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  • 1.
    Agebjörn, Anders
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM).
    Walldén, Robert
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Vad kan du om att lära sig svenska som andraspråk?: Bildningsquizet2024Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 2.
    Lind, Johan
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Understanding students’ learning of technology through interaction supported by virtual reality2024In: Design and Technology Education: An International Journal, ISSN 1360-1431, E-ISSN 2040-8633, Vol. 29, no 2, p. 336-358Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Given the profound influence that technology has on society, shaping our behaviours, conversations, and decisions, it is essential to understand its development and nature. Obtaining a complete understanding of technology requires us to explore both the nature of technology and its historical aspects. This study examines how using supportive images in a virtual reality (VR) learning environment, combined with verbal interactions, supports students aged eight and nine in developing an understanding of the nature of technology.

    Data were collected during an ordinary technology teaching activity and the analysis highlighted that these students, through interactions and VR images, demonstrated knowledge of all dimensions of technology, as described by DiGironimo (2011). The analysis of the findings indicated that the students’ knowledge could be categorized, but there seemed to be more complexity in their utterances than DiGironimo’s model could capture. Additionally, I employed a discursive analysis to achieve a deeper comprehension of the students’ perceptions of the history of technology. Here, the findings indicate that VR images can promote students’ interaction related to the history of technology, which often leads to exploratory conversations.

    The findings have the potential to support teachers in planning and conducting technology activities in primary schools, where images and verbal interactions could provide decisive support for developing an understanding of the nature of technology, especially the historical dimension of technology.

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  • 3.
    Ryan, Ulrika
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching. Malmö University, Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM).
    Svensson Källberg, Petra
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching. Malmö University, Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM).
    Flerspråkiga och kulturella aspekter i matematikundervisningen2024Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
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  • 4.
    Karlsson, Annika
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Nygård Larsson, Pia
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Svensson Källberg, Petra
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Jakobsson, Anders
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    UTRYMME FÖR FLERSPRÅKIGHET?: PEDAGOGISKA MÖJLIGHETER OCH BEGRÄNSNINGAR FÖR FLERSPRÅKIGA FÖRHÅLLNINGSSÄTT OCH AKTIVITETER I NO-UNDERVISNINGEN2024In: / [ed] Svava Pétursdóttir, University of Iceland Press, 2024Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper is a part of the project Spaces for multilingualism (Swedish Research Council, 2021-04155). The aim of the project is to generate knowledge about the pedagogical potentials and limitations of multilingual practices in mathematics and science education. We specifically aim to explore and problematise how multilingual approaches and activities may promote mathematics and science teaching and learning in school years 4–9. The qualitative project is conducted by an interdisciplinary research team that integrates theories from educational research in didactics, sociology and linguistics, including translanguaging theories. The project’s four-year period comprises initial exploration of existing pedagogical practices, in four culturally and linguistically diverse schools. The explorative phase is followed by a two-year period of pedagogical interventions.The presentation will focus on the exploratory phase of the study and the preliminary findings from interviews with students and teachers, workshops where teachers and researchers worked together, and classroom observations, and focus on teachers’ and students’ use of meaning-making resources in science education, and how students’ prior experiences and communicative repertoires are acknowledged as resources in multilingual classroom activities.

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  • 5.
    Karlsson, Annika
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    SEMIOTISKA RESURSERS SAMSPEL I ETT TRANSSPRÅKANDE NO-KLASSRUM2024In: / [ed] Svava Pétursdóttir, University of Iceland Press, 2024Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The aim of this study is to gain a deeper insight into how various socially shaped and culturally and disciplinary given resources for meaning making are used and can be used in a translanguaging science classroom, and how these resources interact and complement each other based on how they are used, and the meaning potential that each resource constitutes. The research questions are: What semiotic resources do students and teachers employ as they engage in science? What do the various resources contribute to in the learning processes, and what are – or might be – their limitations? In the paper, data previously used to explore multilingually students´ authentic use of their first and second languages in a translanguaging science classroom, from a sociocultural perspective are reanalysed using multimodal interaction analysis, which is a powerful tool for examining multilingual students’ use of multiple modalities, including gesture, facial expression, and drawing in science practices.By extension, this can create knowledge about how teaching can be designed so that a wide range of semiotic resources are incorporated, both verbal and non-verbal, in multilingual science classrooms to create increased opportunities for active participation for all students.

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  • 6.
    Olsson Dahlquist, Lisa
    et al.
    Myndigheten för tillgängliga medier.
    Wennås Brante, Eva
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Lyssningsläsning i högre utbildning: Vad säger forskningen?2024Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Det här är en kunskapsöversikt om hur studenter med funktionsnedsättning tar till sig kurslitteratur i ljudformat. I fokus står läspraktiken lyssningsläsning och dess betydelse inom högre utbildning. Målgruppen för kunskapsöversikten är framför allt bibliotekarier och undervisande personal på högskolor och universitet som möter studenter med behov av att lyssningsläsa. Myndigheten för tillgängliga medier och Malmö universitet har tagit fram kun skapsöversikten tillsammans. Malmö universitetsbibliotek har även bidragit genom att utföra sökningar i vetenskapliga databaser. Vi har tematiserat publikationerna som ingår i kunskapsöversikten under fyra rubriker: - • Rätten att läsa på lika villkor • Lyssningsläsning som läspraktik • Teknik och format som stöd för tillgänglig läsning • Bemötande, attityder och kunskaper kring lyssningsläsning Från analysen av forskningen som ingår i kunskapsöversikten drar vi följande slutsatser: Trots ökande behov av tillgänglig läsning bland högskole- och universitetsstudenter med funktionsnedsättningar finns begränsad forskning om lyssningsläsning i högre utbildning. Det behövs fler användarstudier och kvalitativ forskning om olika behov av lyssningsläsning. Universitetslärare och bibliotekarier behöver få kontinuerlig utbildning i inkluderande pedagogik och kunskap om olika funktionsnedsättningar för att kunna möta studenternas behov. Inkluderande pedagogik och teknik bör vara integrerad i undervisningen från början, och kursmaterial bör vara tillgängligt och universellt utformat. Det är också viktigt att synliggöra lyssningsläsning utifrån ett rättighetsperspektiv.

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  • 7.
    Ryan, Ulrika
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Mathematics education in times of migration is not a single story(line)2024In: Quaderni di Ricerca in Didattica" QRDM (Mathematics), ISSN 1592-5137, E-ISSN 1592-4424, ISSN 1592-5137, Vol. 13, p. 29-39Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In this plenary paper my intention is to elaborate on how immigrants may be positioned according to some storylines that relate to mathematics education that circulate in the public sphere. I also consider some storylines that could be identified in the research literature which relate to mathematics education and migration. Finally, I draw on an affirmative approach that aims at acknowledging immigrant students' struggles as well as their knowl-edges, hopes, desires and visions. My aim is to broaden the scope of storylines about mathematics education in times of migration. I would like us who are mathematics educators and who do research in mathematics education to contribute to making a wider range of position-ings available to immigrant mathematics students and their teachers. 

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  • 8.
    Sjöström, Jesper
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS).
    Economou, Catarina
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM).
    Edström, Ann-Mari
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM).
    Ekberg, Jan-Eric
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Sport Sciences (IDV).
    Svensson Källberg, Petra
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Larneby, Marie
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Sport Sciences (IDV).
    Liljefors Persson, Bodil
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Society, Culture and Identity (SKI).
    Ryan, Ulrika
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Schubert, Per
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS).
    Wangen, Björn
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM).
    Örbring, David
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS).
    Knowledge contributions from different school subjects to cross-curricular didactics for Bildung and sustainability2024In: Studies in Subject Didactics, ISSN 1799-960X, Vol. 25, p. 66-91Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In the context of humanistic Bildung-centred Didaktik, the educational potential of different school subjects is emphasized. But how can different school subjects collectively contribute to the ‘cultivation-of-human-powers’ and Bildung with a focus on sustainability? In this article, seven different school subjects are compared. Eleven teacher educators from Malmö University, Sweden, have written scholarly about the roles of their respective school subjects for Bildung and sustainability. Drawing from the texts related to the seven school subjects – geography, mathematics, physical education and health, religious education, science for citizenship, Swedish as a second language, and visual arts – a comparative analysis was conducted. The primary focus was to understand the unique characteristics of each school subject, explore their epistemic differences, and discern their potential roles in fostering cross-curricular didactics for Bildung and sustainability. It is shown that the different school subjects collectively provide complementary contributions to contemporary Bildung and climate change literacy.

