Beyond the Textbook: Exploring Digital Games to Enhance South African Pre-Service Teachers’ Mastery of Industrialisation Concepts in History Education [PDF]
Situated in the context of an increasing demand for interactive, student-centred education, this study examines the potential of digital games to enhance students’ application of industrialisation by fostering active learning and critical engagement ...
Reginald G. Govender, Leevina M. Iyer
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Recontextualising history in primary school: discourses in the classroom
Employing Bernstein’s (1990, 2000) concepts of recontextualisation and pedagogic discourse, this case study aims to identify types of discourse and forms of knowledge in primary history lessons, and to explain the observations through teachers’ thinking.
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Analisis Pendekatan Saintifik sebagai Indikator Berpikir Ilmiah dalam Pembelajaran Sejarah
. This study aims to analyze the extent to which the concept of a scientific approach that is generally accepted for all subjects in the curriculum in Indonesia is be able to become a basis for scientific thinking in history learning.
Ofianto Ofianto, Tri Zahra Ningsih
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Understanding Computer Programming as a Literacy [PDF]
Since the 1960s, computer scientists and enthusiasts have paralleled computer programming to literacy, arguing it is a generalizable skill that should be more widely taught and held.
Vee, Annette
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Articulating the Archives Use Abilities Required for History Researchers: Comparing the User Expertise in Archives Model and Five Archival Literacy Guidelines [PDF]
This study employed content analysis to examine the abilities conveyed in five archival literacy guidelines. Using the User Expertise in Archives (UEA) Model as the basis for content coding, the authors analyzed a total of 157 ability statements from the
Yi-Yu Wang, Chi-Shiou Lin
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Exploring patterns of historical thinking through eighth-grade students’ argumentative writing
Building upon research on writing and on students’ development of historical thinking, the current study uses patterns in 427 eighth graders’ writing about sources to assess the sophistication of their historical reasoning.
Jeffery D. Nokes
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Exploring the Notion of Literacy Within Physical Literacy: A Discussion Paper
The concept of physical literacy is continuing to gain traction internationally. This increasing interest has also given rise to concerns about the use, interpretation and meaning of the term “literacy” within the context of physical literacy. This paper
Elizabeth J. Durden-Myers +5 more
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Struggling readers? Using theory to complicate understandings of what it means to be literate in school [PDF]
Theories guide many aspects of literacy research. In this article we describe four theoretical approaches that we have used in qualitative research with students who are perceived to struggle with reading in school, including: New Literacy Studies ...
Brooks, Maneka Deanna +3 more
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Ocean literacies: the promise of regional approaches integrating ocean histories and psychologies
The current concept of ocean literacy reflects a prerequisite for achieving ocean sustainability. Existing ocean literacy reflects a fundamentally western view of oceans that works in tension with ocean literacy goals.
Kathleen Schwerdtner Manez +2 more
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Historical perspectives on Asian economic growth and development [PDF]
The papers featured in this special issue are based on presentations made at the Harvard–Hitotsubashi–Warwick Conference on "Economic Change Around the Indian Ocean in the Very Long Run", held at the University of Warwick in Venice, Palazzo Pesaro ...
Balassa +17 more
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