This study aims to investigate the role of dystopian literature in the Swedish EFL classroom. In particular, it intends to investigate and analyze the method that Swedish EFL teachers use to employ this genre into the classroom, as well as the aim for the usage. The study is qualitative and has been carried out through the conducting of semi-structured interviews consisting of open-ended questions. The findings of the study show that there are a number of common aims and methods among the respondents.  The aim for the using of this particular genre was commonly to increase the students’ willingness to read by working with literature that would hopefully be appealing to them. Common methods for  using this genre of literature include discussions in different group-constellations, as well as employing films and shorter video clips as a complement to the standard literature used during lectures. Further findings show that teachers are inclined to adapt their teaching depending on the individual student groups. In other words, there is a tendency among the respondents to be flexible in their teaching, in order to favor students’ development in the English language.

The aim of this project was to analyse Swedish EFL teachers’ methods and opinions regarding teaching fluency in their classrooms. Furthermore, the project aimed at exploring the attitudes towards the importance of including fluency in their language teaching. Previous research suggests that the usage of so-called task based exercises is something that helps in promoting students’ level of fluency. The previous research further suggests that the teaching of effective vocabulary, as well as linking-words, is beneficial for the developments of individual fluency. The method used in the gathering of data was based on qualitative interviews. The interviews were conducted with six EFL teachers at Swedish upper secondary schools. The questions asked during said interviews were of a semi-structured and open-ended nature. This particular structure was chosen in order to encourage the respondents to talk freely, and to combat the sense of there being right or wrong answers to the questions posed. The theoretical framework of the study is based on Burner’s (Nino & Burner, 1978) theory on scaffolding, and Gibbons’ (2015) approach on how to apply this to the EFL classroom.  The specific genres of fluency that held the focus of this paper were speech and writing. However, as a result of the data generated by the interviews, the two genres were not, to any significant extent, discussed or handled separately throughout the project. The results of the study shows that the interviewed teachers tend to employ small-group discussions in order to promote fluency in their students. Furthermore, the results show that most teachers are inclined to teach their students different kinds of vocabulary in order to further their students’ abilities. Other findings indicate that students seem to benefit from a safe environment in their classrooms when practicing fluency, this as to not feel exposed in a negative way when they are to perform in front of their peers.

A classroom teaching experiment was conducted to document prospective teachers' development of whole number concepts and operations. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine the collective understanding of prospective teachers in an elementary mathematics content course. Design research methodology, specifically a classroom teaching experiment was the methodology selected for this study since it allows learning to be documented in a classroom environment and is iterative in nature. A revised hypothetical learning trajectory and instructional tasks from a previous classroom teaching experiment were used in this study (Andreasen, 2006). Research about children's development of whole number concepts and operations was used in developing instructional learning goals. In addition, research regarding prospective teachers' development supported the instructional modification that all tasks would be presented and expected to be reasoned about in base-8. Both qualitative data and quantitative data were collected. Qualitative data included whole class dialogue that was videotaped and transcribed, as well as student work samples. Quantitative data included items from the Content Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics database that were administered prior to and subsequent to the instructional sequence in base-8 (Hill, Schilling, & Ball, 2005). It should be noted that the items selected from the database were in base-10. The emergent perspective served as the interpretive framework of the collected qualitative data. This perspective reflexively coordinates the social or group perspective simultaneously with psychological or individual perspective. As stated, this study sought to describe the communal mathematics understanding of prospective teachers in an elementary mathematics content course. Toulmin's (1969) model of argumentation and Rasmussen and Stephan's three-phase methodology served to document normative ways of group reasoning called classroom mathematical practices. The following classroom mathematical practices were identified as taken-as-shared by prospective teachers: (a) developing small number relationships using Double 10-Frames, (b) developing two-digit thinking strategies using the open number line, (c) flexibly representing equivalent quantities using pictures or Inventory Forms, and (d) developing addition and subtraction strategies using pictures or an Inventory Form. Quantitative results indicated that prospective teachers were able to apply mathematical understandings grounded in base-8 to whole number concepts in base-10. In the end, counting and calculating in base-8 provides a meaningful context for prospective teachers to reconstruct their knowledge of whole number concepts and operations.

