Cees Terlouw

TL;DR: In this article, a case study of using group learning strategies in a Confucian Heritage Cultural context is introduced, which closely examines both educational and cultural issues, revealing a complex web of cultural conflicts and mismatches that are likely to happen when a Western educational methodology is applied in another context without rigorous adaptation to improve compatibility with the host culture.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors contribute to the recent call for culturally appropriate pedagogy by questioning the fixed assumption that "group-work surely works in CHC countries" and the domination of developmentalism in education nowadays and its mismatch with cultural assets.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of western educational approaches in non-western countries and societies is discussed, and a case study of the application of Cooperative Learning, an educational method deve...

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe how three experienced teachers, involved in the development and subsequent classroom enactment of student learning material for context-based chemistry education, professionalized, and show that teachers, cooperating in a network under supervision of an expert, can develop innovative learning material; the development of learning material can be seen as a powerful program to prepare teachers for an innovation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the results of a study of chemistry high school teachers' beliefs of the chemistry curriculum and their roles, their beliefs on the teacher as developer of materials, and their beliefs about professional development.