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Communication Course for Future Engineers -- Effective Data Presentation and Its Interpretation during LSP Courses
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Matuszak, Katarzyna; Szczuka-Dorna, Liliana – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2023
This activity report describes a sample unit (Effective Data Presentation) from a communication course prepared as part of an Intellectual Output within the BADGE Project, which was carried out by 12 partner universities from 10 countries during 3 academic years (2019-2022). The article first describes the results of a survey which show that…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Languages for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Negotiating Science -- Building Thematic Patterns of the Scientific Concept Sound in a Swedish Multilingual Lower Secondary Classroom
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Axelsson, Monica; Jakobson, Britt – Language and Education, 2020
In this article we examine a teacher's and multilingual students' use of multiple resources and their potential for students' meaning-making of sound and sound transmission. Students were 14-15 years old, Swedish grade 8, speaking Swedish as a second language. We examine how different strategies and multiple resources interact in creating thematic…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Multilingualism, Secondary School Students, Swedish
"Bildung" and Educational Action Research: Resources for Hope in Neoliberal Times
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Hardy, Ian; Salo, Petri; Rönnerman, Karin – Educational Action Research, 2015
This paper draws upon empirical research to provide insights into current teacher learning practices under broader neoliberal conditions, and how the latter might be resisted. The paper contrasts neoliberal approaches to teachers' learning with the Nordic tradition of educational action research and "Bildung" as alternative resources to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Philosophy, Neoliberalism, Learning Processes
Human-Wildlife Co-Existence and Conservation Education: An Example from the Potential Reintroduction of Grizzly Bears to California
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Colby, Jolie Chrisanne – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation explored the roles schools can play in the successful outcomes of large carnivore or keystone reintroduction projects. Schools are more than centers for knowledge acquisition--they connect their community and disseminate information quickly to a wide audience. This study took place in California's Eastern Sierra Nevada, a…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Wildlife, Units of Study, Grade 6
Building a Web in Science Instruction: Using Multiple Resources in a Swedish Multilingual Middle School Class
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Jakobson, Britt; Axelsson, Monica – Language and Education, 2017
This study, on the unit measuring time, examines classroom use of different resources and their affordances for students' meaning-making. The data, comprising audio and video recordings, fieldnotes, photographs and student texts, were collected during a lesson in a multilingual Swedish grade 5 classroom (students aged 11-12). In order to analyse…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Science Instruction, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods
Socialism. Grade Ten, Unit Two, 10.2. Comprehensive Social Studies Curriculum for the Inner City.
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Malone, Helen – 1971
The socialism unit of the tenth grade level of the FICSS series (Focus on Inner City Social Studies -- see SO 008 271) explores a selected history of socialist thought and the theoretical model of socialism. Three case studies of socialism are explored: Great Britain, Sweden, and Israel. The case studies are designed to answer questions concerning…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Economics Education, Government Role, Grade 10