Essays about: "Teacher Agency"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 53 essays containing the words Teacher Agency.

  1. 1. Exploring foreign language teachers’ professional agency in Romanian Public Secondary schools.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Camelia Dragomir; [2023-10-31]
    Keywords : teacher agency; ecological theory; foreign language teaching; accountability; professional development;

    Abstract : Aim: This research aims to explore how seven foreign language teachers in a few urban public secondary schools in Romania understand and enact their professional agency and how contextual factors support or constrain its achievement. The purpose is to understand the ways in which the participants’ teaching philosophies and experiences inform their awareness and achievement of agency, what they perceive as the available contextual resources within contextual constraints, and how that reflects in their beliefs and professional aspirations. READ MORE

  3. 2. Principals’ and teachers’ experience and strategies in handling student violence in secondary schools: Examples from Sweden.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Hubert Nkongchu Njicha; [2023-08-07]
    Keywords : student violence; violent behaviour; secondary schools; principals; teachers;

    Abstract : This study examines principals’ and teachers’ experiences in dealing with school violence in Sweden. Threats and violence in Swedish schools increased fivefold between 2013 and 2017, according to Sveriges Television. Statistics from the Work Environment Agency also revealed that school violence and threats have increased. READ MORE

  4. 3. Differentiated Instruction: Adapting Teacher Practices and Materials for Individual Groups of Students

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Shvan Erfan Ali; Filip Melbacke; [2023]
    Keywords : Differentiated Instruction; Multi-modality; Cooperative Learning; Bi-lingual Approach; Teacher Practices; Adaptations; TPS;

    Abstract : There is a requirement for English teachers in Sweden to adapt their teaching to align with the policy documents advocating to foster the students' continuous and lifelong learning. This study aims to address in what way the participating teachers work to create engaging learning environments and lessons that promote communication and cooperation. READ MORE

  5. 4. Förundrad av fysik? : En fenomenologisk studie kring högstadieelevers upplevelser av förundran som epistemisk känsla i fysikundervisningen

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Daniel Stoor; [2023]
    Keywords : science education; physics; lower secondary school; epistemic emotions; phenomenology; wonder; Naturvetenskapsundervisning; fysik; högstadiet; epistemiska känslor; fenomenologi; förundran;

    Abstract : Naturvetenskapsundervisning idag tenderar att måla en bild av att allt redan är förklarat och alla samband är upptäckta inom naturvetenskap. Skolans jobb handlar bara om att lära ut alla förklaringarna. READ MORE

  6. 5. Formative assessment in a digital environment : digital tools and feedback as aid for language development in EFL classrooms

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

    Author : Henrik Potok; Andreas Spjut; [2023]
    Keywords : Digital Tools; Digitalization; Language development; Formative assessment; Formative feedback; Learning outcomes; English as Second Language; English as Foreign Language; Upper-secondary; Intermediate students.;

    Abstract : This paper concerns the use of digital tools in connection to formative assessment within EFL classrooms. The Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket) has in the last decades shown an increasing interest in the potential that these tools show. READ MORE