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Baltzersen, Rolf K. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023
"Effective Use of Collective Peer Teaching in Teacher Education" investigates the learning benefits of letting students assume leadership roles in the classroom, emphasizing both theoretical analysis and firsthand empirical research conducted with pre-service teachers. Building on Vygotsky's (1987) sociocultural theory of human learning…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education Programs, Learning Processes
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Yahui Wang; Jia Liu – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted a profound impact on numerous facets of our daily lives, including in higher education. International students have encountered unique challenges due to their vulnerability stemming from living abroad, including cultural adjustments, language barriers, and separation from families and friends. This review aims to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Students, Influences
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Lisabeth Carson – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2024
Teachers must relate to practitioners from a range of professions, which represent different, sometimes conflicting, perspectives on teaching and learning. Thus, student teachers must develop the expertise to understand, challenge and make constructive use of the perspectives of other professionals. From a socio-cultural perspective, this study…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Student Developed Materials, Interprofessional Relationship, Teacher Education Programs
Noriko Iwashita; Phung Dao; Mai Xuan Nhat Chi Nguyen – Multilingual Matters, 2025
This book provides an overview and analysis of the role that classroom interaction plays in instructed second language acquisition. The authors synthesise current state-of-the-art research on how classroom interaction benefits L2 learning through the lens of three theoretical perspectives: cognitive-interactionist (with a focus on how…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Socialization, Language Usage
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Bøe, Maria Vetleseter; Viefers, Susanne – Science & Education, 2023
Teaching and learning of quantum physics at secondary level is an active field of research. One important challenge is finding ways to promote understanding of quantum concepts without the mathematical formalism that is embedded in quantum mechanics but unavailable on the secondary level. We investigated Norwegian secondary students' (N = 291)…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Scientific Principles, Physics, Science Instruction
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Salwa Mohamed – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) (Council of Europe 2001). Offers a comprehensive framework for learning, teaching, and assessment, promoting transparency and coherence in language education. Central to the CEFR is its action-oriented approach, which views language as situated social action and positions learners as…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Eichler, Andreas; Ferretti, Federica; Maffia, Andrea – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2023
International literature is increasingly disclosing the relevance of cultural aspects within the processes of teaching and learning mathematics. Knowledge is inextricably linked to the activities in which the subjects engage, and must be considered in relation to the socio-cultural context wherein the activity takes place. Literature reveals the…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teachers
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Wei Li – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2025
The field of second language acquisition (SLA) research had long been governed by a paradigm that prioritized cognition over emotion. Recently, increased attention has been drawn to the role of "perezhivanie" in language development as Vygotsky's sociocultural theory (SCT) brought together emotion and cognition, thereby offering an…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Guangxiang Liu; Yue Zhang; Rui Zhang – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Focusing on how a world of possibilities is opened up by language learners themselves, imagination has been regarded as an elusive but indispensable element in second language (L2) education. Drawing on notions of international posture (Yashima 2002), Ideal L2 Self (Dörnyei 2009), and imagined communities (Norton 2001), we theorised imagination…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Self Concept
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W. A. Piyumi Udeshinee; Ola Knutsson; Sirkku Männikkö-Barbutiu – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2024
Even though the importance of corrective feedback (CF) is widely recognized, there is no agreement on the most effective type of CF for promoting self-regulation. Thus, this study adopts a sociocultural perspective on learning and employs dynamic assessment (DA) as a CF form. DA is considered a theoretically promising approach to CF as it focuses…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Metacognition
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Andrea L. Schuman; Alaa Abdalla; Jennifer Case; David B. Knight – Chemical Engineering Education, 2025
Study abroad attempts to prepare students to effectively work in a multi-national environment. This study compares students' experiences in a unit operations laboratory course offered in multiple modalities: at students' home university, and four- and eight-week study abroad. The results examine the impact of support on students' learning and…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Program Length, Comparative Analysis, Educational Experience
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Li, Chili; Wang, Yuehua; Qian, Long; Shang, Zhenru – English Language Teaching, 2022
This paper reports on the results of a quantitative study that was aimed to measure the use of socio-cultural strategies in learning English writing among a group of 155 Chinese university English major students. This quantitative survey was informed by the socio-cultural theory that holds that L2 learning is a mediational process in which a…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Sociocultural Patterns, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kjerland, Glenn Øvrevik; Annerstedt, Claes – Sport, Education and Society, 2022
The aim of our study was to explore how collaborative learning processes unfold when teacher education students apply learning theories in order to learn how to teach Physical Education in a project carried out in addition to the regular teaching in PETE. In the project's social practice, 46 student teachers worked in groups to complete four tasks…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teaching Methods
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Tandamrong, Aunyarat; Parr, Graham – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2024
In 1999, the western concept of 'Learner-Centred Education' (LCE) was nationally mandated for schools and universities across Thailand. Most early research into this mandate portrayed Thai teachers in deficit terms, suggesting they were unwilling or unable to implement government policy. Such studies often underappreciated the range of cultural,…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Dialogs (Language), Teaching Methods, Faculty Development
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Velasco, Juan; Buteler, Laura; Briozzo, Carlos; Coleoni, Enrique – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Coordination class theory has proven to be a useful theoretical framework for describing processes of conceptual change in certain physical and mathematical concepts. Its development throughout different studies has allowed us to understand numerous mechanisms of conceptual learning by individual subjects. There have been attempts to implement…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Physics, Science Instruction
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