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Katalin Fenyvesi – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This study explores what young Danish learners found anxiety-provoking or difficult in their English as a foreign language (EFL) classes. Participants (n = 32) were early and later starters (ages 8 years vs. 10 years) at two primary schools where children were not assessed in English. The qualitative inquiry aimed to examine what differences…
Descriptors: Grade 9, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Reina Evans-Paulson; Christina V. Dodson; Tracy Marie Scull – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
Pornography often depicts traditional gender norms and aggression paired with sexual behaviour. Among adolescents, exposure to pornography is related to unhealthy beliefs about gender, sex and relationships. Critical thinking about media may reduce the internalisation of unhealthy messages in pornography. However, there is a dearth of research…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 9, Grade 10, Sex Education
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Minttu Vänttinen; Leila Kääntä – Classroom Discourse, 2024
This study investigates the multimodal construction of blame attributions in peer interaction during digital tasks in English as a Foreign Language classrooms. Drawing on multimodal conversation analysis (CA), we examine how the force of blamings is manifested in and through the variety of resources used, and the role of digital devices in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Grade 4
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Alvarez, Adam; Farinde-Wu, Abiola; Delale-O'Connor, Lori; Murray, Ira E. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2020
Research stresses a need for more contextually nuanced urban teacher preparation programs that explore racially oppressive structures in society. This article presents a case study of five aspiring teachers who participated as mentors in a 2-year program for ninth grade students at Riverview Academy, an urban school. This study uses the…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Teacher Education Programs, Power Structure, Case Studies
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LeBlanc, Robert Jean – Classroom Discourse, 2018
Based on data drawn from audio recordings of a 9th grade female English teacher in Southern California and her interactions with students in her classroom, I examined how she represents the thinking and voices of her students as her students during confrontation and conflict. Analysis demonstrates how the projected ventriloquation of her students'…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Females, English Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship
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Altura, Gerard J.; Curwood, Jen Scott – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2015
Research suggests that video games can foster deep engagement, critical thinking, and collaborative learning. To highlight how video games promote student achievement, we focus on a year 9 elective class in Australia. Our findings suggest that this games-based class encouraged student learning and motivated students to develop advanced literacy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Games, Academic Achievement, Learning
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Sosa, Teresa; Hall, Allison H.; Goldman, Susan R.; Lee, Carol D. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2016
Literature can be a powerful resource for adolescents' psychosocial development, as it provides opportunities to experience the world through the perspectives of others and juxtapose these with one's own experiences. However, gaining access to these perspectives requires going beyond literal words on the page to explore interpretive meanings. This…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Mixed Methods Research, Case Studies, Teaching Methods
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Harris, Typhani – Journal of Dance Education, 2013
Content Literacy, 21st Century Skills, and Common Core Standards are quickly becoming the buzz of current public education initiatives. As these new policies dictate educational reform, public schools are hustling to find meaning, definition, and accountability for these future expectations. Content literacy goes beyond the ability to read and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Criticism, Secondary School Students, Dance Education
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Nichols, Phil – Voices from the Middle, 2012
In an effort to expose students to a wide array of 21st century literacies, it is easy for teachers to forget the equally important role of leading students in critical inquiry regarding "when" and "why" particular media ought to be used. This results in students who possess knowledge of how to use a medium but lack the wisdom to truly understand…
Descriptors: Audiences, Criticism, Literacy, Evaluation
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Howell, Emily Nicole – English Journal, 2012
In a thematic study she calls The Hero's Journey, the author introduces the classical archetype of the hero and the journey of the hero with Homer's "The Odyssey." After all, the wily tactician dreams up the idea for the wooden horse trick, thereby winning the war for the Greeks. He visits hell and, against all odds, makes it back. He defeats the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Critical Reading, Grade 9, Reading Strategies
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Van Rooy, Wilhelmina; Moore, Leah – Teaching Science, 2012
This article discusses using students' analysis of media coverage of the March 2011 Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear events to develop their knowledge and understanding of geological concepts and related socio-scientific issues. It draws on news reported at that time, identifies themes in those reports, and suggests how this event can be…
Descriptors: News Reporting, Foreign Countries, Criticism, Scientific Literacy
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Fisette, Jennifer L. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Limited research has been conducted on student voice with students in physical education. Accessing and responding to student voice are relevant for researchers and physical education teachers to develop physical education programs that are meaningful and have a sense of purpose to the students themselves. It is through listening to…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Females, Gender Differences, Barriers
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Smilanich, Brad; Lafreniere, Nicole – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2010
The authors provide a rationale for the critical study of film texts in the English language arts. For struggling or reluctant students, film offers an accessibility that the printed text may not. Students who are intimidated by, or impeded from, accessing print text are able to discuss film with acuity and insight. The study of visual texts can…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Nonprint Media, Films, Film Study
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Levin-Zamir, Diane; Lemish, Dafna; Gofin, Rosa – Health Education Research, 2011
Increasing media use among adolescents and its significant influence on health behavior warrants in-depth understanding of their response to media content. This study developed the concept and tested a model of Media Health Literacy (MHL), examined its association with personal/socio-demographic determinants and reported sources of health…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Criticism, Adolescents
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Kendrick, Mary – English Journal, 2010
Meaningful discussion helps students develop new knowledge about the world around them. "Progressive discourse" is talk that encourages people to develop a new understanding together. In this article, the author discusses how she used student collaboration to foster progressive discourse and describes assignments that engage her students in group…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Discussion, Grade 9, English Instruction
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