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Beyond the obvious : three acts in educational drama
Arnolds-Granlund, Sol-Britt (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 25.09.2009)Researching research is not a common theme in educational drama. Nor is the educational drama process from a participant perspective a typical focus of research, at least not if the participants are disabled. Yet this is ... -
Conditions for EFL learning and professional development : Finland-Swedish learner and teacher perspectives
Björklund, Mikaela (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 04.04.2008)This study is about the conditions for active learning and professional teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL) in a Finland-Swedish context. The study is based upon the assumption that EFL learning and teaching ... -
Curriculum innovation in teacher education : exploring conceptions among Tanzanian teacher educators
Meena, Wilberforce (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 13.11.2009)The focus of the study is to understand curriculum innovation from the perspective of Tanzanian teacher educators. It is argued that the deterioration of quality of education in schools is partly to be attributed to the ... -
Elever syns på nätet : multimodala texter och autentiska mottagare
Åkerlund, Dan (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 17.01.2014)This study is based on the notion that all students are likely to have a computer of some kind as their primary tool at school within a few years. The overall aim is to contribute to the knowledge of what this development ... -
Hållpunkter för lärande : småbarns möten
Björklund, Camilla (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 23.04.2007)Developed from human activities, mathematical knowledge is bound to the world and cultures that men and women experience. One can say that mathematics is rooted in humans’ everyday life, an environment where people reach ... -
Identifying first graders at risk of reading and writing difficulties : creating a group-based screening tool in kiswahili in Tanzania
Kalanje, Ephreim (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 18.05.2011)Early identification of beginning readers at risk of developing reading and writing difficulties plays an important role in the prevention and provision of appropriate intervention. In Tanzania, as in other countries, ... -
Images of imagination : an aesthetic approach to education
Kaihovirta-Rosvik, Hannah (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 05.08.2009)Visual art practice has generally been described as a lonely affair, thinking about what an artist has experienced in the outside world. This study is an inquiry into a visual art practice of another kind: the relational ... -
In pursuit of an intercultural dimension in EFL-teaching : exploring cognitions among Finland-Swedish comprehensive school teachers
Larzén, Eva (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 19.12.2005)This thesis is about the educational purpose of foreign language teaching (FLT) in an increasingly internationalised world.The past 20-30 years have witnessed a fundamental rethinking of the aims of FLT, entailing a shift ... -
Induction practices : experiences of newly qualified teachers
Aspfors, Jessica (Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 30.11.2012)The thesis consists of four studies (articles I–IV) and a comprehensive summary. The aim is to deepen understanding and knowledge of newly qualified teachers’ experiences of their induction practices. The research interest ... -
Intercultural bridges in teenagers' theatrical events : performing self and constructing cultural identity through a creative drama process
Aaltonen, Heli (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 01.12.2006)The overriding aim of this drama educational case study is to deepen the understanding of meaning making in a creative intercultural youth theatre process and to examine it in the context of the 10th European Children's ... -
Ja vet int va de heter på svenska : interaktion mellan tvåspråkiga elever och deras lärare i en enspråkig klassrumsdiskurs
Slotte-Lüttge, Anna (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 14.10.2005)This is a study about language and learning aspects in the interaction between pupils and teachers in classrooms, where the majority of the pupils are bilingual. The aim of the dissertation is to develop the understanding ... -
Literacy skills of Kiswahili speaking children in rural Tanzania : the role of home environemt
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Lärande som text : en dramapedagogiskt förankrad läsning av det kroppsliga, rumsliga och retoriska i kunskapsbildande processer
Silius-Ahonen, Ellinor (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 17.06.2005)My presupposition, that learning at some level deals with life praxis, is expressed in four metaphors: space, time, fable and figure. Relations between learning,knowledge building and meaning making are linked to the concept ... -
Parallella, dynamiska representationer i gymnasiefysiken : implementering av ett interaktivt datorverktyg i didaktiska situationer och uppfattning av effektivt lärande
Eklund, Bertil (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 09.06.2006)The computer is a useful tool in the teaching of upper secondary school physics, and should not have a subordinate role in students' learning process. However, computers and computer-based tools are often not available ... -
Professional development among educators pursuing a B.Ed. program in special education in Tanzania : a study of motives and perceived outcomes
Kapinga, Orestes (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 11.12.2012)Implementation of different policies and plans aiming at providing education for all is a challenge in Tanzania. The need for educators and professionals with relevant knowledge and qualifications in special education is ... -
På spaning efter den goda läroboken : om pedagogiska texters lärande potential
Wikman, Tom (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 17.12.2004)By interpreting research results about textbooks this study tries to answer the question: how should texts be formulated to optimize the learning of the reading pupil? Seven perspectives structure the research: History. ... -
Quality enhancement in teacher education : Tanzanian teacher educators’ conceptions and experiences
Chambulila, Colonel (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 16.12.2013)The overall aim of this study was to investigate and examine teacher educators’ conceptions and experiences of quality of teacher education. The research interest therefore was two-fold: a) to deepen understanding of the ... -
The cultural dimension in focus : promoting awareness of diversity and respect for difference in a Finland-Swedish EFL classroom
Forsman, Liselott (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 14.12.2006)This study addresses the role of EFL education, its potential and shortcomings, and the challenges the future of EFL education will bring. It is argued that new societal demands and the limited time we have at our disposal ... -
The effectiveness of short-term literacy skills intervention on children at risk of reading and writing difficulties in Tanzania : a study of grade one children with dynamic assessment approach
Kumburu, Salvius (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 18.05.2011)The aim of the study was to create and evaluate an intervention programme for Tanzanian children from a low-income area who are at risk of reading and writing difficulties. The learning difficulties, including reading and ... -
Understanding and improving quality of secondary school education : conceptions among teachers in Tanzania
Jidamva, George (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 11.12.2012)Temat för studien handlar om gymnasielärares uppfattningar om kvalitet och om hur kvalitet kan utvecklas i gymnasieutbildningen in Tanzania. Studien är till sin karaktär kvalitativ och består av utprövade semistrukturerade ...