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‘Curriculum Studies’ in Cyprus: a research agenda for curriculum, bildung and didaktik as challenges of translation and re-contextualisation
(2014)
This paper explores the ways in which ‘curriculum’ has been used and translated in curricular documents in the Greek language, published and used in Greece and/or Cyprus. Already notorious as a complex and multifaceted ...
Development of Students’ Reasoning and Critical Thinking Skills through Argument Mapping using Rationale™ Software
(2014)
To investigate whether argument mapping cultivates students’ reasoning and critical thinking skills, an experimental research was designed and implemented in seventeen Cyprus’ primary schools. Thirty 6th grade primary ...
(Re)reading Europe and the world: an intitial note on neo-empires of knowledge in education
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2014)
An introduction is presented in which the guest editors discuss articles within the issue on the theme of neo-empires of knowledge in education, including history teaching in Europe by the Council of Europe and the ...
Early Childhood Mathematics Education
(Springer Science+Business Media, 2014)
Marja Van den Heuvel-Panhuizen Email: m.vandenheuvel-panhuizen@uu.nl Email: m.vandenheuvel@fi.uu.nl Iliada Elia Email: elia.iliada@ucy.ac.cy Email: iliadaelia@gmail.com Keywords Early childhood, Mathematics education, ...
Scientific Investigations of Elementary School Children Technology
(2014)
The study provides evidence concerning elementary school children's ability to conduct a scientific investigation. Two hundred and fifty sixth-grade students and 248 fourth-grade students were administered a test, and based ...
Prospective teachers' attention on geometrical tasks
(2014)
This study investigates early childhood prospective teachers' attention to geometrical tasks while designing and using them in the classroom. This is explored in the context of the teaching practice of 11 prospective ...
To mould or to bring out? Human nature, anthropology and educational utopianism
(2014)
Against narrow understandings of educational research, this article defends the relevance of philosophical anthropology to ethico-political education and contests its lack of space in the philosophy of education. My ...
The relationship between transformational leadership, perceived leader effectiveness and teachers’ job satisfaction
(2014)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the link between transformational/ transactional/passive-avoidant leadership behaviors, teachers’ perceptions of leader effectiveness and teachers’ job satisfaction. ...