The study’s primary endpoint was the Brief Pain Inventory, which was used to measure pain severity. Secondary endpoints included assessments of quality of life and emotional status, which were measured using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy and Hospital Anxiety and Depression scales, respectively.ResultsThe study group exhibited a significant reduction in Pain Severity (p = 0.001) and Pain Interference (p = 0.012) sub-scores. Reduction in Pain Severity (p0.05).ConclusionThe study demonstrated that Progressive Relaxation Exercises caused a significant reduction in pain scores among Breast Cancer patients receiving Aromatase Inhibitors. While a decrease in pain during the 6-week period is valuable data, it is necessary to monitor the long-term effects of relaxation techniques.</div

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BackgroundAromatase inhibitors have positive impacts on the disease-free life of patients with breast cancer. However, their side effects, especially arthralgia, may be experienced by many patients. This study sought to assess the efficacy of Progressive Relaxation Exercises on the prevalent side effects of Aromatase Inhibitors in patients with breast cancer.Materials and methodsThis clinical trial was conducted with single-blind randomization at a physiotherapy department in a local hospital. Patients who received Aromatase Inhibitor were assigned at random to either the study or control group. The study group (n = 22) performed a Progressive Relaxation Exercises program four days a week for six weeks, while the control group (n = 22) received advice on relaxation for daily life. Data was collected before the intervention and after six weeks. The study’s primary endpoint was the Brief Pain Inventory, which was used to measure pain severity. Secondary endpoints included assessments of quality of life and emotional status, which were measured using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy and Hospital Anxiety and Depression scales, respectively.ResultsThe study group exhibited a significant reduction in Pain Severity (p = 0.001) and Pain Interference (p = 0.012) sub-scores. Reduction in Pain Severity (p0.05).ConclusionThe study demonstrated that Progressive Relaxation Exercises caused a significant reduction in pain scores among Breast Cancer patients receiving Aromatase Inhibitors. While a decrease in pain during the 6-week period is valuable data, it is necessary to monitor the long-term effects of relaxation techniques.</div

Study protocol English.

BackgroundAromatase inhibitors have positive impacts on the disease-free life of patients with breast cancer. However, their side effects, especially arthralgia, may be experienced by many patients. This study sought to assess the efficacy of Progressive Relaxation Exercises on the prevalent side effects of Aromatase Inhibitors in patients with breast cancer.Materials and methodsThis clinical trial was conducted with single-blind randomization at a physiotherapy department in a local hospital. Patients who received Aromatase Inhibitor were assigned at random to either the study or control group. The study group (n = 22) performed a Progressive Relaxation Exercises program four days a week for six weeks, while the control group (n = 22) received advice on relaxation for daily life. Data was collected before the intervention and after six weeks. The study’s primary endpoint was the Brief Pain Inventory, which was used to measure pain severity. Secondary endpoints included assessments of quality of life and emotional status, which were measured using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy and Hospital Anxiety and Depression scales, respectively.ResultsThe study group exhibited a significant reduction in Pain Severity (p = 0.001) and Pain Interference (p = 0.012) sub-scores. Reduction in Pain Severity (p0.05).ConclusionThe study demonstrated that Progressive Relaxation Exercises caused a significant reduction in pain scores among Breast Cancer patients receiving Aromatase Inhibitors. While a decrease in pain during the 6-week period is valuable data, it is necessary to monitor the long-term effects of relaxation techniques.</div

CONSORT 2010 checklist of information to include when reporting a randomised trial*.

CONSORT 2010 checklist of information to include when reporting a randomised trial*.</p

Changes in BPI-PS and BPI-PI scores in groups.

BPI-PS: Brief Pain Inventory-Pain Severity, BPI-PI: Brief Pain Inventory-Pain interference.</p