...Jane Sze Ying Ting; Adeline Yuen Sze Goh Purpose The paper explores the application of variation theory (VT) in entrepreneurship education (EE). A series of workshop sessions was conducted with four (4) entrepreneurship teachers to analyse how they collaboratively identified the object of learning...

... that the Learning Study model, grounded in variation theory, provided teachers with theoretical tools for the design and analysis of teaching units and supported sustainable collaborative development. Through collaboration, teachers developed a shared understanding of history as a subject, including its aims...

.... This approach provides a foundational framework for structuring a learning study within pastry and bakery modules. Originality/value By revealing how students understand baking, the study offers actionable insights for teachers. By applying variation theory and learning study, teachers can design targeted...

... of external visualisations in planning and teaching AWPs supports sustainable problem-solving strategies and shapes their reflective practice. Design/methodology/approach Integrating variation theory and reflection theory, the study conceptualises critical aspects and patterns of variation as tools...

...Ahoo Sh Fard; Frank Dige Bach; Åke Ingerman; Ulf Ryberg Purpose The study reports a learning study on subtraction with negative numbers based on Variation Theory (VT), with special focus on exploring the conditions for using diagnostic classification models (DCMs) for assessment. DCMs offer...

...Eric C.K. Cheng Purpose This study aims to explore the roles of Koshi within the Learning Study framework, a Hong Kong adaptation of Lesson Study guided by variation theory. It examines Koshi’s pathways to becoming mentors, facilitators and critical friends, their day-to-day responsibilities...

... theory was used. The aim of using variation theory is to develop teaching practices in the school subject of theatre at upper secondary school level in Sweden. Design/methodology/approach In the article, one example from the last part of a three-step research project design is discussed. In the third...

...Catarina Wästerlid; Mona Holmqvist; Damon Tutunjian Purpose This study explores variation theory-based interventions’ contribution to enhancing preschoolers’ subitizing abilities during iterative lessons. Results are presented according to low, middle and high achievers, focused on those...

...Balli Lelinge 05 03 2022 17 05 2022 21 06 2022 21 06 2022 The variation theory distinguishes between two aspects of the object of learning, both having prominent roles: specific and general (Lo, 2014). The direct object of learning (the specific aspect) usually refers...

...Anders Nersäter Purpose The purpose of this paper is to convey findings of how a source-based unit in history can be designed and implemented on the basis of identified critical aspects using principles from variation theory set in relation to a specific didactical framework. This paper also...

...Miechie; Yuen Sze Michelle Tan; Douglas J. Adler Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the approaches teacher candidates (TCs) took to craft the object of learning and the critical aspects when applying variation theory, in planning science lessons. It addresses the difficulty TCs...

.../methodology/approach Two LS cycles in two different classes were conducted and evaluated using systematic observation, case student interviews and student feedback. The data were analysed by the involved teacher team and the mentor. Findings The study shows that and how LS and variation theory promotes...

... and language. This paper promotes the view that teachers in learning studies can create practical public knowledge relevant beyond their local context. The authors suggest that learning studies and variation theory can offer teachers mechanisms to create such public knowledge. The paper proposes...

... aspects” as a specific form of PCK in which KCC, KCS and KCT are intertwined. Learning study Variation theory Pedagogical content knowledge Teachers’ professional development Critical aspect Pernilla Martensson can be contacted at: Pernilla.Martensson@ju.se It was found...

... as a form of AfL and become an integral aspect of classroom practice. Hong Kong Learning study Variation theory Formative assessment © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Assessment for learning (AfL) or formative assessment...

... was introduced to LrS and variation theory in a one-day seminar before the first cycle. They met before and after each lesson in sessions where students’ learning and the lessons were analyzed, and a new lesson was planned. In total, the team had ten meetings (app. two hours/meeting). One of the teachers (second...

... described and themes were constructed; course assignments, classroom materials, meeting notes and fieldnotes served triangulation purposes. Variation theory framed the LS and analysis of this case study. Findings Findings highlight how the PSTs developed comfort with the tension of making mistakes...

... learning within an SCL framework. Learning study Object of learning Variation theory Student-centred learning There have been variations in understanding, focus, and implementation of student-centered learning (SCL) across the world. Whereas some studies have conceived it in terms...

... observed when the PROG was treated from the perspective of wholeness, simultaneity and complexity. The findings challenge conventional ways of teaching the PROG and thus have value for instruction of English as a foreign language. Variation theory EFL Learning study English grammar...

... developed from phenomenography to identify what are the critical features of teaching that must be present if teachers are to learn, and using a variation theory of learning to explain how they learn. The groups engaged in cycles of lesson study action research to improve the learning outcomes...