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  • 9.
    Ouhaichi, Hamza
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Technology and Society (TS), Department of Computer Science and Media Technology (DVMT). Malmö University, Internet of Things and People (IOTAP).
    Spikol, Daniel
    Malmö University, Internet of Things and People (IOTAP). Malmö University, Faculty of Technology and Society (TS), Department of Computer Science and Media Technology (DVMT). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Vogel, Bahtijar
    Malmö University, Faculty of Technology and Society (TS), Department of Computer Science and Media Technology (DVMT). Malmö University, Internet of Things and People (IOTAP).
    Learning Swedish with AI: Exploring Multimodal Learning Analytics in Spoken Language Acquisition2024Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This study investigates the application of Multimodal Learning Analytics (MMLA) in language practice, specifically within the authentic and dynamic environment of language café settings. The MMLA Model for Design and Analysis (MAMDA), a design science approach, is utilized to systematically explore the requirements for designing the MMLA system. We identify and map three elements: 1) Learning indicators, referring to spoken language learning signs, such as tone, amount and frequency of speech, and pronunciation. 2) Respective modalities and sensors, referring to the format of data to be collected and 3) Analytics models, including NLP models, that can be employed to identify and process the modalities. We propose a conceptual system that utilizes AI voice assistant while simultaneously collecting audio data for MMLA to enhance language learning experiences. The system is meant for providing insights into learning patterns, participant engagement, and the overall effectiveness of language practice strategies. While presenting a novel system showcasing the use of AI and data analytics in a unique educational setting, the study's central focus is to test and critically reflect on MAMDA as a framework for designing and analyzing MMLA systems.

  • 10.
    Kersting, Magdalena
    et al.
    Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
    Danielsson, Kristina
    Department of Teaching and Learning, Stockholm University, Sweden and Department of Swedish, Linnaeus University, Sweden.
    Fleury Mortimer, Eduardo
    School of Education, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
    Olander, Clas
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Siry, Christina
    Department of Education and Social Work, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur Alzette, Luxembourg.
    Tang, Kok-Sing
    School of Education, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
    From founding voices to future visions: languages and literacies in science education2024In: International Journal of Science Education, ISSN 0950-0693, E-ISSN 1464-5289, p. 1-18Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Over the past decades, languages and literacies have become a prominent focus in science education research and practice. While there is broad consensus on the central roles of disciplinary, representational, and cultural languages and their associated literacies in learning and teaching science, the field faces a critical moment. An ever-growing number of new theoretical and methodological perspectives have revealed rich facets of the multilingual and multimodal nature of learning processes in science. These developments prompt us to reflect on the distinct identity and impact of languages and literacies on the contemporary discourse in science education, especially in light of technological innovations (e.g. large-language models) and societal developments (e.g. multilingual contexts). This position paper offers an opportunity to assess the field's past developments and future directions, building on a recent meeting of the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Languages and Literacies in Science Education under the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA). We present viewpoints from four founding members of the SIG, discussing current trends, challenges, and visions for the future. Ultimately, this paper invites our global community to engage in informed dialogues on the role and value of languages and literacies in science education today.

  • 11.
    Tarchi, Christian
    et al.
    University of Florence.
    Zappoli, Alessandra
    University of Florence.
    Casado Ledesma, Lidia
    University of Florence.
    Wennås Brante, Eva
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    The Use of ChatGPT in Source-Based Writing Tasks2024In: International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, ISSN 1560-4292, E-ISSN 1560-4306Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    ChatGPT, a chatbot based on a Generative Pre-trained Transformer model, can be used as a teaching tool in the educational setting, providing text in an interactive way. However, concerns point out risks and disadvantages, as possible incorrect or irrelevant answers, privacy concerns, and copyright issues. This study aims to categorize the strategies used by undergraduate students completing a source-based writing task (SBW, i.e., written production based on texts previously read) with the help of ChatGPT and their relation to the quality and content of students’ written products. ChatGPT can be educationally useful in SBW tasks, which require the synthesis of information from a text in response to a prompt. SBW requires mastering writing conventions and an accurate understanding of source material. We collected 27 non-expert users of ChatGPT and writers (Mage = 20.37; SD = 2.17). We administered a sociodemographic questionnaire, an academic writing motivation scale, and a measure of perceived prior knowledge. Participants were given a source-based writing task with access to ChatGPT as external aid. They performed a retrospective think-aloud interview on ChatGPT use. Data showed limited use of ChatGPT due to limited expertise and ethical concerns. The level of integration of conflicting information showed to not be associated with the interaction with ChatGPT. However, the use of ChatGPT showed a negative association with the amount of literal source-text information that students include in their written product.

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  • 12.
    Wennås Brante, Eva
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Walldén, Robert
    Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Linnaeus University, SE, 351 95, Växjö, Sweden.
    Ridell, Kim
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM).
    Eight-year-olds engaging in guided information searches with iPads: Dimensions of reading competence2024In: International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, ISSN 2212-8689, E-ISSN 2212-8697, Vol. 40, p. 1-13, article id 100658Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This study examines how eight-year-old students engage in teacher-guided digital online reading during internetsearches for specific information. The research focuses on the students’ digital literacy and their ability toevaluate sources and decode complex text. We have used Luke and Freebody’s four resources model and theconcept of sourcing as theoretical underpinning. The study had a descriptive and exploratory approach. Thestudy involved 17 eight-year-old students from a school with a one-to-one tablet policy. The students weredivided into small groups to encourage interaction. Data were collected through audio and screen recordings andwere multimodally transcribed to provide a detailed account of the children’s internet search interactions. Thestudy reveals that while students demonstrated proficiency in using digital tools and navigating the internet, theyoften struggled to assess source credibility and critically interpret the information they encountered. Further-more, the study highlights the importance of guiding young students in navigating the complex media landscape,emphasizing the need to enhance their knowledge of different types of sources and the categories of individualsproducing content. The researchers found that students’ prior knowledge, such as familiarity with printed books,played a role in how they approached online reading, sometimes leading to difficulties in adapting their stra-tegies for digital formats. In conclusion, this research underscores the need for explicit instruction and collab-orative efforts in the classroom to develop students’ digital reading skills and their ability to critically assessonline sources, thus bridging the gap between technological proficiency and effective digital literacy. Thefindings offer insights for educators in preparing young readers for digital literacy and effective online infor-mation evaluation.

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  • 13.
    Walldén, Robert
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Eiesland, Eli Anne
    OsloMet.
    Laake, Signe
    OsloMet.
    Kontextualiserad grammatik i arbete med muntliga presentationer på svenska för invandrare2024In: Abstractsamling NordAnd16, Stockholm: Södertörns högskola, 2024, p. 108-109Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Undervisning på sfi (svenska för invandrare) är sparsamt studerad, och det saknas studier som belyser aktuella satsningar på att knyta sfi till sammanhang utanför klassrummet. Det aktuella bidraget bygger vidare på ett följeforskningsprojekt om kommunal en satsning på språkpraktik. Tidigare resultat har visat att sfi-elever genom språkpraktik på olika arbetsplatser fick möjlighet att träna på vardagliga samtal med L1-talare av svenska (Walldén, 2023) samt att presentationer och uppföljningar av en praktikrelaterad ordförrådsuppgift skapade möjligheter för kunskapsbyggande samtal om kollokationers betydelse och användning i olika sammanhang (Walldén, 2024). Föreliggande konferensbidrag fokuserar i stället på inslag av grammatikundervisning i arbetet med muntliga presentationer kopplade till elevernas språkpraktik.  Syftet är att belysa hur kunskaper om grammatik kopplades till kommunikativa sammanhang när sfi-elever, tillsammans med en erfaren sfi-lärare, förberedde, genomförde och följde upp muntliga presentationer kopplade till elevernas språkpraktik. Etnografiskt inspirerade metoder, med observationer, anteckningar och ljudinspelningar, användes för att dokumentera lektioner där elever på sfi C och D arbetade med praktikuppgifter under 7 lektioner. Teoretiska utgångspunkter hämtades i formfokuserad undervisning (Ellis, 2016) samt, för att vidga perspektivet bortom grammatisk korrekthet, kontextualiserad grammatikundervisning (Myhill et al., 2012). Resultatet visar att läraren och eleverna uppmärksammade betydelsen av en utvecklad syntax för att genomföra muntliga presentationer, samt förde samtal kring morfologi utifrån vokabulär eleverna hade valt ut på praktikplatserna. Det fördes även samtal om grammatiskt modus där eleverna bidrog med sina flerspråkiga kunskaper. Studien är relevant för konferensen genom sin inriktning mot andraspråksundervisning för vuxna migranter.

