Essays about: "Teacher careers"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Teacher careers.
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1. Social class representations and construction of entrepreneurial identities in Swedish ELT textbooks
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : Modern societies across the globe have been deeply transformed by the rise of capitalism and neoliberalism in the last century. This has had a significant impact on education which has been reconfigured to meet the needs of the market rather than the needs of the learner. READ MORE
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2. From Professional Engineers to University Lecturers : A Qualitative Inquiry about Motivations, Experiences, and Decision-Making Processes of Second Career-Changing Lecturers
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)Abstract : Background and Research Questions: The purpose of this study is to investigate and understand the motivations, experiences, and decision-making processes of a group of professional engineers who decided to switch their career pathway from the engineering industry to education and teaching during their mid-age. Based on the Social Cognitive Career and Motivation Theory and Self-Efficacy Theory, the study was guided by a research question, why would professional engineers decide to switch their career pathway from the engineering industry to education and teaching during their mid-age, particularly in Australia? What are their motivations? Methodology: In line with the general inductive approach, focus group activity, remarkable item sharing, and member-checking interviews were used to collect in-depth sharing and stories from six participants via the online platform during the COVID-19 pandemic. READ MORE
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3. Lived Experiences of a High-Status Language in a Low-Status Medium : Swedish Bilingual Students’ Investment in English Mother Tongue Instruction
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för språkdidaktikAbstract : Sweden is one of few countries offering mother tongue instruction (MTI) to students in compulsory education with a native language other than Swedish. Traditionally research has focussed on the benefits of MTI as a space for the development of minority languages despite the logistical and ideological hindrances in execution that have resulted in the subject’s low status. READ MORE
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4. Notetaking During Listening Lessons: English Teachers' Attitudes Toward Notetaking and Notetaking Teaching During Listening Lessons at Swedish upper secondary schools.
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : This is a study that examines Swedish upper secondary school English teachers' attitudes toward notetaking and notetaking teaching during listening lessons to see how current English teachers implement notetaking teaching to help students store data while listening to information in English. The reason for the investigation is that teachers might assume that students already have the physical and cognitive abilities that are required to take notes and therefore just tell students to “take notes”. READ MORE
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5. Who’s on first Teacher professionalism in the wake of the förstelärare-reform
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: The aim of this thesis is to straighten out the question mark of the ambition of professionalism which is present in the first teacher reform’s background work. But the concept of professionalization is not without controversy, over time a new definition of professionalism has come into use, the so called organisational professionalism could influence the notion of professionalism in the background work and also in the whole reforms implementation. READ MORE
