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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Sociocultural Learning"”.
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Teachers' Positioning of Students as Math Doers and its Influence on their Teaching Moves in Ghanaian Elementary Schools
… moves. Grounded in positioning theory and sociocultural learning theory, the study investigated the interactional dynamics teachers use to construct students’ mathematical competence during instruction. Data were drawn from semi-structured interviews and three classroom observations for …
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Studying in the United States: Chinese Graduate Students' Experiences of Academic Adjustment
… systems and philosophical foundations, different learning strategies, and teacher-students relationships, may pose serious impediments for international students. This qualitative study employed a phenomenological research method to explore four Chinese graduate students' lived experiences of …
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The silent experiences of young bilingual learners : a small scale sociocultural study into the silent period
… Building upon historical understandings of sociocultural theory, Vygotsky (1986), Lave and Wenger (1991), Wenger (1998), Rogoff (2003) and Gee (2004) provide the platform upon which the evolution of sociocultural learning theory is applied and tested out in relation to the interconnectedness …
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Expectations and efficacy of new athletic trainers in prevention, recognition, and intervention of disordered eating in collegiate student athletes
… These results were in-line with Vygotsky's sociocultural learning theory and confirmed the benefits of learning in a social context. The third study examined the need to determine what types of support existed in NCAA athletics departments to assist ATs in fulfilling these responsibilities. …
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Bilingualism in a functional perspective : the language and content learning of immigrant entrepreneurs
… two models: an LSP approach based on "genre" and learning tasks(Swales, 1990); and the Language Socialization approach (Halliday,1975; Mohan, 1986; Ochs, 1988) viewing language learning and sociocultural learning as occurring simultaneously in "activities"(social practices or situations). Two …
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Joint Music Attention Between toddlers and A Music Teacher
… using a music curriculum based on Gordon's music learning theory, (b) What teacher-initiated music activities encourage joint music attention between toddlers and a music teacher, (c) What toddler-initiated music activities encourage joint music attention between toddlers and a music teacher, (d) …
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Opening Our Eyes: How Activist Women in Ecuador Learn Critical Political and Self-Aware Consciousness
… the consciousness of) their members, I draw on sociocultural learning theory to analyze how identity, consciousness and epistemological ignorance are learned, unlearned and relearned. I interrogate how women learn to code their surroundings; attain language and other tools as they become part of …
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District Support Team Model as a Manifestation of Central Office Transformation: Experiences from Central Office and School Based Staff
… was assistance relationships, grounded in sociocultural learning theory. Four major themes emerged from this study: the ambiguity of the DST purpose, process, and participants’ roles; the role and impact of power and trust in the collaborative process; the use of tools and resources as …
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Exploring knowledge of Canadian values and social axioms in international and landed immigrant students' adaptation to Canada
This thesis was an exploration of the relationship between the host cultural knowledge of newcomers and their behavioural and psychological adaptation to the host culture. Utilizing a theoretical and applied approach to this research, 160 international and landed immigrant students at the …
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Online studios and digital literacy skills among undergraduate students: An Activity Theory Perspective
… on Cultural Historical Activity theory (CHAT) sociocultural learning theory of Vygotsky, its influence on the three generations of activity that Engeström propounded, and the expansive learning model that Engeström developed. CHAT considered studio practices as a system of activities wherein …
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Academic success amongst a cohort of gifted and talented Māori and Pasifika secondary school boys: Elements that have contributed to their achievement
… intellectual, emotional and cultural needs. Sociocultural learning theory is the main theoretical lens through which the findings are viewed. The methodology is primarily built upon narrative inquiry. The main method of data collection was by semi-structured interview, both individually and …
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Local curriculum development in sustainability education in New Zealand secondary schools
… and key competencies associated with student learning. Teachers use the national curriculum, a statement of policy describing educational objectives, to plan their classroom practice with their particular learners in mind, a process referred to as local curriculum development. Though …
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Rethinking formative assessment from a sociocultural perspective : a practitioner investigation in a history classroom
… of formative assessment, or assessment for learning (AfL) in a secondary school context. It is oriented from a personal account of my practice, both as a researcher and a teacher and charts the challenging journey of change in both. Assessment for learning (AfL) as it was presented in staff …
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Agency as dynamic and rhizomatic: An exploration of learner identities in two secondary classrooms
… 2007a) to lay a foundation for lifelong learning. Learner agency is embedded in a dispositional view of these competencies but there is a paucity of research from a poststructural perspective in this area from New Zealand. Agency is also fundamental to a sociocultural conception of …
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Learning linkages between projects and work placements in engineering education
This research study investigated the combined learning linkages of engineering projects (Problem-Based Learning [PBL]) and work placements (Work-Integrated Learning [WIL]) in engineering education in New Zealand. The learning process of both approaches was analysed based on the development of …
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PRECURSORS OF TEACHERS’ SENSE OF EFFICACY TO ADDRESS THE LITERACY LEARNING OF DIVERSE STUDENTS
… by Bandura (1995), to address the literacy learning of diverse first, second, or third grade (i.e., primary grade level) students. In this process, I purposively selected the location and the participants because answering my research questions required that I conduct the investigation …
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Teaching and Learning in sustainable agriculture curricula: A case study of faculty work as learning at a land grant university
… called for a dynamic approach to teaching and learning in colleges of agriculture. In response, innovative faculty at colleges and universities are implementing new frameworks for undergraduate education in the agricultural sciences. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to explore the …
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An Analysis of Teachers’ Discourse and Their Perceptions Concerning the Use of Questioning and Feedback during Reading Instruction in Third-Grade Classrooms
… discourse and its potential impact on student learning.<br /><br />Qualitative methods were used to capture the language used by third-grade teachers during read aloud instruction. Data sources included audio recordings of lessons and teacher interviews. These methods were used to identify …