    Referenser  

    Ellis, R. (2016). Anniversary article. Focus on form: A critical review. Language Teaching Tesearch, 20(3), 405–208. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168816628627 

    Myhill, D., Jones, S., Lines, H., & Watson, A. (2012). Re-thinking grammar: the impact of embedded grammar teaching on students’ writing and students’ metalinguistic understanding. Research Papers in Education, 27(2), 139–166. 

    Walldén, R. (2024). Contextual elaborations and shifts when adult L2 learners present and discuss workplace-related vocabulary. Linguistics and Education, 80, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2024.101272   

    Walldén, R. (2023). Adult migrants’ voices about learning and using Swedish at work placements in basic language education. Studies in the Education of Adults. https://doi.org/10.1080/02660830.2023.2246763  

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  • 14.
    Lindholm, Anna
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM).
    Winlund, Anna
    Göteborgs universitet.
    Walldén, Robert
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Kraftfull kunskap och epistemisk kvalitet i integrerad svenskundervisning i årskurs 62024In: Abstractsamling Nordand16, Stockholm, 2024, p. 70-72Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Syftet med denna studie är att bidra med kunskap om vad som utgör kraftfull kunskap (powerful knowledge) (Young, 2013) i årskurs 6 där ämnena svenska och svenska som andraspråk undervisas integrerat. Studien är finansierad av Crafoordska stiftelsen och utgårfrån följande frågeställningar: i) Vilka prioriteringar uttrycker lärare gällande ämnesinnehål loch kraftfull kunskap i integrerad sva/sve-undervisning? ii) Vad utmärker lärarnas didaktiskaval för att stödja elevernas språk- och kunskapsutveckling i den integrerade undervisningen? Data samlades in under våren 2023, i två klasser i årskurs sex på två skolor, där minsthälften av eleverna hade utländsk bakgrund. Materialet består av semistrukturerade lärarintervjuer samt fältanteckningar och foton från observationer av 31 lektioner. Materialet analyserades genom tematisk innehållsanalys utifrån teoretiska perspektiv om kraftfullkunskap och epistemisk kvalitet (Hudson m.fl., 2023). Epistemisk kvalitet är ett mått på hurett ämnesspecifikt undervisningsinnehåll omsätts i undervisningen i interaktion mellan lärare och elev och kan således definiera vad kraftfull kunskap innebär på klassrumsnivå.Preliminära resultat visar att lärarnas didaktiska val, såsom litteraturval och arbetssätt, i stor utsträckning påverkas av de skilda förutsättningarna i de två elevgrupperna, vilket i sin tur har betydelse för den epistemiska kvaliteten i undervisningen. Studien är relevant för konferensen genom att bidra med kunskap om den integrerade undervisningspraktiken isvenska och svenska som andraspråk, vilket är ett underbeforskat ämne.

    Referenser:

    Hudson, B., Gericke, N., Olin-Scheller, C., & Stolare, M. (2023). Trajectories of powerfulknowledge and epistemic quality: analysing the transformations from disciplines acrossschool subjects. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 55(2), 119-137.

    Young, M. (2013). Overcoming the crisis in curriculum theory: a knowledge-based approach.Journal of Curriculum Studies, 45(2), 101–118.

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  • 15.
    Register, Jordan T.
    et al.
    University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
    Andersson, Christian H.
    Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching. Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS).
    Sjöblom, Marie
    Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching. Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS).
    Technological and Mathematical literacies in times of change2024Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 16.
    Agebjörn, Anders
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM).
    Walldén, Robert
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Effekten av språkpraktik på sfi-elevers utveckling av kommunikativ språkförmåga2024In: Språk och kommunikation i en digitaliserad värld, ASLA 2024, 18–19 april 2024: Abstrakthäfte, Högskolan Dalarna, 2024, p. 12-13Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Tidigare studier om svenska för invandrare (sfi) har undersökt klassrumsinteraktion (NorlundShaswar & Wedin, 2019), transspråkande och multimodalitet i elevernas skrivande (Wedin m.fl., 2018), lärarrespons på elevernas texter (Jacobson, 2019), samt olika aktörers uppfattningom utbildningen (Ahlgren & Rydell, 2020). Med tanke på att sfi-undervisningen oftakritiserats för att inte erbjuda sina elever tillräckliga förutsättningar att utveckla enkommunikativ språkförmåga (Lindberg & Sandwall, 2017; Skolinspektionen, 2018) är detförvånande att inga studier undersökt språkutvecklingen på sfi. Föreliggande studie bidrar tillatt fylla denna kunskapslucka genom att, med både longitudinella data och entvärsnittsdesign, undersöka utvecklingen av kommunikativ språkförmåga hos elever på ensydsvensk sfi-utbildning. Forskning har föreslagit att utvecklingen av en kommunikativspråkförmåga hos vuxna andra språks inlärare kan främjas genom att deras utbildning kopplastill verkliga kommunikationssituationer utanför klassrummet, till exempel genomarbetsplatspraktik. Samtidigt visar denna forskning att praktikplatser inte alltid erbjuder sinapraktikanter goda möjligheter att använda och utveckla målspråket (Sandwall, 2013; Walldén,2023). Inga studier, varken nationella eller internationella, har dock testat effekten av praktikpå elevernas språkutveckling. Föreliggande kvantitativa effektstudie bidrar till att fylla ävendenna kunskapslucka. I studien deltog 37 sfi-elever på kurs C och D. Alla ingick i enkommunal satsning på yrkesinriktad svenska. Elva av deltagarna följde därutöver en parallellkurs som inbegrep att de två dagar i veckan var på en så kallad språkpraktik. Dennaspråkpraktik innebar bland annat att uppgifter med koppling till arbetsplatsen förbereddes ochföljdes upp i klassrummet. Studiens material utgörs av texter – personliga brev med fokus påyrkesliv – som deltagarna, under kontrollerade förhållanden, skrev vid två tillfällen med tremånaders mellanrum. Texternas kvalitet bedömdes holistiskt av fem erfarna andraspråksläraremed metoden jämförande bedöm ning (Pollitt, 2012). På så sätt tillskrevs varje text en poäng,vilken sedan användes som beroende variabel i en regressionsmodell av typen mixed effects.Jämförelser mellan skrivtillfälle 1 och 2 (den longitudinella studien) och mellan kurs C och D(tvärsnittsstudien) visar tydligt att den kommunikativa språkförmågan utvecklades hoseleverna på den aktuella sfi-utbildningen. Beträffande en eventuell effekt av språkpraktik sågvi att utvecklingen hos eleverna med praktik i genomsnitt var något större än utvecklingen hoseleverna utan, men standardfelet var stort och effekten var långt ifrån signifikant. Dettabekräftar vad som framkommit i tidigare studier, nämligen att arbetsplatspraktik inte perautomatik erbjuder vuxna andraspråksinlärare goda möjligheter att utveckla sinkommunikativa språkförmåga (Sandwall, 2013; Walldén, 2023). Detta resultat innebär intenödvändigtvis att den kommunala satsningen på språkpraktik var misslyckad. Trots färreundervisningstimmar uppvisade eleverna med praktik inte en långsammare språkutvecklingän eleverna utan, och deras upplevelser av praktiken var mestadels positiva (Walldén , 2023). Sammantaget är vår förhoppning är att resultaten ska bidra till en mer nyanserad diskussion,både när det gäller i vilken utsträckning sfi- undervisning leder till språkutveckling och närdet gäller eventuella effekter av specifika didaktiska modeller, i detta fall språkpraktik.

