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Defining Quality in Primary and Secondary Education
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Papanthymou, Anastasia; Darra, Maria – International Education Studies, 2023
The purpose of this paper is to explore the conceptual content of the term 'quality' in primary and secondary education through the content analysis of 32 scientific publications. The analysis of the qualitative data is based on the methodology of grounded theory, revealing 21 major dimensions of quality with a high frequency of occurrence that…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods
Secondary Science Teachers' Understandings of the Epistemic Nature of Science Practices
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Kite, Vance; Park, Soonhye; McCance, Katherine; Seung, Elsun – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) emphasize engaging students in science practices through which students can develop content, procedural, and epistemic knowledge of science. To accomplish this goal, science teachers must embed science content in authentic science practice. Successfully integrating content and practice will require…
Descriptors: Science Education, Standards, Scientific Principles, Science Teachers
A Lost Opportunity? Vocational Education in Physical Education
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Brown, Seth Earl; Macdonald, Doune – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2011
Background: Vocational education in Australia and elsewhere has a history of being gendered and classed, thereby limiting the post-school options of students undertaking this form of study. Drawing on Foucauldian theory, the authors used Gore's eight techniques of power to examine the micro-functioning of power relations at two case sites.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Teacher Aides, Student Attitudes