Teaching about migration : Teachers’ didactical choices when connecting specialized knowledge to pupils’ previous knowledge
Abstract: • Content and pupils are important starting points when teaching migration. • Our findings expand the discussion of teachers’ choices, pupils, and specialized knowledge. • Teachers’ reflections on didactical choices and pupils’ previous knowledge are provided. • Cases, pictures, stories, and affective dimensions could be useful when explaining migration. • Continuous education in migration and collaborative platforms in social studies are needed. Purpose: This article contributes to the discussion of teaching migration in upper primary school by examining teachers’ didactical choices concerning specialized knowledge and pupils' previous knowledge. Design/methodology/approach: The approach is practice-based design research, in which meetings with teachers and focus group interviews with ten-to-twelve-year-old pupils are analysed in relation to educational practice and exemplary teaching. Findings: Teachers expanded concept of migration developed through discussions of specialize.... https://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/3913
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Teaching about migration ; volume:20 ; number:2 ; day:17 ; month:06 ; year:2021
Journal of social science education ; 20, Heft 2 (17.06.2021)
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Blanck, Sara
- DOI
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10.4119/jsse-3913
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021063019293305975689
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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14.08.2025, 11:00 AM CEST
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- Blanck, Sara