Seeing the green cucumber: Reflections on variation theory and teaching plant identification
Overcoming ‘plant blindness’ is a critical goal for society and especially for education. In this article, we suggest variation theory can be a useful approach to plant identification training and evaluation in higher education contexts. We discuss an example from Swedish higher education in which we reflect on our teaching.
Dawn Sanders +3 more
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Professional development of newly arrived teachers in Sweden
ABSTRACT In 2016, the government‐funded Fast Track for Newly Arrived Teachers and Preschool Teachers programme was introduced in Sweden. The initiative stemmed from a shortage of teachers and preschool teachers alongside a relatively large number of educated and experienced teachers among newly arrived immigrants.
Eatessam Al‐Shakrchy, Maria Jansson
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Learning Potentials Afforded by a Film in Task‐Based Language Classroom Interactions
Abstract The use of films as teaching and learning materials can provide a variety of opportunities for interaction in second language classrooms. Research on the usage of films in language‐learning tasks to provide opportunities for learning and interaction, however, is scarce. Drawing on a database of video‐recorded interactions in an upper‐secondary
OLCAY SERT, MARWA AMRI
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Popular education and the digital citizen: a genealogical analysis [PDF]
This paper historicises and problematises the concept of the digital citizen and how it is constructed in Sweden today. Specifically, it examines the role of popular education in such an entanglement.
Fejes, Andreas, Rahm, Lina
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Subordinating careers to market forces? A critical analysis of European career guidance policy [PDF]
This study explores language regarding career and career development in European policy documents on career guidance in order to disclose underlying view(s) of these phenomena conveyed in the texts.
Bergmo-Prvulovic, Ingela
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Lärares uppfattningar av undervisning och naturvetenskap som innehåll i förskolans verksamhet
The aim of the research project is to analyze and describe how pre-school teachers during an in-service training period develop theoretical knowledge about focusing the content when planning for teaching science in pre-school.
Laila Gustavsson, Susanne Thulin
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Nordisk komparativ analys av riktlinjer gällande innehåll och kvalitet i förskola
Artikeln baseras i ett projekt som syftade till att vidareutveckla kunskap om likheter och skillnader i nordiska bindande och vägledande riktlinjer för innehåll och kvalitet i förskola år 2013.
Ann-Christine Vallberg Roth
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Teachers ‘liking’ their work? Exploring the realities of teacher Facebook groups
Social media are now an important aspect of the professional lives of school teachers. This paper explores the growing use of mass ‘teacher groups’ and ‘teacher communities’ on social media platforms such as Facebook. While these online communities are often welcomed as a means of professional learning and support, the paper considers the extent to ...
Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt +2 more
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Flerstämmig musikundervisning i förskola
Tidigare studier inom musik och förskola i nordisk och svensk förskoleforskning har oftare fokuserat lärande än undervisning (Vallberg Roth 2018). Inom området Eary Childhood Music Education råder det brist på forskning som berör själva processen att ...
Ylva Holmberg +1 more
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Stöttning av skrivande i ett digitalt diskussionsforum
Vi vet att studenter ofta upplever akademiskt skrivande som svårt. Att skrivandet dessutom förläggs till en digital lärplattform underlättar kanske inte alltid. Större studentgrupper och minskade resurser, parallellt med ett större utbud av distanskurser,
Stina Hållsten
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