<p>Jedna od &scaron;iroko zastupljenih metoda za uspe&scaron;nu&nbsp;realizaciju ciljeva naučnog obrazovanja je&nbsp;istraživačka&nbsp; metoda&nbsp; (Inquiry-based instruction),&nbsp;<br />koja se defini&scaron;e kao uključivanje učenika u&nbsp;proces aktivnog učenja kroz postavljanje&nbsp;<br />pitanja, analizu podataka i kritičko mi&scaron;ljenje. Problem ovog istraživanja bio je kako&nbsp;<br />primenom istraživačke metode u razrednoj&nbsp;nastavi&nbsp; povećati postignuća i motivisanost&nbsp;učenika u oblasti prirodnih nauka.</p><p>U teorijskom delu rada analiziran je&nbsp;konstruktivizam kao pedago&scaron;ka osnova&nbsp;<br />kvalitetnog naučnog obrazovanja,&nbsp; Principi i&nbsp;velike ideje naučnog obrazovanja kao osnova za&nbsp;pravilan izbor sadržaja, oblici, karakteristike i&nbsp;modeli istraživačkog učenja i poučavanja,&nbsp;kompetencije nastavnika i načini praćenja i&nbsp;vrednovanja postignuća učenika.&nbsp;</p><p>U empirijskom delu rada prikazani su rezultati&nbsp;pedago&scaron;kog eksperimenta sa paralelnim&nbsp;grupama u kome je proučavana primena&nbsp;istraživačke metode&nbsp; na fizičkim sadržajima&nbsp; u&nbsp;nastavi Prirode i dru&scaron;tva, i njen doprinos&nbsp;efikasnijem sticanju znanja, umeća i navika&nbsp;učenika, povećanju kvaliteta i kvantiteta&nbsp;njihovog znanja, kao i razvoju &nbsp;motivacije za rad&nbsp;u poređenju sa tradicionalnim pristupom. Za&nbsp;potrebe istraživanja oblikovani su inovativni&nbsp;nastavni modeli, testovi znanja i ankete za&nbsp;učenike i roditelje. &nbsp;Uzorak istraživanja činilo je&nbsp;112 učenika iz osam odeljenja četvrtih razreda&nbsp;dve osnovne &nbsp;&scaron;kole u Somboru.&nbsp;</p><p>Rezultati istraživanja su pokazali da primena&nbsp;istraživačke metode u nastavnoj praksi&nbsp;<br />pozitivno utiče na kvalitet i kvantitet stečenih&nbsp;znanja i umeća i da značajno doprinosi&nbsp;povećanju motivacije učenika za izučavanje&nbsp;fizičkih sadržaja. Ovim putem provereni i&nbsp;potvrđeni&nbsp; inovativni nastavni modeli mogu da&nbsp;nađu svoje mesto u nastavnoj praksi i tako&nbsp;doprinesu kvalitetnijoj realizaciji nastave&nbsp;prirodnih nauka, a time i povećanju &nbsp;naučne&nbsp;pismenosti veće populacije učenika.</p> / <p>Inquiry-based instruction is one of the widely used methods&nbsp; for the successful&nbsp; realization of the science teaching goals. It is defined as involving pupils into the&nbsp; process of active learning by asking questions, data analysis and critical thinking.&nbsp; The problem of this research is how the application of inquiry-based instruction in classroom teaching increases pupils&rsquo; motivation and achievement in the field of<br />natural sciences.</p><p>In the theoretical part of the paper the constructivism as a pedagogical basis of quality scientific education,&nbsp; Principles and great ideas of scientific education&nbsp; as a basis for right choice of contents, forms, characteristics and models of inquiry teaching&nbsp; and learning are analyzed, as well as teacher competence and ways of monitoring&nbsp; and evaluating of pupils&rsquo; achievement.</p><p>In the empirical part of the paper the results of pedagogical experiment with parallel groups is presented. In that experiment was studied the implementation of&nbsp; Inquiry-based instruction on physics contents in teaching Nature and Society in classroom teaching, and its contribution to the efficient acquiring knowledge, skills and habits of pupils, increasing the quality and quantity of their knowledge, as well as the developing the motivation to work, in comparison with the traditional approach. For the purposes of this research innovative teaching models, knowledge tests and&nbsp;questionnaire for pupils and parents were designed. The study sample consisted of 112 pupils from eight fourth-grade classes from two primary schools in Sombor.</p><p>The research results showed that the implementation of Inquiry-based instruction in teaching practice positively affects the quality and quantity of acquired knowledge and skills of pupils and significantly contributes to increasing pupils&rsquo; motivation for studying physics contents. Hereby tested and validated innovative teaching models can find their place in the teaching practice and thus contribute to better realization of teaching science, and thus increase scientific literacy of larger population of pupils.</p>

