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The Same and the Different: On Semantization and Instrumentalization Practices in the (Maths) Classroom

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  • Tomáš Janík
  • Jan Slavík
  • Petr Najvar
  • Darina Jirotková

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There is no education without content. Teaching and learning in schools is devoted to “something,†not to “nothing†or “anything.†The more heterogeneous, multicultural, and multilingual the classroom, the more semantization of educational content within teaching and learning is needed. Therefore, the role of various languages in the classroom is revisited. In this article, we elaborate on the theory of language-sensitive content transformation and introduce the concept of operational isomorphism and its potential in the field of didactics, research on teaching, and learning and teacher education. Using a case study of mathematics teaching, we illustrate, how students can benefit from semantization and instrumentalization practices in the classroom and how these processes take the form of extensional deconstruction and intensional expansion or intensional condensation.

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  • Tomáš Janík & Jan Slavík & Petr Najvar & Darina Jirotková, 2020. "The Same and the Different: On Semantization and Instrumentalization Practices in the (Maths) Classroom," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(3), pages 21582440209, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:10:y:2020:i:3:p:2158244020950380
    DOI: 10.1177/2158244020950380
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    1. Huabin Wang, 2023. "Instrumentalisation of critical discourse studies: a linguistic analysis of public relations concepts in the CDS journal article abstracts (2000–2020)," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-11, December.

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