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Tomáš Janík; Jan Slavík; Petr Najvar; Tereza Cešková – Routledge Research in Education, 2024
This volume presents a novel, theoretical, micro-analytical model -- the 3A Methodology -- for assessing the quality of school education. Drawing on philosophers as well as theoretical and pedagogical traditions from European and American contexts, the authors construct a model that is relevant to teachers, researchers, and teacher educators…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Instructional Improvement, Educational Research, Research Methodology
Farrell, Thomas S. C. – TESOL Press, 2018
Take the next step in reflective practice! Operationalize reflective practice and overcome the "reflection bubble" with an approach designed for the field of TESOL. Learn how teachers, teacher educators, supervisors, administrators, and other stakeholders can implement reflective practice. Expanding upon the original aspects of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Holistic Approach
Bevins, Stuart, Ed.; Lehane, Louise, Ed.; Booth, Josephine, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
The core practice of professional scientists is inquiry, often referred to as research. If educators are to prepare students for a role in the professional scientific and technological community, exposing them to inquiry-based learning is essential. Despite this, inquiry-based teaching and learning (IBTL) remains relatively rare, possibly due to…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Education, Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences
Heinrichs, Jennifer – School Leadership & Management, 2018
Using a narrative inquiry approach, the author examines how children, teachers, and parents benefit from the practice of parent engagement. She shares her first two years as a school leader, describing how she worked from a philosophy and pedagogy of parent engagement. School Leaders will learn how parent engagement has enhanced the school culture…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, School Administration, Parent Participation, Administrator Attitudes
Lillard, Angeline S.; McHugh, Virginia – Journal of Montessori Research, 2019
Maria Montessori developed a form of education in the first half of the last century that came to be called by her surname, and research indicates it often has positive outcomes. In the years since its development, tens of thousands of schools worldwide have called their programs "Montessori," yet implementations vary widely, leading to…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Outcomes of Education, Program Implementation, Educational Philosophy
Halstead, Jeff – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
In the early 21st Century, a new vision for classroom practice emerged that looks very different from the teaching that existed previously. This new teaching is a synthesis of effective curriculum, big ideas, nurturing relationships, differentiated instruction, appropriate assessment, teaching to standards, use of technology, and solid…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Principles, Instructional Innovation, Change Strategies
Maki, Peggy L. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2010
While there is consensus that institutions need to represent their educational effectiveness through documentation of student learning, the higher education community is divided between those who support national standardized tests to compare institutions' educational effectiveness, and those who believe that valid assessment of student…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
Frierson-Campbell, Carol Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
The change needed in urban music education not only relates to the idea that music should be at the center of the curriculum; rather, it is that culturally relevant music should be a creative force at the center of reform in urban education. This set is the start of a national-level conversation aimed at making that goal a reality. In both…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Urban Schools

Abdullin, Edward – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1994
Maintains that there is controversy in Russia about the need for courses in philosophy and science in music teacher preservice education. Describes the contents of a course titled, "The Principles of the Methodological Culture." Provides three results of the course, particularly relationships between cross-disciplinary planning and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Moran, Gabriel – 1997
Moving away from the "tips for teaching" approach, this book reflects on the practice of teaching in human life. Part 1 discusses the meaning of the verb to teach. In this part, chapter 1 explores teaching as a moral dilemma, tracing some of the historical journey, chapter 2 draws from examples of teaching in the nonhuman world as in communal and…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Higher Education

Johnston, Sue – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1994
Maintains that courses in curriculum studies should be evaluated on "why" they should be part of teacher education and "how" they should be taught. Asserts that curriculum studies occupies a more tenuous position in teacher education than do established disciplines such as sociology, philosophy, and psychology. (CFR)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Change

Duncan-Andrade, Jeffrey M. R. – Educational Leadership, 2005
The educators in the teacher inquiry group examine how to teach for social justice and support the development of student-empowering social justice themes in teachers' practice. A better understanding of effective urban teachers' philosophies and practices and putting a system in place to support the professional growth of all teachers are the two…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Urban Teaching, Justice, Urban Schools
Thomas, Jackie – 1990
The four content areas of discipline based art education (aesthetics, art criticism, art history, and art production) should be addressed in every art education unit planned and taught to students. All four content areas are addressed in the process of formal art criticism therefore every unit/lesson that utilizes a formal art criticism also…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Criticism, Art Education, Art History

Grundy, Shirley – Australian Journal of Education, 1992
According to the management perspective, educational practice is a technical process with predictable and guaranteed outcomes. This viewpoint is reflected in the New South Wales (Australia) Scott Report on educational reform. However, this approach must be challenged, and uncertainty and unpredictability in education must be acknowledged and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
Mamary, Albert – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
This book is the only comprehensive guide available that provides all the tools necessary to create an ideal school. There are many education books out there but most are specific to one aspect of school improvement and do not provide a systemic framework or a total approach. This book does, and it is based on expertise that was developed and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, School Districts, Educational Change, Educational Improvement