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Papers by Toader Palasan

Research paper thumbnail of Disputes of Teachers and Students about the Transmission and Reception of the Message in Teaching Communication

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, May 1, 2015

This study aimed to analyze teachers' and students' opinions on didactic communication, for optim... more This study aimed to analyze teachers' and students' opinions on didactic communication, for optimizing this process. The investigation question was: are there any disputes between teachers and students about the message transmission/reception in didactic communication? The answer is yes, there is a dispute about the communication process in formal school: teachers see the factors influencing communication as related to students' preparation and students, to the teacher's personality; the dominant language is verbal for teachers and nonverbal for students, etc. Didactic communication can be optimized if the disputes of the stakeholders in education will be brought to a common denominator.

Research paper thumbnail of Teachers’ Perception About Using Digital Tools in Educational Process

EDULEARN15 Proceedings, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Increased Professionalization, Priority of Teacher Training

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, May 1, 2015

We are concerned about the signals received from school inspectors, principals, mentors and paren... more We are concerned about the signals received from school inspectors, principals, mentors and parents related to the difficulties of integration of nearly 35% of the teachers in preschool and primary school who are at the beginning of their professional activity. We initiated a consultation with those mentioned above, but also with experts in the educational sciences from the educational system of Brasov county. Our hypotheses concerning this situation were: the criteria for selection of candidates for teacher training programs for preschool and primary school teachers; the consistency and management of teaching practice; the impact of certain projects on the skill set of beginning teacher.

Research paper thumbnail of Being a Teacher in the Inclusive School

Journal Plus Education, Sep 3, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Two Referential Sides of Institutional Pedagogy – Social Pedagogy and Special Pedagogy

Journal Plus Education, 2015

In the last ten years, all those who had education as their object of work (theoreticians and pra... more In the last ten years, all those who had education as their object of work (theoreticians and practitioners) have been concerned, consciously or unconsciously, with overcoming the magistro-centrism both by promoting a new vision that gives priority to interrelations between students as a new educational environment, nondirective group, experiential learning, self-management, etc. and by building institutional channels specific to pedagogy (the offer-demand channel, the communication channel, the decision and coordination channel, the cooperation and working channel). All these are characteristics of institutional pedagogy that holds forms specific to the transition period that Romanian pedagogy is crossing nowadays. To bring the decision closer to where it should have an effect, the students‟ cooperation in the group, group education, capitalization of local potential are ways in which the social and special dimensions are joined in the educational action. Our work proposes a readin...

Research paper thumbnail of Traces and Signs of Identity and Continuity in the Papers for Obtaining the 1 Teaching Degree. Highlights from a "Geography of Education" in the South – East of Transylvania

Highlighting the potential of the social, educational, cultural, economic and physical media on r... more Highlighting the potential of the social, educational, cultural, economic and physical media on rural communities seemed a gesture of great responsibility to entrust this potential to teachers, particularly primary school teachers in some geographical areas from Braşov, Covasna and Buzau counties. The investigations conducted in the field belong mostly to an inductive qualitative-interpretative paradigm and the results show the mentality and lifestyle which locals have in this area, within the social and community context and which actually define the traditional rural culture in the Romanian villages from the mentioned areas. All these elements were amplified by writing and implementing school-decision optional courses which we can generically call spatial and temporal landmarks of a „Geography education” of the rural South – East of Transylvania.

Research paper thumbnail of Disputes of Teachers and Students about the Transmission and Reception of the Message in Teaching Communication

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015

This study aimed to analyze teachers' and students' opinions on didactic communication, for optim... more This study aimed to analyze teachers' and students' opinions on didactic communication, for optimizing this process. The investigation question was: are there any disputes between teachers and students about the message transmission/reception in didactic communication? The answer is yes, there is a dispute about the communication process in formal school: teachers see the factors influencing communication as related to students' preparation and students, to the teacher's personality; the dominant language is verbal for teachers and nonverbal for students, etc. Didactic communication can be optimized if the disputes of the stakeholders in education will be brought to a common denominator.

