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Heiman, Allie – Online Submission, 2020
An education in the arts (dance, media arts, music, theater, and/or visual arts) provides students with quantifiable social, emotional, and academic benefits. Through arts integration, teachers of academic subjects such as Math, History, Science, and English can incorporate elements of the arts into their classrooms as strategies to teach their…
Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Strategies, Integrated Curriculum, Social Emotional Learning
Mangiaracina, Mike – Science and Children, 2015
A teacher shares his experience implementing the "Next Generation Science Standards," from struggle to success.
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Teaching Experience, Curriculum Implementation, Success
Naidoo, Premella Devie; Vithal, Renuka – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2014
Recognition of the critical role of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in science in the new South African national curriculum for schools affirms the importance of IKS, particularly in the natural, physical and life sciences, as they are included in its policy. This paper explores the question of how teachers implement IKS in their science…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Curriculum Implementation
Visser, Talitha Christine; Coenders, Fer G. M.; Pieters, Jules M.; Terlouw, Cees – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2013
Professional development becomes relevant and effective when teachers are actively involved, collaborate, and when it is linked to teachers' daily school practice (Hunzicker in "Prof Dev Educ" 37:177-179, 2011). Preparation of teachers for a curriculum implementation such as the new subject Nature, Life, and Technology can be done…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Curriculum Implementation, Program Effectiveness
Tolvanen, Simo; Jansson, Jan; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti; Aksela, Maija – Science & Education, 2014
Successful implementation of historical approach to teach nature of science (NOS) requires suitable curriculum material. Several research and development projects have produced lesson plans for science teachers. 25 lesson plans from four different projects involved in creating curriculum material utilizing historical approach in chemistry…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
Hottecke, Dietmar; Henke, Andreas; Riess, Falk – Science & Education, 2012
This paper presents a rationale for utilizing HPS to teach physics and the NoS developed in the course of a project funded by the European Union. A core feature of this approach is formed by the development of historical case studies for the use in lessons. Furthermore, the learners' perspectives are explicitly taken into account. Teaching methods…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
Nixon, Sarah B.; Saunders, Georgianna L.; Fishback, John E. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2012
The purpose of this research study was to examine the usage and perceived benefits of the ERR (Evocation, Realization of Meaning, and Reflection; Meredith & Steele, 2011) instructional framework and content literacy strategies with middle and high school science teachers. Former students who had participated in an undergraduate or graduate content…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Methods Courses, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Implementation
Shieh, Ruey S. – Computers & Education, 2012
Technology-Enabled Active Learning (TEAL) is a pedagogical innovation established in a technology-enhanced multimedia studio, emphasizing constructivist-oriented teaching and learning. In Taiwan, an increasing number of schools are adopting the TEAL notion to deliver courses. This study examines the impact of TEAL on both student performance and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Constructivism (Learning), Science Activities
Herman, Joan; Osmundson, Ellen; Dai, Yunyun; Ringstaff, Cathy; Timms, Mike – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2011
Drawing from a large efficacy study in upper elementary science, this report had three purposes: First to examine the quality of teachers' content-pedagogical knowledge in upper elementary science; second, to analyze the relationship between teacher knowledge and their assessment practice; and third, to study the relationship between teacher…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Elementary School Science, Teacher Characteristics, Formative Evaluation
Falk, Hedda; Brill, Gilat; Yarden, Anat – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
Adapted primary literature (APL) refers to an educational genre specifically designed to enable the use of research articles for learning biology in high school. The present investigation focuses on the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of four high-school biology teachers who enacted an APL-based curriculum in biotechnology. Using a…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Biology, Science Instruction, Secondary School Teachers
Thomas, Jeff – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2011
This study addresses preservice teachers' perceptions toward online experiences, specifically, their perceptions about utilizing an online science methods curriculum versus a traditional methods curriculum. Thirty-eight senior level preservice teachers at a midwestern U.S. university completed surveys about their experiences during their methods…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Curriculum Implementation
Fuller, Robert G., Ed.; Campbell, Thomas C., Ed.; Dykstra, Dewey I., Jr., Ed.; Stevens, Scott M., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2009
This book is intended to offer college faculty members the insights of the development of reasoning movement that enlighten physics educators in the late 1970s and led to a variety of college programs directed at improving the reasoning patterns used by college students. While the original materials were directed at physics concepts, they quickly…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), College Instruction, College Students, Textbooks
Ryoo, Kihyun – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The significant increase of English Language Learners (ELLs) in the United States raises complex questions about how to provide these students with access to high quality education that can improve both their content knowledge of school subjects and their English proficiency, particularly their academic English proficiency. The development of…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Curriculum Design, Computer Simulation, Second Language Learning
Smith, Leigh K.; Draper, Roni Jo; Sabey, Brenda L. – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2005
This qualitative study examined the use of WebQuests as a teaching tool in problem-based elementary methods courses. We explored the potential of WebQuests to address three dilemmas faced in teacher education: (a) modeling instruction that is based on current learning theory and research-based practices, (b) providing preservice teachers with…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Literacy