The language and knowledge on which literacy depends starts developing at birth and continues throughout a child’s lifetime. Educators can support this process by bringing knowledge-building into their classrooms.
Through their leadership, principals have an important, yet typically indirect, effect on pupils’ learning. This article focuses attention on principals’ influences on teaching and assessment in special education in Sweden.
The MathByExample project outlines how students can learn from both the correct and wrong answers on math problems to tease out reasoning and identify misconceptions about how an answer is achieved. Professor Julie Booth who helped develop the program, says often the way a student learned a previous part of math can lead to misconceptions…
Når der er undervisningsforstyrrende uro i en klasse, skyldes det som regel, at eleverne ikke er engagerede i undervisningen, mener pædagogisk forsker Lotte Hedegaard-Sørensen. Lærerens ansvar er at gøre noget ved det – og samfundets ansvar er at give læreren mulighed for det.
Skolforskningsinstitutet har sammanställt praktiknära forskning om undervisning och lärande i musik som visar hur lärare och elever samspelar och kommunicerar.
The current issue presents 16 papers that explore play, fun, adventure, excitement and creativity in early childhood education in all its forms. The issue takes a broad exploration of the multitude of ways that intrinsic motivation is embedded in children’s learning and the ways in which educators can start with the embodied and emotional relationship with learning as described at the beginning of this Editorial.
Hur kan en gemensam läsupplevelse bidra till demokratiska samtal och hur kan skolbibliotekarie och lärare samverka för att skapa motivation för lärande? Carin Sandström, fritidshemsutvecklare, och Mathias Larsson, skolbibliotekarie, fick möjlighet att prata om detta i två poddavsnitt som producerades av Högskolan Halmstad. (webb-radio)
Med utgångspunkt i skönlitterära texter och aktuell språkforskning kan elevernas ordförråd både breddas och fördjupas. På Grimstaskolan använder sig högstadieläraren Anna Norlin av strategier som vuxit fram under ett FoU-projekt.
Giving students clear pathways to provide input and feel their thoughts are valued can lead to greater educational experiences for all, experts suggest.