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Monaco, Michele; Martin, Malissa – Athletic Training Education Journal, 2007
Objective: Each generation comes to college with varying characteristics that distinguish them from their predecessors. Teaching has evolved into a learning centered classroom that focuses on student learning rather than on teacher delivery. The purpose of this article is to introduce the Millennial Student and identify various characteristics…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Student Characteristics, Influence of Technology, College Students
OECD Publishing, 2013
"Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" is the authoritative source for accurate and relevant information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances, and performance of education systems in more than 40 countries, including OECD members and G20 partners. Featuring more than 100 charts, 200…
Descriptors: Adults, Vocational Education, Secondary School Students, College Students
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Kalantzis, Mary; Cope, Bill – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2010
This article outlines a learning intervention which the authors call Learning by Design. The goal of this intervention is classroom and curriculum transformation, and the professional learning of teachers. The experiment involves the practical application of the learning theory to everyday classroom practice. Its ideas are grounded in pedagogical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Resources, Learning Theories, Research and Development
OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2012
"Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" is the authoritative source for accurate and relevant information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances, and performance of education systems in the OECD's 34 member countries, as well as a number of non-member G20 nations. Featuring more than 140…
Descriptors: Adults, Vocational Education, Secondary School Students, College Students
Ellmore, Douglas A., Sr.; Olson, Steve E.; Smith, Phillip M. – National Academies Press, 1995
Today's children have grown up immersed in a world of computers and other information technologies. They play video games; they listen to music on digital compact disks; they help their families program the computerized controls of videocassette players. With all of the exciting innovations in computer technology, children have the opportunity to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Technology, Computer Uses in Education
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Goldgehn, Leslie A. – International Journal of Educational Advancement, 2004
Generation Y wants to know why! Today's youth are curious, they want the facts, they want the hard data, and most of all they want the truth. Advertisements and creative marketing tactics do not easily sway this group. They do their research before they believe most things they hear and see. Purchasing behaviors of Generation Y show that the group…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Recruitment, Young Adults, Interpersonal Communication
Chauncey, Caroline, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
"Harvard Education Letter" is published bimonthly at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This issue of "Harvard Education Letter" contains the following articles: (1) More Than "Making Nice": Getting Teachers to (Truly) Collaborate (Laura Pappano); (2) "Doing the Critical Things First": An Aligned Approach to PreK and Early Elementary Math;…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Teacher Collaboration, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics
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Fannon, Kate – International Journal of Training Research, 2004
This article presents a rationale for why role-play simulation is an effective and socially dynamic learning strategy for VET or HE. The factors of generational change, work world demands due to global economics and rapid technological developments are drivers for educationalists to focus more on the process of learning rather than the content.…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Learning Strategies, Transformative Learning, Learning Processes
DeVitis, Joseph L., Ed.; Irwin-DeVitis, Linda, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2010
Written by a prominent array of scholars and practitioners, this book elucidates the complexities, contradictions, and confusion surrounding adolescence in American culture and education. For too long, harmful public myths and lies have portrayed teenagers as a principal cause of our nation's social ills. Similar unfair charges have been lodged…
Descriptors: Caring, African Americans, Females, Democracy
Settersten, Richard A., Jr., Ed.; Furstenberg, Frank F. Jr., Ed.; Rumbaut, Ruben G., Ed. – University of Chicago Press, 2005
"On the Frontier of Adulthood" reveals a startling new fact: adulthood no longer begins when adolescence ends. A lengthy period before adulthood, often spanning the twenties and even extending into the thirties, is now devoted to further education, job exploration, experimentation in romantic relationships, and personal development. Pathways into…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Public Policy, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
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