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Perceived importance and didactic difficulty of chemistry education: Insights from Czech teachers

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This empirical study examines how chemistry teachers in lower and upper secondary schools in the Czech Republic evaluate the content of the chemistry curriculum, focussing on its perceived importance and didactic difficulty. Based on a quantitative survey (N = 146), the study provides insight into the pedagogical content knowledge of ...
Jitka Lorenzová   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Curriculum alignment with international graduate attribute standards in engineering education: The CPUT experience

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents a qualitative case study of how the Mechanical Engineering Diploma programme at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) systematically aligned its curriculum with both national and international graduate attribute (GA) standards.
Ali Rugbani, Simphiwe Nqabisa
wiley   +1 more source

Thresholds: The metaphorical foundations of powerful knowledge

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper advances a theoretical account of threshold concepts as metaphorical‐relational structures that reorganise meaning across contexts. Building on conceptual metaphor theory, we propose that threshold concepts can be understood as sites of schema‐level reorganisation: deep, embodied patterns of relational logic that scaffold abstract ...
Maria Karrol   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing interdisciplinary understanding: Disciplinary crossroads in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Assessing interdisciplinary learning within school curricula remains a persistent challenge in educational research. Difficulties in articulating shared assessment criteria, alongside differing disciplinary and pedagogical perspectives, have contributed to ongoing uncertainty around how interdisciplinary learning should be evaluated.
Hermione Paddle
wiley   +1 more source

‘What is the project?’: A fine‐grained study of some key challenges to interdisciplinary teaching and learning in the humanities

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
AbstractInterdisciplinary teaching and learning in the humanities (Humanities ITL) has gained prominence in recent decades. Yet to date, empirical research has largely emphasised its benefits and affordances, with far fewer studies examining the challenges it poses.
Etan Cohen
wiley   +1 more source

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