The process of ‘learning to teach’ is still not well understood. In particular, existing research does not fully reflect the complexities of the process; how student teachers’ level of subject matter knowledge influences their teaching, or how their placement affects the process. This study provides an alternative nonlinear, relational model for understanding the process of ‘learning to teach’. I study the ways in which 66 BEd students teach during eight school-based Teaching Experience sessions, conducted over the four year duration of their preservice teaching degree. I primarily draw on evidence obtained from lesson observation reports written by university tutors as they respond to lessons taught by this cohort of student teachers. I cluster their comments into five facets necessary for enabling learning, namely, student teachers’ knowledge and understanding of content; their preparation; their teaching strategies; their classroom management; and the ways in which they monitor learning. These five facets have links to the process of teaching described by Shulman’s (1987b) Model of Pedagogical Reasoning and Action. Within each of these five facets, varying levels of competence were demonstrated by the student teachers in this study. I develop an analytical tool that describes four developmental levels of student teaching over each of the five facets of the teaching process. An in-depth study of the developmental teaching portraits of five student teachers illustrates that they are often more advanced in some facets of their teaching, and less so in others. The portraits highlight the ways in which certain facets affect teaching in other facets. The interactions between these differing levels and facets give rise to particular challenges that student teachers experience as they ‘learn to teach’. Some of these challenges are more significant than others, as certain inter-facet relationships are essential to the development of pedagogically reasoned action, and other relationships are less crucial. My findings suggest that although ‘learning to teach’ is a non-linear process, there nevertheless exists a logical hierarchy within the facets, whereby some facets create conditions of possibility for others. In particular, I find that the way in which student teachers use their knowledge and understanding of the content to inform other facets, establishes the 2 logical conditions necessary for the development of teaching as pedagogically reasoned action.

There is a scarcity of research exploring the field of Speech and Language Disorders (SLD) in the Greek mainstream primary education context. Accordingly, the aim of this study was twofold: (i) to identify the nature and extent of speech, language and communication skills of Greek pupils with noticeably slow progress, and (ii) to examine the provision made for these pupils in Greek mainstream and inclusion classes. The study was in two phases. For the first phase, pupils whose speech and language development was below expectations were assessed using a battery of tests. Data analysis indicated no significant differences in the language profile and non-verbal reasoning ability of the pupils with SLD, General Learning Difficulties (GLD) and other Special Educational Needs (SEN). The data also gave an indication of SLD incidence in Greek mainstream primary classrooms. Phase two involved seven case studies. Together, these provided a rich profile of the speech/language and literacy functioning of the pupils identified with SLD, GLD and Specific Writing difficulties (SpWd) and the provision offered to them in Greek primary mainstream settings. The findings revealed that these pupils shared difficulties in the domains of speech/language and literacy, which impacted on their access to the curriculum and academic attainments. However, teaching practices were not differentiated according to the pupils’ specific needs or year group. Additionally, pupils’ difficulties in the above areas had a negative impact on their social participation and acceptance by peers. Overall, the study highlights the complex nature of SLD, and the similarities in the language profile and the non-verbal reasoning skills of the SLD and other SEN subgroups. This raised questions about whether SLD, as used in these schools, is a distinct area of difficulty or on a continuum with other areas of difficulties. In addition, the study raised questions regarding the assessment and identification of SLD in the Greek context, as well as the practical teaching of pupils who experience such difficulties.

Development of the Jordan Performance Appraisal System (JPAS) was completed in 1996. This study examined the factor structure of the classroom observation instrument used in the JPAS. Using observed classroom instructional quality ratings of 1220 elementary teachers of Grades 1-6 in the Jordan School District, this study estimated the factor structure of the data and the rater effect on relevant structural parameters. This study also tested for measurement invariance at the within and between levels across teachers of two grade-level groups (a) lower grades: Grades 1-3 and (b) upper grades: Grades 4-6. Factor structure was estimated using complex exploratory factor analysis (EFA) conducted on a subset of the original data. The analysis provided evidence of a three-factor model for the combined groups. The results of multiple confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) conducted using a different subset of the data cross-validated EFA results. Results from multilevel confirmatory factor analysis (MCFA) indicated the three-factor model fit best at both the within and the between levels, and that the intraclass correlation (ICC) was high (.699), indicating significant rater-level variance. Results from a multilevel multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MLMG-CFA) indicated that the ICC was not significantly different between groups. Results also indicated configural, metric (weak factorial), and scalar (strong factorial) equivalence between groups. This study provided one of the first examples of how to estimate the impact of cluster-level variables such as rater on grouping variables nested at the within level. It provided an example of how to conduct a multilevel multigroup analysis on count data. It also disproved the assumption that counting classroom teaching behaviors was less subjective than using a categorical rating scale. These results will provide substantial information for future developments made to the classroom observation instrument used in the JPAS.

