Search results for "Curricula"
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Teachers’ perceptions of autonomy in the tensions between a subject focus and a cross-curricular school profile: A case study of a Finnish upper seco…
2020
AbstractRecent research has indicated global trends of decreasing teacher autonomy and increasing teacher accountability. Standardised national tests have been identified as one of many factors constraining teacher autonomy. Another trend influencing teachers’ scope of action is the profiling and branding of schools that compete for students. This qualitative case study concerns the general upper secondary level in Finland, the only level of education in the country with a high-stakes final examination—the matriculation exam. The upper secondary level is generally regarded as Finland’s most subject-focused level of education. In contrast to this subject-focused tradition, the case school fo…
RIE : revista de investigación educativa
2011
The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the type of self-concept (academic and general) and extracurricular activities on academic performance among primary school students (N = 1708), and to determine the differences of this relationship in terms of gender. We used a cluster sampling stratified into two stages and gave standardized achievement tests and ad-hoc instrument designed for academic and general self-concept and extracurricular activities. The results showed that respondents who engaged in academic extracurricular activities such as language and computer performed better in all academic subjects. Those who took music and sports also scored better in some subjects. In co…
Confronting the Medusa with Athena’s Shield: Empowering Social Workers with a Transformative Role in the Migration Field
2022
Along with existing challenges, there are new ones leading social workers to become involved in increasingly international intervention processes. This has led to the development of the concept of International Social Work (Hugman, Moosa-Mitha & Moyo, 2010; Cox & Pawar, 2006; Dominelli, 2010), which provides a good opportunity to both depart from old patterns of administering aid (Healy 2008) and to embody a perception of itself as a transformative actor (Wintergerst 2017, p. 236). Assuming that it is true that the presence of different cultures acts as a catalyst in the processes of change in society, then this is equally valid for the development of this profession (Di Rosa, 2021)…
Scuola: avamposto e nuova frontiera del mutamento sociale.
2001
Il saggio si propone di analizzare la funzione educativa della scuola attraverso le Riforme degli anni '90 che hanno ridefinito il profilo non solo dei curricula ma delle modalità partecipative degli alunni e dei genitori in un'ottica sistemica.
La scuola e il senso delle sue riforme fra i paria e i parvenu del nostro tempo
2002
Il saggio riesamina criticamente gli effetti del "Riordino dei cicli scolastici" (legge quadro n. 30/00) nei suoi articoli pi problematici (artt. 1 e 3 ), formulando un ipotesi applicativo-procedurale nella didattica dei curricula e negli aspetti formativi dei profili in uscita della popolazione scolastica degli istituti di secondo grado.
Citizen science for scientific literacy and the attainment of sustainable development goals in normal education
2020
Curricular integration of the formal teaching of citizen science can bring to the classroom aspects of scientific literacy that encourage the involvement of citizens. In particular, these include non-epistemic aspects related to the sociology of science (which are often not transferred to the classroom). Furthermore, this practice raises awareness among students, and encourages them to become participants in the attainment of the United Nations&rsquo
Analysing Student Performance using Sparse Data of Core Bachelor Courses
2015
Curricula for Computer Science (CS) degrees are characterized by the strong occupational orientation of the discipline. In the BSc degree structure, with clearly separate CS core studies, the learning skills for these and other required courses may vary a lot, which is shown in students' overall performance. To analyze this situation, we apply nonstandard educational data mining techniques on a preprocessed log file of the passed courses. The joint variation in the course grades is studied through correlation analysis while intrinsic groups of students are created and analyzed using a robust clustering technique. Since not all students attended all courses, there is a nonstructured sparsity…
Implementing citizen science programmes in the context of university gardens to promote preservice teachers' scientific literacy: a study case on soil
2022
This work presents an assessment of pre-service teachers' argumentative practice, after implementing a novel teaching-learning sequence on soil health including a citizen science programme, which was applied outdoors at the university garden. The sequence was implemented at five Spanish universities with 351 undergraduates studying Early Childhood and Primary Teacher Education. It posed a final assessment task consisting in a real-world situation that involved making decisions on science-related issues: students needed to argue whether it was possible to use a piece of land as a school garden, based on soil data provided in a variety of formats. To assess participants' level of achievement,…
Controversies in the transition from paper and electronic textbooks to digital content
2018
Cabe pensar, dada la magnitud económica y cultural que representa el libro en nuestra sociedad, ya sea en soporte papel como electrónico, que los dos van a convivir largo tiempo. Los libros de texto, en consecuencia, correrán una suerte muy semejante. El cambio actual lo focalizamos en la transformación de los libros de texto en contenidos digitales con distintos formatos y vías de acceso. De este proceso estudiamos las controversias que suscitan estos cambios, en tanto que son reflejo del grado de asimilación por parte de la ciudadanía de las referidas innovaciones tecnológicas. Mediante estrategias etnográficas, nos acercamos a distintos agentes escolares para tratar de comprender inducti…
Research on Music teachers’ attitude in the Secondary classroom towards musical audition and the way it is approached in curricular textbooks
2014
La musica esta mas presente que nunca en la vida de los jovenes que cursan la Educacion Secundaria Obligatoria. La educacion musical que reciben debe abordar una autentica sensibilizacion hacia todo tipo de musica, preparandolos para poder elegir libremente y con criterio sus preferencias musicales, contribuyendo asi a que adquieran una verdadera formacion integral, finalidad ultima de la educacion. Los objetivos de la investigacion responden al interes de los autores por conocer, por una parte, la utilizacion que los profesores hacen de la audicion musical en sus clases, los planteamientos metodologicos, las estrategias didacticas que utilizan y el repertorio que proponen y, por otra, el u…