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Petteri Hansen; Ingólfur Ásgeir Jóhannesson – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2024
In this article, we examine how policymakers from three Nordic countries, Finland, Iceland and Sweden, reflect on the future at 2 different points in time: just before the first PISA study (1998-1999) and more than 15 years later (2015-2017). The empirical data consist of interviews (N = 37) with national policymakers, collected in two comparative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Educational Trends
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Zofia Hammerin; Disa Bergnehr; Goran Basic – Cogent Education, 2023
This study explores the discourse about health promotion and the role of the teacher in Swedish upper secondary schools. The material consists of student health plans from schools and local authorities that were analysed using discourse analysis. The results show that health promotion is largely an empty or floating signifier. The teacher is…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Teacher Role
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Kilhamn, Cecilia – Research in Mathematics Education, 2018
Mathematically speaking, a "difference" is the result of a subtraction. However, when the number domain is extended from natural numbers to integers, the separation of the magnitude of a number from its value creates "different differences," where the connection to subtraction is no longer straightforward. Based on…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Addition, Subtraction, Mathematics Instruction
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Bergqvist, Ewa; Bergqvist, Tomas – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2017
More than 15 years after the introduction of a standards-based curriculum reform, the mathematics teachers are positive towards the reform message but have not changed their classroom practice accordingly. To improve the impact of future reforms, it is important to learn from this situation and to better understand the role of the national policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Academic Standards
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Pramling, Niklas; Carlsson, Maj Asplund – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2008
In this study, an extensive episode of teachers working with the intention of developing children's understanding of rhyme is analysed. The data for the analysis consist of a video-recording of two teachers and seven children (aged 3-5 years) working with a type of rhyme-card and trying to construct a poem. The analytical interest lies in the…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Semantics, Rhyme, Video Equipment
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Soderstrom, Tor; Hamilton, David; Dahlgren, Ethel; Hult, Agneta – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2006
This paper is an essay on the discursive politics of education. Data from a small study, combined with a review of the related literature, suggest that the overarching concept "community" lacks coherence when used in online education. At least three contrasting forms of connection can be discerned: communion among participants, exchange…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Semantics, Politics of Education, Literature Reviews