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Sund, Per; Gericke, Niklas – Environmental Education Research, 2020
In many countries' policy documents and curricula, teachers in the subject areas of science, social science and language are encouraged to collaborate on cross-curricular issues such as sustainable development (SD). This study is conducted in secondary schools (compulsory years 7-9) in Sweden and investigates the similarities and differences in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Sustainable Development, Secondary School Students, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Karlsson, Annika; Nygård Larsson, Pia; Jakobsson, Anders – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
This study describes multilingual students' authentic use of their first and second languages in a "translanguaging science classroom," from a sociocultural perspective. The study is ethnographic, and has followed some lessons each month in a translanguaging science classroom at a primary school for three years. The observed lessons were…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Science Instruction, Classroom Communication
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Sylvén, Liss Kerstin – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
This article presents the findings of an innovative qualitative study involving one CLIL (content and language integrated learning) student and one student in a parallel, non-CLIL strand at high school level in Sweden. The aim of the study was to investigate differences in students' beliefs about language. The success of second (L2) and foreign…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Falk, Maria Lim – Language Learning Journal, 2015
This study investigates Swedish students' ability to produce the discourse of the subject history, in a situation where they had to demonstrate historical knowledge in written explanations, and where both English and Swedish are involved. The students attend a content and language integrated learning (CLIL) programme at the upper secondary school…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, History, Knowledge Level
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Lunneblad, Johannes; Dance, L. Janelle – Ethnography and Education, 2014
This article reveals how test-based performativity pressures interfere with the pedagogical approaches preferred by teachers of second-language learners. Our findings derive from ethnographic research conducted in two non-mainstream high schools: one in a US city and other one in a Swedish city. Both schools serve immigrant students who speak…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Foreign Countries, Low Income