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  • 17.
    Walldén, Robert
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Att främja elevers språkliga deltagande genom skrivande och litteraturarbete2024In: Språk- och kunskapsutvecklande arbetssätt i årskurs 4–9: Klassrumsnära exempel / [ed] Annsofie Engborg, Stockholm: Lärarförlaget , 2024, p. 76-92Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 18.
    Bergman, Lotta
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Students' reading in higher education: Challenges and ways forward2024In: Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, ISSN 1081-3004, E-ISSN 1936-2706, Vol. 67, no 6, p. 414-423Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article deals with reading as a significant challenge for higher education students. The study aimed to understand students' experiences of challenges in reading during their first three semesters at university and how they handled these challenges. It is a qualitative case study built on in-depth interviews with nine people studying to be primary teachers and their diaries about reading experiences in the academy. The findings show that students experience considerable anxiety and stress regarding finding enough time for reading tasks and comprehending what they read. They soon discover that extensive reading is a prerequisite for writing, questioning, and active participation in lectures and seminars. Despite experiences of lack of support from their teachers, most students identify new approaches and strategies to develop their reading, moving from passive to active engagement with texts. The findings implicate that continuous support from disciplinary experts is crucial for students' reading and writing development. Such support includes inviting students to participate in disciplinary practices, its tools, concepts, ways of thinking, genres used, approaches to reading, and what it means to reason, analyze, and argue in a discipline.

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  • 19.
    Aminifar, Elahe
    et al.
    Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran.
    Malaki, Mohsen
    Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran.
    Ryan, Ulrika
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Mesgarani, Hamid
    Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran.
    A long-term shift to include students’ first language in the mathematics teaching practice: socialization events and learning opportunities2024In: Educational Studies in Mathematics, ISSN 0013-1954, E-ISSN 1573-0816, Vol. 116, no 1, p. 113-135Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The notion of multilingual students’ first language has been advocated as a resource in mathematics learning for some time. However, few studies have investigated how implementing students’ L1 in the teaching practice impacts multilingual students’ mathematics learning opportunities. Based on a 9-month-long ethnographic study conducted in Iran, we investigate what a long-term shift from mathematics teaching in the language of instruction (Persian) to mathematics teaching that includes students’ first language (Turkish) may mean in terms of learning opportunities. In language positive classrooms, students’ socialization into mathematics and language includes using students’ first languages and paying explicit attention to different aspects of language use in mathematics. Among other things, socialization events provide possibilities to share explanations of mathematical thinking. The results of this study suggest that using students’ first languages may reinforce other language positive socialization events and provide mathematics learning opportunities during individual assignment activities. Furthermore, the results suggest that the conceived value of mathematics education in the local communities changed with the introduction of students’ L1 in the teaching practice. Consequently, this study indicates that using students’ first languages in mathematics classrooms may be a key issue in multilingual contexts. 

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  • 20.
    Johansson Carlén, Irina
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Investigating Teachers’ Talk: Challenges of Classroom Language Data Generation2024Conference paper (Other academic)
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  • 21.
    Ridell, Kim
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Narrativt skrivande i årskurs 1: En fallstudie om elevers re-design av berättelseelement2024In: Acta Didactica Norden, E-ISSN 2535-8219, Vol. 18, no 1, article id 8Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [sv]

    I denna fallstudie analyseras narrativt parskrivande i två skrivsituationer med sju elever från årskurs 1. De två situationerna utmärker sig genom olika iscensatta läranderesurser för att uppmärksamma eleverna på flera berättelseelement. Utifrån ett designteoretiskt ramverk undersöks hur elevernas situerade intresse promptas mot berättelseelementen och hur eleverna i samtal och skrivande re-designar berättelseelement.

    Analysen är genomförd i tre faser där 1) berättelseelement identifieras, 2) prompt­ningarna av elementen i de olika läranderesurserna, modelltext och två grafiska modeller, sätts i relation till varandra, och 3) berättelseelementens möjliga funktioner i ett narrativ problematiseras. Underlaget består av tre läranderesurser, transkriptioner av elevernas samtal under skrivprocesserna, deras skrivna texter och transkriptioner av efterföljande parintervjuer där eleverna reflekterar över sitt skrivande och berättelser.

    Resultaten visar att de olika läranderesurserna erbjuder eleverna olika uttryck för berättelsestrukturer. Strukturerna re-designas med en variation av en- och flerepisodisk struktur i de olika skrivsituationerna. Eleverna visar också ett genomgående intresse för att bygga spänning och stöper om berättelseelement som karaktärsdialoger för att uppnå detta. Berättarperspektiv, som enligt tidigare forskning brukar skifta i unga elevers berättelser, är konsekvent i tredjeperson. Det speglar hur läranderesurserna modellerar berättarperspektiv i båda skrivsituationer. Trots att röd tråd begreppsliggörs i en av de grafiska modellerna har eleverna svårt att specificera hur en röd tråd realiseras i en berättelse. Deras förslag är i stället exempel på sagor utan en röd tråd. Likt tidigare studier påvisas också att elevernas skrivprocesser präglas av ett starkt fokus på lokal textnivå, trots att läranderesurserna uppmärksammar andra berättelseelement.

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  • 22.
    Lundberg, Janna
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Society, Culture and Identity (SKI). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Ennerberg, Elin
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Society, Culture and Identity (SKI).
    ‘Run three laps around the house’: A rural life of supportive love and free childhood2024In: Sociologidagarna 2024, Göteborg 13-15 mars: Övergång eller undergång, Göteborgs universitet, 2024, p. 95-95Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Finding a partner and establishing a happy family together is a project intimately connected withchoosing where to live. The sense of place is often discussed in relation to belonging and to widernarratives of nation and culture (Yuval-Davis, 2011), but it is also a way to understand everydaypractices relating to personal life (Harris et.al, 2021). As May and Nordqvist (2019: 177) argue,‘personal life says something about both us as individual people, and the social context in which welive’. In our article, we explore the personal lives of individual people in the particular social context ofrural lives. In our study we have worked with connecting theoretical perspectives of rural sociology totheory of personal lives (Smart, 2007; May and Nordqvist, 2019) by considering how conceptions oflove, childhood, and family life are understood in rural contexts in Sweden. Our interview study ofpersonal lives for individuals have been explored in a rural context. Complex personal narratives onrural lives are presented from the perspective of the ‘ordinary’. Our results present accounts on howideals of family and rural life are negotiated and how families who consider themselves happy withtheir personal lives conceptualise their choices in relation their rural home. Finding a partner andestablishing a happy family together is a project intimately connected with choosing where to live. Ourfindings show how ideals of rural living and family life is negotiated by taking account of a bricolage ofnostalgic notions of the countryside, its freedom as well as more modern conceptions of gender equalfamily practices

  • 23.
    Hofverberg, Hanna
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    New Learning Environments in Design and Craft Education: Acknowledging the Learning of Design Literacy2024In: International Journal of Art & Design Education, ISSN 1476-8062, E-ISSN 1476-8070, Vol. 43, no 2, p. 320-332Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The aim of this paper is to contribute to the concept of design literacy by exploring what it means to learn design literacy through making. To support my argumentation, I draw on a case study where I followed two student teachers of design and craft as they learned design literacy through woodworking. Due to Covid-19, the learning environment was located at the students' homes rather than the design and craft studio at the university. Two research questions guide the case study: What stories does the student recall from learning woodworking and what do these stories provide that are relevant for learning design literacy? Three ‘making’ stories are presented from the case study: (1) Making with the unknown, (2) Making alone educationally, and (3) The affective and embodied making. These stories provide numerous making skills that are relevant when teaching and learning for design literacy, which is further discussed in the paper.

