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Essary, Jessica N. – Childhood Education, 2012
Brown, Collins, and Duguid (1989) described cognition as "situated"--"a product of the activity, context, and culture in which it is developed and used" (p. 32)--and outlined the "cognitive apprenticeship" approach to teach "what" something is, as well as "how" knowledge can be used in order to help children create their own understanding. Similar…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Apprenticeships, Young Children, Educational Strategies
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Murphy, Tony P.; Mancini-Samuelson, Gina J. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2012
A collaborative of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and education faculty developed a STEM certificate aimed at elementary education majors. A four-phase process model was used to create and evaluate courses. The certificate is comprised of three interdisciplinary, team-taught, lab-based courses: Environmental Biology,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Education Majors, STEM Education, Competency Based Teacher Education
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Nguyen, Nhung; Williams, John; Nguyen, Tuan – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2012
In the light of the education reform driven by Vietnam's government, information communication technologies (ICTs) are becoming integrated into education, while concurrently, teaching approaches are shifting from teacher-centred to student-centred in Vietnam's universities. The innovation is top-down and is being applied on a large scale. Emerging…
Descriptors: Physics, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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Khan, Samia – Science Teacher, 2012
The internet abounds with free science education applications. But, on their own, these applications have limited capacity to teach students curricular concepts or skills. The author integrated several free web-based applications into a broader pedagogical approach called T-GEM, in which the teacher guides student investigations. In this article,…
Descriptors: Climate, Grade 8, Environmental Influences, Environmental Education
Ashburn, Elyse – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
The service learning movement has gained new energy with the election of President Obama, who has made increasing service a central plank of his higher-education agenda. But across the board, colleges and universities struggle with service learning's twin goals of providing meaningful help to the community and academic rigor to students. The…
Descriptors: Service Learning, School Community Relationship, School Community Programs, Instructional Development
Peters, Madalienne; Roybal, Suzanne – Online Submission, 2011
Teaching students how to conduct research that helps them develop a scholarly work is often a daunting task. A fortuitous collaboration between faculty members in the School of Education and the academic library led to the development of strategies for teaching graduate students how to conduct quality research. Over the course of four years,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Educational Research, Academic Libraries, Information Literacy
Eisenkraft, Arthur – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2011
Create a light and sound show to entertain friends. Design an improved safety device for a car. Develop a 2-3 minute voice-over for a sports clip explaining the physics involved in the sport. Modify the design of a roller coaster to meet the needs of a specific group of riders. Design an appliance package for a family limited by the power and…
Descriptors: Physics, Engineering, Science Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum
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Novak, Gregor M. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2011
This chapter provides an overview and implementation guidelines of Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT), an interactive engagement pedagogy used across disciplines and across the academy, now in its fourteenth year. The heart of JiTT pedagogy is Web-based pre-instruction assignments called warm-ups, with some colorful local variations, such as GeoBytes in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement, Web Based Instruction, Assignments
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Rigelman, Nicole R. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2011
"Teaching mathematics from a sense-making perspective entails more than solving non-routine problems" (NCTM 2007, p. 85). When teachers want students to see mathematics as something that makes sense, they must furnish opportunities for them to solve problems in their own way and use structures that nurture their reasoning and sense making. The…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
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Lee, Richard; Faulkner, Margaret – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2011
Despite its proliferation in higher learning institutions, e-learning has been criticised as being nothing more than trivial online conversations, or a mere means of delivering class materials electronically. If e-learning is to address such criticisms and become an effective pedagogical platform, educators need to identify elements critical to…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Models, Inquiry, Educational Principles
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Whalen, D. Joel – Business Communication Quarterly, 2013
The 13 Favorite Assignments featured here were presented at the 2012 Association for Business Communication (ABC) Annual Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii. A variety of learning objectives are featured, including the following: enhancing resume's visual impact, interpersonal skills, social media, team building, web design, community service projects,…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Business Communication, Business Administration Education, Resumes (Personal)
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Nyoni, J. – Africa Education Review, 2012
The article used Unisa Framework for the implementation of a team approach to curriculum and learning development to explore and analyse the views and experiences of academic lecturers and curriculum and learning development experts on the conceptualisation and development of the said framework and its subsequent implementation thereof. I used a…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Policy Formation, Program Implementation, Curriculum Development
Ahrens, A.; Zascerinska, J. – Online Submission, 2012
The sustainable development of society has attracted a lot of research efforts. A strategic aspect to the society's evolution is introduced by the game theory (Fernandez, 2011, p. 1). The research question is as follows: how to organize the process of teaching and learning in education for sustainable development? The aim of the research is to…
Descriptors: Game Theory, Sustainable Development, English for Academic Purposes, Fundamental Concepts
Somerville, Margaret; Green, Monica – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
The development of sustainability literate teachers has been identified as a key challenge for the implementation of education for sustainability in Australian schools (Skamp, 2010) and elsewhere (Nolet, 2009). This paper reports on the first year of a participatory action research project that investigates the learning of school teachers, teacher…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Foreign Countries, Participatory Research, Action Research
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Robertson, Susan L. – Comparative Education Review, 2012
This article examines the focus on teacher policies and practices by a range of global actors and explores their meaning for the governance of teachers. Through a historical and contemporary reading, I argue that an important shift in the locus of power to govern has taken place. I show how the mechanisms of global governance of teachers are being…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Global Education, Neoliberalism, Governance
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