Change in Teaching and Learning

Jaan Mikk, Professor of Education (since 1983) and Professor Emeritus (since 2005) at the University of Tartu; publications on school textbooks and achievement tests.Marika Veisson, Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Tallinn since 1988; publications on early childhood, child and adolescent development, school and family partnership.Piret Luik, Associate Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Tartu since 2005; publications on ICT in education.

• Contents: Meril Ümarik/Sirje Rekkor: Diversification of Students and Professional Roles of Vocational Teachers: Teachers’ Individual Approaches to Negotiate Work Identities – Anne Okas/Marieke van der Schaaf/Edgar Krull: Novice and Experienced Teachers’ Personal Practical Knowledge in Planning Lessons – Krista Uibu/Kristiina Tropp: Longitudinal Study of the Development of Language Competence among Estonian 4th and 5th Grade Students – Ülle Säälik/Antero Malin/Kari Nissinen: The Role of Learning Strategies in PISA 2009 in Estonia: Metacognitive Skillfulness Giving Readers a Head Start – Merle Kaldjärv: Differences in the Argumentation of the State Examination Compositions by Male and Female Students of Various School Types.