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Direct linkKucirkova, Natalia; Littleton, Karen – Learning, Media and Technology, 2017
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are online courses aimed at global unlimited participation, originally conceptualised to carry no fee and offer no formal accreditation to the students (McAuley et al. 2010). Although their pedagogies vary, the most popular MOOC providers (e.g., Coursera, FutureLearn and EdX) are turning towards what Rodriguez…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Models, Educational Practices, Educational Methods
Peer reviewedHuenecke, Dorothy – Educational Horizons, 1997
The prevailing model of school knowledge is bounded, verifiable, controllable, and external to the knower, reinforced by textbooks, curriculum guides, and standardized tests. A better vision of schools is one in which multiple and diverse voices are heard, and knowing as a process is valued over knowledge as a product. (JOW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Educational Methods
Hyland, Terry – Adults Learning, 2005
The idea that post-school education has been influenced by a "therapeutic turn" in recent years has been subjected to critical scrutiny by a number of commentators. Learning initiatives which are dominated by objectives linked to personal and social skills, emotional intelligence and boosting self-esteem and confidence have been labelled as…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Adult Education, Reader Response, Rhetorical Criticism
Ogletree, Earl J. – 1975
This paper presents an overview of the philosophy, psychology of learning, teaching methods, and curriculum of the Waldorf Schools. Most Waldorf teachers are influenced by the esoteric form of critical idealism propounded by Rudolf Steiner. The child is considered by Steiner to be a spiritual being who has reincarnated on to earth in a physical…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum, Educational Innovation, Educational Methods
Peer reviewedSnider, Vicki E. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1992
This rejoinder to Carbo (EC 602 673) reiterates the author's premise in EC 602 672 that the learning style approach to teaching reading is similar to discredited process approaches. Carbo's documentation is criticized as being unscientific because of being based on testimonials, opinion, unpublished research, and unproven cause and effect.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Arnold, Rick – 1981
Various approaches to educational philosophy and developmental psychology are described. The purpose of the monograph was to review educational philosophy and developmental psychology in relation to educational methodology. The paper is presented in five sections. Section one, the introduction, explains the role of schools in transmitting social…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Developmental Psychology, Educational Methods, Educational Philosophy
