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- Andersén, Annelie, 1977-, et al.
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Yrkesämnesdidaktik på universitet : Mål, innehåll, arbetssätt och examination
- 2018
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Ingår i: Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training. - Linköping : Linköping University Electronic Press. - 2242-458X. ; 8:3, s. 98-123
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this article is to investigate learning goals, content, working methods and examinations in the vocational didactic sections of the vocational teacher education programme. In a case study, a total of forty study guides from one vocational teacher education programme have been analysed in order to answer what central content is highlighted, how the goals are examined, and what course literature is used in vocational subject didactics in a selected vocational teacher education programme at a Swedish university. The aim of the analysis, based on Hiim’s (2010) model, is to find both clearly expressed and more latent elements. The results answer questions on what the subject didactics contain in three different courses. Vocational teacher educators plan their teaching with regard to the goals of vocational subject didactics, but the interpretation of goals varies among different educators and within different vocational subjects. The result also gives some indications of what could be general differences and similarities within and between different didactics teacher groups and/or vocational subjects. The analysis of the study guides also shows that educational background and the form of employment of educators seem to be of importance.
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- Asghari, Hamid, 1967-, et al.
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Att vara lärare för lärare : Ämnesdidaktiska syften i utbildning till yrkeslärare och ämneslärare
- 2019
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Ingår i: Pedagogiska utvecklingsprojekt vid Karlstads universitet. - Karlstad : Karlstads universitet. - 9789178670727 - 9789178670826 ; , s. 11-36
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Under 2018 genomförs ett pilotprojekt med medel från lärarutbildningsnämnden (LUN) kring hur didaktiklärarna i den korta lärarutbildningen (KUB) ser på sitt uppdrag. Frågan är viktig att belysa då didaktik utgör en stor del av lärarutbildningen. Dessutom behöver didaktikerna, utifrån de nationella examensmålen för utbildningen, bedöma vilken kunskap som undervisningen skall förmedla, hur, när och varför den ska undervisas samt att vara medvetna om samspelet mellan undervisning, lärande och resultat (jfr Bengtsson & Kroksmark, 1994; Dahlgren, 1990). I det sammanhanget blir det viktigt att undersöka hur yrkesdidaktikerna ser på sitt uppdrag och vilka kvalitéer i lärares kompetens de månar om. Inom KUB är ämnesdidaktiken insprängd i den utbildningsvetenskapliga kärnans kurser (UK-kurserna). Studenterna är här indelade i olika (yrkes-)ämnes-didaktikgrupper beroende på ämnesinriktning. I samma kurs kan det finnas upp mot 25 olika didaktikgrupper. Sammanlagt fanns inom KUB läsåret 17/18 drygt 40 verksamma didaktiker med olika bakgrund (lektorer, adjunkter och gymnasielärare). Vid kursledarmöten, KUB-konferenser och kursvärderingar har det framkommit att det ser väldigt olika ut i samma kurs avseende vad den didaktiska delen innehåller och hur den examineras. I projektet undersöks genom textanalyser (jfr Boréus & Bergström, 2005) hur kursmålen inom didaktiken examineras och vilket innehåll som lyfts fram i samtliga 90 studiehandledningar som berör yrkesämnes och ämnesdidaktik inom YRK och KPU ht 2017. Resultaten pekar på att didaktikernas syn på sitt uppdrag skiljer sig beroende på deras utbildningsbakgrund och anställningsform. Didaktiker med forskarexamen bygger i större utsträckning sina uppgifter på forskning, har en mer vetenskaplig tolkning av lärandemålen, examinerar studenterna utifrån sin vetenskapliga tolkning av lärandemålen och använder sig utav forskningsartiklar och doktorsavhandlingar i litteraturlistan än didaktiker som inte har forskarutbildning. Didaktiker som några gånger per termin kommer från gymnasieskolor till universitet och undervisar yrkeslärarstudenter konstruerar sina uppgifter och examinerar sina studenter baserad på ”den undervisningsverklighet” studenterna kommer att möta i sina framtida yrken som yrkeslärare. De använder också oftare än didaktiker med forskarexamen texter från sina branschorganisationer i litteraturlistan.
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- Kuschmierz, Paul, et al.
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European first-year university students accept evolution but lack substantial knowledge about it : A standardized European cross-country assessment
- 2021
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Ingår i: Evolution. - : BioMed Central (BMC). - 1936-6426 .- 1936-6434. ; 14:1, s. 1-22
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Investigations of evolution knowledge and acceptance and their relation are central to evolution education research. Ambiguous results in this field of study demonstrate a variety of measuring issues, for instance differently theorized constructs, or a lack of standardized methods, especially for cross-country comparisons. In particular, meaningful comparisons across European countries, with their varying cultural backgrounds and education systems, are rare, often include only few countries, and lack standardization. To address these deficits, we conducted a standardized European survey, on 9200 first-year university students in 26 European countries utilizing a validated, comprehensive questionnaire, the “Evolution Education Questionnaire”, to assess evolution acceptance and knowledge, as well as influencing factors on evolution acceptance. Results: We found that, despite European countries’ different cultural backgrounds and education systems, European first-year university students generally accept evolution. At the same time, they lack substantial knowledge about it, even if they are enrolled in a biology-related study program. Additionally, we developed a multilevel-model that determines religious faith as the main influencing factor in accepting evolution. According to our model, knowledge about evolution and interest in biological topics also increase acceptance of evolution, but to a much lesser extent than religious faith. The effect of age and sex, as well as the country’s affiliation, students’ denomination, and whether or not a student is enrolled in a biology-related university program, is negligible. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that, despite all their differences, most of the European education systems for upper secondary education lead to acceptance of evolution at least in university students. It appears that, at least in this sample, the differences in knowledge between countries reflect neither the extent to which school curricula cover evolutionary biology nor the percentage of biology-related students in the country samples. Future studies should investigate the role of different European school curricula, identify particularly problematic or underrepresented evolutionary concepts in biology education, and analyze the role of religious faith when teaching evolution.
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- Petersson, Maria
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Lärares beskrivningar av evolution som undervisningsinnehåll i biologi på gymnasiet
- 2012
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Biological evolution is part of the syllabi for Biology and Science in Swedish upper secondary school. In the syllabi, evolution is not only presented as a topic in Biology courses, but is also regarded as a unifying theme. The teacher has a fundamental role in deciding how the national curriculum is translated into the educational situation. This thesis investigates teachers’ accounts of their teaching of evolution in Swedish upper secondary school, describing their understandings of the purpose of teaching and learning evolution as part of biology education.The thesis is based on interviews of teachers teaching the course Biology A, which is compulsory as dictated by the Natural Science Program. The interviews were supplemented with questionnaires. The interviews were orientated towards questions about selection of course content and the reasons for choosing this content. The interviews were focused on teachers experiences based on their own practice. Two aspects of content were examined: (1) the scientific content taught in terms of themes and (2) the socializing value-laden aspects, such as priorities taken by the teachers and the teachers´ overarching aims. The results showed that teachers described different teaching contents with regard to values, even when the core content of themes was similar. Four different selective traditions for choosing content were identified among teachers. The results are discussed in relation to the context and conditions that the teachers identify as influential on the content chosen. Teachers’ interactions with their students as well as their world views are important for their selection and adjustment of content. There are also indications that teachers’ personal views about purposes are important for selecting the teaching content.
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