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Christopher Dignam – International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2024
The process of perceiving music involves the transference of environmental physics in the air to anatomical and physiological interpretations of resonance in the body and psychological perceptions in the brain. These processes and musical interpretations are the basis of physical and cognitive science, neurophysiology, psychoacoustics, and…
Descriptors: Music, STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Curriculum Development
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Lin Wu; Kenneth T. Carano – Social Studies, 2024
During the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-Asian violence in the United States has risen significantly. Many Asian American students have been disproportionately harassed in schools and fear resuming in-person learning. Thus, educators must resist returning to the old normal. Instead, they can reimagine the pandemic as a portal to justice for Asian…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Asian American Students, Educational History
Marjorie Ceballos; Joyce W. Nutta – Education Leadership Review, 2022
The purpose of this practice to theory article is to present educational leaders with critical considerations for multimedia instructional content for emergent bilinguals (EBs) in dual language programs and other EB academic settings. EBs' academic development and achievement are advanced when multimedia instruction is intentionally designed to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multimedia Materials
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Porter, Alison; Graham, Suzanne; Myles, Florence; Holmes, Bernardette – Language Learning Journal, 2022
In this opinion piece we problematise foreign language (FL) learning curricula which are rigidly based on carefully sequenced input and constrained learning opportunities. Whilst an important component in language learning, language knowledge constitutes more than phonics vocabulary and grammar. Our stance is premised on the understanding that,…
Descriptors: Creativity, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Processes
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Brown, Colin R.; Prendergast, Lindsay J. – Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 2020
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of implementing a unique and systematized version of curriculum planning and documenting across all levels of a Pre-K-Grade 12, US-curriculum, and international school in the Dominican Republic. Based on the Backwards by Design philosophy, cemented with a standards-based approach highlighting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Curriculum Development, Learning Activities
Rhodes, Holly G. – National Academies Press, 2018
Instructional materials are a key means to achieving the goals of science education--an enterprise that yields unique and worthwhile benefits to individuals and society. As states and districts move forward with adoption and implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) or work on improving their instruction to align with "A…
Descriptors: Workshops, Science Education, Instructional Materials, Instructional Design
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Booth, Tony – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2011
This article gives an account of the way an opportunity has been taken to draw together ideas for a curriculum for the common school and beyond, during the writing of a new edition of the "Index for Inclusion; developing learning and participation in schools" (Booth & Ainscow, 2011). I discuss the way thinking about the curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Values, Change Strategies
Webb, Heidi Cornelia – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Advances in technology have caused high schools to update their computer science curricula; however there has been little analogous attention to technology-related education in middle schools. With respect to computer-related knowledge and skills, middle school students are at a critical phase in life, exploring individualized education options…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Computer Science Education, Computer Literacy, Thinking Skills
Eutsler, Mark L. – Online Submission, 2013
Indiana's declining SAT scores prompted the publisher of a statewide magazine covering the literary, performing, and visual arts to take action and create a program to use the magazine as a supplemental resource for students. It was believed that such a supplemental resource could enhance critical thinking and writing skills and help raise SAT…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Writing Skills, Instructional Materials, Teaching Methods
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Southcott, Jane; Crawford, Renee – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
Recently, in Australia both the "National Review of School Music Education" and "The Australian Curriculum" identify the importance of technology in school music education. However, the understanding of music technology, as demonstrated by state and territory curricular guidelines, is limited with technology mostly recognised…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Music Education, Music
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Han, Xue; Wang, Hequn – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2010
This study examined the professional development opportunities that about eighty mathematics teachers of junior high schools were provided with in the national curriculum reform of China and explored how their beliefs in mathematics instruction and instructional practice were affected by the professional development opportunities available to…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Junior High Schools, Textbooks
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Rosen, Russell S. – Sign Language Studies, 2010
There is an exponential growth in the number of schools that offer American Sign Language (ASL) for foreign language credit and the different ASL curricula that were published. This study analyzes different curricula in its assumptions regarding language, learning, and teaching of second languages. It is found that curricula vary in their…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, American Sign Language
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Harris, Judith B.; Hofer, Mark J. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2011
How does teachers' technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) inform their instructional planning? How can this knowledge be enhanced? In an interpretivist study of experienced secondary social studies teachers' planning, we sought to discover clues to the nature and development of these teachers' TPACK-in-action as it was expressed in…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Simsek, Ahmet – Online Submission, 2009
Social Studies course aims not only the socialization of children but also providing them with some vital skills. And it is obvious that such aim can not be achieved only via the transfer of information and values. Taking as basis the USA practice, Social Studies course was started to be taught in primary schools of Turkey in place of history and…
Descriptors: Rote Learning, Foreign Countries, Social Studies, History Instruction
Drew, Robert – Educational Facility Planner, 2011
The Samuel Brighouse Elementary School, located in Richmond, BC, a city adjacent to Vancouver on the west coast of Canada, is a five-hundred student elementary school. When completed in September 2011, it will replace an existing older school on the same site. This project was identified early on as an opportunity for the Richmond School Board to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Boards of Education, Stakeholders, Sustainability
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