How national curricula affect the design and transfer of a teaching-learning sequence between two educational systems: Case studies from Greece and Italy

This empirical study investigates the main features of curricula and contexts that favor or hinder the process of transfer of a teaching-learning sequence (TLS) from the designers’ original situation to a host one. The specific research questions addressed were (RQ1) what were the changes made durin...

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Autores principales:	Italo Testa, Dimitris Psillos, Anastasios Molohidis
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Publicado:	American Physical Society 2020
Materias:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Physics QC1-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f9c2aa24afe24144863edabd0520e0802021-12-02T14:09:02ZHow national curricula affect the design and transfer of a teaching-learning sequence between two educational systems: Case studies from Greece and Italy10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.0201462469-9896https://doaj.org/article/f9c2aa24afe24144863edabd0520e0802020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020146http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020146https://doaj.org/toc/2469-9896This empirical study investigates the main features of curricula and contexts that favor or hinder the process of transfer of a teaching-learning sequence (TLS) from the designers’ original situation to a host one. The specific research questions addressed were (RQ1) what were the changes made during the process of transfer in the new context? (RQ2) What were the similarities or differences between the national curricula and contexts that influenced the process of transfer? To answer our research questions, we chose two TLSs, one about optical properties of materials, the other about thermal conductivity, originally designed by two groups of researchers and experienced teachers in Italy and Greece, respectively. The transfer process was analyzed using the “adaptation and reinvention” model, originally developed for the management knowledge research field, while the construct of “institutional distance” was used to describe the influence of country-specific aspects on the transfer process. Data collected included background documents that describe the principles underlying the TLSs design, the decisions and changes made to the original TLSs by the hosting group, and reports on the TLS implementation in classroom practice in the original and in the host context. Content analysis was used to analyze data. Results show that the similarities between the two national curricula and interactions between the involved groups acted mainly as facilitators of the transfer process.Italo TestaDimitris PsillosAnastasios MolohidisAmerican Physical SocietyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691PhysicsQC1-999ENPhysical Review Physics Education Research, Vol 16, Iss 2, p 020146 (2020)
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spellingShingle	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Physics QC1-999 Italo Testa Dimitris Psillos Anastasios Molohidis How national curricula affect the design and transfer of a teaching-learning sequence between two educational systems: Case studies from Greece and Italy
description	This empirical study investigates the main features of curricula and contexts that favor or hinder the process of transfer of a teaching-learning sequence (TLS) from the designers’ original situation to a host one. The specific research questions addressed were (RQ1) what were the changes made during the process of transfer in the new context? (RQ2) What were the similarities or differences between the national curricula and contexts that influenced the process of transfer? To answer our research questions, we chose two TLSs, one about optical properties of materials, the other about thermal conductivity, originally designed by two groups of researchers and experienced teachers in Italy and Greece, respectively. The transfer process was analyzed using the “adaptation and reinvention” model, originally developed for the management knowledge research field, while the construct of “institutional distance” was used to describe the influence of country-specific aspects on the transfer process. Data collected included background documents that describe the principles underlying the TLSs design, the decisions and changes made to the original TLSs by the hosting group, and reports on the TLS implementation in classroom practice in the original and in the host context. Content analysis was used to analyze data. Results show that the similarities between the two national curricula and interactions between the involved groups acted mainly as facilitators of the transfer process.
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title	How national curricula affect the design and transfer of a teaching-learning sequence between two educational systems: Case studies from Greece and Italy
title_short	How national curricula affect the design and transfer of a teaching-learning sequence between two educational systems: Case studies from Greece and Italy
title_full	How national curricula affect the design and transfer of a teaching-learning sequence between two educational systems: Case studies from Greece and Italy
title_fullStr	How national curricula affect the design and transfer of a teaching-learning sequence between two educational systems: Case studies from Greece and Italy
title_full_unstemmed	How national curricula affect the design and transfer of a teaching-learning sequence between two educational systems: Case studies from Greece and Italy
title_sort	how national curricula affect the design and transfer of a teaching-learning sequence between two educational systems: case studies from greece and italy
publisher	American Physical Society
publishDate	2020
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How national curricula affect the design and transfer of a teaching-learning sequence between two educational systems: Case studies from Greece and Italy

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