Essays about: "a critical analysis EDUCATION"

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  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

  2. 2. Indigenous knowledge in education in north-east India

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

    Author : Kaberi Singha; [2023-08-29]
    Keywords : Education for sustainable development ESD ; Indigenous knowledge IK ; North-East NE India; Critical pedagogy of Place; school curriculum;

    Abstract : Considering the need to preserve indigenous knowledge with relevance to the global ESD discourse, the purpose of this study is to explore and understand the value and status of indigenous knowledge (IK) in the context of integrating this in the formal school curriculum, with a focus in the North-eastern (NE) region of India. This study is grounded within the theoretical framework of Critical pedagogy of Place proposed by Gruenewald. READ MORE

  3. 3. Role of assistive technology in enhancing perticipation of children with disabilities in basic education in Nigeria. Exploring the Perspective of Special Education Teachers

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Seye Kenith Ayantoye; [2023-07-03]
    Keywords : Assistive Technology; Basic Education; Disabilities; Children Participation;

    Abstract : Aim: The core objective of this study is to investigate how assistive technology can be used to facilitate access to basic education among children with disabilities in Nigeria. Drawing on teachers’ perspective, the study investigated how assistive technology facilitates children wtih disabilities inclusion and engagement with classroom learning and how assistive technology is used to solve learning problems and its challenges Theory: Social model for disability was used to explain the conceptual meaning of disabilities in this study. READ MORE

  4. 4. Using poverty simulations to teach about poverty - an action research study

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

    Author : Lenka Čavojská; [2023-06-20]
    Keywords : Poverty; Poverty Simulation; Attitudes toward Poverty; Experiential Learning; Experiential Education; Experiential Learning Cycle; Critical approaches to Experiential Learning and Education; Action Research;

    Abstract : Aim: The purpose of this research study was to investigate the effect of a poverty simulation activity on 9th-grade students’ understanding of poverty. Theory: This study´s theoretical framework was built on Dewey´s theory of Experiential Education, Kolb´s Experiential Learning Cycle, and various critical approaches toward Experiential Learning and Education. READ MORE

  5. 5. Perspectives on a social justice and European identity: a study of intergroup dialogues

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

    Author : Anna Pietraszczyk; [2023-06-14]
    Keywords : Social justice; Education for Sustainable Development; European identity; privilege and oppression; critical consciousness; Third Space; dialogism;

    Abstract : Aim: The aim of this study was to advance the promotion of an all-encompassing, multi-faceted discussion on social justice and explore the concept through identity negotiation in the European context. Theory: Three concepts were introduced to bring together the theoretical framework: “Critical consciousness”, “Third Space” and ”Dialogism”. READ MORE