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How Many Languages Can Reggio Children Speak? Many More than a Hundred!
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Kang, Jinju – Gifted Child Today, 2007
This article presents the author's experiences during a 5-day tour at Reggio Emilia, Italy, that is well known for the phrase, "the hundred languages of children" (Edwards, Gandini, & Forman, 1993). The author saw the infinite ways that children expressed their ideas in each Reggio school being visited. The author found three means…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reggio Emilia Approach, Second Language Learning, Cultural Pluralism
On Teaching Adaptively
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Corno, Lyn – Educational Psychologist, 2008
New theory on adaptive teaching reflects the social dynamics of classrooms to explain what practicing teachers do to address student differences related to learning. In teaching adaptively, teachers respond to learners as they work. Teachers read student signals to diagnose needs on the fly and tap previous experience with similar learners to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Diversity, Classroom Techniques, Prior Learning
How to Teach.
Iur'ev, Oleg; And Others – Soviet Education, 1991
Offers examples of good Soviet art teachers and their ideas. Describes an art teacher who allows children to draw in any position so as to free natural creativity. Tells of programs to develop children's interest and ability in folk art, architecture, and life. Stresses the importance of sincerity of interaction and innovation. (DK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Childrens Art, Creative Teaching
The Senior Festival: A Pathway to Professional Excellence in Teacher Education.
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Brown, Jessie; Adams, Arlene – Action in Teacher Education, 2000
Describes one university's Senior Festival, in which seniors in the Early Childhood and Elementary Education program document their progress by displaying and sharing their work with faculty and students. The Festival develops students' collaboration and critical thinking skills and celebrates accomplishments meaningfully. This improves school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Seniors, Creative Teaching, Critical Thinking
The Methodology of Reform: Report on the Third Meeting of Experimental Educators in Moscow.
Amonashvili, Sh.; And Others – Soviet Education, 1989
Examines issues raised at the third meeting of experimental educators, held in Moscow in 1988. Argues a teacher's creativity guarantees an educational system's health and successful reform. In a question-answer format, analyzes resistance to educational change, and teachers' responsibilities, rights, and relationships with students and…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Making a Video.
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Lee, Pamela; Stuart, Marion – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1997
Provides a brief discussion of the possibilities and pitfalls of using video for a research or final project. Outlines some pre-production questions to ask and guidelines to follow in producing a video for academic credit. Discusses technical considerations, content, and issues of confidentiality and ethics. (MJP)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Creative Teaching, Educational Benefits, Educational Innovation
The Union of Science and Practice.
Atutov, P. R.; And Others – Soviet Education, 1988
Reports on activities and concerns of the Soviet Union's Academy of Pedagogical Sciences in conjunction with educational reform. Calls for systematic improvement, of which "the pedagogy of cooperation" is only a part. Emphasizes creative teaching methods and better coordination between research and classroom practice. Reviews individual…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Diffusion (Communication), Educational Change, Educational Research