Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies

Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2019

  • The Use of Contextual Teaching and Learning to Teach Reading Comprehension Viewed from Students’ Locus of Control

    Sunarti Sunarti, Rani Herning Puspita

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2019
    Pages: 58-64
    Received: 1 November 2019
    Accepted: 26 November 2019
    Published: 6 December 2019
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    Abstract: The aims of this study are to investigate: (1) if CTL is more effective than grammar-translation method to teach reading comprehension; (2) if the students having high locus of control have better reading mastery than those having low locus of control; and (3) if interaction between methods used and students’ locus of control is availavle. The rese... Show More
  • The Unification of Didactic Transposition Theory with the Didactic Situation Theory of Brousseau

    Luiz Adolfo de Mello

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2019
    Pages: 65-75
    Received: 26 November 2019
    Accepted: 21 December 2019
    Published: 10 February 2020
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    Abstract: We present the most current version of the theory of didactic transposition that encompasses and synthesizes the theory of Chevallard, the Cognitive Theory of Science, Mental Models of Jhonson-Laird and Didactic Situation theory of Brousseau. It is made here a brief review of Chevallard theory and exposes the generalization of this theory by the De... Show More