Papers by Keith Postlethwaite
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Designing and Teaching the Secondary Science Methods Course, 2017
Research Papers in Education, 2018
This paper explores how Chinese academics, working in the field of English as Foreign Language Ed... more This paper explores how Chinese academics, working in the field of English as Foreign Language Education in universities in China, conceptualise research quality. The paper uses a phenomenological approach and four qualitative methods (survey, interview, focus groups and document analysis) to investigate what a sample of these scholars perceive as high-quality research. We found that the participants viewed quality through various lenses and identified several different criteria. We categorised their elaboration of the criteria under three headings: methodology, contextualisation and impact. The participants nominated many general criteria that were similar to western standards of research quality, especially in relation to methodology; however, some contextual criteria were specific to the Chinese context. The paper indicates that there is much in the university research community that could be altered to enable people who are directly involved in research to disseminate their criteria for research quality, and potentially to affect and develop the quality of educational research in the Chinese context, and/or elsewhere.
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright O 1988 Keith... more Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright O 1988 Keith Post lethwaite and Ann Hackney The Open Access version of this book, available at www.tandfebooks.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Research in Science Education, 2016
Investigating and promoting trainee science teachers' conceptual change of the nature of science ... more Investigating and promoting trainee science teachers' conceptual change of the nature of science with digital dialogue games "InterLoc"
Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2013
International Journal of Science Education, 2004
In an investigation of the learning of science content knowledge in a postgraduate preservice edu... more In an investigation of the learning of science content knowledge in a postgraduate preservice education course, it was found that the ‘failure of further learning’ effect can be overcome, at least in part, in well‐designed courses. Nevertheless the persistence of certain misconceptions among some students did indicate the partial salience of the effect in Postgraduate Certificate in Education science courses. Although the students' confidence in their knowledge of various topics, as indicated in self‐audits, was positively related to their actual knowledge as displayed in their test answers, the relationship between confidence and knowledge was not strong, particularly for the biology topics.
International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 2005
ABSTRACT One of the most significant features of society in the 21st century is the tendency for ... more ABSTRACT One of the most significant features of society in the 21st century is the tendency for people in the later stages of their lives to want to play a more participative role. Seeking to be creative, offering community leadership, taking a second career are just some examples of what is becoming commonplace. However, one of the biggest problems we face is that those who are less visible in the community, such as older and retired people, or people living in isolated rural areas, usually have fewer opportunities to meet people and thus can easily find themselves disengaged from society. This can frustrate their desires to participate in society. Many may then become depressed and lonely, lacking the motivation to become re-engaged with their neighbourhood. They then gradually lose their identity as valuable and valued members of society, and often their health begins to suffer as well, producing personal distress and imposing additional demands on health care. This position paper proposes a qualitative study of an intervention aimed at improving the lives of older people in terms of issues raised by the literature, and describes appropriate methodology and methods for answering these questions, which we see as essentially educational questions within the framework of lifelong learning.
Education and Information Technologies, 2007
... THEORY AREAS OF THE COLLABORATION ACCORDING WITH THESE THEORETICALFACTORS INDICATED BY ... to... more ... THEORY AREAS OF THE COLLABORATION ACCORDING WITH THESE THEORETICALFACTORS INDICATED BY ... to disseminate at conferences.(detailed in needs above) QUOTE: "I have been asked ... belonged to the project collaborative group and became part of external ...
International Journal of …, 2004
In an investigation of the learning of science content knowledge in a postgraduate preservice edu... more In an investigation of the learning of science content knowledge in a postgraduate preservice education course, it was found that the 'failure of further learning' effect can be overcome, at least in part, in well-designed courses. Nevertheless the persistence of certain misconceptions ...
Science and technology are often presented and taught as two separate essences. When this is done... more Science and technology are often presented and taught as two separate essences. When this is done, students as well as teachers are forced to attempt to develoo the appropriate linkages. This book is one of a series designed to help teachers develop their science and technological education in ways that are both satisfying to themselves and stimulating to their students. Chapter 1, "Introductions," includes an overview of the concerns of those in the field and a layout of the book. Chapter 2, "Different pupils, different responses," discusses some of the differences that exist among students. These differences are listed as educational, psychological, physical, social, and cultural. Chapter 3, "Responding to pupil differences: some possible teaching tactics," is concerned with the teaching tactics that can be used to respond to the individual characteristics of pupils so that each can be helped to learn sci^nce effectively. Chapter 4, "Responding to pupil differences: some possible classroom strategies," discusses two different approaches: mastery and flexible learning. The final chapter, "Putting the ideas to use," links theory and practice so that readers will be better able to make use of the book in relation to their own teaching. (ZWH)
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Medical Education, Nov 1, 2003
Objective This paper outlines the considerations to be made when establishing a clinical skills l... more Objective This paper outlines the considerations to be made when establishing a clinical skills learning facility.
Oxford Review of Education, 1996
Oxford Review of Education, 2003
Educational Review, 2007
... DOI: 10.1080/00131910701619365 Keith Postlethwaite a * pages 483-499. ... These tools have be... more ... DOI: 10.1080/00131910701619365 Keith Postlethwaite a * pages 483-499. ... These tools have been described in detail elsewhere (Hodkinson et al., 200515. Hodkinson, P., Biesta, G., Gleeson, D., James, D. and Postlethwaite, K. 2005. ...
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