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Direct linkAllyn, Pam; Morrell, Ernest – ASCD, 2022
"Tell Your Story: Teaching Students to Become World-Changing Thinkers and Writers" explores how to help students see themselves as writers and storytellers who are developing the skills and techniques to communicate in ways that resonate with various audiences. When students make that shift and see themselves as active and valued…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Teaching Methods, Role Models, Writing Processes
Peer reviewedCooper, Katelyn M.; Auerbach, Anna Jo J.; Bader, Jordan D.; Beadles-Bohling, Amy S.; Brashears, Jacqueline A.; Cline, Erica; Eddy, Sarah L.; Elliott, Deanna B.; Farley, Elijah; Fuselier, Linda; Heinz, Heather M.; Irving, Madison; Josek, Tanya; Lane, A. Kelly; Lo, Stanley M.; Maloy, Jeffrey; Nugent, Michelle; Offerdahl, Erika; Palacios-Moreno, Juan; Ramos, Jorge; Reid, Joshua W.; Sparks, Rachel A.; Waring, Ashley L.; Wilton, Mike; Gormally, Cara; Brownell, Sara E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and otherwise nonstraight and/or non-cisgender (LGBTQ+) have often not felt welcome or represented in the biology community. Additionally, biology can present unique challenges for LGBTQ+ students because of the relationship between certain biology topics and their LGBTQ+…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, At Risk Students, Science Instruction, Biology
Download full textNorth Dakota Department of Public Instruction, 2023
The Native American Needs Assessment Action Plan is designed to assist educators and administrators in addressing the needs and areas of possible opportunity that have been identified through the annual Native American Needs Assessment conducted by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. The Action Plan is organized around areas of need…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Educational Needs, Needs Assessment, Culturally Relevant Education
Berman, Sheldon – Aspen Institute, 2018
"The Practice Base for How We Learn: Supporting Students' Social, Emotional, and Academic Development" outlines promising practices that show how students, teachers, parents, and administrators can integrate social, emotional, and academic learning in preK-12 education. The report, which represents the vision of the 34-member Council of…
Descriptors: Student Development, Social Development, Emotional Development, Academic Ability
Agosto, Denise E.; Abbas, June – Knowledge Quest, 2016
In thinking about teens and online risks, school librarians need to know researchers generally agree that, despite the popular image of pedophiles and criminals lurking online waiting to harm innocent young people, in reality social media use is only about as risky as most everyday social interactions in the offline world (Agosto and Abbas 2013).…
Descriptors: Social Media, Safety, Adolescents, Internet
Kolencik, Patricia Liotta; Hillwig, Shelia A. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
Drawn from a combination of the current metacognitive research and the authors' extensive educational backgrounds, this book is a compilation of essential metacognitive strategies to challenge students to "learn to think" and to "think to learn." After first reviewing the concept of metacognition--its dimensions, distinctiveness, and importance as…
Descriptors: Role Models, Independent Study, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement
Ganz, Jennifer B.; Earles-Vollrath, Theresa L.; Cook, Katherine E. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2011
Visually based interventions such as video modeling have been demonstrated to be effective with students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This approach has wide utility, is appropriate for use with students of a range of ages and abilities, promotes independent functioning, and can be used to address numerous learner objectives, including…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Intervention, Autism, Role Models
Jarvis, Sharon E.; Han, Soo-Hye – Communication Teacher, 2010
Courses: Communication and civic participation course; rhetorical theory, political communication, leadership. Objective: Students will explore citizenship through role models and story-telling. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Role Models, Citizenship Education, Documentaries, Rhetorical Theory
Lane, Holly B.; Allen, Stephanie Arriaza – Reading Teacher, 2010
Vocabulary knowledge is a critical contributor to reading, especially reading comprehension. A word-rich classroom environment maximizes students' opportunities to learn new words. The teacher's use of language provides an important model for children's vocabulary development. By modeling the use of sophisticated words, teachers can promote…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Classroom Environment
Fingon, Joan C.; Fingon, Shallon D. – Science Scope, 2009
Who hasn't heard of Einstein? Science educators everywhere are familiar with Einstein's genius and general theory of relativity. Students easily recognize Einstein's image by his white flyaway hair and bushy mustache. It is well known that Einstein was a brilliant physicist and an abstract thinker who often used his creativity and imagination in…
Descriptors: Science Interests, Scientific Concepts, Biographies, Scientists
Holt, Chuck; Hargrove, Pauline; Harris, Sandra – Teacher Education and Practice, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate the life experiences and beliefs of highly effective teachers exhibiting effective classroom management. This study explores the beliefs, background, and experiences of exemplary teachers in the area of classroom management. The goal of this study was to develop a deeper understanding of how individuals…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
McKool, Sharon S.; Gespass, Suzanne – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2009
This article investigates the relationship between teachers' personal reading habits and their instructional practices. Teachers responded to a questionnaire that revealed their attitudes toward reading, the amount of time they spent reading per day and the kind of literacy practices that they used in their classrooms. Results indicate: (1) while…
Descriptors: Reading Teachers, Reading Habits, Leisure Time, Reading Attitudes
Nowak-Fabrykowski, Krystyna – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
The goal of this research is to seek information from the Cleveland (Ohio) and Buffalo (New York) area kindergarten teachers about their experience in development of caring dispositions in children. Two hundred questionnaires were sent, one hundred to each city. There was a low response rate of less than 10% from both cities. A qualitative method…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Ethics, Preschool Teachers, Altruism
Benbassat, Jochanan; Baumal, Reuben – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2009
The objective of this paper is to draw attention to four features that distinguish the pedagogy of patient interviewing from the teaching of other clinical skills: (a) students are not naive to the skill to be learned, (b) they encounter role models with a wide variability in interviewing styles, (c) clinical teachers are not usually specialists…
Descriptors: Patients, Teaching Methods, Medical Students, Role Models
Ferm, Cecilia – Music Education Research, 2008
"Musikdidaktik" is a central subject within music teacher training in the Nordic countries. In "musikdidaktik" acts of teaching (music) and learning ("musikdidaktik") constitute possibilities for identity formation. The objective of learning is closely connected to their future profession, in which musical and…
Descriptors: Role Models, Music Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries
