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Chigeza, Philemon – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2008
This paper reports on implications of a research study with a group of 44 Indigenous middle school students learning the science concepts of energy and force. We found the concepts of energy and force need to be taught in English as we failed to find common comparable abstract concepts in the students' diverse Indigenous languages. Three…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Science Achievement, English (Second Language), Middle School Students
Mirici, I. Hakki – Online Submission, 2006
A new national curriculum in all subject areas is about to be introduced in elementary schools in Turkey. The new curriculum is based on a "Constructivist" approach. This discussion paper focuses on the new curriculum for English as a foreign language, noting that teachers need information about the philosophy of the new curriculum and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Curriculum Development, National Curriculum