Research paper thumbnail of Training the Trainers of the Human Factor for Sustainable Development

The training of the human factor for sustainable development is a goal of nowadays society. Every... more The training of the human factor for sustainable development is a goal of nowadays society. Everyone should be aware of sustainable development, which generates the need for education of the human factor from the perspective of changing mentalities in order to build a community able to use its resources rationally and efficiently. Knowing that the insertion of sustainable development on the human capital level is optimally achieved by starting with the training of trainers, our investigation aims to study the opportunities for social promotion of the concept of sustainability through initial and continuous training programmes. The study design is correlational, with the hypothesis: the degree of operating in theory with the term of sustainable development is influenced by the attitude of the human factor towards the strategies underlying economic progress. We used a questionnaire with 24 items (four items for factual data, ten – for the level of operating with the term of sustainabi...

Research paper thumbnail of Local and Global with “A Different School”

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013

The article is focused on the impact of "A different school" national programme which is meant to... more The article is focused on the impact of "A different school" national programme which is meant to rebuild the representations of school's actors about education from a constructivist perspective. It is a great occasion for promoting the diversity, the multiple perspectives and the affirmation of "local" in the context of globalization. "A different school" programme invites us (teachers and students) to exercise self-knowledge and deep knowledge of the other, an exercise in comparison and admiration, acceptance and tolerance.

Research paper thumbnail of Teachers’ Professional Identity in the 21st Century Romania

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014

The article is focused on the teachers' professional identity in the 21 st century Romania. The t... more The article is focused on the teachers' professional identity in the 21 st century Romania. The teaching profession is facing new kinds of responsibilities, roles and competences in the 21st century. Therefore, the teacher training and teacher education should match the new social demands and students' needs alike. The theoretical premises of this research are to be found in the studies and theories on the relationship between teachers' professional identity and teachers' competences of D.

Research paper thumbnail of Increased Professionalization, Priority of Teacher Training

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015

We are concerned about the signals received from school inspectors, principals, mentors and paren... more We are concerned about the signals received from school inspectors, principals, mentors and parents related to the difficulties of integration of nearly 35% of the teachers in preschool and primary school who are at the beginning of their professional activity. We initiated a consultation with those mentioned above, but also with experts in the educational sciences from the educational system of Brasov county. Our hypotheses concerning this situation were: the criteria for selection of candidates for teacher training programs for preschool and primary school teachers; the consistency and management of teaching practice; the impact of certain projects on the skill set of beginning teacher.

Research paper thumbnail of Computer Anxiety and Computer Self-Efficacy for the High School Student

eLearning and Software for Education

A favorable attitude towards computer use in learning and in everyday life is a condition of obta... more A favorable attitude towards computer use in learning and in everyday life is a condition of obtaining high performance in learning and later in the workplace. The aim of the current study is to analyze the levels of computer anxiety and self-efficacy for the high school students. Two questionnaires, Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (Heinssen, Glass, & Knight, 1987) and Computer Self-efficacy Scale (Compeau & Higgins, 1995) were administered in a paper-pencil format. The participants in this research were the high school students, boys and girls, who attend two urban schools, from the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade. Data were analyzed using several criteria: age, gender, and experience in using computer and academic results. We expect higher levels of anxiety for girls, but lower levels of computer use self-efficacy. Students who used extensively computer in learning will have lower levels of anxiety than students, who have lees experience in using computer. Students who learned alone ...

Research paper thumbnail of “A Different School” the National Program – An Impact Study in Euro Region Centre Development (Romania)

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013

The article is focused on the impact of national program "A different School". This Romanian nati... more The article is focused on the impact of national program "A different School". This Romanian national project is a challenge for all educational actors (students and teachers, parents and local community representatives, policy makers) for cultivation of positive attitudes towards change and for develops social skills in contexts real life. This program is a good reason to make change in relationship between school and community, between formal and nonformal education.

