secondary education

Exploring opportunities, complexities, and tensions when invoking students’ everyday experiences as resources in educational activities

Antonio Membrive2022-10-06T21:23:59+01:00Tags: article, connected learning, learning identity, secondary education, students’ interests|

Este artículo apunta a explorar en las oportunidades y complejidades de invocar las experiencias cotidianas del alumnado de secundaria en las actividades educativas escolares. Referencia: Silseth, K; Erstad, O. (2022). Exploring opportunities, complexities, and tensions when invoking students' everyday experiences as resources in educational activities. Teaching and Teacher Education, Vol 112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103633 Resumen This paper aims to critically explore the opportunities, complexities, and tensions of invoking students' everyday experiences as resources in educational activities. We analyze data from teacher interviews, instructional work in classrooms, and parent–teacher conferences taking place at a lower secondary school. The analysis shows how teachers [...]

Personalized Learning. Results of a National Survey

Executive Summary Teachers have diverse views and experiences regarding personalized learning. To learn more about educators’ perspectives, the EdWeek Research Center conducted a nationally-representative survey of nearly 600 pre-K-12 teachers in July and August of 2019. Survey results indicate that there’s an almost even split between teachers who have a generally positive impression of the personalized learning movement and those who are either neutral or more negative. Similarly, teachers are split on technology’s role in personalized learning. In addition to gauging teachers’ philosophical leanings, the study also drills down to capture their instructional approaches. Some elements and key tenets of personalized [...]