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Lasky, Dorothea Shawn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As the US continues to strive toward building capacity for a workforce in STEM fields (NSF, 2006), educational organizations and researchers have constructed frameworks that focus on increasing competencies in creativity in order to achieve this goal (ISTE, 2007; Karoly & Panis, 2004; Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2007). Despite these…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Case Studies, Creativity, Teaching Methods
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Newton, Douglas P.; Newton, Lynn D. – Educational Studies, 2009
Primary school teachers generally have to teach several subjects. Their training, however, is often fairly short and it is tempting to force-feed them with everything they need to know to teach these subjects. It is more realistic to accept that a short course cannot do everything. Instead, it would be better to equip these students with skills…
Descriptors: Minicourses, Problem Based Learning, Skill Development, Teaching Methods