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- Alexandersson, Mikael, et al.
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Socioscientific issues as possibility in education
- 2008
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In Sweden today it is relatively difficult to recruit high school students and university students to education including science topics. An explanation may be that students experience science education as objective without questions of value (Gustafsson, 2007). We can also discuss it as a response on high schools, universities and teachers traditional and non reflective way to structure and arrange education in other forms than in separated topics (Dimenäs, 2007). There has been some attempts and progress made during the last decades. Examples of this are projects were you try to integrate science and technology in society (Stringer,1992) and more recently, projects which use socioscientific issues (SSI) dealing with ethics in the context of science education (Sadler, Amirshokoohi, Kazempour & Allspaw, 2006). Current examples are genetic engineering and questions about global warming and the greenhouse effect (Hewitt 2002). This study in progress is a re-analyze of different teacher perspectives of how they understand the phenomena justice and water and a discussion of what the consequences are in relation to learning and education in general. From the presented results there is also a discussion in the use of socioscientific issues (SSI) dealing with ethics in context of science education as a new agenda for teaching and learning. Fifty eight teachers who sometimes teach about the phenomena justice (33) and water (25) participated in semi structured interviews. They represent preschool teachers (13), primary and secondary school teachers (17), high school teachers (14) and university teachers (14). The result of the study is presented from an inductive re-analyze perspective to explore emergent patterns relative to the questions how different teachers understand justice and how they understand water and justice and water in relation to teaching and learning. The study also focuses on the question if there is a relation between the two phenomena and the possible critical consequences of that for teaching and learning. Preliminary results from the study show that it is possible to identify how teachers understand the phenomena justice and water. The structure can be described in three dimensions of understanding. You can see towards the phenomena, outwards the phenomena or the phenomena in a mediated way. Spontaneously the teachers also put together and understand justice and water as an ethic problem in an unequal world. Implications of this research for science education is that it can be a dilemma for teachers to choose what and how to teach in those specific topics. Teachers did identify socioscientific issues dealing with ethics in this context of science which could be a new agenda for meaningful teaching and learning and a necessity for learning about sustainability. References DIMENÄS, J. (2007). Undervisningens röda tråd – möjligheter i naturvetenskap. Lund. Studentlitteratur. HEWITT, P. (2002). Conceptual Physics. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. GUSTAFSSON, B. (2007). Naturvetenskaplig utbildning för demokrati och hållbar utveckling. Växjö: Växjö universitet SADLER, T. D., AMIRSHOKOOHI, A., KAZEMPOUR, M. & ALLSPAW, K.M. (2006). Socioscience and Ethics in Science Classrooms: Teachers Perspectives and Stategies. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 43 (4), 353-376). STRINGER, J. (1992). Science and technology in Society. Suffolk: The Lavenham Press.
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- Antell, Susanne, et al.
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Arbetsintegrerad lärarutbildning : En modell för att utbilda lärare som minskar klyftan mellan akademi och skolverksamhet
- 2022
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I lärarutbildningar beskrivs ofta såväl nationellt som internationellt den klyfta som finns mellan de verksamhetsförlagda och de högskoleförlagda delarna av utbildningarna. Det görs i flera lärarutbildningar ansträngningar att minska denna klyfta genom en närmare integration av dessa delar och inte minst fokuseras handledningens betydelse. Den arbetsintegrerade lärarutbildning som undersöks i föreliggande studie är ett resultat av ett sådant samarbete mellan en högskola och skolhuvudmän i en region med 15 kommuner. Studien syftar till att belysa arbetsintegrerade utbildningarnas attraktivitet och hur de arbetsintegrerade utbildningarna stödjer lärarstudenters möjlighet att utvecklas i läraryrket under sin utbildning. Ett huvudsakligt avstamp tas i Lave & Wengers teori ”situated learning” som bl.a. berör yrkesutbildningar. Det empiriska dataunderlaget utgörs av enkäter som analyserats utifrån såväl kvantitativa som kvalitativa aspekter. Sammanfattningsvis är slutsatserna att arbetsintegrerad lärarutbildning är attraktiv och ger lärarstudenterna möjlighet att utvecklas i läraryrket, men det finns flera områden som behöver utvecklas. De arbetsintegrerade utbildningarna är kvalificerade utbildningar, som för lärarstudenterna inte bara handlar om vad en lärare bör göra utan i huvudsak handlar om en möjlighet att befinna sig i något. Detta kan ses som ett unikt fokus vad gäller lärarutbildningar vilket kräver ett kontinuerligt utvecklingsarbete av personal i såväl högskola som i skolverksamhet i samverkan med lärarstudenter. Slutsatsen är att den arbetsintegrerade utbildningen utgöra en möjlighet att minska den klyfta som finnas mellan akademi och skolverksamhet.
