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Esther Vernon; Alison Dunphy – Curriculum Journal, 2025
This paper discusses the application of Karl Maton's notion of 'semantic waves' to the teaching of geography at the post-16 phase (A-level) in England. Drawing on evidence generated through a 2-year close-to-practice case study, it illustrates its potential as a scaffold in two ways. Firstly, one that can help teachers face both ways: Towards…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Semantics
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Johnson, Marcus W. – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2022
This study set out to gain a deeper understanding of how early childhood students, specifically Black boys in first and second grade, would respond to the teaching of historical figures and events traditionally omitted from classrooms. Contrary to general assumptions, these students were able to astutely contribute to classroom lessons,…
Descriptors: Hermeneutics, African American Students, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
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Mulder, André – Religious Education, 2021
This paper explores the function of teachers' witnessing of faith in worldview education in the context of diversity in the classroom. Pollefeyt described three teaching roles for hermeneutical-communicative worldview education: moderator, specialist, and witness. These roles aim to support students in their personal worldview identity…
Descriptors: Religious Education, World Views, Teaching Methods, Moral Values
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Alnufaishan, Sara; Alanezi, Nawaf Sari – British Journal of Religious Education, 2021
Human rights education and Islamic education are typically presented as finished products without room for critique that do not always align with local and personal realities, resulting in a phenomenon sometimes called 'decoupling'. To examine the ways in which decoupling might occur in one setting, this proposed article reports on the results of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Islam, Religious Education, College Students
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Holmgren, Carl – Music Education Research, 2022
This study aimed to empower piano students and explore their understandings of how teaching and learning of musical interpretation of Western classical music could be developed to foster autonomy and a personal, authentic artistic voice. Two research questions were formulated: How have students experienced teaching and learning of musical…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Instruments, Teaching Methods, Classical Music
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Dirgeyasa, I Wy. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The obejectives of this research are to know the improvement of the students' achievement in poetry mastery and their perception regarding to the semiotic method in teaching and learning poetry in English Education Department, Languages and Art Faculty of State University of Medan. The research method used is the Classroom Action Research (CAR).…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Poetry, Semiotics, Foreign Countries
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Mahon, Kathleen; Dentler, Sigrid; Seipel, Sina – Teaching in Higher Education, 2022
The complexity and challenges of higher education (HE) in recent times have been widely discussed in HE literature, as have concomitant demands on university teachers and their professional learning needs. Much attention has been paid to new academics in these conversations, but less so to international PhD and post-doctoral researchers, who are…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Career Development, Self Esteem, Hermeneutics
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Trout, Richard – American Journal of Business Education, 2020
Studies on social media and critical thinking skills have emphasized students' perspectives. Few researchers have interviewed business professors regarding their perceptions of how students' critical thinking skills have developed through social media. This hermeneutic, phenomenological study interviewed eight business professors for the purpose…
Descriptors: Social Media, Critical Thinking, Business Administration Education, College Faculty
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Ferraz, Osvaldo Luiz; Vidoni, Carla; Boas, Marcos Vilas – Sport, Education and Society, 2021
This study examined the impact of early childhood in physical education (ECPE) practicum experiences on pre-service teachers' (PSTs) perceptions on the development of the knowledge base. Specifically, this study focused on how PSTs bridged the gap between knowledge learned during campus classes and practicum experiences in an early childhood (EC)…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teaching Methods
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Buzzelli, Cary A – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2018
This article conceptualizes assessment in early childhood education as a moral practice using Amartya Sen's capability approach and Thomas A Schwandt's practical hermeneutic approach to assessment and evaluation. After describing the moral connection Sen makes between development and assessment, Schwandt's conceptualization of evaluation is…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
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Bannister-Tyrrell, Michelle; Clary, Deidre – English in Australia, 2017
This article investigates the perceptions and lived experience of practising middle years' and pre-service teachers of English in their efforts to make sense of, and use metacognition. The investigation focuses on metacognition as a means to enhance student learning by fostering self-awareness of their students' thinking as they engage in reading,…
Descriptors: Metacognition, English Instruction, Preservice Teachers, English Teachers
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Caspersz, Donella; Olaru, Doina – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
The aim of this paper is to discuss the value of service-learning to students. There currently exists a gap in this understanding. We apply mixed-methods research using a sample of higher education students to develop this discussion. We found that students valued service-learning for the opportunity that it provides to increase their personal…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Gender Differences
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Mulder, André; van den Berg, Bas – Religious Education, 2019
In the project "Learning for Life" we developed a hermeneutical--communicative model for worldview education that answers the European challenges of worldview diversity and worldview illiteracy. We implemented the model in a participatory action research project at nine schools for primary education in the Netherlands and monitored the…
Descriptors: Whites, World Views, Hermeneutics, Action Research
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Calder, Nigel – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2012
How might understanding emerge when learners engage mathematical phenomena through digital technologies? This paper considers the ways children's mathematical thinking was influenced by their interpretations through various pedagogical discourses and how understanding emerged through those various filters. Current research into using digital…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Hermeneutics, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Technology
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Ortiz-Medina, Leovigilda; Fernández-Ahumada, Elvira; Lara-Vélez, Pablo; Garrido-Varo, Ana; Pérez-Marin, Dolores; Guerrero-Ginel, José Emilio – Advances in Engineering Education, 2014
The new imperatives of the knowledge-based society require engineering students to equip themselves with a broad range of skills, among which entrepreneurship plays a critical role. An academic itinerary was designed with the explicit aim of improving the entrepreneurial attitudes of agricultural engineering students in a state university in…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Program Evaluation, Student Needs, Teamwork
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