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Ett arbetssätt för att främja elevernas begreppsförståelse: En interventionsstudie om och hur begreppskortsamtal kan främja elevernas förståelse för ämnesspecifika begrepp i religions- och geografiundervisningen
Södertörn University, Teacher Education.
Södertörn University, Teacher Education.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
A working method to promote pupils’ conceptual understanding : An intervention study dealing with how a concept card conversation can promote pupils’ understanding of subject-specific concepts in Religious and Geography education (English)
Abstract [en]

This study aims to investigate to what extent the implementation of concept cards in Religious and Geography education promotes a conversation that contributes to the understanding of subject-specific concepts.  The aim theory is the socio-cultural perspective and the theoretical concepts are: collaborative learning and collaborative support. It is a qualitative method that has been implemented that consists of interviews, observations, and tests. Two different schools are involved in this study and six lessons are observed. There are also a total of 8 pupils who are interviewed twice, which corresponds to a total of 16 interviews in both schools. To investigate the purpose of the study there will be a couple of questions that must be answered before answering the main question: ‘’How do pupils expiernce working with subject-specific concepts in Religious and Geography education?’’, ‘’How do pupils experience working with concept cards in Religious and Geography education?’’, ‘’How do the conversations with concept cards work based on the observations in Religious and Geography education?’’ and ‘’How is the pupils’ understanding of concepts change through the course of the intervention in Religious and Geography education?’’.  After these questions have been answered, it will be possible to also answer the main question of the study: ‘’To what extent do concept card discussions in Religious and Geography education promote pupils' understanding of subject-specific concepts?’’

 

The results of this study show that all pupils describe a similar experience of the teaching, that developing conceptual understanding does not permeate the teaching. Pupils learn concepts by reading concept definitions in the textbooks or listening to classmates' or teachers' definitions. In this way, the pupils may not get the opportunity to develop their understanding of concepts, which is also made visible in the pre-tests. The results of the study point to, with the help of the pupils' interviews, the test results, and what has been noticed during the observations, that the majority of the pupils are given the opportunity to be able to develop their understanding of concepts to a great extent by conversing in groups. The results of the study indicate that concept card discussions promote that many pupils’ develop a developed understanding of subject-specific concepts in Religious and Geography education.

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2023. , p. 67
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Södertörn Studies in Higher Education
Keywords [en]
Religious education, geography education, concept card, interaction, collaborative learning and scaffolding.
Keywords [sv]
Religionsundervisning, geografiundervisning, begreppskort, interaktion, kollaborativt lärande och stöttning.
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-51822OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-51822DiVA, id: diva2:1775560
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Education
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Available from: 2023-06-28 Created: 2023-06-27 Last updated: 2023-06-28Bibliographically approved

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