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Allan, Walter C.; Erickson, Jeryl L.; Brookhouse, Phil; Johnson, Judith L. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
Maine's one-to-one laptop program provides an ideal opportunity to explore conditions that optimize teacher integration of technology-focused curriculum into the classroom. EcoScienceWorks (ESW) is an ecology curriculum that includes targeted simulations and a code block programming challenge developed through an NSF-ITEST grant. The project was…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, Ecology, Science Teachers
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Day, Deanna; Kroon, Sally – Middle School Journal (J3), 2010
Fifty-one sixth graders participated in three rounds of online literature circles and three face-to-face literature circles. The authors describe how the online literature circles were introduced and organized in the classroom and discuss the tensions, struggles, and successes from their implementation. An analysis of qualitative data yielded…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Middle Schools, Reflective Teaching, Literature
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Diaz-Cueto, Mario; Hernandez-Alvarez, Juan Luis; Castejon, Francisco Javier – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to understand the perceptions of in-service Physical Education (PE) teachers when using Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) in teaching sports. Data were gathered from interviews, work group meetings, and participants' diaries. The results show the difficulties PE teachers had in the planning and implementation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Diaries, Rewards
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Zhao, Shuyan – International Education Studies, 2009
At beginning of the article, the author has a brief introduction of basic conditions in pastoral areas of Imperial Town, and interprets ethnic relations among Han, Tibetan, Mongolian, Yugur, Hui, Manchu and Tu mixed residence. After analysis of the internal and external factors that affect the specificity of pastoral education, the author…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Intergroup Relations, Generalization, Freedom
Albon, Nerissa – Australian Teacher Education Association, 2009
This autoethnography focuses on a study undertaken during the writers 15 month employment in a Muslim girls' school in the United Arab Emirates. The paper outlines a school improvement project in the Abu Dhabi Emirate and the imposition of an Australian curriculum on the schools involved in this program. The teachers in these schools were exposed…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Muslims, Teacher Education Programs, Teaching Load
Stepath, Carl M. – Online Submission, 2009
Our future leaders' environmental understanding improves their resource management skills and decision-making capacity. Community awareness and "hands-on" involvement preserves bio-diversity and addresses human impacts. This report discusses the importance of environmental education, and effective learning programs. Quality education in…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Biodiversity, Sustainable Development
Ramirez, Becky – Online Submission, 2009
Although the nursing profession has traditionally been associated with compassionate, patient, and caring behaviors, living in this advanced technological environment where patient related skills and tasks are often rushed caring behaviors are sometimes not seen. In order to improve high school nursing assistant student caring behaviors as well…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Allied Health Personnel, Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Design
Clifford, Matthew Aaron – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Local instructional design describes the process of customization that naturally occurs when curriculum innovations interface with local classrooms and schools. Describing the practice of local instructional design can help to explain how curriculum is adapted to local conditions and provides insight on how instructional leaders mediate…
Descriptors: Science Education, Instructional Design, Instructional Leadership, Curriculum Design
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Mitchem, Katherine; Koury, Kevin; Fitzgerald, Gail; Hollingsead, Candice; Miller, Kevin; Tsai, Hui-Hsien; Zha, Shenghua – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2009
Interactive, multimedia cases with technology supports present new ways of teaching and learning in teacher education. In this mixed-methods, naturalistic study, the authors investigate how and what participants learn from multimedia cases and, in particular, how instructional implementation affects learning outcomes from multimedia cases.…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Education Courses, Teaching Methods, Multimedia Instruction
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Lee, Kerry – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2009
This case study outlines a program developed by a group of 6 teachers' college lecturers who volunteered to provide a technology program to year 7 & 8 children (11- and 12-year-olds) for a year. This involved teaching technology once a week. As technology education was a new curriculum area when first introduced to the college, few lecturers…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Case Studies, Partnerships in Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Odom, Sue; Glenn, Betty; Sanner, Susan; Cannella, Kathleen A. S. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2009
The faculty of an undergraduate research course with a diverse student body recognized that many students struggled with the concept of how to critique a research article. The traditional assignment method used to teach the critique process did not maximize student learning outcomes. The active learning strategy of peer review was used to enhance…
Descriptors: Student Research, Learning Strategies, Active Learning, Research Methodology
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Kindiki, Jonah Nyaga – Educational Research and Reviews, 2009
The boards of governors (BOG) are legally mandated by the ministry of education under the education act Cap 211 to manage secondary schools in Kenya. Their immediate roles have not been defined in the laws and there are no standards that have been adopted to measure their effectiveness. This study investigates effectiveness of the BOG in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools
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Lam, Chi-Chung; Lai, Edith; Wong, Janice – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2009
Using geographic information system (GIS) in teaching and learning geography is an important direction in the secondary geography curriculum in Hong Kong. In the present study, interviews were conducted individually with 28 geography teachers from different secondary schools in Hong Kong, with a view to finding their views on the inclusion of GIS…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Foreign Countries, Geographic Information Systems, Secondary School Curriculum
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Vanderlinde, Ruben; van Braak, Johan; Hermans, Ruben – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2009
In this essay, we state that establishing technology curricula by national governments causes a shift in the policy actions of educational technology support: from a technical rationale with a main focus on funding and resources to a pedagogical rationale with a main focus on student competencies. We illustrate our point of view by describing the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Implementation
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Warburton, Steven – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
"Second Life" (SL) is currently the most mature and popular multi-user virtual world platform being used in education. Through an in-depth examination of SL, this article explores its potential and the barriers that multi-user virtual environments present to educators wanting to use immersive 3-D spaces in their teaching. The context is set by…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Internet
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