Using Geography Textbooks in Competence-Based Education: A Study about the Actors in Germany
Abstract
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Competence-orientation
plays a meaningful role in many recent school curricula. But how are the theoretical
and conceptual approaches of competence-orientation based on educational
research interpreted by in-service teachers, teacher trainers and representatives
of the school administration? And which approaches of competence-orientation
are implemented in every day school life? Therefore the article focuses on
the subjective concepts of competence-orientation of different participants
(stakeholders at school, seminaries for teacher education and ministry of
education) in the educational system. Initially, the individual topics and
hypotheses are generated based on qualitative expert interviews with these
stakeholders. The stakeholders at the seminaries for teacher education and
the ministry of education suggest a strong use of media other than the
licensed textbooks, or a different way of making use of the provided
materials and tasks within the textbooks than it is intended. However, it
seems that most in-service teachers stick to the combination of tasks and
materials arranged within the textbooks. Thus suggests, that every day school
lessons are not competence-oriented in the way, the stakeholders at
seminaries for teacher education and at the ministry of education want them
to be. One cause may be the textbooks, which should provide a new, different
combination of tasks and materials for competence-based education to enable competence-based
education in every day school life. |
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
August 31, 2018
Submission Date
April 27, 2017
Acceptance Date
June 15, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 8 Number: 2