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  • 24.
    Hevelius, Martina
    et al.
    Lärare, Trelleborgs kommun.
    Walldén, Robert
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Ordförråd på sfi-elevers villkor2024In: Lisetten, Vol. 32, no 1, p. 7-9Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 25.
    Alvén, Fredrik
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Society, Culture and Identity (SKI). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Pojkars och flickors temporala orientering och interesse för historia i Sverige2024In: Noter, no 240, p. 20-27Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 26.
    Walldén, Robert
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    GP Debatt: Skoldebattörer sprider en felaktig bild av lärares undervisning2024In: Göteborgsposten, ISSN 1103-9345, no 240311Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
    Abstract [sv]

    En lärare ska berätta, visa, förklara, instruera, ställa frågor och låta eleverna uttrycka och ta del av varandras tankar och synpunkter, skriver Filippa Mannerheim. Detta är enkelt att hålla med om. Däremot ger Mannerheim och andra flitiga skoldebattörer en direkt missvisande bild av dagens skola genom att påstå att lärare inte undervisar på detta sätt, skriver Robert Walldén.

  • 27.
    Walldén, Robert
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Contextual elaborations and shifts when adult L2 learners present and discuss workplace-related vocabulary2024In: Linguistics and Education, ISSN 0898-5898, E-ISSN 1873-1864, Vol. 80, article id 101272Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This study aims to contribute knowledge about how the meanings of words selected by students based on workplace experiences (placements) in basic adult L2 education were negotiated in classroom discourse. The study, conducted in the context of Swedish for Immigrants (SFI), drew inspiration from practice-based and ethnographic methodology. It focuses on a vocabulary assignment connected to students’ placements at preschools and a hotel. The analysis was based on transcribed audio recordings and underpinned by the theoretical perspective of knowledge-building interaction. As a theoretical contribution to the field, the study develops the concepts of contextual elaboration and shifts. The findings show that some students successfully used placement experiences to contextualize their chosen words, while others found it challenging to contextualize abstract words. In the follow-up discussions, the teacher, and the students collaboratively and multi-contextually expanded on word meanings by exploring different collocations and contexts of use.

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  • 28.
    Walldén, Robert
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    SvD Debatt: Feltänkt att korta sfi-utbildningen2024In: Svenska dagbladet, ISSN 1101-2412Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 29.
    Lindholm, Anna
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Karlstad University.
    Walldén, Robert
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    ”Dare to fail”: Supporting literary understanding and language development in Swedish as a second language2024Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Research topic/aim

    Despite Swedish as a Second Language (SSL) being its own subject in the Swedish school system since 1995, there is surprisingly little research on the actual teaching practices within the subject, particularly in the earlier school years. The purpose of this study is to contribute knowledge about the conditions teachers create for language and knowledge development in the subject of Swedish as a Second Language in elementary school. More specifically, it examines how experienced SSL teachers support students' literary understanding and develop their language repertoire.

    Theoretical framework

    The study is theoretically based on Langer's stances (2011) for developing students' literary understanding, in conjunction with the notion of interactional scaffolding to support language and knowledge development (Gibbons, 2006; Walldén & Nygård Larsson, 2021).

    Methodological design

    Data was collected during two months in the spring of 2023 in two sixth-grade classes, where a large proportion of the students had a migration background. During this period, both teachers worked with shared reading of a fiction book. The material consists of a total of 31 recorded classroom observations, field notes, photos, and interviews with the two teachers. Thematic content analysis was used to analyze the material in tandem with Langer's stances.

    Expected conclusions/findings

    Preliminary results show that in the work of shared reading of a fiction book, teachers use various types of reading-related activities in their instruction. They discuss the content of the books and link the reading to both their own reading experience and to contexts outside the text. There is a consistent focus on developing students' language in the instruction, which is shown in discussions and through various support materials such as visual aids and reading and writing strategies. Metalinguistic strategies are also highlighted by encouraging students to “derive” and “pull apart” words. The attention to language is integrated into a collaborative reading practice in which the students are encouraged to seek for deeper meaning in the texts and “daring to fail” when they express ideas using the target language.  

    Relevance to Nordic educational research

    The findings of this study are relevant to the conference as it contributes to knowledge about SSL subject teaching practices.

  • 30.
    Alvén, Fredrik
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Society, Culture and Identity (SKI). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Controversial issues in history teaching2024In: Journal of Curriculum Studies, ISSN 0022-0272, E-ISSN 1366-5839, p. 1-17Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Most of the history education research that addresses controversial issues suggests that disputes arising in the history classroom are rooted in students’ diverse identities that relate differently to history. Therefore, a history education that wants to ease tensions must try both to make these different identities and their relations to history visible and to enable an understanding of different relations to history based on identity. Starting with Gadamer’s concept of historically effected consciousness, this article outlines a model consisting of ontological third-order concepts and historical empathy in the history education as a suggestion to enable and corroborate constructive deliberative discussions in the history classroom. 

  • 31.
    Walldén, Robert
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Yrkessvenska på sfi – Rekommendationer och reflektioner: Slurapport från följeforskning Yrkeskedjor 20232024Report (Other academic)
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  • 32.
    Söderling, Maria
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Elever erfar och representerar världen visuellt: en utforskande studie om hur mellanstadieelever skapar mening genom fotografi2024Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Placed within language and literature didactics this qualitative practice-based study with a multimodal perspective aims to explore the potentials for meaning-making through photography. 

     Despite that, the digitization of society has facilitated access to various modes of meaning-making and has had a major impact on how we communicate and learn, new possibilities for meaning-making using for example film or photography are poorly explored in both research and education. This justifies a broad aim and an explorative study. In aiming for an explorative methodology, cooperation was initiated with a group of interested teachers, and the design of the cooperation and the data collection was inspired by educational design research. Meaning-making processes through photography, editing, and discussions about photographs were explored with pupils aged 10-12 years in social science, religion, Swedish, Swedish as a second language, and English. The data comprises video documentation, observational notes, and the pupils’ photographs (and some films). The pupils used apps on iPads as tools for taking photographs and editing.

     A central concept in the study is affordance. The analysis focuses on what affordances for meaning-making pupils realize in their photographs and edited images and in literacy events when they take photographs, as well as edit and discuss photographs. With an ambition to contribute to a deeper understanding of the interplay between literacy events and realized affordances used for meaning-making an analytical model is created and used in the study based on social semiotic theory. The key for this model is the literacy event as an analytical unit within which semiosis as an iterative movement is emphasized. These literacy events are also analyzed with a focus on how the pupils move between different positions and perspectives. 

     An important finding is that pupils show a high level of agency in using different semiotic resources. Affordances related to both the materiality of the photograph as a 2d, static, and stable representation as well as abstract affordances as different kinds of relations between the inner interpretation and the photograph (iconic, symbolic, and indexical) and semiotic resources as boundaries and the negative space are realized. The meaning-making processes that occur when the pupils take photographs and edit are characterized by a high level of physical and cognitive motion, in contrast to the meaning-making processes when the pupils are supposed to discuss the photographs. However, in some situations, the type of questions posed by the teacher seem to contribute to more motion in this meaning-making process leading to an exploration of different possibilities to see with the help of other pupils’ utterances.

    The study contributes to the development of the research field of language and literature didactics by exploring meaning-making through photography, and the use of the literacy event as the analytical focus in exploring potentials for meaning-making. Besides that, it is argued that designing the data collection with inspiration from educational design research strengthens the theoretical contribution of the study.

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  • 33.
    Walldén, Robert
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Larsson, Pia N.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Visual resources and interaction in Grade 4 science teaching—Moving in and out of discourse when exploring concepts of evolution and adaption2024In: Science Education, ISSN 0036-8326, E-ISSN 1098-237X, Vol. 108, no 2, p. 608-636Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Although visual aids are widely considered a valuable source of scaffolding, the nature and active utilization of these aids in current science classrooms are not well understood. This qualitative study explores interaction in the teaching of concepts related to evolution, with a specific focus on a teacher's use of different visual support material. Based on a classroom study in a linguistically diverse Grade 4 classroom, we employed the perspective of discourse-bridging interaction to develop three broad categories of interactional examples, which we related to three kinds of visual support material used in the instruction: generic visual support images, naturalistic images, and disciplinary images showing examples of natural selection. The findings show that the interaction moved in and out of science discourse in a way that reflected the images' properties. A generic visual support image illustrated the concept of “adaption” as puzzle pieces fitting together, which promoted everyday and anthropomorphic examples of animals and people striving to fit in. When the teacher used naturalistic images, the discourse shifted between a range of perspectives, while visual aids and whiteboard drawings showing the classic examples of giraffes evolving (a disciplinary image) were employed to clarify the notion of natural selection. We discuss the study's implications for using visual support material in a planned way that supports disciplinary understanding.

