2023 – ETEN Journal

Integration of language skills at basic levels: Teaching highlights – by Judith Golan Ben-Uri

By Editor on 11 October, 2023 • ( 0 )

KeywordsHebrew teaching, communicative approach, integration of skills, foreign language, second language AbstractThe communicative approach to language instruction emphasizes students’ use of language competencies — sometimes all four skills in one lesson — in the context of real-life tasks. This creates… Read More ›

Born Free: How to create a School – by David Littlefair , Lucy Barker, Christopher Million and Michaela Khatib

By Editor on 20 June, 2023 • ( 0 )

KeywordsSchool leadership, free schools, creating a school, secondary education, primary education. AbstractSchool leadership is the pivotal role in school effectiveness (Huber, 2004), with research focussing on leadership in the context of an existing school. This study focuses on the critical… Read More ›

An inconvenient truth? The (un-) importance of e-learning as a tool for sustainable education in Germany – by Anne Sagafe and Thomas Wendebon

By Editor on 20 June, 2023 • ( 0 )

KeywordsE-learning, digitalisation, sustainability, teacher training programmes, higher education AbstractIn the context of digitalisation, digital media, tools and technologies are becoming an integral part of everyday life. These digital tools are changing social communication as well as the living and working… Read More ›

Mathematics and other subjects. The power of curriculum articulation – by Florbela Soutinho and Ema Mamede

By Editor on 27 March, 2023 • ( 0 )

Keywords Mathematics; curriculum articulation; teaching practices; preschool; primary school AbstractIn Portugal, the latest changes in the curriculum point to the adoption of new pedagogical practices, where the curriculum is assumed as a whole, articulated with a view to the development… Read More ›

“Now I know I need to be very patient and open-minded to understand others”: Intercultural learning during an intensive study programme – by Karen Hudson and Carl Luke

By Editor on 12 February, 2023 • ( 0 )

KeywordsIntensive study programmes, intercultural competencies, cultural disequilibrium AbstractThis article reflects on aspects of the intercultural learning of a group of forty-one students, from seven European countries, engaged in an Intensive Study Programme as part of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership for… Read More ›

Pedagogic and didactic practice in relation to kindergarten environment. Results from the ODIN study – by Sederberg, Bahrenschee, Friis Rohde, Nielsen and Specht

By Editor on 2 February, 2023 • ( 0 )

KeywordsMovement activities, outdoor learning, risky play, fantasy, immersion, kindergarten AbstractThe objective of this qualitative study was to investigate the pedagogic and didactic practise of outdoor kindergarten environment as compared to conventional kindergarten environment in rotation kindergartens. Qualitative data were collected… Read More ›

Fair sharing in learning rational numbers in a 5th grade class – by Hélia Pinto, Neuza Carlos, Nicole Duarte

By Editor on 23 January, 2023 • ( 1 )

KeywordsLearning, teaching, rational numbers, fair sharing AbstractRational numbers are considered a difficult set to teach and learn, and these difficulties are identified in the literature as related to the nature of the set itself, as well as to its teaching…. Read More ›

ITERS and ECERS as tools for developing quality in physical activity and science in ECEC – by Karen Marie Eid Kaarby and Cato Tandberg

By Editor on 10 January, 2023 • ( 0 )

KeywordsPhysical education, Science education, ITERS-R /ECERS-R, ECEC teachers AbstractIn this article we discuss how ITERS – R and ECERS- R used on item level can contribute to a budding science and physical education in the Early childhood education and care… Read More ›