The underlying values of the national core curriculum in upper elementary English teaching

The purpose of this study was to investigate how the underlying values of the National Core Curriculum for Basic Education 2014 were viewed by English language teachers in Finnish upper elementary schools and how they applied the underlying values in their English teaching. Four teachers were interv...

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Main Author: Hanhivaara, Tuomas
Other Authors: Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kieli- ja viestintätieteiden laitos, Department of Language and Communication Studies, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/59503
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title The underlying values of the national core curriculum in upper elementary English teaching
title_full The underlying values of the national core curriculum in upper elementary English teaching
title_fullStr The underlying values of the national core curriculum in upper elementary English teaching The underlying values of the national core curriculum in upper elementary English teaching
title_full_unstemmed The underlying values of the national core curriculum in upper elementary English teaching The underlying values of the national core curriculum in upper elementary English teaching
title_short The underlying values of the national core curriculum in upper elementary English teaching
title_sort underlying values of the national core curriculum in upper elementary english teaching
title_txtP The underlying values of the national core curriculum in upper elementary English teaching
topic grades 7-9 National Core Curriculum for Basic Education 2014 underlying values Finland Englannin kieli English 301 etiikka arvot opetussuunnitelmat opettajat haastattelut yläkoulu perusopetus englannin kieli ethics values (cultural objects) curricula teachers interviews upper comprehensive school basic education English language
topic_facet 301 Englannin kieli English English language Finland National Core Curriculum for Basic Education 2014 arvot basic education curricula englannin kieli ethics etiikka grades 7-9 haastattelut interviews opettajat opetussuunnitelmat perusopetus teachers underlying values upper comprehensive school values (cultural objects) yläkoulu
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