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Foresight and Action Learning Supporting Transition: An Account of Practice
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Beech, Nick; Gold, Jeff; Kershaw-Solomon, Hazel; Auty, Tricia; Down, Bruce; Goodchild, Joanne; Beech, Susan; Nisa, Shakiya – Industry and Higher Education, 2021
Integrating foresight into corporations has proved to be challenging. This account of practice reports on the introduction of futures and foresight (FF) teaching content into an executive Masters programme. The FF content was further linked to and provided a background for action learning sets. The purpose was to identify how introducing distant…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Experiential Learning, Time Perspective
An Examination of the Decision-Making Process Used by Designers in Multiple Disciplines
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Stefaniak, Jill E.; Tracey, Monica W. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
Design-thinking is an inductive and participatory process in which designers are required to manage constraints, generate solutions, and follow project timelines in order to complete project goals. The researchers used this exploration study to look at how designers in various disciplinary fields approach design projects. Designers were asked to…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Instructional Design, Intellectual Disciplines
Time for Action: Stop Teaching to the Test and Start Teaching Skills
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Wurdinger, Scott D. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
This book should be read by anyone concerned about the future of education in the United States. It was written for students, parents, educators, administrators, and policy makers because it will require effort from all these individuals to create meaningful change in the education system. This book discusses why the education system needs to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teaching Skills, Teaching Methods, Public Schools
Clues to the Past
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Weaver, Julie K. – Science and Children, 2010
Students love a mystery. So what do America's most majestic bird, a bag of habitat clues, and a soft-shelled egg have in common? This easy-to-do inquiry activity engages students as they connect clues to problem-solve how the bald eagle reached the brink of extinction in the 1960s in the lower 48 states. It was designed to give students an…
Descriptors: Ornithology, Time Perspective, Ecology, Animals
Tracking Time Representing Elapsed Time on an Open Timeline
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Dixon, Juli K. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2008
Elapsed-time problems are notoriously difficult for children. Instruction on techniques for teaching and learning elapsed time is not emphasized in current mathematics education literature. Nor is it addressed in "Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics: A Quest for Coherence" (NCTM 2006). This absence of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Time Perspective
Time Management for Educators.
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Burden, Paul R. – 1981
Time management principles can help teachers become more aware of ways in which time can be used to the greatest advantage. An exploration of personal time perspectives is a step toward establishing effective patterns of behavior. Productivity may be high in the morning and low in the late afternoon, for example, and organizing some activities to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Goal Orientation, Needs Assessment, Pacing