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ESL Teachers' Experiences While Designing Projects with Block-Based Coding: Language Instruction and Computational Thinking
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Ehean Kim; Emre Dinç – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2025
This multiple case study aimed to investigate ESL teachers' practices when they learn and design their ESL lesson activities, with a particular emphasis on the integration of computational thinking through Scratch. Scratch was considered as the computational thinking platform, and teachers were designers of language instruction with/for…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Coding, Second Language Instruction
BY CHOICE, NOT CHANCE: Engaging Social and Emotional Learning to Create a Supportive Climate and Discipline Strategies. Social and Emotional Learning Innovations Series
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Heather N. Schwartz; Anne Gregory; Alexandra Skoog-Hoffman; Zac Hess; Donna Trujillo; John Borrero; Robert Jagers – Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, 2025
The Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Innovations series aims to help the field imagine new, more expansive and equitable approaches to SEL and wellness to ensure that all children, adolescents, and adults feel safe, supported, and seen so that they can thrive. This is the third report in the series and focuses on building safe and supportive…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, School Culture, Learning Experience, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Special Issue: Developing Culturally and Developmentally Appropriate Early STEM Learning Experiences
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Li, Philip Hui; Forbes, Anne; Yang, Weipeng – Early Education and Development, 2019
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational programs and curricula are in vogue globally and are touted as optimal solutions for developing learners' future values, skills, and knowledge. But are they appropriate for early years learners such as babies (0-2 years), infants (2-3 years), preschoolers (3-5 years), and…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, STEM Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Infants
Developmentally Distinct Learning Experiences among Adult English Language Learners
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Ouellette-Schramm, Jennifer – Adult Learning, 2019
Many adult English language learners (ELLs) aspire toward postsecondary educational programs but do not go on to obtain college credentials after beginning classes in Adult Basic Education (ABE) or community college English as a second or other language classes to prepare for college-level English. Understanding how adult ELLs experience learning…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Adult Learning, English (Second Language), Constructivism (Learning)
Urban Preschool Teachers' Instructional Technology Integration Perceptions and Practices
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Sargent, Amanda R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Instructional technology use in United States preschool classrooms remains a limited and widely debated practice. In urban communities, preparing preschool students for academic, social, and economic success is further threatened by the well-documented digital divide. This qualitative phenomenological study included ten subjects and examined the…
Descriptors: Urban Teaching, Preschool Teachers, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
Try This: STEM Scooter Design
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Preston, Christine – Teaching Science, 2018
This paper outlines a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) learning experience for children in the early years of school. It builds on STEM education in early childhood with a shared purpose, "to help children to explore and make sense of their world using childrelevant and appropriate contexts" (Preston, 2018 p. 137).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Learning Experience, Early Childhood Education