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Transformational Education: An Inquiry into Preparing Educators to Lead Transformation
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Jennifer Araiza – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Schools, institutionally designed to formalize education, often leave individuals longing for something more. Multiple disciplines attribute the pursuit of something more to transformation. While a common discussion in academic literature, transformation is underdeveloped in education. This dissertation explored transformational education from a…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Teacher Education Programs, Definitions, Cognitive Processes
'I Kind of Figured It Out': The Views and Experiences of People with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Using Social Media--Self-Determination for Participation and Inclusion Online
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Brunner, Melissa; Palmer, Stuart; Togher, Leanne; Hemsley, Bronwyn – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2019
Background: Social media can support people with communication disability to access information, social participation and support. However, little is known about the experiences of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) who use social media to determine their needs in relation to social media use. Aims: To determine the views and experiences of…
Descriptors: Social Media, Communication Problems, Social Networks, Disabilities
Assessment and the Learning Brain: What the Research Tells Us
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Hardiman, Mariale; Whitman, Glenn – Independent School, 2014
If you really want to see how innovative a school is, inquire about its thinking and practices regarding assessment. For the students, does the mere thought of assessment trigger stress? Do the teachers rely heavily on high-stakes, multiple-choice, Bell Curve-generating tests? Or do the students seem relaxed and engaged as teachers experiment with…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Brain, Neuropsychology, Student Evaluation
The Brain-Targeted Teaching Model for 21st-Century Schools
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Hardiman, Mariale – Corwin, 2012
"The Brain-Targeted Teaching Model for 21st-Century Schools" serves as a bridge between research and practice by providing a cohesive, proven, and usable model of effective instruction. Compatible with other professional development programs, this model shows how to apply relevant research from educational and cognitive neuroscience to classroom…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Teaching Models, Brain, Learning Experience
Why Children Are Left Behind and What We Can Do about It.
Reigeluth, Charles M.; Beatty, Brian J. – Educational Technology, 2003
Proposes four main reasons that children are left behind in schools: unmet needs, lack of motivation, lack of foundation and prior knowledge, and lack of support for learning. Discusses Maslow's hierarch of needs; partnerships with parents; connecting to student interests; insisting on mastery; curriculum sequencing; brain-based research; and…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Brain, Curriculum Development, High Risk Students
The Emerging Science of Individualized Instruction. A Survey of Findings on Learning Styles, Brain Research, and Learning Time with Implications for Administrative Action.
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Lindelow, John – 1983
Recent advances in instructional knowledge, as well as their usefulness for fitting instructional strategies to individual students, are the subject of this four-chapter survey of research literature. Chapter 1 summarizes research on learning styles--the ways in which individuals perceive, analyze, interpret, and respond to learning situations.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Brain, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Style