Research paper thumbnail of Disputes of Teachers and Students about the Transmission and Reception of the Message in Teaching Communication

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, May 1, 2015

This study aimed to analyze teachers' and students' opinions on didactic communication, for optim... more This study aimed to analyze teachers' and students' opinions on didactic communication, for optimizing this process. The investigation question was: are there any disputes between teachers and students about the message transmission/reception in didactic communication? The answer is yes, there is a dispute about the communication process in formal school: teachers see the factors influencing communication as related to students' preparation and students, to the teacher's personality; the dominant language is verbal for teachers and nonverbal for students, etc. Didactic communication can be optimized if the disputes of the stakeholders in education will be brought to a common denominator.

Research paper thumbnail of Teachers’ Perception About Using Digital Tools in Educational Process

EDULEARN15 Proceedings, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Increased Professionalization, Priority of Teacher Training

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, May 1, 2015

We are concerned about the signals received from school inspectors, principals, mentors and paren... more We are concerned about the signals received from school inspectors, principals, mentors and parents related to the difficulties of integration of nearly 35% of the teachers in preschool and primary school who are at the beginning of their professional activity. We initiated a consultation with those mentioned above, but also with experts in the educational sciences from the educational system of Brasov county. Our hypotheses concerning this situation were: the criteria for selection of candidates for teacher training programs for preschool and primary school teachers; the consistency and management of teaching practice; the impact of certain projects on the skill set of beginning teacher.

Research paper thumbnail of Being a Teacher in the Inclusive School

Journal Plus Education, Sep 3, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Two Referential Sides of Institutional Pedagogy – Social Pedagogy and Special Pedagogy

Journal Plus Education, 2015

In the last ten years, all those who had education as their object of work (theoreticians and pra... more In the last ten years, all those who had education as their object of work (theoreticians and practitioners) have been concerned, consciously or unconsciously, with overcoming the magistro-centrism both by promoting a new vision that gives priority to interrelations between students as a new educational environment, nondirective group, experiential learning, self-management, etc. and by building institutional channels specific to pedagogy (the offer-demand channel, the communication channel, the decision and coordination channel, the cooperation and working channel). All these are characteristics of institutional pedagogy that holds forms specific to the transition period that Romanian pedagogy is crossing nowadays. To bring the decision closer to where it should have an effect, the students‟ cooperation in the group, group education, capitalization of local potential are ways in which the social and special dimensions are joined in the educational action. Our work proposes a readin...

Research paper thumbnail of Traces and Signs of Identity and Continuity in the Papers for Obtaining the 1 Teaching Degree. Highlights from a "Geography of Education" in the South – East of Transylvania

Highlighting the potential of the social, educational, cultural, economic and physical media on r... more Highlighting the potential of the social, educational, cultural, economic and physical media on rural communities seemed a gesture of great responsibility to entrust this potential to teachers, particularly primary school teachers in some geographical areas from Braşov, Covasna and Buzau counties. The investigations conducted in the field belong mostly to an inductive qualitative-interpretative paradigm and the results show the mentality and lifestyle which locals have in this area, within the social and community context and which actually define the traditional rural culture in the Romanian villages from the mentioned areas. All these elements were amplified by writing and implementing school-decision optional courses which we can generically call spatial and temporal landmarks of a „Geography education” of the rural South – East of Transylvania.

Research paper thumbnail of Disputes of Teachers and Students about the Transmission and Reception of the Message in Teaching Communication

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015

This study aimed to analyze teachers' and students' opinions on didactic communication, for optim... more This study aimed to analyze teachers' and students' opinions on didactic communication, for optimizing this process. The investigation question was: are there any disputes between teachers and students about the message transmission/reception in didactic communication? The answer is yes, there is a dispute about the communication process in formal school: teachers see the factors influencing communication as related to students' preparation and students, to the teacher's personality; the dominant language is verbal for teachers and nonverbal for students, etc. Didactic communication can be optimized if the disputes of the stakeholders in education will be brought to a common denominator.

