NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Simpson Steele, Jamie; Fulton, Lori; Fanning, Lisa – Journal of Dance Education, 2016
The integration of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) serves to develop creative thinking and twenty-first-century skills in the classroom (Maeda 2012). Learning through STEAM promotes novelty, innovation, ingenuity, and task-specific purposefulness to solve real-world problems--all aspects that define creativity. Lisa…
Descriptors: Dance Education, STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Creative Thinking
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lloyd, Rebecca – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Background: Physical Education (PE) programmes are expanding to include alternative activities yet what is missing is a conceptual model that facilitates how the learning process may be understood and assessed beyond the dominant sport-technique paradigm. Purpose: The purpose of this article was to feature the emergence of a Function-to-Flow (F2F)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Learning Processes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Finn, Kevin E.; McInnis, Kyle J. – Physical Educator, 2014
Many children get little to no regular physical education during the school day. National recommendations call for schools to offer physical activity as part of planned academic lessons that teach math, language arts, science, and other subjects through movement. The purpose of this study was to analyze the student and teacher perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Science Teachers
Koh, Ming Wei – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study evaluates the effects of an interdisciplinary standards-based school garden-based education program on student learning. The objective of the program is to help students learn to be self-directed learners, community contributors, complex thinkers, quality producers, effective communicators, and effective/ethical users of technology. For…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Gardening, Elementary School Students, Focus Groups
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Salia, Hannah – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2010
The Walking in My Shoes curriculum at St. Thomas School in Medina, Washington, has been developed to deepen students' understanding of their own heritage and the cultural similarities and differences among their global peers. Exploring the rich diversity of the world's cultural heritage and the interactions of global migrations throughout history,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Studio Art, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
Brugar, Kristy A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This is a quasi-experimental mixed methods study of a curriculum intervention focused on the interdisciplinary teaching of history, literacy, and the visual arts. In this study I address three questions: (1) How does students' learning in history change following their participation in an interdisciplinary history-literacy-visual arts…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Units of Study, Visual Arts
Baytak, Ahmet – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Among educational researchers and practitioners, there is a growing interest in employing computer games for pedagogical purposes. The present research integrated a technology education class and a science class where 5th graders learned about environmental issues by designing games that involved environmental concepts. The purposes of this study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Environmental Education, Computer Software, Interviews