Margaret Haughey
Biographic Data
| ID | 5167548 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Haughey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | Haughey |
| SIGNATURE | HAUGHEY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The pedagogical and multimedia designs of learning objects for schools
While much has been written about learning objects, the focus of discussion has been on standards, theoretical principles or post-secondary applications. Little has been published about the issues of the K-12 sector. From the literature, interactivity and scaffolding are the two pedagogical aspects considered crucial to learning object design. In multimedia design, writers have focused on engagement, persistence and success in simulation, gaming,…
Teachers' Instructional Practices in Small Classes
Smaller classes have several immediate contextual benefits for teachers, but do they result in changes to instructional practices? Results from a study of 17 small grade 1 classes indicate that teachers used these contextual benefits to support a variety of grouping practices; individualization; active learning; integration of reading, writing, and speaking; and students' personal skill development in a creative and integrated curriculum. Some us…
Elementary Teachers' Commitment Declines
This qualitative study examines the organizational, social, and personal factors that may influence elementary teachers' declining commitments. Our findings suggest that when the teachers under study felt unsuccessful, that is, when they experienced low feelings of efficacy and low feelings of community, teachers' commitments' shifted or declined. However, the impact of negative teaching experiences on commitments is far from uniform. Rather the …
Technical expertise and teacher growth
Analysis of the findings from this provincial study point to the difficulties raised by the use of double objectives ‐‐ inspection of teaching and improvement of student learning ‐‐ in teacher evaluation policies. The policy assumes that one is directly connected to the other and that the conditions under which one is conducted are also conducive to the realization of the second objective. In practice, these proved to be horns of a dilemma. We ha…
Elementary Teachers' Commitment Declines
This qualitative study examines the organizational, social, and personal factors that may influence elementary teachers' declining commitments. Our findings suggest that when the teachers under study felt unsuccessful, that is, when they experienced low feelings of efficacy and low feelings of community, teachers' commitments' shifted or declined. However, the impact of negative teaching experiences on commitments is far from uniform. Rather the …
Technical expertise and teacher growth
Analysis of the findings from this provincial study point to the difficulties raised by the use of double objectives ‐‐ inspection of teaching and improvement of student learning ‐‐ in teacher evaluation policies. The policy assumes that one is directly connected to the other and that the conditions under which one is conducted are also conducive to the realization of the second objective. In practice, these proved to be horns of a dilemma. We ha…
Elementary Teachers' Commitment Declines
This qualitative study examines the organizational, social, and personal factors that may influence elementary teachers' declining commitments. Our findings suggest that when the teachers under study felt unsuccessful, that is, when they experienced low feelings of efficacy and low feelings of community, teachers' commitments' shifted or declined. However, the impact of negative teaching experiences on commitments is far from uniform. Rather the …
Teachers' Instructional Practices in Small Classes
Smaller classes have several immediate contextual benefits for teachers, but do they result in changes to instructional practices? Results from a study of 17 small grade 1 classes indicate that teachers used these contextual benefits to support a variety of grouping practices; individualization; active learning; integration of reading, writing, and speaking; and students' personal skill development in a creative and integrated curriculum. Some us…
The pedagogical and multimedia designs of learning objects for schools
While much has been written about learning objects, the focus of discussion has been on standards, theoretical principles or post-secondary applications. Little has been published about the issues of the K-12 sector. From the literature, interactivity and scaffolding are the two pedagogical aspects considered crucial to learning object design. In multimedia design, writers have focused on engagement, persistence and success in simulation, gaming,…
Psychology (4 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Instructional design (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion (1 works) · Curriculum (1 works)