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Feedback for Everybody? Exploring the Relationship between Students' Perceptions of Feedback and Students' Socioeconomic Status
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Sortkaer, Bent – British Educational Research Journal, 2019
In this article I describe teacher-student feedback as an active process shaped by both the teacher and the student and argue that feedback is influenced by students' unique experiences and socialisation. Drawing on sociological theories on interaction and communication, I argue that the type and quality of the teacher-student feedback perceived…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Correlation, Student Attitudes, Socioeconomic Status
A Horizontal Approach to School Transitions: A Lesson Learned from Finnish 15-Year-Olds
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Pietarinen, Janne; Pyhalto, Kirsi; Soini, Tiina – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2010
Various school transitions provide both challenges and opportunities for pupils. The ways in which pupils cope with these transitions can have a significant impact on their everyday lives and futures. This study focuses on exploring the kinds of transitions pupils face during their comprehensive school path. The aim is to gain a better…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Coping
"Non Scholae sed Vitae Discimus": Toward Overcoming the Encapsulation of School Learning.
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Engestrom, Yrjo – Learning and Instruction, 1991
Misconceptions of Finnish secondary students about phases of the moon illustrate the separation of school learning from experience and cognition outside of school. Three approaches to overcome the encapsulation of school learning are suggested based on theories of V. V. Davydov, J. Lave and E. Wenger, and the author. (SLD)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Generalization, Learning Theories
Radical Humanism in Practice: The Scandinavian Folkehojskole.
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Leslie, David W. – Review of Higher Education, 1994
The "folkehojskoler," innovative Scandinavian secondary schools based on radical humanistic ideas, are examined from both empirical and philosophical perspectives, focusing on three elements: ideology; the student experience; and the teaching culture. Implications for goals, objectives, assumptions, forms, and practices in American…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation, Educational Philosophy
Working while Teaching, Learning while Working: Students Teaching in Their Own Class
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Krokfors, Leena; Jyrhama, Riitta; Kynaslahti, Heikki; Toom, Auli; Maaranen, Katriina; Kansanen, Pertti – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2006
This paper examines the context of teacher education in which certain students work as teachers whilst at the same time they study in a teacher education programme. The two phenomena that are discussed are the integration of theory and practice, and learning while working. These are located in the wider framework of teachers' pedagogical thinking,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Theory Practice Relationship, Student Teachers
Open and Flexible Learning? An Evaluation of Student and Tutor Experiences in a European e-Learning Community
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Owen, David; Hudson, Brian; Tervola, Tarja – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2006
The paper presents an evaluation of student and tutor experiences in the introductory module of a European Masters programme in e-Learning, Multimedia and Consultancy. The aims and outline of the Masters programme are described, together with the pedagogical approach adopted in the introductory module which explores open and flexible learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Graduate Students, College Faculty