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Download full textBriceño, Allison; Bergey, Rebecca – Journal of Leadership, Equity, and Research, 2022
This essay explores a variety of ways California's English Learner (EL) Roadmap can be used as a tool to make significant and transformative changes to provide meaningful learning opportunities for students classified as English Learners. The EL Roadmap contains 4 principles: (1) Asset-oriented and needs-responsive schools; (2) Intellectual…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Equal Education, Classification, Educational Opportunities
Direct linkPolleck, Jody; Yarwood, Jordan – Preventing School Failure, 2020
Conducted in an urban alternative education program for adolescents ages 17-21, this study provides an overview of a professional development program that sought to support teachers in developing unit plans that incorporated backwards design principles and culturally relevant and sustaining instruction. The authors offer a qualitative thematic…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Urban Education, Faculty Development, Academic Achievement
Finney, Sara – L2 Journal, 2019
Recent scholarship has highlighted the importance of increasing the intellectual viability of lower-level foreign language (FL) study while facilitating connections between academic practice, learners' lives, and global communities. This article reports on a content-based role-immersion simulation (RIS) designed to incite a critical orientation…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Curriculum Design, Intellectual Development
Safari, Parvin – Policy Futures in Education, 2017
In the field of English Language Teaching (ELT), attention has been shifted toward the alternative role of teachers as transformative intellectuals whereby transformation in teaching occurs from control and technical operations to criticism and intellectual reflection. This role enables teachers to focus on marginalized students' lived experiences…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Role
Walker, Elizabeth – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2012
This study reports the impact of a professional development course on experienced, highly qualified secondary school teachers of English as a foreign language in preparation for their becoming paid assessors of student teachers on practicum. The course concerned a literacy-oriented pedagogy informed by literacy pedagogical content knowledge…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Practicums, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Feedback (Response)
Mak, Jenny Shuk Ching – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This mixed-methods study explored the influence and applicability of the Perry Scheme to students from mainland China studying in the U.S. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore the intellectual and ethical development of students from mainland China enrolled in a U.S graduate engineering program using the Perry Scheme of…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Asians, Engineering Education, Ethics
Miller, Michael Rice – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Arts integration is becoming an important focus within general curriculum instruction to connect student learning needs and content. However, few studies have addressed arts-integrated approaches that enhance the educational process in the general education setting. The aim of this qualitative case study was to examine arts-based approaches in…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, General Education, Charter Schools, Active Learning
Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed.; Popov, Nikolay, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2016
Papers from the proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society were submitted in two volumes. Volume 1 contains papers submitted at the conference held in Sofia, Bulgaria, June 14-17, 2016. Volume 2 contains papers submitted at the 4th International Partner Conference of the International Research Centre…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Conference Papers, Conferences (Gatherings), International Education
COOK, H. ROBERT – 1967
ALTHOUGH ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES COMPELLED A 2-PHASED PROJECT, BEGUN AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN THE 1966-67 ACADEMIC YEAR, TO BE TERMINATED BEFORE ANY CONCLUSIVE DATA HAD BEEN GATHERED, SOME OF THE OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING THE INITIAL STAGE OF THE EXPERIMENT MIGHT PROVOKE NEEDED FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THE PILOT RUN, DESIGNED TO DEVELOP MATERIALS…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, College Language Programs, Comprehension
Ekmekci, Ozden – 1971
This thesis describes a method for teaching English composition, with the parallel development of comprehension skills, to students in the Middle East Technical University. A survey of techniques for teaching English composition to foreign students is provided along with a discussion of the steps usually followed in writing instruction. The…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Comprehension, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedPfister, Guenter G. – Foreign Language Annals, 1974
Descriptors: Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Language Instruction, Reinforcement
Maiztegui, Susana M.; Kestelman, Rosa – 1973
A study of listening comprehension skills in foreign language classes compared the level of retention achieved by students trained to listen and perform versus students trained to listen and observe. Physical movement during training was not shown to be a critical factor in achievement. However, the experiment revealed a significant difference in…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Comprehension, Educational Strategies, Experimental Groups
Jun Feng, Seet; Shook Cheong, Agnes Chang – New Horizons in Education, 2008
Background: The mission of our education service as stated by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Singapore: "is to mould the future of the nation, by moulding the people who will decide the future of the nation. The aim is to provide our children with a balanced and well-rounded education, develop them to their full potential, and nurture…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese
Tinkler, Trevor – 1978
This article describes a course in listening comprehension methodology in a College of Education in Holland. The main concern of the article is to examine the teacher-trainer's organization of the students' learning process. The course is divided into three sections: (1) group discussion of the concept of listening comprehension; (2) discussion of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Comprehension, Course Descriptions, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedWinitz, Harris; Reeds, James A. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1973
Research supported in part by a grant from the U.S. Office of Education. (DD)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Comprehension, German, Intellectual Development
