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Sentance, Sue; Csizmadia, Andrew – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
Computing is being introduced into the curriculum in many countries. Teachers' perspectives enable us to discover what challenges this presents, and also the strategies teachers claim to be using successfully in teaching the subject across primary and secondary education. The study described in this paper was carried out in the UK in 2014 where…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Thinking Skills
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Nordholm, Daniel Erik – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
This article explores sense-making in a municipality-led temporary organization established in response to the introduction of a new curriculum and marking system in Sweden. Qualitative data were extracted from audio-recorded interviews (n = 18) and observations of central subject group meetings (n = 6). By applying core elements of sociological…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Foreign Countries, Municipalities, Organizations (Groups)
Simsek, Alper; Ursavas, Omer Faruk – Online Submission, 2010
The aim of this study is to determine the level of the use of information technology at schools in Trabzon and some evaluations about the problems faced during this process were done considering the formative teachers' opinions. The question which is "What are the opinions of formative teachers about the process of popularizing the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Information Technology, Technology Integration
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Lumadi, Mutendwahothe Walter – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2008
African teachers in general and South Africans in particular face tremendous challenges, several of which are curriculum related. These challenges manifest themselves at various levels and in various areas, that is, from national level to within the classroom. There are various role players who may make a contribution towards overcoming these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Mobility, Educational Change, Disadvantaged Schools
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Uys, Mandie; van der Walt, Johann; van den Berg, Ria; Botha, Sue – South African Journal of Education, 2007
The majority of learners in southern Africa receive their education through the medium of a second language, English. Although teachers of English play a crucial role in helping learners to acquire language skills in the medium of instruction, we argue that subject content teachers' lack of attention to the teaching of the four language skills may…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Skills, Teacher Responsibility