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Ribaeus, Katarina; Enochsson, Ann-Britt; Löfdahl Hultman, Annica – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2022
This article focuses on student teachers' professional development and explores how the students connect theory and practice in these processes. Data consist of 17 talks during weekly seminars with 15 preschool student teachers and a group of researchers both at campus and at the practicum placements during their first term. Initially, the…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Theory Practice Relationship, Preschool Teachers, Personal Autonomy
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Roth, Ann-Christine Vallberg; Holmberg, Ylva; Löf, Camilla; Stensson, Catrin – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2019
In Swedish preschools teachers seem to struggle with the concept of "teaching" in their day-to-day practices. A three-year collaborative research project involving preschool teachers, managers and researchers therefore aimed to describe and further develop knowledge about what could characterize teaching and co-assessment based on…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teaching Methods, Preschool Education, Cooperation
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Bergqvist, Anna; Chang Rundgren, Shu-Nu – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2017
Background: Textbooks are integral tools for teachers' lessons. Several researchers observed that school teachers rely heavily on textbooks as informational sources when planning lessons. Moreover, textbooks are an important resource for developing students' knowledge as they contain various representations that influence students' learning.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Chemistry, Scientific Concepts
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Brante, Göran; Holmqvist Olander, Mona; Holmquist, Per-Ola; Palla, Marta – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
We examine pre-service teachers' theoretical learning during one five-week training module, and their educators' learning about better lecture design to foster student learning. The study is iterative: interventions (one per group) were implemented sequentially in student groups A-C, the results of the previous intervention serving as the baseline…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Preservice Teachers, Intervention, Teacher Education Programs
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Lillvist, Anne; Sandberg, Anette; Sheridan, Sonja; Williams, Pia – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2014
This paper examines contemporary issues in early childhood teacher education in Sweden. The aim of the study was to explore dimensions of the construct of preschool teachers' competence as reported by 810 students enrolled in early childhood teacher education at 15 Swedish universities. The results showed that students' definitions of preschool…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Competencies
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Borg, C.; Gericke, N.; Höglund, H.-O.; Bergman, E. – Environmental Education Research, 2014
This article describes the results of a nationwide questionnaire study of 3229 Swedish upper secondary school teachers' conceptual understanding of sustainable development in relation to their subject discipline and teaching experience. Previous research has shown that teachers have difficulties understanding the complex concept of sustainable…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Sustainable Development