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  • 34.
    Walldén, Robert
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Adult migrants' voices about learning and using Swedish at work placements in basic language education2024In: Studies in the Education of Adults, ISSN 0266-0830, E-ISSN 1478-9833, Vol. 56, no 1, p. 43-65Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The aim of the present study was to contribute knowledge about how adult L2 learners perceived their possibilities to use and develop the target language (Swedish) when formal language teaching was combined with placements. Situated in the context of Swedish for Immigrants (SFI), the study drew inspiration from action research and ethnographic methodology. A thematic analysis was conducted underpinned by the systemic-functional linguistic concepts of field, tenor and mode. The findings showed that the students highly valued interaction with L1 Swedish speakers outside of the classroom. Several of the students described rich opportunities to interact socially, which, however, also entailed anxiety about their status as L2 speakers. A few of the students reported accessing field-specific language and literacy practices that aligned with their current career goals. However, students with placements relating to kitchen, garage and warehouse work voiced feeling isolated and having little opportunity for social interaction. While students in the first of two course instances found it difficult to discuss and exemplify language they had learnt, a vocabulary assignment developed for the second course instance facilitated discussions about placement-related words and expressions. Implications for teaching are discussed, including using authentic examples of workplace discourse as preparation for placement visits.

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  • 35.
    Ridell, Kim
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Walldén, Robert
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Prompting story elements in first grade: An intermodal approach for exploring two teachers’ orchestrations2024In: Multimodality & Society, ISSN 2634-9795, E-ISSN 2634-9809, Vol. 4, no 1, p. 29-57Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Although the teaching of narrative texts in primary school is well researched, there is a lack of insight into how visual models and multimodal prompts are used by teachers to convey genre-specific knowledge. Therefore, we conducted a multimodal study of the teaching practices in two first-grade classrooms during joint re-tellings of the folktale Little Red Riding Hood and subsequent interactions around narrative genre. In both cases, the teachers used the graphical model The Story Face as well as a whiteboard canvas in their orchestrations. Data was collected in the form of audio and video recordings. Underpinned by a social semiotic framework combined with Bernstein’s concept framing, the analyses revealed that both teachers focused on story events and the story’s macrostructure while displaying different orientations in the use of verbal language and visual representations. This resulted in different emphases on either story-specific or more general features of narrative genre. Furthermore, the students showed an interest in iconic and suspense-building story dialogue, but this aspect was generally de-emphasized by the teachers’ use of verbal language and visual resources. Based on these findings, we discuss the significance of studying teachers’ differing orchestrations through overlapping modes.

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  • 36.
    Lind, Johan
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Davidsson, Eva
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Lundström, Mats
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS).
    Primary school students’ understanding of the manifestations of technology2024In: International journal of technology and design education, ISSN 0957-7572, E-ISSN 1573-1804, Vol. 34, no 3, p. 979-1001Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Research on students’ perceptions and understanding of technology has shown that students have a narrow view of technology: for example, technology is often manifested in students’ descriptions as artefacts or objects. This study investigates the ways in which students’ understanding of how technology is manifested expands during a series of classroom activities in technology. The study was conducted at a compulsory primary school with eight-year-old students. The data (video and audio recordings) were collected in small-group interactions and in whole-class discussions. In the interactions, the students utilised self-taken photographs to visualise their understanding and perception of technology’s manifestations: object, activity, volition, and knowledge (Mitcham in Thinking through technology. The path between engineering and philosophy, The University of Chicago Press, 1994). Based on their prior knowledge, the students perceived technology as contemporary electrical artefacts. As they engage in a technology project, they develop and expand their understanding of how technology is manifested, as well as relate different manifestations to one another. The findings indicate that students achieve a more advanced understanding of technological manifestations compared to only discussing each manifestation of technology separately. 

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  • 37.
    Bergman, Lotta
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Hessel, Frida
    Laboratorio de Investigación en Ciencias Humanas (LICH), Escuela de Humanidades, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    From “Confusion” and “Fear” to “Broadened Horizons.” Students’ Transformative Experiences in Two Higher Education Contexts: Argentina and Sweden2024In: Journal of Transformative Education, ISSN 1541-3446, E-ISSN 1552-7840, Vol. 22, no 2, p. 137-156Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article explores students' experiences of intellectual, social, and emotional growth during the first year at university and the extent to which these experiences can be considered transformative (Mezirow, 1981). The study is a qualitative interpretative multiple-case study built on semi-structured interviews with students in two higher education contexts, Argentina and Sweden. The results show that most students experience similarly interrelated changes concerning self-confidence, knowledge- and language abilities, critical thinking, and values and beliefs. For some students, these changes lead to profound shifts in how they perceive themselves and their possibilities. Such transformative experiences are emancipatory and empowering, giving students more control over their lives. Other students are gradually changing, experiencing growth in knowledge, literacy, and self-confidence. However, they do not yet experience profound changes in their worldview and how they perceive themselves. Contextual factors related to family life and future profession affect the significance the students attach to experienced changes.     

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  • 38.
    Lindberg, Matilda
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Sport Sciences (IDV). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Mattsson, Torun
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Sport Sciences (IDV).
    How much circus is allowed?: Challenges and hindrances when embracing risk in physical education2024In: Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, ISSN 1740-8989, E-ISSN 1742-5786, Vol. 29, no 3, p. 245-258Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Introduction: Research has indicated that Physical Education (PE) is often characterized by teacher-centred teaching (e.g. Byra 2006; Tinning 2010), where the pupils follow instruction and perform pre-established movements (Karlefors and Larsson 2018). Pupils are expected to listen, do as they are told, and follow rules (Fitzpatrick and Russell 2015; Quennerstedt 2013). PE teaching has been described as an act of control (Quennerstedt 2013), and teachers face the dilemma of letting go of control and still having enough control to make sure that the lesson smoothly moves forward (Alfrey and O'Connor 2020). However, when the pupils are given more power and the teacher applies student-centred teaching, the pupils get to come up with ideas and make decisions (e.g. Byra 2006; Garrett and Wrench 2018; Mattsson and Larsson 2021). This is significant because it can develop PE and contribute to meaning making among pupils and their experiences of movement. This article aims to analyse the use of exploratory circus assignments in PE teaching and to discuss this in relation to current school norms. Biesta's (The Beautiful Risk of Education [Paradigm Publishers 2014]) concept of risk, which means not knowing the outcome, is used. The article problematizes pupils' own ideas and suggestions in relation to prevailing norms in school. What happens when pupils participate in teaching based on exploratory circus assignments? Exploration, playfulness, and expression were focused, and the lessons were characterized by the absence of primary focus on competitiveness as a counterweight to traditional PE content. Methods: A research teacher (a university teacher with experience teaching school PE and circus) conducted 10 lessons together with 20 pupils (aged 10) and their PE teacher using exploratory circus assignments. Data was collected through participant observation, video observation, and field diary. The data analysis generated three themes, Following instruction, Limited exploration, and Shared power, that were reviewed in relation to the theoretical framework. Results: The results show that the research teacher and the PE teacher resisted embracing risk in PE due to the prevailing norms and what Biesta (2014) describes as the practice of schooling. They focused on keeping the pupils in order rather than being flexible and open to unknown outcomes. The exploratory circus assignments involved risk to different extents, and the research teacher's tendency to embrace risk increased over time. Her letting go of control enabled her to embrace risk. It did not mean a total relinquishment of control, but rather not having exclusive control over the decision-making and meaning-making processes. When she shared the power with the pupils, new and other movements could be explored. The results show that pupils' actions can be more educative than what teachers initially consider. Conclusion: Teachers need to relinquish control to conduct teaching which embraces risk. Doing so enables them to share power with the pupils, which allows pupils to explore and discover different ways of moving and using the material. Exploratory circus assignments can enable risk embracement in PE and function as a way for teachers to reflect upon pedagogical considerations and practice the sharing of power with their pupils.

