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Depicting Science Teachers' Concerns Regarding the Tanzanian Inquiry-Based Science Curriculum
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Makwinya, Noel M.; McKinnon, David H.; Lummis, Geoffrey W. – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
Secondary school teachers in Tanzania have been attempting to implement the inquiry-based science curriculum since 2005. This study is descriptive and was designed within the realms of a Type IV case-study design (Yin, R. K. 2014. "Case study research: Design and methods" 5th ed. SAGE) to investigate their concerns in dealing with this…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Case Studies, Teacher Attitudes
Cultural Ideology Matters in Early Childhood Curriculum Innovations: A Comparative Case Study of Chinese Kindergartens between Hong Kong and Shenzhen
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Yang, Weipeng; Li, Hui – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2018
This study forms part of a wider comparative research project investigating the mechanisms and outcomes of school-based curriculum (SBC) development in kindergartens between the two neighbouring cities of Hong Kong and Shenzhen, under the umbrella of 'one country, two systems'. This comparison will help to clarify how sociocultural contexts may…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Education
Understanding the Role of Learning and Teaching Support Materials in Enabling Learning for All
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Milligan, Lizzi O.; Koornhof, Hannchen; Sapire, Ingrid; Tikly, Leon – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2019
There are many assumptions about the ways in which textbooks and other learning and teaching support materials (LTSM) can contribute to improved learning outcomes in many international contexts. These can focus on ways that they can implement the school curriculum, often in lieu of good pedagogical practice. Drawing on case studies from Rwanda and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Language of Instruction, Textbooks
Identity Development of Literacy Teachers of Adolescents with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
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Roberts, Carly A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study employs the theory of identity development and figured worlds to investigate how historical and current education context, preservice and inservice teacher preparation, and school and classroom context influence the development of the literacy teaching identity of teachers of adolescents with significant cognitive disabilities. A…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Identity, Literacy
"I Do Not Have the Means to Speak:" Educating Youth for Citizenship in Post-Conflict Liberia
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Quaynor, Laura – Journal of Peace Education, 2015
Although policymakers stress the importance of education in promoting peace, little research examines the ways that schools prepare students affected by conflict to participate in the restoration of peace in their political community. Post-conflict societies experience severe challenges in strengthening political processes and social cohesion.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conflict, Social Change, Citizenship Education
Curriculum Differential Enactment: The Interplay of Teacher, Class, and Curriculum Materials
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Eisenmann, Tammy – Curriculum and Teaching, 2011
Curriculum materials' developers typically assume the existence of certain general social-educational classroom practices and norms. Conversely, the current study addresses the effects of context on curriculum enactment, focusing on the interrelations between teacher, class and curriculum materials. Each of the two case studies presented herein…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Case Studies, Context Effect, Curriculum Development