In Finland the goal of elementary teacher program is to produce innovative, reflective and collaborative-oriented teachers who can combine knowledge of educational science with knowledge of subject pedagogy, e.g. mathematical pedagogy. In this paper we are presenting the use of narratives as tools in mathematics education course as one of the innovations in Finnish teacher education. Narratives...

although university efl students represent a wide array of social and cultural identities, their multiple and diverse identities are not usually considered in foreign language classrooms. this qualitative case study attempted to examine identity conflicts experienced by iranian efl learners at the university context. to this end, two shiraz university students' identities were investigated. sem...

Humans are adapted to spontaneously transfer relevant cultural knowledge to conspecifics and to fast-learn the contents of such teaching through a human-specific social learning system called 'pedagogy' (Csibra & Gergely, 2006). Pedagogical knowledge transfer is triggered by specific communicative cues (such as eye-contact, contingent reactivity, the prosodic pattern of 'motherese', and being a...

Aerodynamics curriculum in undergraduate engineering has reached a critical juncture forcing the need for change in the traditional, largely theoretical curriculum and lecturer/listener pedagogy. The role of aerodynamics in aerospace engineering, while still important, is no longer the dominant driver in aircraft design. Furthermore, industry, government, and academia --the likely employers of ...

Improvisation is an articulated multidimensional activity based on an extemporaneous creative performance. Practicing improvisation, participants expand sophisticated skills such as sensory and perceptual encoding, memory storage and recall, motor control, and performance monitoring. Improvisation abilities have been developed following several methodologies mainly with a product-oriented persp...

In the last decade, the practice of English Language Teaching (ELT) in China’s classrooms has been greatly influenced by western-oriented innovations in Second Language Teaching (SLT) pedagogy. SLT methods focusing on meaning and communicative tasks have been introduced and have become superfluous throughout the country, outdating the traditional grammar-centered instruction. However, the decis...

MARTA FILICKOVA, PhD, Researcher at the Department of Pre-School and Elementary Pedagogy and Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Presov in Presov, Slovakia; e-mail: marta. [email protected] doc. IVETA KOVALCIKOVA, PhD, Associate Professor at Department of Pre-School and Elementary Pedagogy and Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Presov in Presov, Slovakia. IVAN ROPOVIK,...

many resources in the field of piano pedagogy have been accumulated and translated in iran. however, the concept of piano pedaling has been neglected to some extent. in this research, pedaling pedagogy in iranian tertiary level education is examined and practical solutions to enhance the quality of piano pedagogy are suggested in accordance to the cited research. according to music scholars in ...

After the introduction of postmethod pedagogy by Kumaravadivelu with its three principles of particularity, possibility and practicality, a wave of attention was directed towards this so-called 'postmethod era' and its appropriacy and adequacy in satiating the demands of the language learners in this 'brand new world'. This situation has created a healthy debate among the Iranian EFL community ...