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Lee, Zheng-Wei; Yeong, Foong May – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2020
The use of online platform to conduct teaching and learning activities has becoming a new norm for teachers and students during this COVID-19 outbreak. In this commentary, we share our experiences of using online conferencing platform to promote active and interactive learning among students. We also suggest approaches that teachers can use to…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Computer Mediated Communication, Reciprocal Teaching, COVID-19
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Tan, Seng-Chee; Tan, Aik-Ling – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2020
This forum paper offers alternative insights into Pei-Ling Hsu's "'It's a magic circle'! Using cogenerative dialogues to create a safe environment to address emotional conflicts in a project-based learning science internship." In her paper, she presented how cogenerative dialogues can be used to create an emotionally safe environment for…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Psychological Patterns
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Becker, Kelly Mancini – LEARNing Landscapes, 2020
This paper explores the use of performance in a college-level course that teaches education majors how to use drama, dance, and music in their instruction. Students engage in drama activities such as improvisation and playbuilding in an effort to experience firsthand the benefits of such practices for their future classrooms. The essay shares some…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Performance, Drama, Dance
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Henderson, Senka; Oakley, Jennifer L.; King, Donna – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2020
In "It's the magic circle"! cogenerative dialogue is used to create a safe environment to address emotional conflicts in a project-based learning (PBL) science internship. Hsu is drawing on polyvagal theory (PVT) and event-oriented enquiry to show how educators can use cogens as a pedagogical tool to successfully address emotional…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Emotional Response, Conflict Resolution, Security (Psychology)
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Liljedahl, Peter; Clarke, Anisha; Morrison, Nasriah – Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2021
This conversation is a slightly modified version of an interview with Dr. Peter Liljedahl, Professor of Mathematics Education. The interview was conducted by "JMETC" Guest Editors on March 8, 2021 and was based on Dr. Liljedahl's December 7, 2020 colloquium presentation "Building Thinking Classrooms: A Case of Results First…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Educational Research
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Herro, Danielle – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2016
This review explores Anne Kamstrupp's "The Wow-effect in Science Teacher Education" by examining her theorized "wow-effect" as a teaching enactment that may serve to engage students, but often fails to provide deep understanding of science content. My response extends her perspective of socio-materiality as means to understand…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Technology Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Teacher Education
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Barrett, Jessica L.; Denegar, Craig R.; Mazerolle, Stephanie M. – Athletic Training Education Journal, 2018
Context: It is the educator's responsibility to prepare the students to be clinicians who think and reason critically while integrating research evidence into practice. Those new to the role of faculty member, who lack clinical and teaching experience, face challenges in the classroom application of those concepts. Objective: To discuss the…
Descriptors: Medical School Faculty, Teaching Methods, Evidence Based Practice, Medicine
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Bickmore, Kathy – Democracy & Education, 2017
In this appreciative response to Jennifer Hauver's article about elementary children's negotiation of analytic frames in deliberative dialogue during input into a school governance decision, Bickmore argues for the value of such agentic, citizenship-relevant learning opportunities in public schools. She points to their unfortunate infrequency (to…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Teaching Methods, Educational Philosophy, Democratic Values
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Smith, Joanna; Castro, Dana – Psychology Teaching Review, 2016
A first time attender at the annual conference of the "National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology" (NITOP, 2014), Castro was impressed with how throughout, discussions were vivid and innovative; talks were warm and interactive, handouts and other resources were diverse and abundant, with all materials very well adjusted to various…
Descriptors: Psychology, Teaching Methods, Teaching Skills, Technology Transfer
Suskind, Dorothy C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
The author, a 5th-grade teacher at an independent boys' school, gives a first-person account of how her constant assessments and requirement that her students be active participants in their own learning gainsays the need for high-stakes, standardized testing. She posits a "living assessment" that is intertwined, interactive and…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Active Learning, High Stakes Tests, Standardized Tests
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Ransom, Marilee; Manning, Maryann – Childhood Education, 2013
Worksheets hold a special place among the many well-intentioned--yet ineffective--items in the early childhood and elementary toolkit. They are nearly ubiquitous in some elementary classrooms and are even popular in preschools. Parents are encouraged when they see worksheets in their children's backpacks; they see such papers as indicators that…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Worksheets, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
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Educational Horizons, 2013
Mary Mobley teaches English and Michael Chambers teaches world history at Manor New Technology High School, a STEM school, in Manor, Texas. In this article, they talk about how they used "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins to teach their students about forms of government between World War I and World War II, and "Edutopia"…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Teaching Methods, World History
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Van Auken, Paul – Teaching Sociology, 2013
This teaching note describes my multiyear experience with interventions designed to enhance student engagement and learning through various teaching techniques, most notably active and collaborative learning through local case studies. While other aspects of this course had been successful, I was disappointed in the level of engagement--the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Intervention
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Neumann, David – History Teacher, 2012
In this paper, the author argues that sustained, discipline-specific professional development provides the key to transferring research knowledge base to the classroom, where it can lead to significant improvements in the quality of history instruction. To be successful, such professional development must--like good classroom instruction--begin…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Inquiry, Active Learning, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Little, Tom – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2013
The seminal tenets of progressive education bear a striking resemblance to the newly fashionable principles associated with with a new movement known as "21st Century Education". This article traces the development of progressive education principles, starting with the founding of the Progressive Education Association, and shows their…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Progressive Education, Educational Change, Federal Legislation
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