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- Antell, Susanne, et al.
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Eco-anxiety in the global classroom : Educational strategies about biodiversity in a sustainable perspective
- 2021
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Dalarna UniversitySusanne Antell - Jörgen Dimenäs - Annie-Maj Johansson - Johanne Maad - Lena SkoglundEco-anxiety in the global classroom - educational strategies about biodiversity in a sustainable perspectiveFrom all over the world it has been reported that children are increasingly suffering anxiety and grief about climate change, what has been termed “eco-anxiety”. The anxiety is partly built up by concerns for species survival. One million animal species are threatened by extinction, and fundamental system changes are needed to save the quality of life worldwide, according to the IPBES (2019) report.Swedish preschools and elementary schools have long traditions of education for sustainable development, primarily by visiting nature and recycling materials. However, young people´s concerns about climate change force schools to reorient education towards a more global world where sustainable and ethical values include all forms of life.The aim of this study is to investigate what can affect the way students, teachers and whole schools do or do not engage with the challenging issues in a global learning agenda with a special focus on biodiversity loss.Theoretical frameworkThe study takes its theoretical point of departure regarding learning and teaching from Deweys (1934/1980) aesthetic theory that makes it possible to study pupil´s engagement and their meaning making as a holistic process. Important for the study is also Roberts (2007) argument that studies in science education not purely should be related to pupils’ natural scientific general knowledges and their opportunity to work with inquiry but also to values related to their attitudes and engagement.Action researchThe study will be conducted in three steps related to action research. Firstly, a questionnaire will be sent to preschool teachers and teachers to investigate to what extent and in what areas are they teaching about biodiversity. Secondly, preschool teachers and teachers, will participate in focus groups to discuss how we can reach beyond their present teaching. Thirdly, will we together with preschool teachers and teachers finally develop holistic educational models where discussions about sustainable and ethical values are given a significant role in science education.Expected findingsAn expected result is to achieve models for education, together with teachers, where sustainable and ethical discussions embracing different life forms in both local and global contexts will contribute to meaning making and a holistic approach in the classroom.Relevance to Nordic educational researchThe study is relevant for the Nordic educational research since it will identify how Nordic schools may use eco-anxiety as a catalyst for developing interest, knowledge and engagementabout complex issues related to climate change, such as sustainable and ethical dimensions of anthropogenic biodiversity loss.In this symposium participants are invited to share reflections on how schools may transform eco-anxiety to action competence.Dewey, J. (1934/1980). Art as experience. New York: Touchstone.IPBES (2019). Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany.Roberts, D. A. (2007). Scientific Literacy/science literacy. In S. K. Abell & N. G. Lederman (Eds)Handbook of research on science education. 729-780. Mahwah, New Jersy, USA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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- Bartley, Kristina, et al.
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Student participation in higher education : A question of governance and power
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Ingår i: Nordic Studies in Education. - : Universitetsforlaget AS. - 1891-5914 .- 1891-5949. ; 3, s. 150-165
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The article presents a study of higher education teachers' view of student participation. The aim of the study is to describe and understand perceptions of student participation on teaching in relation to organisations, processes and contents through statements by a number of teachers. The theoretical framework consists of Foucault's view of power and Arnstein's participation model. The method is a qualitative textual analysis. The results show that student participation can be identified on the basis of the topics governance, activity and evaluation, and that there are six perspectives that show various levels of student participation and degrees of power. The conclusion is that student participation should be demonstrated on the basis of a broader perspective than normally seems to be the case.
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