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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
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Wermke, Wieland – Professional Development in Education, 2011
This article investigates the continuing professional development (CPD) culture of teachers, and asks how it is influenced by properties of the school system. It reports the results of a questionnaire study with 418 secondary teachers from Sweden and Germany. The results show highly significant differences between Swedish and German teachers'…
Descriptors: Governance, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Professional Continuing Education
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Drechsler, Michal; Van Driel, Jan – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2009
We report in this paper on a study of chemistry teachers' perceptions of their teaching in upper secondary schools in Sweden, regarding models of acids and bases, especially the Bronsted and the Arrhenius model. A questionnaire consisting of a Likert-type scale was developed, which focused on teachers' knowledge of different models, knowledge of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Textbooks, Chemistry, Multivariate Analysis