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Tidemand, Sofie; Nielsen, Jan Alexis – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
Previous research has documented that students who engage with socioscientific issues can acquire some of the complex competences and skills typically related to scientific literacy. But an emerging field of research on science teachers' understanding and use of socioscientific issues, has documented that a range of challenges hinders the uptake…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Maass, Katja; Swan, Malcolm; Aldorf, Anna-Maria – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
Inquiry-based learning (IBL) is a more student-centered approach to mathematics teaching that is recommended by many policy and curriculum documents across Europe. However, it is not easy for teachers to change from a more teacher-centered way of teaching to inquiry-based teaching as this involves a change of their role in class. Professional…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Inquiry
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Torenholt, Rikke; Engelund, Gitte; Willaing, Ingrid – Health Education, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the use and applicability of cultural probes--an explorative participatory method to gain insights into a person's life and thoughts--to achieve person-centeredness and active involvement in self-management education for people with chronic illness. Design/methodology/approach: An education toolkit…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Self Management, Group Dynamics, Foreign Countries
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Blasco, Maribel – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2015
The article proposes an approach, broadly inspired by culturally inclusive pedagogy, to facilitate international student academic adaptation based on rendering tacit aspects of local learning cultures explicit to international full degree students, rather than adapting them. Preliminary findings are presented from a focus group-based exploratory…
Descriptors: Cultural Relevance, Teaching Methods, Foreign Students, Student Adjustment