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Teacher evaluations of open educational resources designed to support dialogic cultural literacy learning in schools Cover

Teacher evaluations of open educational resources designed to support dialogic cultural literacy learning in schools

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|Aug 2023

Figures & Tables

Reliability scores for evaluation scales for DIALLS OER

MaterialCronbach’s alpha
PD (for three materials packages)0.87 – 0.88
Lesson Prompts0.86
SPCLL0.94

Coding scheme and examples of coding categories

CodeExample
Application‘I have found the lesson prompts easy to use’.‘It is very helpful to use them [the lesson prompt cards] and they are easy to understand and apply’.
Content‘I found the PD material relevant and helpful across all the main areas covered. […]. The PD material was succinct and an appropriate length from my perspective. An excellent all-around introduction to this superb project’.
Design‘The lesson prompt was easy to follow’.‘I think the materials are well structured’.
Value‘The teaching materials are very appealing to my students and are therefore an asset for classroom work’.
Adaptability‘I could then take them on and develop my lessons to cater for the needs of my own cohort and think about how I might want to expand the learning beyond discussion anticipated by the prompts’.
Reflection‘The Pedagogical Materials […] lead us to reflect on our daily practice of listening to others, regardless of their opinion and age, and may even lead me to change my way of working as I internalize their guidelines’.‘I found the initiative very rewarding, as it […] at the same time, leads us to reflect on the pedagogical practices applied until now’.
Other‘I think the study is not good for preschoolers but more appropriate for older ages’.
Off-Topic (Units unrelated to the evaluation of the OER and DIALLS)‘Unfortunately, hardly anything was possible because of the corona restrictions’.

Items for quantitative evaluation of the lesson plans

Evaluation aspectItem
Application 1I need additional support to be able to use the lesson prompts.
Application 2I can successfully apply what I’ve learned from the lesson prompts in the classroom (e.g., stimulate dialogue among students by asking questions).
Application 3I feel comfortable conducting a DIALLS lesson based on the lesson prompts.
Content 1The ideas on how to plan a DIALLS lesson mentioned in the lesson prompts are appropriate (e.g., the suggestions for dialogue are helpful for discussing the cultural issues from the films).
Content 2From looking at the lesson prompts, it is difficult for me to see which cultural themes are covered in the DIALLS lesson.
Content 3The lesson prompts make clear the goals of each respective DIALLS lesson.
Design 1The structure of the lesson prompts is confusing me.
Design 2The lesson prompts look appealing.
Design 3The design of the lesson prompts inspires me to engage in planning my DIALLS lessons.
Value 1The lesson prompts are valuable for my students (e.g., through the suggestions for discussion they have learned to engage in an interactive dialogue on cultural topics).
Value 2The lesson prompts are valuable for me from a professional perspective (e.g., I have a good foundation I can flexibly build on when planning my lessons).
Value 3I want to apply my experiences working with the lesson prompts to my future teaching.
Qualitative FeedbackFinally, is there anything else about the lesson prompts that you want to tell us? You can provide written feedback on how you experienced the lesson prompts in the text box below.

Absolute and relative frequencies of coding categories

Coding categoryAbsolute frequenciesCumulative absolute frequenciesRelative frequenciesCumulative relative frequencies
Application54540.220.21
Content26800.100.31
Design481280.180.49
Value411690.160.65
Adaptability261950.100.75
Reflection222170.080.83
Other192360.070.90
Off-Topic252610.101.00

Descriptive statistics for DIALLS OER

Material and subscalenMinMaxMSD
PD Total—Application 2.115.003.960.06
PD Total—Content 2.115.004.020.04
PD Total—Design 2.005.004.200.06
PD Total—Value 1.225.004.110.04
PD—Total1212.475.004.070.50
Lesson Prompts     
Application 1.335.004.250.71
Content 2.335.004.400.56
Design 2.335.004.280.60
Value 1.675.004.300.74
Lesson Prompts—Total772.835.004.310.53
SPCLL     
Application 1.675.003.940.70
Content—Cultural Learning Tool 1.005.004.090.70
Content—Dialogue Progression Tool 1.005.004.040.74
Design 2.005.003.860.66
Value 2.335.004.010.65
SPCLL—total651.805.003.990.60
Language: English
Page range: 136 - 147
Published on: Aug 5, 2023
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 times per year

© 2023 Maria Zimmermann, Elisabeth Mayweg-Paus, Theresa Ruwe, Fiona Maine, published by Sciendo
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