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Roberts, Julie; Wright, Vince – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2019
Learning trajectories/progressions are an emerging research focus in mathematics education. A set of descriptors of early progress in mathematics was developed for students with complex needs. Developers leveraged off existing research-based frameworks and meta-analyses, as well as integrating findings from individual research studies in some…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Curriculum, Learning Processes
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Newman, Anneke; Hoechner, Hannah; Sancho, David – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2020
This special issue showcases ethnographies with young people in the Global South which draw on the common conceptual umbrella of the 'identity of the educated person' to unpack novel intersections between mobility, migration and education in the context of globalisation. Overarching themes include how definitions of the educated person are shaped…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Ethnography, Global Approach, Self Concept
Fleming, Mike – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Do the arts improve academic achievement? What does it mean to "teach" art? What should the balance of classic and pop be in the music curriculum? Should we encourage young children on the stage? How do we judge whether what a child produces is good? How do we justify the arts in the curriculum? What should be the balance between form and content…
Descriptors: Art Education, Aesthetics, Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Theories
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Sengupta-Irving, Tesha; Redman, Elizabeth; Enyedy, Noel – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2013
We apply a literary definition of story (struggle, protagonist, and resolution) to an American primary school teacher's reflections on experimenting with new teaching practices. This definition makes issues of equity explicit and revealed what the teacher saw as possible for changing her practice. By re-storying her stories--offering evidence from…
Descriptors: Interviews, Surveys, Inservice Teacher Education, Teacher Educators
Zhou, Chun-hong – Online Submission, 2010
Students' active engagement constitutes the core of the process of learning and teaching in the student-oriented classroom. The paper centers on a review of foreign researches on influential factors affecting students' engagement in English classroom. It is expected to figure out the relevant factors in order to promote students' active engagement.
Descriptors: Learning Processes, English Instruction, Classroom Techniques, Learner Engagement
Narey, Teresa A. – Online Submission, 2010
Traditionally, we think of play as children's work, and this work is often considered trivial and meaningless. However, when the definition of play is explored, its multiple meanings encourage us to understand play as an important vehicle for the propulsion of society. Play has become a hot topic in households and classrooms and for political…
Descriptors: Play, Definitions, Influence of Technology, Evolution
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Emereole, Hezekiah Ukegbu – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2009
The conceptual knowledge of science processes possessed by University of Botswana science students and senior secondary school science teachers was sought through a three-part questionnaire. One part requested demographic data of subjects, the second part asked them to select their level of familiarity with the processes, and the third part probed…
Descriptors: Definitions, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Scientific Principles
Corcoran, Tom; Mosher, Frederic A.; Rogat, Aaron – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2009
The purpose of this report is to describe the work that has been done so far on learning progressions in science, examine the challenges to developing usable learning progressions, determine if further investments are warranted, and if so, what investments are needed to realize their promised benefits. The report examines the quality and utility…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Research Reports, Educational Change, Instructional Improvement
Zascerinska, Jelena – Online Submission, 2008
In order to become "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion" the European Union realizes its people as the most important asset. Moreover, every human becomes a value for the whole society. It makes significant to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Definitions, Economic Progress, Interpersonal Communication
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Frechette, Julie D. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
This chapter will address questions centered on the integration of new telecommunications technology in the classroom by responding to concerns over Internet access and content through media literacy initiatives. While much research about online computer technology focuses on the communication "end"-goal of accessing the "Information…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Telecommunications
Pateman, Neil A., Ed; Dougherty, Barbara J., Ed.; Zilliox, Joseph T., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This volume of the 27th International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Conference includes the following research reports: (1) The Affective Views of Primary School Children (Peter Grootenboer); (2) Theoretical Model of Analysis of Rate Problems in Algebra (Jose Guzman, Nadine Bednarz and Fernando Hitt); (3) Locating Fractions on…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Education, Validity