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Alvarado, Jose Luis; Pang, Valerie Ooka; Finley, Easter – Educational Renaissance, 2014
Multicultural Education as a field of study in education is intimately connected to Teacher Education. Most frameworks in Multicultural Education are primarily centered on the inclusion of cultural and linguistic diversity in schools. This often results in the integration of heroes and holidays within the curriculum, however this orientation can…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Learning Theories, Cognitive Processes
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Marchis, Iuliana – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2012
Geometrical notions and properties occur in real-world problems, thus Geometry has an important place in school Mathematics curricula. Primary school curricula lays the foundation of Geometry knowledge, pupils learn Geometry notions and properties by exploring their environment. Thus it is very important that primary school teachers have a good…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Elementary School Mathematics
Leonard, Jeannie Brown – Issues in Integrative Studies, 2012
This article reports the findings from a study of undergraduate students in an academic program focused on integrative learning rather than interdisciplinarity. One aspect of this study included how students defined integrative learning. This participant-shaped understanding of integrative learning was broad and reflected a continuum of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Cognitive Style, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
Conley, David T. – Educational Policy Improvement Center (NJ1), 2007
The purpose of this paper is to provide an operational definition of college readiness that differs from current representations of this concept primarily in its scope. The paper suggests that, while much has been learned about this phenomenon, particularly during the past 20 years, few systematic attempts have been made to integrate the various…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, College Readiness, Definitions