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Susanne Sahlin – Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine principals' sense-making of a school-university collaboration taking an institutional perspective on organizational change. The study's context involves three schools in a collaboration focusing on leadership and school improvement with one university. Design/methodology/approach: The study draws on…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
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Msimanga, Audrey; Lelliott, Anthony – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
This paper discusses the nature of learner engagement with science content during small group discussions in which learners use their home languages. We observed that learners reverted to their home languages in small group discussions, yet very little is known about the dynamics of learner engagement when they use their home languages in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Native Language
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Enghag, Margareta; Niedderer, Hans – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2008
The theoretical framework "student ownership of learning" is developed both theoretically and with qualitative research. The metaphor "ownership" is related to the process towards meaning making and understanding and is seen as relevant especially to improve physics instruction. The dimension "group ownership of learning" refers to the groups'…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Qualitative Research, Ownership, Figurative Language
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Rao, Zhenhui – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
This study investigated Chinese students' use of language learning strategies, and then interpreted the data from cultural and educational perspectives. Using a Strategy Inventory for Language Learning, the researcher discovered some common features shared by Chinese students in their use of learning strategies. An in-depth analysis of the results…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers