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Bourbour, Maryam – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
This study aims to investigate the ways in which a particular digital technology, the Interactive Whiteboard (IWB), mediates preschool teachers' teaching. Over five months in 2017 and early spring 2018, five preschool teachers and 22 children aged 4--6 were video observed. By identifying aspects of IWB as a mediational means, the findings of the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
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Cheng, Maurice M. W.; Danielsson, Kristina; Lin, Angel M. Y. – Learning: Research and Practice, 2020
This paper examines the roles of multimodality and thematic patterns in the teaching of the particle model of matter. Although the particle model is a fundamental topic in science education, there is no consensus on (1) whether or not the model should be introduced in early grades and (2) how to introduce the model to students for the very first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Learning Modalities, Grade 3
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Kjällander, Susanne; Mannila, Linda; Åkerfeldt, Anna; Heintz, Fredrik – Education Sciences, 2021
Digital competence and programming are actively highlighted areas in education worldwide. They are becoming part of curricula all over the world, including the Swedish elementary school curriculum, Children are expected to develop "computational thinking" through programming activities, mainly in mathematics--which are supposed to be…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, National Curriculum, Computer Science Education, Programming
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Bengtsson, Jenny; Bolander, Eva – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2020
This article examines the tactical (counter) politics of inclusive and 'norm-critical' approaches in Swedish sex education, focusing on the enactment of this critical agenda in sex education practices and how teachers interpret and negotiate the possibilities and pitfalls of this kind of work. The analysis draws on participant observation in sex…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Equal Education, Sex Education