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Download full textSibanda, Jabulani – South African Journal of Education, 2017
This paper interrogates the complexity of language use at the Grade Three-Four transition, using the South African context as a microcosm of similar educational systems. The paper describes the complex nature of the transition, particularly within a second language (L2) instructional context. It explores the dissonance between and among theory,…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Theory Practice Relationship, Language of Instruction
Direct linkVlach, Saba Khan; Taylor, Laura; Mosley Wetzel, Melissa – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2019
Many teacher education programs provide teachers with opportunities to read, write, and discuss critical pedagogy, with the hope that such work will allow them to develop more equitable and just teaching practices. Yet, there often remains a gap between the theoretical discussions of teaching and learning in teacher education classrooms and the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Ethnography, Case Studies, Inservice Teacher Education
Irvine, Jeff – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2015
Choice theory identifies five psychological needs: survival, freedom, power, belonging, and fun (Glasser, 1998). There are close parallels with self-determination theory (SDT), which specifies autonomy, competence, and relatedness as essential needs (Deci & Ryan, 2000). This case study examines a very successful example of choice theory…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Classroom Techniques, Case Studies, Educational Theories
Dutro, Elizabeth – Research in the Teaching of English, 2010
In this article, I present a qualitative analysis of third graders' experiences with a unit from their district-mandated commercial reading curriculum in which the children made strong connections between a fictional account of a Depression-era farm family's economic hardships and their own 21st century lives in a city with one of the highest…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection, Elementary School Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation
O'Brien, Leigh M. – Childhood Education, 2007
In this article, the author discusses her investigations into the connection between the values of Swedish society and Swedish classroom practices by way of the early childhood special education system. She describes Swedish educational policies and the challenges surrounding moving from policy to practice, and also uncovers themes regarding…
Descriptors: Investigations, Relationship, Social Values, Foreign Countries
Cooper, Linda Z. – Library Quarterly, 2004
This article describes several sessions of a larger case study that examined cognitive categories for library information in a group of children in kindergarten through grade 4. While the initial motivation for the project was pragmatic in nature, theoretical issues relating to people's cognitive categories for information are examined as well.…
Descriptors: Libraries, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Information Science Education
