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Jusslin, Sofia; Østern, Tone Pernille – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2020
This study investigates the collaboration between two teachers, a dance teaching artist, and a researcher within an educational design research project, that integrated creative dance into fifth-graders' reading and writing processes. To study this design team, we draw on the theoretical field of new materialism and the methodological field of…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Cooperation, Teacher Collaboration, Dance Education
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Snook, Barbara Helen; Buck, Ralph – Research in Dance Education, 2014
This paper reflects upon international arts education action and relative local in-action. The first half of the paper provides a brief narrative of the World Alliance for Arts Education's advocacy work and the development of the UNESCO Seoul Agenda: Goals for the development of arts education. The second half of the paper highlights a dance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Art Education, Advocacy, International Organizations
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Tammi, Tuure – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2013
Finnish youth are found to be, despite their broad knowledge, uninterested in politics and in societal participation. As a remedy, international studies suggest enabling democratic experiences in schools. This article discusses an action research project aimed at developing deliberation-based democratic practice in an elementary classroom. Results…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teaching Methods, Research Projects, International Studies
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Sormunen, Marjorita; Saaranen, Terhi; Tossavainen, Kerttu; Turunen, Hannele – Health Education, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to present the process evaluation for a two-year (2008-2010) participatory action research project focusing on home-school partnership in health learning, undertaken within the Schools for Health in Europe (SHE) in Eastern Finland. Design/methodology/approach: Two intervention schools and two control schools (grade 5…
Descriptors: Intervention, Health Promotion, Research Projects, Action Research
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Maaranen, Katriina – Teacher Development, 2009
The purpose of this research is to seek the connection between professional development and an MA thesis research project, which is conducted as part of initial teacher education in Finland. This article examines the experiences of teachers with work experience, but without an official qualification, who recently completed their MA thesis. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Experience, Professional Development, Teaching Methods
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Vulliamy, Graham; Webb, Rosemary – Education 3-13, 2009
Some methodological issues are discussed that arise from our comparative research conducted since the early 1990s into primary schooling in Finland and England. This research has been identified as part of a "new" comparative education that uses qualitative research strategies and which prioritises sensitivity to cultural context in data…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries