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Rämö, Johanna; Nokelainen, Petri; Kangaslampi, Riikka; Viro, Elina; Kaarakka, Terhi; Nieminen, Maiju; Hirvonen, Jani; Ali-Löytty, Simo – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2023
In this study, we investigated how well two different student-centred instructional models fostered engineering students' learning in a time of crisis. We analysed students' (N = 375) approaches to learning during four engineering mathematics courses in a Finnish university before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students' deep and surface…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Teaching Methods, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Mari Murtonen; Tahani Z. Aldahdouh; Henna Vilppu; Nguyen Thi Thu Trang; Jere Riekkinen; Jan D. Vermunt – Teacher Development, 2024
This study aimed to build an integrative model of the interrelations between pedagogical training, teacher regulation skills, learning patterns and student-centred teaching approach. Self-reported questionnaire data were collected from 378 higher education teachers and analysed using structural equation modelling. The findings indicated that…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education
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Adiningrum, Tatum S.; Budiono, Tri A.; Lappalainen, Harri – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
This study attempts to explore changes in teaching conceptions after a transnational project to introduce new pedagogical methods in Indonesia. The project involved a consortium of European universities as mentors and Indonesian universities as mentees, piloting methods based on a student-centred learning approach. We analysed vignettes from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Mentors, Student Centered Learning
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Eija Pakarinen; Kyoko Imai-Matsumura; Akie Yada; Takumi Yada; Anne Leppänen; Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2024
This descriptive case study examined how teaching practices were evidenced in Grade 1 classrooms in two different cultural and educational contexts, Finland and Japan. Teachers' teaching practices were video-recorded in 53 classrooms in Finland and six classrooms in Japan and rated with the Early Childhood Classroom Observation Measure by trained…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Elementary Education, Grade 1
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Sirkku Lähdesmäki; Minna Maunumäki; Tommi Nurmi – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
The development of digital pedagogy in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a relevant issue. The role of the ECEC leader in initiating and leading the development of digital pedagogy is important. The aim of this study was to explore the views of ECEC leaders on digital pedagogy and its development, as little research has been done on the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Administrator Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Administrators
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Stolp, Eveliina; Moate, Josephine; Saarikallio, Suvi; Pakarinen, Eija; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina – International Journal of Music Education, 2023
The agency of primary school students has been studied increasingly in recent years; yet, we know relatively little about student agency in music educational settings or how students experience their participation in joint musical action. This study explores sixth-grade students' experiences of their agency in whole-class playing. Qualitative…
Descriptors: Music Education, Personal Autonomy, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students
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Rämö, Johanna; Lahdenperä, Juulia; Häsä, Jokke – PRIMUS, 2021
Over the past 9 years, we have implemented, developed, and refined a novel student-centered teaching method called Extreme Apprenticeship in university mathematics context. In this paper, we report the theoretical orientation behind the method, as well as its practical implementation. We also reflect on our experiences gained from using it in our…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Student Centered Learning
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Södervik, Ilona; Vilppu, Henna; Boshuizen, Henny; Murtonen, Mari – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2022
To support university students' learning, teaching should build on students' prior knowledge. Therefore, teachers need skills to pay attention to students' knowledge in teaching-learning situations. Teachers' underlying conceptual knowledge affects the way they see and interpret situations in classrooms, which is called professional vision. This…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Prior Learning, Video Technology, College Faculty
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Tang, Xin; Kikas, Eve; Pakarinen, Eija; Laursen, Brett; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina – Journal of Research in Reading, 2022
Background: Most previous studies of teaching styles and reading skills have been cross-sectional. Longitudinal research is needed to clarify the direction of effects. The present longitudinal study examined the degree to which differences in teaching styles in the third grade predict the sixth-grade reading performance. The consistency of the…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 6, Predictor Variables, Teaching Styles
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Pörn, Michaela; Hansell, Katri – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
The aim of this paper is to outline the teacher's role in classroom tandem. Classroom tandem is a student-centred model of language learning and instruction; there is a need for more knowledge about the teacher's role in a tandem classroom. Tandem learning, based on a social-interactional view of second language learning, requires that two…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Student Centered Learning, Second Language Learning
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Tiilikainen, Mikko; Karjalainen, Juuso; Toom, Auli; Lepola, Janne; Husu, Jukka – Research Papers in Education, 2019
This case study investigates the variety of constructivist approaches to teaching evident in classroom practice. Teaching practices associated with constructivist perspectives have been prevalent in curriculum reforms for some time. Meanwhile, constructivist approaches have been critically discussed in scholarly literature, revealing problematic…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Teaching Methods, Elementary Education, Personal Autonomy
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Maijala, Minna; Tammenga-Helmantel, Marjon – Language Learning Journal, 2019
In foreign language (FL) teaching and learning, a substantial amount of content is provided in grammar exercises supplied by textbooks. The main focus of this study concerns the selection of grammar exercise types in FL textbook series. In our analysis, we focus on Dutch, Finnish and global textbooks for beginners aged approximately 13-15 years…
Descriptors: Grammar, Indo European Languages, Finno Ugric Languages, German
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Kousa, Päivi; Aksela, Maija – LUMAT: International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education, 2019
The aim of this case-study was to understand how chemistry teachers experience their work in diverse classes where the needs of differentiated teaching practices are constantly growing. The deeper intention was to perceive new information in order to develop supportive methods that could better correspond to teachers' reality. Eight voluntary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Science Instruction
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Mertala, Pekka – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2020
This qualitative study demonstrates the kinds of pedagogical pitfalls that are included in simplistic understandings of child-centeredness in the context of media education, an emerging field of early childhood teacher education with only a little empirical research done so far. Course diaries from 15 preservice teachers were analyzed to find…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Media Literacy, Journalism Education, Early Childhood Education
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Eronen, Lasse; Kärnä, Eija – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2018
This article reports the results of a study that investigated junior high school students' experiences with learning in mathematics lessons that were based on self-guidance, use of technology, and minimalist instruction. The study was part of a ClassPad project and data were obtained from reports written by the 23 students after the ClassPad…
Descriptors: Expertise, Student Centered Learning, Mathematics Education, Junior High School Students
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