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Download full textÖztürk, Duygu Saniye – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
This study aims to identify the views of preschool teachers about learning within the framework of the cognitive and sociocultural constructivist approach and reveal the practical applications of constructivist learning in the 2006 Preschool Curriculum. Participants were ten preschool teachers working at three preschools in Bolu, Turkey and data…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Preschool Teachers, Cognitive Processes, Focus Groups
Direct linkAlkaher, Iris; Tal, Tali – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2016
This interpretive study identifies challenges of working with Bedouin and Jewish Israeli youth in two multicultural projects: education for sustainability and place-conscious education. It also describes the ways the adult project leaders addressed these challenges and their views on the effectiveness of their decisions. Participants comprised 16…
Descriptors: Jews, Minority Groups, Cognitive Style, Conservation (Environment)
Akello, Dora Lucy; Timmerman, Greetje; Namusisi, Speranza – Language and Education, 2016
Uganda introduced the use of mother tongue as medium of instruction in primary schools in 2007. This was meant to promote interaction and participation in the learning process and improve children's proficiency in reading and writing. Drawing elements of interaction and participation from the socio-cultural theory, the child-centred pedagogy was…
Descriptors: Intervention, Literacy Education, Language Proficiency, Instructional Materials
Jessel, John; Kenner, Charmian; Gregory, Eve; Ruby, Mahera; Arju, Tahera – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2011
This paper investigates informal learning, literacy and language development occurring in the home through exchanges between children of three to six years of age and their grandparents in Sylheti/Bengali-speaking families of Bangladeshi origin and monolingual English-speaking families of mixed ethnicity living in east London. A survey identifying…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Informal Education, Grandparents, Monolingualism
Dagenais, Diane; Walsh, Nathalie; Armand, Francoise; Maraillet, Erica – Language Awareness, 2008
Drawing on Language Awareness (LA) approaches developed for francophone classrooms and a sociocultural theoretical perspective on language and learning that posits the genesis of new knowledge construction is situated in social interactions and shaped by socio-historical context, we conducted a small-scale case study of the implementation of LA…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Official Languages, Focus Groups, Elementary Schools
Forret, Michael; Eames, Chris; Coll, Richard – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2007
This research aims to build upon current research in the area of teaching and learning at tertiary level and explore the nature of learning communities in tertiary science and engineering. This study uses a sociocultural approach to address the following question: "What are teachers' and learners' perceptions of the nature of the learning…
Descriptors: Class Size, Case Studies, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
