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Whole class interaction in the adult L2-classroom : The case of Swedish for immigrants
2019
This article focuses on verbal interaction in whole class teaching in second language education for adults in Sweden. The article draws on theories treating language as multiple resources that are situated and embedded in material life, and including complex and diverse linguistic, semiotic, physical material and social resources. The material for the article was created in a project based in linguistic ethnography in the form of an action research project, including two municipal Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) schools. The interaction patterns that occurred challenged students’ language proficiency in ways that stimulated meaning negotiation through what we call extended interactions. This s…
Longitudinal Associations of First-grade Teaching with Reading in Early Primary School
2019
The present study examined the longitudinal associations between first-grade teaching practices and children's reading skills development from Grade 1 to Grade 3. Using the Early Childhood Classroom Observation Measure (ECCOM), the teaching practices of 32 Finnish teachers were observed in Grade 1. Students' (N = 359) word recognition and sentence reading skills were assessed yearly from Grade 1 to Grade 3. The person-oriented analysis identified three profiles of teaching practices in Grade 1: child-centred teaching style, teacher-directed teaching style, and a mixed child-centred and teacher-directed teaching style. Furthermore, the results showed that children whose Grade 1 teachers used…
The Educational Situation Quality Model: A New Tool to Explain and Improve Academic Achievement and Course Satisfaction
2019
Students’ academic achievement is a major concern among countries. Governments spent a lot of money on education to improve students’ competences at all levels of education. Despite the enormous amount of money invested and the reforms made to curricula in many countries in recent years, these measures are not generally producing the desired results according to the data of International Performance Measurement programs for students (e.g., Program for International Student Assessment-PISA by OECD). Given the importance of this issue, this article presents an instructionalmotivational model developed in the last decade to explain and improve students’ learning outcomes, e.g., academic achiev…
Revisiting the didactic triangle: from the particular to the general
2012
Published version of an article in the journal: ZDM. Also available from the publisher at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/61p78l089tnx8rn5/ The basic notion of a didactic triangle is explained with historical annotations on its origins and subsequent theorization in the literature. Instances of its application to classroom environments to demonstrate its representational capabilities are presented. Generalizations of the triangle are proposed that integrate the role of technology, the researcher in mathematics teaching developmental research, and mediating complexes in the student–teacher–content interfaces. Further, the use of the didactic triangle as a heuristic device is also discus…
Teaching Technology Usage in the ENT Medical Subdomain via a Flipped Classroom Approach
2018
The flipped classroom approach is supporting a continuous interaction of students and instructors via online communication and strengthens the ability to solve problems by self-organization. This is especially important in medical domains, like the one of ENT-Head/Neck (ENT: Ear-Nose-Throat) surgeries and treatment. Surgical corrections of the nasal airways, like FESS (Functional Endoscopy Sinus Surgery) or in the field of plastic surgery, are the second frequent surgical interventions in otorhinolaryngology. They have to be prepared very carefully and airflow simulation with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is gaining importance for diagnostics here. New in silico procedures, like imagin…
Academic competence, teacher–student relationship, and violence and victimisation in adolescents: The classroom climate as a mediator
2021
School violence is a serious social and public health problem prevalent worldwide. Although the relevance of teacher and classroom factors is well established in the literature, few studies have focused on the role of teacher perceptions in school violence and victimisation and the potential mediational role of classroom climate in this relationship. A total of 2399 adolescents (50% girls), aged between 11 and 18 years (M = 14.65, SD = 1.78) and enrolled in five Spanish Secondary Compulsory Education schools completed measures of classroom climate, school violence towards peers and perception of peer victimisation, and their teachers informed about their academic competence and the teacher&…
Sprachlernspiele im DaF-Unterricht : Einblick in die Spielpraxis des finnischen und ungarischen Deutsch-als-Fremdsprache-Unterrichts in der gymnasial…
2009
The goal of this study is to analyze and compare aspects of language learning games in the context of Finnish and Hungarian high-school teaching of German as a foreign language (GFL). First, the practices of using games in GFL are investigated. Secondly, the subjective theories of teachers on language learning games are analyzed. Thirdly, the differences between the Finnish and Hungarian contexts are discussed.The data for this study was gathered with a written questionnaire (48 Finnish, 49 Hungarian GFL teachers) and through semi-standardized interviews (8 Finnish, 5 Hungarian GFL teachers). In addition, Hungarian and Finnish national curricula are analyzed. Through triangulation, both qua…
Relations between teacher-child interactions and children's learning and motivation in Finnish kindergartens
2012
Digitaalisiin peleihin perustuva oppiminen luokkahuoneessa
2016
Maailman muuttuessa digitaalisemmaksi koulu ja sen käyttämät menetelmät ovat muuttumassa. Yksi uusi menetelmä voisi olla digitaalisiin peleihin perustuva oppiminen (DGBL). Tässä tutkielmassa käydään läpi, mikä tämä uusi oppimisen muoto on, ja mitä hyötyjä tai haittoja siihen liittyy. Lisäksi selvitetään erilaisia tapoja, miten pelejä on jo käytetty erilaisissa tutkimuksissa. Tutkielmassa tulee esille, että DGBL:ssä on monenlaisia ongelmia, kuten oppilaiden tottumattomuus tietoteknisiin välineisiin ja peleihin. Eduiksi havaitaan muun muassa pelien luontainen motivaation kasvatus sekä pelien tutkimista ja ongelmanratkaisua kannustavat menetelmät. Esimerkeissä huomataan, että pelejä voidaan kä…
Motivational strategies as perceived and implemented by future L2 teachers : a comparison of two groups of Finnish university students
2012
Motivaatiotutkimus on vuosikymmeniä keskittynyt motivaatioon oppijan näkökulmasta luoden erilaisia motivaatioteorioita. Motivaatio on erittäin tärkeä tekijä vieraan kielen oppimistulosten selittäjänä, joten viime vuosikymmenellä kiinnostuttiin myös käytännön toimista, joita opettaja voi toteuttaa parantaakseen oppilaiden motivaatiota luokkahuoneissa. Näitä toimia kutsutaan motivointistrategioiksi. Tulevien vieraiden kielten opettajien käsitykset ja kokemukset motivointistrategioista Suomessa olivat lähes tutkimaton aihe, joten kyseinen näkökulma otettiin tähän tutkimukseen. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli määrällisten menetelmien avulla saada käsitys tulevien opettajien yleisestä tietoisuudes…