Research paper thumbnail of Training the Trainers of the Human Factor for Sustainable Development

The training of the human factor for sustainable development is a goal of nowadays society. Every... more The training of the human factor for sustainable development is a goal of nowadays society. Everyone should be aware of sustainable development, which generates the need for education of the human factor from the perspective of changing mentalities in order to build a community able to use its resources rationally and efficiently. Knowing that the insertion of sustainable development on the human capital level is optimally achieved by starting with the training of trainers, our investigation aims to study the opportunities for social promotion of the concept of sustainability through initial and continuous training programmes. The study design is correlational, with the hypothesis: the degree of operating in theory with the term of sustainable development is influenced by the attitude of the human factor towards the strategies underlying economic progress. We used a questionnaire with 24 items (four items for factual data, ten – for the level of operating with the term of sustainabi...

Research paper thumbnail of Local and Global with “A Different School”

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013

The article is focused on the impact of "A different school" national programme which is meant to... more The article is focused on the impact of "A different school" national programme which is meant to rebuild the representations of school's actors about education from a constructivist perspective. It is a great occasion for promoting the diversity, the multiple perspectives and the affirmation of "local" in the context of globalization. "A different school" programme invites us (teachers and students) to exercise self-knowledge and deep knowledge of the other, an exercise in comparison and admiration, acceptance and tolerance.

Research paper thumbnail of Teachers’ Professional Identity in the 21st Century Romania

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014

The article is focused on the teachers' professional identity in the 21 st century Romania. The t... more The article is focused on the teachers' professional identity in the 21 st century Romania. The teaching profession is facing new kinds of responsibilities, roles and competences in the 21st century. Therefore, the teacher training and teacher education should match the new social demands and students' needs alike. The theoretical premises of this research are to be found in the studies and theories on the relationship between teachers' professional identity and teachers' competences of D.

Research paper thumbnail of Increased Professionalization, Priority of Teacher Training

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015

We are concerned about the signals received from school inspectors, principals, mentors and paren... more We are concerned about the signals received from school inspectors, principals, mentors and parents related to the difficulties of integration of nearly 35% of the teachers in preschool and primary school who are at the beginning of their professional activity. We initiated a consultation with those mentioned above, but also with experts in the educational sciences from the educational system of Brasov county. Our hypotheses concerning this situation were: the criteria for selection of candidates for teacher training programs for preschool and primary school teachers; the consistency and management of teaching practice; the impact of certain projects on the skill set of beginning teacher.

Research paper thumbnail of Computer Anxiety and Computer Self-Efficacy for the High School Student

eLearning and Software for Education

A favorable attitude towards computer use in learning and in everyday life is a condition of obta... more A favorable attitude towards computer use in learning and in everyday life is a condition of obtaining high performance in learning and later in the workplace. The aim of the current study is to analyze the levels of computer anxiety and self-efficacy for the high school students. Two questionnaires, Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (Heinssen, Glass, & Knight, 1987) and Computer Self-efficacy Scale (Compeau & Higgins, 1995) were administered in a paper-pencil format. The participants in this research were the high school students, boys and girls, who attend two urban schools, from the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade. Data were analyzed using several criteria: age, gender, and experience in using computer and academic results. We expect higher levels of anxiety for girls, but lower levels of computer use self-efficacy. Students who used extensively computer in learning will have lower levels of anxiety than students, who have lees experience in using computer. Students who learned alone ...

Research paper thumbnail of “A Different School” the National Program – An Impact Study in Euro Region Centre Development (Romania)

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013

The article is focused on the impact of national program "A different School". This Romanian nati... more The article is focused on the impact of national program "A different School". This Romanian national project is a challenge for all educational actors (students and teachers, parents and local community representatives, policy makers) for cultivation of positive attitudes towards change and for develops social skills in contexts real life. This program is a good reason to make change in relationship between school and community, between formal and nonformal education.