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  • 39.
    Godhe, Anna-Lena
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM).
    Wennås Brante, Eva
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Interacting with a screen - the deprivation of the 'teacher body' during the COVID-19 Pandemic2024In: Teachers and Teaching: theory and practice, ISSN 1354-0602, E-ISSN 1470-1278, Vol. 30, no 7-8, p. 1027-1042Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, teacher educators had to change the delivery mode of their teaching to online environments. In this article, we explore the changes and challenges to teacher educators' professional practices during emergency remote teaching. Since teacher educators act as both teachers, peers and role models to their students, their professional practices involve the teaching of how to be a professional body, i.e. a 'teacher body'. Central to professional practices are interactions consisting of both speech and bodily actions. In interviews, teacher educators express how their professional practices of teaching has been changed and challenged in relation to how they communicate with their students and how they can support them in their learning. Due to the restrictions in body language and gaze in emergency remote teaching, teacher educators do not recognise their professional body. Moreover, because of the destabilisation of their 'teacher body', the teacher educators find it difficult to sufficiently convey to their students what it is to be a teacher.

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  • 40.
    Malilang, Chrysogonus Siddha
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM).
    Walldén, Robert
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Revamping Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle in Classroom Practice: Negotiating Stereotypes, Literary Language, and Outdated Values2024In: Children's Literature in Education, ISSN 0045-6713, E-ISSN 1573-1693, Vol. 55, no 1, p. 122-139Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In this contribution, we explore something rarely reported on in research on children’s literature: how an old children’s book is re-appropriated and altered in ongoing teaching practice. The material consists of the book used in instruction, a Swedish translation of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Tant Mittiprick), and transcribed audio recordings collected throughout six weeks of teaching. Participants include a librarian, who conducted the lion’s share of the discussions based on the books, two teachers, and two groups of Grade 3 students. The analysis is conducted based on Langer’s theory of building literary envisionments and the concept of the “third space”. The findings show that the students’ initial reception of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, playfully articulated in the classroom discussions, is shaped by literary stereotypes of old women and connections to everyday experiences. This reception is partly acknowledged by the adults. Thus, this shows the potential of the meaning making process through join negotiation of the third space—connecting prior knowledge and experience to the book. However, the librarian’s evaluations of student responses reinforce a particular didactic reading of the character as someone firm and knowledgeable, playing down the whimsical and silly characteristics of the protagonist. In reading the book aloud, the librarian made significant alterations to the text. With respect to literary language, the librarian provided numerous paraphrases and elaborations which served to support the students in making meaning of the book. More drastic alterations of the text served to avoid reinforcing outdated values, for example antiquated gender roles and references to physical punishment. While the paraphrases of literary terms created opportunities for negotiating the third space and learning about literary language, the sanitised reading of the book with respect to values failed to capitalise on opportunities for contextualising the book and making intertextual connections.

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  • 41.
    Nelson, Johan
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Olander, Clas
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Meaning-making of arrows in a representation of the greenhouse effect2024In: Journal of Biological Education, ISSN 0021-9266, E-ISSN 2157-6009, Vol. 58, no 1, p. 4-15Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This study investigated meaning-making of arrows in a representation of the greenhouse effect among 14-year-old secondary school students. Data was generated during Biology lessons where 74 students discussed how they interpreted a representation from the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, which is an NGO that produce school material . The students were divided into 33 groups, who made written notes. In addition 12 groups were videotaped and eleven of these groups were interviewed a week later. The analysis focused on meaning-making of the arrows in the representation with the starting point that the arrows were represented in two distinctive ways, colour (yellow/orange) and shape (straight/curved/wavy). The result show that the colour yellow was strongly connected to the Sun whereas orange was connected to heat. The mode waviness made meaning-making more diverse and the coupling to the colour orange triggered interpretations about heat and different emissions and gases. One implication is that arrows are interpreted in the light of everyday experiences. In order to make sense in a more scientific way the arrows need unpacking and contextualisation. The overall connection between meaning-making and representation was captured by one group as: "It is an easy representation, if you understand it".

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  • 42.
    Walldén, Robert
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Accepting or Challenging the Given?: Critical Perspectives on Whole-class Readings of Texts in Social Studies2024In: Journal of Language, Identity & Education, ISSN 1534-8458, E-ISSN 1532-7701, Vol. 23, no 1, p. 66-81Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Exploring how the information flow of social studies textbook spreads is negotiated in teacher-led interaction, the concern of this study is the conscious and critical use of teaching material in diverse student groups. The study involved a teacher and her Grade 6 students in a school with many migrant language learners. The data was gathered by observations, field notes, voice recordings, and the collection of teaching materials. Using social semiotic theory of visual design, the analysis of the textbook used in instruction shows that the layout perpetuated a Western-centric view of a divided world, along with an individualistic and anthropocentric view of environmental sustainability. The oral interaction, highlighting different text elements, largely reinforced the meaning perspectives promoted in the textbook. However, on occasion, the students were positioned to take a more analytical stance. Implications for using knowledge about information flow in textbooks to promote critical literacy practices in teaching are discussed.

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  • 43.
    Davidsson, Eva
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Centre for Teaching and Learning (CAKL).
    Stigmar, Martin
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Centre for Teaching and Learning (CAKL). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    A literature review of content elements in supervision training courses2023In: London Review of Education, ISSN 1474-8460, E-ISSN 1474-8479, Vol. 21, no 1Article, review/survey (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The main aim of this article is to explore, through a literature review, how five content elements identified in previous research (assessment, communication, ethics, feedback, and learning and supervision theories) are constituted in practical supervision settings and in educational supervision training for post-degree professionals. A further aim is to identify fields of tension in supervision when incorporating the elements in supervision. To address these aims, a literature review was undertaken with a focus on the content elements. The results show that the explored content elements have the potential to not only enhance supervision, but also point to the existence of generic supervision competences, which are valid for several professions. The results also present four fields of tension in supervision settings; these fields of tension imply challenges, such as the tension between theory and practice, and the tension between the supervisee’s autonomy and dependency. Based on the results, the article discusses practical implications for supervision training courses.

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  • 44.
    Moreno-Vera, Juan
    et al.
    Universidad de Murcia, Spain.
    Alvén, Fredrik
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Society, Culture and Identity (SKI). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Historical thinking competencies in Swedish’ Gymnasieskolan and Spanish’ Bachillerato curricula2023In: Clio. History and history teaching, ISSN 1139-6237, no 49Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The main target of this study is to make a comparative analysis between the presence or absence of historical thinking competencies in the official curricula of Gymnasieskola (Sweden) and Bachillerato (Spain). To reach this goal, a mixed instrument was designed, both qualitative and quantitative, to analyze the offical documents. The results show a great presence of “historical consciousness” in the case of Sweden and the use of historical sources and evidences in the case of Spain.

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  • 45.
    Olander, Clas
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Johansson, Sofie
    Gothenburg University, Sweden.
    Students´ Meaning Making of Words in Science2023Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The language in science classrooms has specific characteristics related to the use of words, grammar, and semantic patterns that may be a particularly challenging issue for students meaning making of science phenomena. The aim of the presented project is to investigate language related issues in relation to meaning making of school science in multilingual settings. This is done through a multidisciplinary (science education and linguistics) and quantitative approach in Swedish secondary schools. The research question is “what kind of words are challenging for students with Swedish language background and students with other language backgrounds”. Meaning making of words was estimated through web-based vocabulary tests given to 232 students in grade 7-9. In addition, the students were asked about their first language and how long time they studied in Swedish school. This data made it possible to calculate potential significant differences between groups of students and categories of words. On a general level, significant differences were found between the performance of students with Swedish as mother tongue and those with other mother tongues and within the group that arrived in Sweden later than school start. When focusing word types, we found differences between the groups in relation to two categories: “general academic words” (e.g. cause and consist of) and “colloquial but content related words” (e.g. pass and branch). On the other hand, difficult word categories for all students were “academic and content-related words” (e.g. trait and process) and “academic and content-typical words” (e.g. occur and indicator). We argue that, especially regarding students with another mother tongue than the language of instruction, it is important to give attention to the words that are general academic words along with the common focus on content-specific words – the concepts. 

