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Gunsberg, Andrew – Childhood Education, 1991
Describes Improvised Musical Play (IMP), a teaching strategy that uses simple rhythms, chanting, and singing to make participation in social play with nondelayed peers easier for developmentally delayed children. (BB)
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Mainstreaming, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Milton, Ken – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1989
Presented are example activities which are typical of the topic focus and methods of approach evident in the Algebraic Thinking in Children (ATIC) project. This project is aimed at assisting children to ultimately make sense of formal algebra when it is presented. (CW)
Descriptors: Algebra, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries
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Kinnick, Katherine N.; Cameron, Glen T. – Public Relations Review, 1994
Surveys academic programs in public relations, finding that most pay only lip service to the goal of preparing public relations graduates for managerial responsibility. Offers recommendations for public relations management course content and highlights examples of innovative teaching strategies. (SR)
Descriptors: Business Administration, Communication Research, Course Content, Higher Education
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Perkins, David N.; Grotzer, Tina A. – American Psychologist, 1997
Reviews studies designed to teach students to be more able thinkers in particular subject areas. The interventions reorganize thinking by teaching strategies, metacognition, thinking dispositions, distributed cognition, and transfer of learning. Students are provided with psychological resources to think better across a range of contexts. (MMU)
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Metacognition, Program Descriptions, Science Education
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Silverman, Ron – Visual Arts Research, 1997
Reminisces about challenges and events associated with setting up the Getty Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, the purpose of which was to evaluate strategies for making visual arts an academic and required school subject. Discusses the genesis of the Institute, programs offered, and outcomes, including Discipline-Based Art Education.…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Discipline Based Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Goras-Cahill, Marilyn – American Language Review, 1998
Discusses the rationale for offering English-as-a-Second-Language instruction to incarcerated adults. Describes one effective program that has been successful in keeping students' attention. Suggests that inmates can discover enjoyment in constructive pursuits and realize they can derive satisfaction from legitimate activities. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Adults, Correctional Education, Dramatics, English (Second Language)
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Kennedy, Teresa – Learning Languages, 1999
Describes the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program. GLOBE is a worldwide network of teachers and students representing over 6,500 schools in more than 75 countries. It is an excellent vehicle for learning a foreign language while exploring science, mathematics, social studies, and technology, providing a…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Mawasha, P. Ruby; Lam, Paul C.; Vesalo, John; Leitch, Ronda; Rice, Stacey – Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 2001
Postulates that the development of a successful training program for women in science, math, engineering, and technology (SMET) disciplines is dependent upon a combination of several factors. Proposes a model based on the Girls Entering Technology, Science, Math and Research Training (GET SMART) workshop program to prepare and develop female high…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Females, High Schools, Mathematics Education
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Winstead, Lisa – Educational Research Quarterly, 2004
The overlap of cognitive principles and inherently motivational strategies used to increase memory retention can be seen in reading, writing, and math. These are just of the few principles and corresponding strategies described in this report that can be used to increase academic motivation as well as increased cognition -- strategies that are…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies
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Ross, Michaela; Hancock, Roger; Bagnall, Kate – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2004
This article describes the programmes and workshops available for both parents and young children at the Tate Modern Gallery. The main aim of this paper is to convey a sense of the pedagogy that was used by one of the workshop leaders, Michaela Ross, an artist-educator. The authors accomplish this by drawing on a tape recorded discussion which…
Descriptors: Art Education, Teaching Methods, Young Children, Workshops
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Hui, Eadaoin K. P.; Ho, Daphne K. Y. – British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2004
This study examined the implementation of forgiveness as a guidance programme with Hong Kong Chinese adolescents in the classroom setting. The forgiveness programme was based on Enright's process model of forgiveness. The effectiveness of the programme was evaluated, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Findings showed that it is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Guidance Programs, Program Descriptions
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Gaidi, K. E. – Industry and Higher Education, 2003
The CDIO initiative began as a joint endeavour involving four engineering schools in Sweden and the USA. The number of schools joining the project is increasing constantly. CDIO focuses on four activities--curriculum development, teaching and learning, workshops, and assessment projects--with a view to improving engineering education programmes by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Engineering, Engineering Education
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Wintersteiner, Werner – Journal of Peace Education, 2004
This paper discusses the European dimension of peace education. The argument is that a united Europe has also an impact on peace education. A peaceful Europe has to become the common task for peace educators all over Europe. This is the aim of the EURED peace education network whose work is here explained. EURED plans to provide in-service teacher…
Descriptors: Peace, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, International Cooperation
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Duran, Mesut; Runvand, Stein; Fossum, Paul R. – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2009
This exploratory study examines the impact of a professional development program where a K-16 networked learning community approach was implemented to provide training and support for technology integration in science education. The study presents findings from a three-year project with five cohort groups that included 17 student teachers, 17…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Science Teachers, Cooperating Teachers
Lakkala, Minna; Paavola, Sami; Toikka, Seppo; Bauters, Merja; Markannen, Hannu; de Groot, Reuma; Ben Ami, Zvi; Baurens, Benoit; Jadin, Tanja; Richter, Christoph; Zoserl, Eva; Batatia, Hadj; Paralic, Jan; Babic, Frantisek; Damsa, Crina; Sins, Patrick; Moen, Anne; Norenes, Svein Olav; Bugnon, Alexandra; Karlgren, Klas; Kotzinons, Dimitris – Online Submission, 2008
One of the central goals of the KP-Lab project is to co-design pedagogical methods and technologies for knowledge creation and practice transformation in an integrative and reciprocal manner. In order to facilitate this process user tasks, driving objectives and high-level requirements have been introduced as conceptual tools to mediate between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Programming, Computer System Design, Educational Technology
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