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Mareike Schauss; Eva Nöthen; Marie-Paulina Ottosander; Sandra Sprenger – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2024
With the "pictorial turn", the picture has gained a new significance as a medium. It is impossible to imagine a digitalized world affected by mass media without pictures. While there are several studies on the impact of pictures in the discourse on climate change in the media, there has been no analysis of the visual representation of…
Descriptors: Climate, Textbook Content, Textbooks, Photography
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Svendsen, Stine H. Bang; Ask, Kristine; Øygardslia, Kristine; Skotnes, Christian Engen; Ringrose, Priscilla; Grut, Gunnar; Røkenes, Fredrik – Learning, Media and Technology, 2022
This article investigates use of digital storytelling as a learning activity in education about migration. Based on a study in two Norwegian schools and two adult education centers for refugees and migrants, the article analyzes student's digital stories and observations of the process of production. Counter to research on the promise of digital…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Story Telling, Learning Activities, Educational Technology
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Jarvie, Scott; Beymer, Alecia – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2020
In this study of microteaching in a secondary English methods course, we intentionally stray from normative assessment practice, instead asking pre-service teachers to provide feedback on their peers' microteaching using assessment practices designed to orient them "figuratively." The term 'figurative' refers to 'figurative language':…
Descriptors: Microteaching, Secondary Education, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Chen, Xiaoge; de Goes, Luciane F.; Treagust, David F.; Eilks, Ingo – Education Sciences, 2019
This study provides an analysis of selected aspects of the intended curriculum related to redox reactions as represented in secondary chemistry textbooks from the People's Republic of China, with a special view also on Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taiwan, and the Chinese minority in Malaysia. This study reveals how chemistry textbooks deal with visual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Textbook Content, Secondary School Science
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Hong, Christina, Ed.; Ma, Will W. K., Ed. – Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, 2023
This edited book seeks to evolve a global community of practice to share case studies, engage in critical discussion and spearhead thought leadership, to address the paradigm shift in next generation educational practice. This book showcases novel research studies in various forms and engenders interdisciplinary conversation and exchange…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Global Approach, Interdisciplinary Approach, Information Technology
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Hutson, David J. – Teaching Sociology, 2017
While most sociology students are well prepared to think critically about inequalities involving race, gender, social class, and sexuality, the topics of body weight and health present some challenges for classroom discussion. Primarily, this is due to the body's status in contemporary society as simultaneously malleable (able to be changed) and…
Descriptors: Sociology, Body Weight, Social Discrimination, Obesity
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Rodrigues, Rosa G.; Meeuwisse, Marieke; Notten, Ton; Severiens, Sabine E. – Educational Research, 2018
Background: The transition from primary school to secondary school is a crucial period of time for children and this may be especially the case for pupils with migrant backgrounds. While there has been considerable research on the transition from primary to secondary school, more needs to be known specifically about the experiences of this group…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Cultural Background, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Korona, Matthew; Hathaway, Dawn – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2021
Although students and adults alike are constantly exposed to visuals both online and offline, merely being exposed to visuals does not guarantee visual literacy (Kedra & Zakeviciute, 2019). This study explored K12 teachers' perceptions regarding their personal and instructional use of online images as well as the influence of a visual literacy…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Teacher Education, Imagery, Content Analysis
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Wilhsson, Marie; Svedberg, Petra; Carlsson, Ing-Marie; Högdin, Sara; Nygren, Jens M. – Journal of School Nursing, 2017
Stress among adolescents in Western societies is becoming an issue of increasing concern, and the global trend of adolescents' health shows a gradual deterioration that is independent of national differences and increases with age. The aim of this study was to explore the main concern of adolescents and about how they cope with demands in everyday…
Descriptors: Success, Gender Differences, Stress Variables, Constructivism (Learning)
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Allen, Louisa – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2015
This article is concerned with interrogating what has evolved as "normal" representations of the schooling experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students in literature concerned with social/sexual justice. It argues that these representations necessitate understanding LGBT within a binary of either…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, Educational Environment
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Zecha, Stefanie; Popp, Stephan; Yasar, Aysun – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2016
This paper investigates the Islam and Muslim life in German textbooks. The study is based on the analysis of current Geography textbooks in Bavarian secondary schools. As a first step, the authors developed a system for objective analysis of the textbooks that structures the content in categories. In a second step, the authors used the qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Islam, Muslims, Islamic Culture
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Rodriguez, Sophia – Critical Questions in Education, 2017
This article expands the discussion on youth activism, arguing for a new materialist conception of youthspaces. Centering this article around the concept of youthspaces, a term that refers to the agency, relationality and resistance engendered in youthspaces, the article urges that a new materialist understanding of youthspaces and youth studies,…
Descriptors: Activism, Youth, Minority Groups, Educational Policy
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Fitchett, Paul G.; Merriweather, Lisa; Coffey, Heather – History Teacher, 2015
Pre-service history teachers are exposed from schooling to a familiar canon: a story of American exceptionalism, linear social progression, and cultural homogeneity--referred to as a "freedom-quest narrative." Myopic and Eurocentric, this story follows students into their teaching careers; perpetuating a lack of critical understanding…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Racial Bias, United States History
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Janko, Tomáš; Knecht, Petr – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2013
The article focuses on the issue of visuals in geography textbooks and their assessment. The issue is explained from the perspective of educational and cognitive psychological theory and the theory of textbooks. The general purpose of the presented research is to develop a research instrument for categorising the types of visuals in geography…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Textbooks, Visual Stimuli, Textbook Content
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Callahan, Cory; Saye, John; Brush, Thomas – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2015
This article advances a continuing line of inquiry into the potential of digital educative curriculum materials to support teachers' development of professional teaching knowledge. Instead of standalone levers of change, the educative curricula in this study were featured resources within a novel professional development approach. The qualitative,…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Professional Development, Teacher Effectiveness
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