International Journal of Secondary Education

Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2014

  • Collective Agency among Physics Teachers: A Case in China’s Curriculum Reform

    Guopeng Fu, Samson Nashon

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2014
    Pages: 94-101
    Received: Dec. 19, 2014
    Accepted: Dec. 28, 2014
    Published: Jan. 12, 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijsedu.20140206.11
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    Abstract: This study explored how secondary physics teachers exercised their collective agency in the process of adopting and adapting to a nation-wide curriculum reform in China. Through an ethnographic approach and drawing on Social Cognitive Theory, physics teachers’ collective agency was explored and interpreted. The results revealed that collective agen... Show More
  • Video Games in Teaching-Learning Processes: A Brief Review

    Edgar Manuel Cano Cruz, Juan Andrés Velázquez Cruz, Juan Gabriel Ruiz Ruiz, Luis David Huerta Hernández

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2014
    Pages: 102-105
    Received: Nov. 30, 2014
    Accepted: Dec. 31, 2014
    Published: Jan. 12, 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijsedu.20140206.12
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    Abstract: Along with knowledge acquisition, techniques and procedures, the goal of education is to develop individuals capable of reacting to planned or unplanned circumstances, making decisions in a set time. The focus of digital game-based learning (DGBL) under an instructional framework context, pedagogical standards link where computer games are an integ... Show More