This volume sheds empirical light on Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) by providing five sets of analyses of two longitudinal, interactional datasets, involving two dyads exchanging emails over one academic semester. The collective study on CDST is the first of its kind, in that it delves into multiple subsystems of learner language,…

This article explores how opportunities and limitations in creating intercontextualtiy between everyday and scientific ideas emerge in teacher-student interactions, with a particular focus on the teacher's role. The article draws on data from an empirical, longitudinal, study in a lower secondary school in Norway to analyze student-teacher…

This article explores how two elementary school students responded to their teacher's invitation in a civic classroom to make a difference to the world. We consider how the teacher framed the construct of civic efficacy and how the students refracted these ideas in their navigation of a civic education project. Closely analyzing these students'…

Context: Collaboration within school teams is considered to be important to build the capacity school teams need to work in a data-based way. In a school characterized by a strong collaborative culture, teachers may have more access to the knowledge and skills for analyzing data, teachers have more opportunity to discuss the performance goals to…

The Social Studies Committee of the New England Educational Assessment Project conducted this assessment over a period of two years. The general objectives of this study were: 1) to identify the teaching intentions and cultural orientations of 3,631 secondary social studies teachers and the value orientations of their pupils; 2) to obtain teachers…

The issue of redundancy has not been well explored in the social work curriculum. The Curriculum Policy Statement requires redundancy in the form of infusion of material across content areas and addresses redundancy vertically between levels of education and year of program. Further, redundancy in the form of repetition with the purpose of…

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES THE DESIGN AND INSTRUMENTATION OF A STUDY TO DETERMINE (A) THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES IN TEACHER EDUCATION UPON THE ATTITUDES, PERCEPTIONS AND BEHAVIOR OF STUDENT TEACHERS, AND (B) THE INFLUENCE OF THESE TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS UPON "MENTAL HEALTH" IN THE CLASSROOM. THREE VARIABLES WERE IDENTIFIED--(1)…