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  • 46.
    Olander, Clas
    et al.
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society (NMS). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Johansson, Sofie
    Gothenburg University, Sweden.
    Rendering of Words: Students´ Meaning making2023Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Several scholars (e.g., Martin & Veel, 1998; Seah et al., 2014) have emphasized that language usage in school science contexts may be characterized by high lexical density, abstraction, and technicality. In addition, the language in science classrooms has, according to Lemke (1990) specific characteristics related to the use of words, grammar, and semantic patterns that may be a particularly challenging issue. At the word-level, following Nation (2013) language use in science can be grouped into three categories: (a) science-exclusive words; concepts (e.g. allopatric, exothermic reaction, and force, (b) words found both in science and elsewhere, but with different meanings; homonyms (e.g. adapt, cycle, and energy), and (c) general academic words (e.g. converted, proceeds, and originates). All types of words are important in meaning making of science in order to appropriate the semantic pattern of how science is communicated in classrooms. In other words, teachers must understand how language influences learning and develop strategies to enhance students’ successful appropriation of scientific language in the continuum between daily and scientific registers and increase the students’ discursive awareness and mobility in relation to content and language (Authors, 2019; Schleppegrell, 2016).

    Starting with the triadic idea from, among others, Nation (2013) have Authors (2019) developed a more fine-grained categorization with two main parts with three subcategories each. These are a) content neutral words divided in 1) common words (e.g. talk); 2) unusual words (e.g. disappointment) and 3) general academic words (e.g. consider) and b) content related words divided in 4) homonyms (e.g. pressure); 5) content-typical words (e.g. pollution) and 6) content-specific words (e.g. photosynthesis).

    Aim and question

    The aim of this project is to investigate language related issues in relation to meaning making of school science in multilanguage settings. This is done through a multidisciplinary and quantitative approach in Swedish secondary schools.

    The specific research question focused is: what kind of words are challenging for students with Swedish language background and students with other language backgrounds.

    Method

    Methodology Meaning making of words was estimated through four different web-based vocabulary tests given to 232 students grade 7-9. Each test had 15 words selected from the textbook that the actual class would study two weeks later. One sentence was chosen, in which one word was made bold and the students were given four alternative suggestions as synonyms. The words belonged to five of the six categories mentioned above (common words was excluded) and academic/official dictionaries was used to categorize the words. Example of words in the textbooks that we chose were: 2) unusual words (e.g. contemplate); 3) general academic words (e.g. process); 4) homonyms (e.g. solution); 5) content-typical words (e.g. indicator) and 6) content-specific words (e.g. symbiosis). In addition, the students were asked about their first language and how long time they studied in Swedish school. This data made it possible to calculate potential significant differences between groups and categories of words.

    Expected Outcomes

    Findings On a general level, significant differences were found between the performance of students with Swedish as mother tongue and those with other mother tongues and within the group that arrived in Sweden later than school start. When focusing types of words, we first found a need to differentiate our previous model for interpretation of homonyms (group 4) into to two subcategories: 4a) colloquial but content related words and 4b) academic and content specific words. We found significant differences between Swedish as mother tongue and not were seen towards two categories: 3) general academic words (e.g. cause and consist of) and 4a) colloquial but content related words (e.g. pass and branch). Difficult word categories for all students were: academic and content-related words (e.g. trait and process) and academic and content-typical words (e.g. occur and indicator). It is not surprising that students with another mother tongue that Swedish score less on a general vocabulary test. It has been shown before but it indicates that the test is reliable.

    Conclusion/discussion

    The main contribution of this study is that it points towards types of words that are extra hard for the students to make meaning of. We argue that with respect to students with another mother tongue than the language of instruction it is especially important to give attention to the words that belong to the category general academic words. These general academic words are important in the science classroom since they are the “glue”, or connectors (Gibbons, 2003), between the concepts, and a scientific explanation is incomprehensible without the connectors that bind concepts (Silseth, 2018). It is hard to make sense of the important concepts without words like consist of or because. Therefore, science teaching should emphasize these words along with the concepts.

    References 

    Gibbons, P. (2003). Mediating language learning: Teacher interactions with ESL students in a content-based classroom. Tesol Quarterly, 37, 247–273.

    Lemke, J. L. (1990). Talking Science: Language, Learning, and Values. Norwood, NJ: Ablex London: Routledge.

    Martin, J. R., & Veel, R. (1998). Reading science: Critical and functional perspectives on discourses of science. London: Routledge.

    Nation, I. S. (2013). Learning vocabulary in another language Google eBook. Cambridge University Press.

    Seah, L. H., Clarke, D. J., & Hart, C. E. (2014). Understanding the language demands on science students from an integrated science and language perspective. International Journal of Science Education, 36(6), 952–973.

    Silseth, K. (2018). Students’ everyday knowledge and experiences as resources in educational dialogues. Instructional Science, 46(2), 291-313

  • 47.
    Eiesland, Eli Anne
    et al.
    OsloMet – storbyuniversitetet, Norge.
    Laake, Signe
    OsloMet – storbyuniversitetet, Norge.
    Walldén, Robert
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Culture, Languages and Media (KSM). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Grammatikk i skole og utdanning – introduksjon2023In: Acta Didactica Norden, E-ISSN 2535-8219, Vol. 17, no 4, article id 0Article in journal (Other academic)
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  • 48.
    Crespo Lopes, Juliana
    et al.
    Department of Theory and Foundations of Education, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba 80060-000, PR, Brazil.
    Liljefors Persson, Bodil
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Society, Culture and Identity (SKI). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Young People Developing Their Identity Perception and Values: How Can School Support Such a Process by Bringing in Controversial Issues?2023In: Societies, E-ISSN 2075-4698, Vol. 13, no 12, p. 260-260Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article draws upon group conversations with young people (11–19 years old) from Europe, focusing on the Nordic countries. The participants’ identity perception showed more aspects as the deliberative, non-structured conversations advanced. From initially showing limited aspects of identity as being related to geographical and temporal aspects, a broader comprehension of identities as constructed, multiple, and at times subject to negotiation and change came to the fore during the discussions. Examples given showed an awareness that people, such as older relatives, develop diverse ways of thinking and acting due to historical and cultural contexts. Understanding that there is an intersection between psychosocial, post-structural, and sociocultural explanations for how identity formation progresses, we propose pedagogical actions working with controversial issues and values, raising critical consciousness of the context. During the conversations, a majority expressed that controversial issues were not something they dealt with at school. By working with controversial issues, the content of conflicts is made visible, and the possibility for students to recognize and respect each other’s diverse identities and perceptions increases. The goal of bringing controversial issues into education and conducting good discussions in the classroom is to help students develop and assess their opinions, gain an increased understanding, and consider new perspectives on various issues.

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  • 49.
    Liljefors Persson, Bodil
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Society, Culture and Identity (SKI). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Kosmologi och ekologi i mayas andliga landskap: myter, ritualer och spår av förändring2023In: Religion och samhällsförändring: Aktuella perspektiv i religionsvetenskaplig forskning / [ed] Dennis Augustsson; Charlotta Carlström; Emma Hall; Bodil Liljefors Persson, Stockholm: Liber , 2023, 1, p. 165-185Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 50.
    Liljefors Persson, Bodil
    Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Society, Culture and Identity (SKI). Malmö University, Disciplinary literacy and inclusive teaching.
    Undervisning om religion för ett demokratiskt och hållbart samhälle: om ämneslitteracitet och existentiella frågor2023In: Religion och samhällsförändring: Aktuella perspektiv i religionsvetenskaplig forskning / [ed] Dennis Augustsson; Charlotta Carlström; Emma Hall; Bodil Liljefors Persson, Stockholm: Liber , 2023, 1, p. 125-146Chapter in book (Other academic)
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