Syftet med rapporten var att samla erfarenheter från distansundervisningen inom matematikämnet i tre svenska skolor, två gymnasieskolor och en grundskola. Våren 2021 intervjuades närmare 20 lärare där huvudämnet var vilka erfarenheter lärarna tog med sig från distansundervisningen. Frågeställningarna som undersöktes var: Vilka erfarenheter har lärare av matematikundervisning under distansundervisning under covid-19 pandemin? Hur kan dessa erfarenheter av matematikundervisning under distansundervisning användas i klassrumsundervisning? Hur kan en handbok utformas som ett stödmaterial till lärare med syftet att utveckla klassrumsundervisning i matematikämnet med hjälp av erfarenheter från distansundervisning? Tematisk analys användes för att analysera den insamlade datan i form av sammanfattningar av intervjuer med lärare och en handbok med en förklaring till hur lärarnas erfarenheter från distansundervisningen kunde användas under matematikundervisningen i ett klassrum vid eventuell återgång hösten 2021. En utmaning enligt samtliga lärare var att identifiera kunskapsnivån hos elever, det var svårare att avgöra vilka delar av undervisningen som upplevdes svåra för elever och det var svårare med direkt återkoppling under lektionstid. Positiva fördelar uttrycktes, breakoutrooms, sparade anteckningar och tillgänglighet för frånvarande elever var fyra av dessa fördelar. / The purpose of the report was to gather experience from distance education in the subject of mathematics in three Swedish schools, two upper secondary schools and one primary school. In the spring of 2021, almost 20 teachers were interviewed, the main subject being which experiences they brought with them from distance education. The questions examined were: What are the experiences of teachers of mathematics teaching during distance learning during the covid-19 pandemic? How can these experiences of mathematics teaching during distance learning be used in classroom teaching? How can a handbook be designed as a support material for teachers with the aim of developing classroom teaching in the subject of mathematics with the help of experiences from distance teaching? Thematic analysis was used to analyze the collected data in the form of summaries of interviews with teachers and a handbook with an explanation of how teachers' experiences from distance education could be used during mathematics teaching in a classroom in the event of a return in autumn 2021. A challenge according to all teachers was to identify the level of knowledge of students, it was more difficult to determine which parts of the teaching were perceived as difficult for students and it was more difficult with direct feedback during lesson time. Positive benefits were expressed, breakoutrooms, saved notes and accessibility for absent students were four of these benefits.

This qualitative study includes a comparison of the perceptions of students with and without intellectual disabilities regarding the opportunities they have to make decisions during the school day and school year. The data from the student groups were shared with adults in the school who then explored their perspectives regarding reasons for any similarities or differences in the perceptions of the student groups. Within-case and cross-case analysis of the data obtained from the three student focus groups, one teacher focus group, one educational assistant focus group and an interview with an administrator resulted in the identification of three major themes: structure of the system, role of adults and safety. Various ways that each of these can facilitate or limit opportunities for students with and without intellectual disabilities to make decisions during the school day and school year are discussed

This qualitative study focused on four secondary school physics teachers in Bangladesh using semi-structured interviews and observations to explore their understanding about the relationship between practical work and developing students’ conceptual knowledge of physics. Recent studies indicate that practical work helps secondary science students easily and effectively learn the concepts and theories of physics. However, the secondary school physics teachers in Bangladesh in this study did not provide students with practical work during classroom teaching. Rather, they provided practical work in separate practical classes. Although the teachers believed that practical work made their teaching and also students’ learning easier and effective, they did not offer frequent practical demonstrations in teaching the contents of physics. The major findings of the study include that teachers used mostly transmissive pedagogy to assist students to understand physics concepts and theories. Even though there are clear and specific instructions for the teachers to do demonstrations in the secondary physics curriculum, there were constraints on teachers and on students trying to conduct practical work. Constraints included: a lack of sufficient equipment. Teachers and students in non-government schools faced comparatively more difficulties than those in government schools. Low teacher/student ratios and no positions for laboratory assistants were reasons given for teachers’ intense workloads. This study implies a need to provide government and non-government schools with necessary equipment for doing practical work; to appoint sufficient teachers with higher studies and training that includes practical work in physics; to create positions for laboratory assistants; to set up classrooms with a smaller number of students; and to develop awareness of the value of practical work among school administration and among physics teachers.