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Emergent Innovation in Systemic Programme Design: Retrospective Reflections on the Development of a Student‐Centred Masters in Systems Thinking

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Our theory of education, based on a systemic understanding of the subjective and intersubjective construction of knowledge, is that students are motivated to study what is most meaningful to them. Meaningfulness is grounded in the students' prior experiences, which are highly diverse.
Wendy J. Gregory, Gerald Midgley
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Semester in Dialogue: A Systems Thinking Approach to Dialogue‐Based Higher Education at Simon Fraser University

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper addresses a gap in the application of systems thinking to higher education programme design. We use the Complexity Theory of Outcome Creation (CTOC), a structured model for working in complexity, to analyse Simon Fraser University's Semester in Dialogue (SiD)—an innovative undergraduate programme applying the ideas of dialogic ...
Diane T. Finegood, Chris Yakimov, Max French   +2 more
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Incidental Acquisition of Multiword Expressions Through Repeated Viewing: Sequential Use of L1 and L2 Captions

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Repeated viewing is reportedly a common learning and pedagogical strategy among autonomous second language (L2) learners and language teachers. This experimental study examined the extent to which sequential captioning use facilitates the acquisition of multiword expressions (MWEs) through repeated viewing under incidental learning conditions.
Kenneth W. Y. Li, Yaxin Ni
wiley   +1 more source

The role of body in didactis: Scientific reflections and areas of application

Formazione & Insegnamento, 2017
The aim of this study is emphasize the important of corporeality within didactis. Neurodidactics identifies the relationship between the internal processes and the dynamics of the body movement, which identifies improvements in learning due to brain ...
Francesco Peluso Cassese, Giulia Torregiani, Luisa Bonfiglio   +2 more
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Teaching Thoughtful Statistical Inference: Stories for the World Beyond p < 0.05

Teaching Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Statistical hypothesis tests and p values are poorly understood by many students of statistics. Poor application and misinterpretation of statistical inference procedures are common in published research. Over‐reliance on the “p < 0.05” threshold to claim “statistical significance” often masks weaknesses in the evaluation of statistical ...
Peter Martin
wiley   +1 more source

How Chemistry Pedagogy Becomes a Discipline: Positioning, Issues, and Construction

Jiaoshi jiaoyu xuebao
Chemistry education is currently undergoing a fundamental transformation from knowledge transmission to competency cultivation, which urgently calls for the establishment of Chemistry Pedagogy as an independent discipline.
BI Hualin, ZHANG Yu
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Against All Odds?—A Surprisingly Not So Easy Dice Game

Teaching Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A game with 11 players, 2 dice, and simple rules. However, it turns out that the best strategy is not only absent from the literature, but that misconceptions about winning strategies also prevail among surveyed students. This makes it all the more surprising that it is not so easy to get to the bottom of the game mathematically.
Christoph Oberbucher, Evita Lerchenberger   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

New learning of geography with technology: the TPACK model

European Journal of Geography, 2018
The increasing importance of technologies in the different aspects of life has led to the development of teaching and learning models such as the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge model that allows integrating technology, pedagogy and ...
Isabel María GÓMEZ TRIGUEROS
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The Political Ecology of the ‘New’ Feminism in Late‐1990s Britain

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 1990s were a vexed time for feminists in Britain. Cultural commentators declared that feminism's key battles had been won, and that given women's ascendency across various political and cultural barometers of success, the country was entering a newly ‘postfeminist’ era.
Sarah Crook
wiley   +1 more source

‘Mere Amateurs’? Elementary Teachers and the Making of Scientific Authority in the British Child Study Movement

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers new perspectives on the relationship between elementary teaching, scientific expertise and the professionalization of the human sciences. Previous scholarship has demonstrated the ready existence of ‘amateur’ science societies in the nineteenth century where cross‐class exchanges were common.
Julia Gustavsson
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