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Tracing Lines: On the Educational Significance of Drawing
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Vansieleghem, Nancy – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2021
In 1865, the Brussels educational reformer Pierre Temples advocated to take drawing as the cornerstone of education. He criticized that education was modelled on conventions and grammatical rules in order to learn to read and write, this way ignoring the potential of drawing to create new concepts. This paper is also concerned with the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Freehand Drawing, Art
Using Curriculum Mapping and Visualization to Maximize Effective Change
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Schutte, Kelli; Line, David; McCullick, Chris – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2018
This paper shares the process of developing a fully integrated assessment framework and model for a mapping curriculum. The foundational aspects of this model are the development of layered outcomes that occur at each level of the curriculum and the linking of courses together to ensure building blocks that are progressive within a program. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Concept Mapping, Visualization, Educational Assessment
Students and Teachers Learning to See: Part 2--Using Visual Images in the College Classroom to Enhance the Social Context for Learning
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Place, Nancy; Hillyard, Cinnamon; Thomas, Elizabeth – College Teaching, 2008
In this interdisciplinary analysis, the authors examine the use of visual images in the college classroom. They share examples and critical reflections that illuminate the strengths and challenges in using this medium to enhance the social context for learning. The use of visual images to develop classroom community and connect learning outcomes…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Social Environment, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education
The Classroom that Math Built: Encouraging Young Mathematicians to Pose Problems
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Wallace, Ann; Abbott, Deborah; Blary, Renee – Young Children, 2007
The idea of problem posing is not new, but it has received increased attention in light of new approaches to mathematics education. Mathematical problem posing builds on young children's natural curiosity. It promotes children's "engagement in authentic mathematical activity"; enables children to "encounter many problems, methods, and solutions…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Mathematics Skills, Educational Change
Re-Visioning from the Inside: Getting under the Skin of the World Bank's Education Sector Strategy
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Hickling-Hudson, A. – International Journal of Educational Development, 2002
This paper uses the device of imagining Education personnel at the World Bank engaging in study and discussion that causes them to rethink their 1999 Education Sector Strategy document. The Bank's educators discuss issues that lead them to see that the World Bank's assumptions of human capital theory are deficient. Having studied the severe…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Educational Change, Sustainable Development, Educational Policy
The Standards Applied: Teaching Data Visualization.
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van Reeuwijk, Martin – Mathematics Teacher, 1992
Reports part of the results of the Design, Development, and Assessment in Mathematics Education Project that tested the booklet on descriptive statistics called "Data Visualization" in six experimental algebra classes in Whitnall, Wisconsin. Describes examples of problems presented, use of cooperative learning during instruction, and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Educational Change