• Peers, activity fields, and moral development
  Chrysoulakis, Alberto  (2018) EARA Congress (12/9-2018 - 15/9-2018 : Ghent, Brussels)	Conference contribution

  

  

  English abstract:	Within the field of criminology, the Situational Action Theory has gained increased attention. It is a theory aiming to explain moral rule breaking in general, and criminal acts in particular, through the interaction between an individual and the immediate environment in which she finds herself. This interaction initiates a perception-choice process. According to the theory, what inhibit or enable us to see crimes as action alternatives is our sense of what is right or wrong to do in certain situations – our morality. Given the theoretical importance placed on morality in the explanation of crime, this work aims to study matters of moral development. Analyses are based on a longitudinal sample of individuals moving through adolescence; an important period in life considering changes occurring at the time. As the adolescents’ autonomy tends to grow, so does the impact of peers. More specifically, the aim is to study interindividual differences in intraindividual change by looking closer at the relationship between changes in delinquent peer association and criminogenic exposure on the one hand, and changes in morality on the other. This is done through a series of linear growth models. The sample is derived from the Swedish longitudinal project Malmö Individual and Neighbourhood Development Study (MINDS), and is comprised of 386 adolescents participating in three waves of data collection (at ages 15-16, 16-17, and 18-19). Results indicate that morality by and large decreases over time, and that this decrease is homogenous for the sample (i.e. no significant variance). Neither is there any significant correlation between initial level of morality and subsequent change. Results also indicate that a higher initial level of morality is significantly associated with a higher increase of delinquency amongst peers over time (but that higher initial levels of delinquent peer association is not significantly associated with subsequent change in morality). Furthermore, an increasing rate of delinquency amongst the adolescents’ peers over time is associated with a decreasing rate of morality, and a decreasing rate of criminogenic exposure is associated with a decreasing rate of morality. This moral change is to be discussed within a methodological and criminological framework.
  Note:	European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA).

• Coordinating the IC-model with a framework on communication in analyz...
  Sjöblom, Marie Eds: Silfverberg, Harry; Kärki, Tomi; Hannula, Markku   Conference article in Nordic research in mathematics education Proceedings of NORMA14; : University of Turku, Department of Teacher Education Serie: Studies in Subject Didactics;10 (2014) Norma 14 (June 3–6, 2014 : Turku, Finland)	Conference article

  

  

  English abstract:

  The aim of this paper is to investigate possibilities for coordinating two theories in order to analyse interactions in a group of four students completing a mathematics task in upper secondary school. The investigation suggests that the theories can be coordinated, but their interpretations of the interactions provide information on different levels. Alrø and Skovsmose’s IC-model gives a more general picture of what is happening in the interaction between students, whereas Fuentes’s framework gives details to what is happening in the different dialogic acts in the IC-model.

  Sjoblom_Norma.pdf   (220.9Kb)

  http://hdl.handle.net/10138/159388

• Designing Tasks and Finding Strategies for Promoting Student-to-Stude...

  Sjöblom, Marie Eds: Helenius, Ola; Engström, Arne; Meaney, Tamsin; Nilsson, Per; Norén, Eva; Sayers, Judy; Österholm, Magnus   Conference article in Development of Mathematics Teaching: Design, Scale, Effects. Proceedings of MADIF 9; : Swedish Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Gothenburg University Serie: Skrifter från SMDF;10 (2014) MADIF 9 The Ninth Swedish Mathematics Education Research Seminar Umeå (February 4-5, 2014 : Umeå, Sweden)

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  English abstract:

  To reach the goals of communication and reasoning in mathematics in upper secondary school, students need to talk about mathematics but sometimes this is not as easy to achieve as it first seems. In this paper, an initial analysis is provided of tasks and strategies from an educational design research project promoting student-to-student interaction. The data include students’ interactions and perceptions on working with mathematics in groups from the first of three cycles. They are analysed and discussed in relationship to the choice of analytical tools, means of support and tasks for the remaining cycles

  Sjoblom.pdf   (164.5Kb)

  http://ncm.gu.se/media/smdf/Published/No10_Madif9/Helenius_etal_proceedings_of_madif9_web.pdf

• Teachers promoting active student dialogue through listening and ques...
  Sjöblom, Marie  : Umeå University (2018) PME 42, 42nd Annual Meeting (July 3-8, 2018, : Umeå, Sweden)	Conference poster

  

  

  English abstract:

  When students actively listen and interact with each other, their opportunities for developing reasoning and communication abilities in mathematics increase (Sjöblom, 2015). However, they are not always given opportunities to work dialogically during mathematics lessons, and there is little research in upper secondary classrooms about how teachers can promote student-to-student interaction. This poster presents an educational design research project (McKenney & Reeves, 2012), in which the intervention focuses on teachers’ work to make multilingual students interact while working with mathematical problem solving. The design and analysis build on the inquiry co-operation (IC) model (Alrø & Skovsmose, 2004) and Fuentes’ (2009) framework on student communication. The aim of the intervention is to find ways for teachers to promote and support student interaction, so that students engage in all dialogic acts in the IC-model, and hence listen actively to each other and ask/answer questions. It is expected that the design will need to take into consideration how students perceive group work, how they understand the purpose of questioning and listening, what role language and/or multilingualism plays in interaction, and how teachers can cooperate with other teachers to develop their teaching. Sjöblom (2015) provided results on these issues concerning the students; so now teachers are in focus. The poster presentation has the aim of discussing insights on: 1) What kind of language do students need in order to participate in fruitful student-to-student interaction, and what do teachers need to promote this? 2) How to design tasks and support means for students, such as problem-solving strategies or communicative roles, in order to make students listen and ask mathematical questions? 3) What can other possible frameworks offer to continue the investigation?

• (Un)Sustainability and the Critical Role of Education
  Marcelino, Leonardo; Sjöström, Jesper  (2018) International Week (November 20-22, 2018 : Malmö, Sweden)	Conference contribution

  

  

  English abstract:

  Sustainability is considered to be simultaneously based on the economy, environment, and society, which interacts to promote social equity while being viable and bearable to promote a sustainable state. However, there have been critics to the possibility of achieving sustainability, either because the Social Sciences says the equity is not possible/bearable in a capitalist economy or due to entropic limits stated by the Natural Sciences, indicating that sustainability is not viable. Facing what seems to be unsustainability of the human existence on Earth, we can direct education to unveil the myth of our salvation by scientific and technological development. It requires a critical-reflexive position towards knowledge and practices. Examples will especially be taken from the area of Green and Sustainable Chemistry (Education).

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