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Anna Larsson; Kristina Ledman – Journal of Social Science Education, 2025
Purpose: This study seeks to gain an understanding of the complexities involved in real-life classroom teaching. The aim is to trace values and tensions displayed in what the teachers regard as successful and unsuccessful. Design/methodology/approach: Teachers were interviewed to explore their perceptions of success and failures in their teaching…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Task Analysis
Williams, Alexina Thorén; Svensson, Maria – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
The present study aimed to examine the affordances and constraints of small-group discussions in relation to student teachers' learning of science. By drawing on variation theory, this study focused explicitly on the student teachers themselves as the primary agents for providing opportunities for their own learning of science. The results show…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Cooperative Learning, Learning Processes, Group Discussion
Murstedt, Linda; Jansson, Maria; Wendt, Maria; Åse, Cecilia – Journal of Social Science Education, 2014
Research has shown that teaching gender theories tends to be an educational challenge and elicits student resistance. However, little is known about students' learning processes in social science. This study aims to explore these learning processes by drawing on feminist pedagogy and conceptual change theory. The results show that when students…
Descriptors: Feminism, Instruction, Gender Issues, College Students
Jansson, Maria; Wendt, Maria; Ase, Cecilia – Journal of Political Science Education, 2013
This article examines how students' common-sense conceptualizations of "nation," specifically the Swedish nation, operate in teaching situations in which a critical constructivist theory of "nation" is part of the curriculum. Taking its point of departure from discussions of conceptual change, this article examines how students…
Descriptors: Political Science, Constructivism (Learning), Learning Processes, Concept Teaching
Molander, Bengt-Olov; Hallden, Ola; Lindahl, Camilla – International Journal of Educational Research, 2007
Ambiguity in group discussions as a resource for communication is studied. How students, aged 13-15 years, elaborate on the concept energy through dialogue is described. Group interviews were conducted with 15 hearing and 20 deaf students. Three probes were used to initiate discussions on different meanings of energy. The results show that the…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Deafness, Energy, Group Discussion