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The Literacy Environment of Preschool Classrooms in Three Nordic Countries: Challenges in a Multilingual and Digital Society
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Hofslundsengen, Hilde; Magnusson, Maria; Svensson, Ann-Katrin; Jusslin, Sofia; Mellgren, Elisabeth; Hagtvet, Bente E.; Heilä-Ylikallio, Ria – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
This study investigates the physical literacy environment of preschools in three Nordic countries. The environments were assessed using an observation protocol in a total of 131 classrooms with children aged between one and seven in Sweden, Norway and Finland. The results showed that children's books were common and accessible in all three…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Preschool Education, Technological Literacy, Multilingualism
Analysis of U.S., Kenyan, and Finnish Discourse Patterns in a Cross-Cultural Digital Makerspace Learning Community through the IBE-UNESCO Global Competences Framework
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Espino, Danielle P.; Lee, Seung B.; Van Tress, Lauren; Baker, Toby T.; Hamilton, Eric R. – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2020
In 2017, the International Bureau of Education (IBE) at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) put forth seven global competences to address accelerating technological progress and increasing levels of complexity and uncertainty affecting many facets of society (Marope, 2017). These competences were used in…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Entrepreneurship, STEM Education, Discourse Analysis
A Comparative Study on Basic Education Curricula of Finland and Turkey in Foreign Language Teaching
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Irican, Elif Sezen – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2017
This study aims to provide information for researchers and policy-makers targeting at improving foreign (English) language education in their countries by showing the differences between the foreign language curricula of Turkey and Finland. Finnish National Core Curricula, along with the new curricula launched by the Finnish National Board of…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Multimodal Literacy Practices in the Indigenous Sámi Classroom: Children Navigating in a Complex Multilingual Setting
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Pietikäinen, Sari; Pitkänen-Huhta, Anne – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2013
This article explores multimodal literacy practices in a transforming multilingual context of an indigenous and endangered Sámi language classroom. Looking at literacy practices as embedded in a complex and shifting terrain of language ideologies, language norms, and individual experiences and attitudes, we examined how multilingual Sámi children…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Multilingualism, Ethnography, Discourse Analysis