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Woolhouse, Clare; Cochrane, Matt – Improving Schools, 2009
This article reports on the initial findings of research carried out with a cohort of science teachers engaged in a professional development course at a northwest England university. The aim was to investigate how professional development was perceived by participants and explore the experiences of those who undertook the course. Results suggest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Professional Development, Faculty Development
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O'Day, Danton H. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2007
Previous work has established that a narrated animation is more effective at communicating a complex biological process (signal transduction) than the equivalent graphic with figure legend. To my knowledge, no study has been done in any subject area on the effectiveness of animations versus graphics in the long-term retention of information, a…
Descriptors: Animation, Retention (Psychology), Long Term Memory, Biology
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Landfried, Steven E. – PTA Today, 1991
Educational enabling occurs when school staff, social agencies, parents, or peers do things for the students they should do themselves to fully develop a work ethic and academic and coping skills. Parents and teachers must keep their roles in perspective. The article advises parents on how to minimize educational enabling. (SM)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Family Environment, Individual Development, Parent Child Relationship
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Fisher, Robert E. – Music Educators Journal, 1991
Maintains that music teacher education should attend to the development of personal skills for effective classroom teaching. Describes the following exercises for skill development: positive-negative experience inventories, personal self-assessment questionnaires, and situation scenarios addressing specific areas. Illustrates how these exercises…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Higher Education, Individual Development, Instructional Materials
Ballard, Angie – 1987
This report recounts the findings of a study of people who purchased "Looking into Painting" materials, a learning package developed by the Personal and Cultural Education (PACE) Sector of the Continuing Education area in England's Open University. The package is not part of any course of study leading to a qualification, and there is no…
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History, Art Products
Lee, Irene K.; And Others – 1982
This series of lessons aims to answer questions new and prospective parents may have about parenting and their infant. Lesson 1 discusses three stages of prenatal development, drug abuse during pregnancy, and the role of fathers. Lesson 2 points out the importance of mother's diet to the unborn child and the mother's need to dress for comfort…
Descriptors: Breastfeeding, Child Rearing, Clothing, Drug Abuse
Sommers, Robert D., II, Comp.; Waidelich, William D., Comp. – 1993
This document, which is intended for Ohio agriculture teachers, contains lesson plans for an eight-unit competency-based course in agriscience. Each lesson plan contains some or all of the following items: (1) unit title; (2) competency/terminal performance objective; (3) competency builders/pupil performance objectives; (4) list of applied…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering