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David Slavit; Amber Simpson; Kristin Lesseig – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
We articulate a framework for delineating student thinking in active, STEM-rich learning environments. Researchers have identified ways of reasoning that relate to specific content areas and practices within each of the STEM disciplines. However, attempts at characterizing student thinking in transdisciplinary STEM environments remains in its…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Active Learning, Learning Processes, Thinking Skills
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Shin, Minsun – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This single case study was undertaken to explore how an infant head teacher meets the needs of the infants, who express their desire to be cared for, in their caring encounters. Natural daily interactions between infants and the teacher were observed for approximately 10 weeks. Through the qualitative data analysis, the results of this study…
Descriptors: Caring, Infants, Classroom Techniques, Preschool Education
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Ellstrom, Eva; Ekholm, Bodil; Ellstrom, Per-Erik – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to first elaborate on the notion of a learning environment based on an empirical study of care work. Second, to explore how aspects of a learning environment may differ between and within units in the same organization, and how to understand and explain such differences. Design/methodology/approach: The study…
Descriptors: Naturalistic Observation, Work Environment, Industrial Psychology, Interviews
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James, David; Wahlberg, Madeleine – Educational Review, 2007
From its inception, the Transforming Learning Cultures in Further Education (TLC) project included an explicit intention to identify some principles for the enhancement of learning cultures in order to improve student and teacher learning, and a wish to see how effective different strategies could be in this endeavour. The project showed that both…
Descriptors: Intervention, Adult Education, Instructional Improvement, Improvement Programs