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"The Text Comes First" -- Principles Guiding EFL Materials Developers' Vocabulary Content Decisions
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Bergström, Denise; Norberg, Cathrine; Nordlund, Marie – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
One core aspect of learning a language is developing vocabulary, an endeavor that requires a structured and principled focus in the classroom. As the EFL textbook has a central position in the language learning classroom, it should have an important role to play in structuring vocabulary development. Yet, what guides decisions concerning the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Materials
The Interplay of Multiple Influences on the Development of Sexuality in Late-Adolescence: A Grounded Theory Study
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Unis, Brian; Bjuresäter, Kaisa; Nilsson, Jan – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2023
The aim of this grounded theory study was to explore late-adolescents' process of sexual development along with their information- and support-seeking behaviors in a Swedish context. Data were collected in semi-structured interviews with late-adolescents aged between 18 and 21 years in high schools in central Sweden. The results showed that…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Late Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Information Seeking
Digital Inquiry into Emerging Issues of Public Concern: Controversy Mapping in a Swedish School Context
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Åsa Mäkitalo; Mark Elam; Anne Solli; Sandra Ferraz Freire – New Perspectives on Learning and Instruction, 2019
How can young people make use of digital tools and methods to get to grips with the risks and dilemmas arising out of contemporary science, technology and society relations? This chapter addresses the forms of agency enabled through a set of techniques for exploring and visualizing controversial technoscientific issues on the web. Given the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science and Society, Appropriate Technology, Concept Mapping
CLIL and Non-CLIL Students' Beliefs about Language
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Sylvén, Liss Kerstin – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
This article presents the findings of an innovative qualitative study involving one CLIL (content and language integrated learning) student and one student in a parallel, non-CLIL strand at high school level in Sweden. The aim of the study was to investigate differences in students' beliefs about language. The success of second (L2) and foreign…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Progression in Ethical Reasoning When Addressing Socio-Scientific Issues in Biotechnology
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Berne, Birgitta – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
This article reports on the outcomes of an intervention in a Swedish school in which the author, a teacher-researcher, sought to develop students' (14-15 years old) ethical reasoning in science through the use of peer discussions about socio-scientific issues. Prior to the student discussions various prompts were used to highlight different…
Descriptors: Ethics, Biotechnology, Intervention, Foreign Countries
Performativity Pressures at Urban High Schools in Sweden and the USA
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Lunneblad, Johannes; Dance, L. Janelle – Ethnography and Education, 2014
This article reveals how test-based performativity pressures interfere with the pedagogical approaches preferred by teachers of second-language learners. Our findings derive from ethnographic research conducted in two non-mainstream high schools: one in a US city and other one in a Swedish city. Both schools serve immigrant students who speak…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Foreign Countries, Low Income