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Staff Members’ Professional Agency within the Staff Community and the Education Policies: Supporting Integration in Multicultural and Multiling…
2022
In recent decades, increased diversity and migration have challenged school staff members’ ways of working. This study aimed to identify the challenges faced by Finnish school staff in supporting students with migrant backgrounds, and to elaborate on how they enact professional agency toward these challenges. The data consist of 15 thematic interviews with staff members across various work positions in two Finnish lower secondary schools. Based on thematic analysis, the challenges within the staff community and the education policies were found to include the following: (1) the diversification of students makes tensions more visible in the staff community, and (2) inflexible education polic…
Towards a learning community: understanding teachers’ mental models to support their professional development and learning
2021
Amidst societal, demographic and educational changes, teachers are expected to engage in professional development and learning (PDL) throughout their careers. This study explores school teachers’ mental models about their work in the framework of Senge’s learning organisation, aiming to support their PDL during curriculum reform and organisational changes. The study’s data comprise 41 semi-structured interviews with each teacher in one school community. These interviews were analysed using qualitative, data-driven yet theory-informed content analysis. In the first analysis phase, fragments of mental models concerning teachers’ work and their school community were explored. These fragments i…
Diversidades geográficas e construção de um conhecimento crítico para participar em rede. A experiência do Geoforo Iberoamericano. Balanço inicial
2011
The diversity of people, cultures and social situations in Latin America countries does not obstruct the critical and honest dialogue concerning the research carried out on the learning of world problems. Geography, as a science, can contribute to this challenge, but it needs, then, to leave the intellectual, corporate and academic obstacles that prevent its study by the pupils. In this work we communicate the initiatives developed by a group of teachers by means of the Geoforo, which takes advantage of the facilities of the cyberspace, from the Geocrítica portal of the University of Barcelona.
The 5-Dimensional Model: A Finnish Approach to Differentiation
2021
This chapter focuses on differentiation in English language teaching. We present the 5-dimensional (5D) model of differentiation which has been created based on the Finnish educational context. The model is grounded in the postulate that differentiation is a proactive and student-centred approach that permeates all teaching and involves the entire school community. The 5D model progresses from general to specific. It advocates for differentiation to be implemented holistically in several dimensions of teaching which are teaching arrangements, learning environment, teaching methods, support materials and assessment. Furthermore, it proposes that all differentiation should be based on student…
Las redes sociales y la innovación educativa. La experiencia del Geoforo. Balance anual de 2012
2012
El aumento de la participación en los foros ha facilitado el intercambio de opiniones y argumentos sobre la innovación educativa. Podemos definir este momento como la creación de una red social con intereses profesionales coincidentes: la mejora del aprendizaje de los hechos sociales, en especial los que tienen una característica geográfica. Los datos que se aportan en este balance anual nos indican que se está asentando el Geoforo allí donde hay grupos locales, lo que nos confirma que este blog es una red de redes.
El “Aula del Cel”: astronomy approaching high school
2005
The “Aula del Cel” is a project carried out by the Astronomical Obsevatory of the University of Valencia, Spain. It offers high-school teachers a tool for teaching Astronomy to 10 to 17 year-old students. Different programs, experiments, and audiovisual presentations have been prepared by a team formed both by professional astronomers and teachers, and are offered in a format chosen to suit each particular age and curriculum group. Special sessions have been designed for students with special needs (for example blind or autistic children) in close contact with the pedagogical teams responsible for their education. Nearly three thousand students have already visited the “Aula del Cel” over t…
La consolidación de un proyecto iberoamericano de educación. La experiencia del Geoforo. Balance anual de 2011
2011
Los problemas sociales y ambientales que existen en este siglo XXI son de una gran magnitud. Pero la escuela sigue anclada en concepciones del siglo XIX, al mismo tiempo que se priorizan aspectos técnicos de la comunicación y se abandonan los valores y criterios de un análisis social. En este trabajo damos cuenta de las iniciativas llevadas a cabo por un grupo de profesores a través del Geoforo, que aprovecha las facilidades del ciberespacio, a partir del portal Geocrítica de la Universidad de Barcelona, para difundir sus inquietudes y generar la participación de educadores y estudiantes Su objetivo es estudiar los problemas comunes que existen entre los docentes para acercar la educación e…