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Tarling, Georgie; Melro, Ana; Kleine Staarman, Judith; Fujita, Taro – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2023
Coding bootcamps targeting diverse learners are increasingly popular. However, little research has focused on the student experience of these courses: what pedagogic practices make learning coding meaningful for them and why. In a previous paper, we proposed a conceptual framework outlining three dimensions of learning opportunities in relation to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Coding, Programming, Computer Science Education
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Hayden, H. Emily; Eades Baird, Michelle – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2018
Recently, theorists have raised concerns that pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) has become "a stale metaphor" that disregards diversity and equity, offers little to help teachers address students' misconceptions, and portrays knowledge as "in the head" versus in practice. We refute these notions using grounded theory to…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Grounded Theory, Grade 7, Science Teachers
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Teo, Tang Wee; Yan, Yaw Kai; Ong, Woei Ling Monica – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2017
Despite Singapore's excellent science achievements in international benchmark tests such as the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), little is known about Singaporean children's (aged 4-8) emerging science conceptions as formal science schooling begins at Grade 3…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Scientific Concepts, Young Children, Concept Formation
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Smagorinsky, Peter; Shelton, Stephanie Anne; Moore, Cynthia – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2015
This case study focuses on one beginning English teacher's work toward eupraxia, i.e., good practice informed by reflection in a setting in which a degree of free choice is available. The study uses a Vygotskian framework for studying concept development that focuses on the settings of human activity and how ambiguous social concepts are developed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Competencies
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Rowsell, Jennifer; Decoste, Eryn – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2012
Based on a 2-year ethnographic study in an urban secondary school in Toronto, the article presents how a teacher and a researcher teach Grade 11 students through a design-based approach to teaching and learning in English class. Built on research and pedagogy on design, the authors designed a programme of study as an alternative to more…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Longitudinal Studies, Urban Schools, Foreign Countries
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Alves, Vanda; Morais, Ana M. – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2012
The study analyses the extent to which the sociological message transmitted by the teachers' pedagogic practice recontextualizes the official pedagogic discourse of the natural sciences curriculum for a Portuguese middle school. Theoretically, the study is based on theories of psychology (e.g. Vygotsky), epistemology (e.g. Ziman) and sociology,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, Educational Practices, Educational Sociology