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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"socio-cultural perspective"”.
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Self-Efficacy in the Classroom: A Socio-Cultural Perspective on the Contributing and Detracting Factors
… is an investigation into both self-efficacy and cultural capital in New Zealand classrooms. I believe that there is a useful intersection to be found between these two concepts, and through this thesis I aim to provide teachers and leaders with further knowledge to promote self-efficacy …
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Assessing the impacts of environmental stressors on watershed ecosystem services integrating hydro-ecologic models and socio-cultural perspective
… due to the expansion and intensification of agricultural activities to produce food and other commodities to satisfy the needs of an increasing population. Therefore, the sustainability of agro-ecosystems is an urgent need as distinct hydro-ecologic and socio-cultural dynamics are involved, which …
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Early language and literacy learning in a peripheral African setting : a study of children's participation in home and school communicative and literacy practices in and around Manzini, Swaziland
… literacy carried out in Swaziland from a socio-cultural perspective. The study joins a growing body of New Literacy Studies research into the social practices that shape children's early literacy learning and a smaller body of such work from Africa. I used evidence from four children's …
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Parents as partners in learning
… with other parents and the presenter. From the socio-cultural perspective, this study aimed to develop the capacity of parents as partners in learning to support their children during the time when they are not in the classroom and thus align the parents’ contributions with the supportive …
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Las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación integradas en un modelo constructivista para la enseñanza de las ciencias
… la Información y Comunicación con la perspectiva socio-cultual de Lev Vygotsky, el aprendizaje significativo de David Ausubel y el enfoque de la enseñanza para la comprensión, apoyado en la teoría de las inteligencias múltiples de Howard Gardner. A partir de este modelo se diseñó y desarrolló un …
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Yoghurts for fruit-time : a narrative study of language learning in the kindergarten
… the language learning of young children. From a socio-cultural perspective, developing language competency at Kindergarten is a priority because of its pivotal role across all learning areas and the opportunity it creates for all children to add to their linguistic capital in an informal setting …
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The professionalization of adult education: a critical exploration of policy, discourse and practice
… by a conceptual framework that draws on a socio-cultural perspective on learning and meaning making.
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Year one children's literacy behaviours and perceptions of literacy learning in the classroom and reading recovery contexts
… instruction from both a psychological and socio-cultural perspective, as well as research into withdrawal programs for children experiencing difficulty in learning to read and the Reading Recovery program itself. A case study approach was used in this study and data collection methods …
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State Implementation of the Children's Health Insurance Program: Analyses of Variation In Policy Adoption
… policy, and political streams. Four theoretical perspectives are drawn from the policy streams framework: (1) Agenda Setting; (2) Public Need; (3) Path Dependence; and (4) Socio - Political Effects.</p> <p>In this preliminary research study, the models are illustrative of the intricacy of the …
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Flexibel utbildning i praktiken. En fallstudie av pedagogiska processer i en distansutbildning med en öppen design för samarbetslärande
… framework is based on the CSCL field, and a socio-cultural perspective, where the aim of the research is to create artefacts and environments that support meaning making in practice. The study was conducted in an authentic environment and can be described as an ethnographic exploratory case …
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A socio-cultural study exploring Greek and English 11-year-old children's responses to wordless picturebooks
… tenets of the thesis are described through a socio-cultural perspective of reader response theories. The approach taken places emphasis on the reader's active engagement, for each reader uses visual decoding skills and culturally-oriented knowledge in an effort to resolve the ambiguities of …
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The EU & players’ agents: a theoretical analysis of the EU’s intervention into the regulation of players’ agents in Europe
… issue, in the context of EU sports policy. A socio-cultural perspective is developed through analyzing the EU policy actors of the socio-cultural advocacy coalition (the Education and Culture DG within the Commission, the Committee on Culture and Education in the European Parliament and the …
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Verktyg för lärande: Informationssökning och informationsanvändning i kommunal vuxenutbildning
… assignment. The theoretical framework used is a socio-cultural approach. In the study the following concepts have been identified as particularly important: mediation, sense-making, learning, practice, tools, scaffolds and interaction. From a socio-cultural perspective, the thesis explores 1) how …
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Mediating students' mathematical learning through technology: The role of the graphical calculator.
… the strength and relevance of a Vygotskian socio-cultural perspective for exploring students' learning with graphical calculators.
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Digital Distance Education – A Longitudinal Exploration of Video Technology
… courses with video are designed and on teachers’ perspectives on the use of video in distance education. The first focus on course design is examined through two research questions. RQ1 asks, How is digital video used in distance higher education? When teachers design distance courses with digital …
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Digital literacy practices of three high school learners across home and school contexts: challenges and opportunities
… question itself is an exploration of changing cultural literacy practices it is ideally suited to ethnographic research as exploratory. The study follows a qualitative methodology and is centrally grounded in a socio-cultural perspective of literacy, based in the work of the New Literacy …
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Online collaborative learning in tertiary ICT education to enhance students' learning in Malaysia
… from Harasim’s model, with inclusion of a socio-cultural framework aimed at enhancing learning outcomes for undergraduate science and ICT education students. Harasim’s model of OCL that was used in the intervention includes steps to setting up the stage and a system for Idea Generating …
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Building Schools of Character: The Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a School-Based Character Education Programme Designed to Promote Cooperative Learning and Reduce Anti-Social Behaviour
… behaviour, and educational outcomes rooted in a socio-cultural perspective that emphasizes the role of socially mediated learning in the development of prosocial behaviour, resilience, personality, and character adaptations that support positive life outcomes. With this in mind, the primary aim …