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Teachers' Instructional Talk in a Partly Scripted Language Intervention Targeting Young Second-Language Learners: Developments over Time
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Heller, Mia C.; Grøver, Vibeke – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
Despite huge investments in interventions designed to support oral language skills in early childhood and beyond, many of the interventions fail to identify impacts on children's language learning. Programmes may have limited impact because they do not sufficiently succeed in supporting teachers' instructional talk, and thus, more efficiently…
Descriptors: Intervention, Teacher Student Relationship, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Supporting Teachers to Successfully Implement a Play-Based Learning Approach
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Hunter, Jodie – Kairaranga, 2019
This research paper focuses on the successful implementation of play-based learning (PBL) environments within the New Zealand mainstream primary school sector. In particular, the focus is on the role of Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) in supporting the implementation of PBL within the junior classes of Year 0 to Year 2. A review…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Teaching Methods, Elementary Education
Strategies for Scaling Up: Promoting Parent Involvement through Family-School-Community Partnerships
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Hayakawa, Momoko; Reynolds, Arthur – Voices in Urban Education, 2016
Flexibility, creativity, and collaboration are required to successfully meet the needs of each school when scaling up family engagement programs across a diverse range of communities. Flexibility, creativity, and collaboration are required to successfully meet the needs of each school when scaling up family engagement programs across a diverse…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Family School Relationship, Creativity, Student Diversity
Collaborative Classroom Practice for Inclusion: Perspectives of Classroom Teachers and Learning Support/Resource Teachers
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Mulholland, Monica; O'Connor, Una – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
Collaborative practice is integral to effective inclusion. Within schools, teacher collaboration can foster communities of practice through a series of professional relationships that enhance the educational experience and learning outcomes of pupils with special educational needs (SEN). In Ireland, Learning Support Teachers (LSTs) and Resource…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Teacher Collaboration, Communities of Practice, Resource Teachers
Principals in Partnership with Math Coaches
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Grant, Catherine Miles; Davenport, Linda Ruiz – Principal, 2009
One of the most promising developments in math education is the fact that many districts are hiring math coaches--also called math resource teachers, math facilitators, math lead teachers, or math specialists--to assist elementary-level teachers with math instruction. What must not be lost, however, is that principals play an essential role in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Innovation, School Districts
Improving Elementary Science Instruction and Student Achievement: The Impact of a Professional Development Program
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Borman, Kathryn M.; Cotner, Bridget A.; Lee, Reginald S.; Boydston, Theodore L.; Lanehart, Rheta – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
This study was designed to establish the efficacy of Teaching SMART (Teaching Science, Mathematics and Relevant Technologies); a science professional development program for teachers with students in grades 3 through 5. Teaching SMART promotes scientific inquiry and emphasizes the importance of equity, empowerment, exploration, and fun in the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Training, Program Effectiveness, Resource Teachers