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Quigley, Cassie F.; Herro, Danielle – Teachers College Press, 2019
This practical book will help readers understand what STEAM is, how it differs from STEM, and how it can be used to engage students in K-8 classrooms. The authors present a conceptual model with recommendations and classroom examples illustrating various key aspects of STEAM teaching in action, including creating the correct teaching environment,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
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Silo, Nthalivi; Khudu-Petersen, Kelone – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2016
The research presented in this paper draws on a study in the Kgalagari region of Botswana where participant observation workshops were conducted to illustrate the impact of using the Arts in Education approach (AiE). This approach was used through traditional storytelling in lessons on environmental issues in a rural primary school in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Participant Observation, Workshops, Story Telling
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Estes, Fred; Fucigna, Carolee – Science and Children, 2013
Fred Estes is a science teacher and lower school science coordinator at The Nueva School in Hillsborough, California. Carolee Fucigna is a prekindergarten teacher at The Nueva School in Hillsborough, California. Their year in the classroom regularly begins with starting a compost pile that serves as a focus for classroom research and science…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Recycling, School Community Programs
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Miksza, Peter; Gault, Brent M. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2014
The primary purpose of this study was to describe the music experiences elementary school children in the United States receive in the academic classroom setting. The data were drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study of the Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ECLS-K), a nationally representative study that followed kindergarteners through…
Descriptors: Music Education, Elementary School Students, Longitudinal Studies, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Arreguín-Anderson, María G. – Global Education Review, 2015
In this article, the author suggests that children's natural inclination to explore nature, or biophilia, can be explored as a factor that encourages both cognitive engagement and language development. The author summarizes the types of scientific inquiries that bilingual elementary students and their university partners engaged in when guided to…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Bilingual Students, Science Instruction, Elementary School Students
Morris, Ronald Vaughan – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2012
In "History and Imagination," elementary school social studies teachers will learn how to help their students break down the walls of their schools, more personally engage with history, and define democratic citizenship. By collaborating together in meaningful investigations into the past and reenacting history, students will become…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Curriculum, Citizenship Education, History Instruction
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Bronstein, Laura R.; Anderson, Elizabeth; Terwilliger, Susan H.; Sager, Kristen – Children & Schools, 2012
The purpose of this article is to share results of an exploratory qualitative research study designed to shed light on experiences of an interdisciplinary group of elementary school staff and graduate students in a school-based services project. A researcher conducted 20 interviews with staff and graduate students who represented the fields of…
Descriptors: Integrated Services, School Social Workers, Graduate Students, Family Involvement