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Aube, Gina R. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Opportunity and learning gaps between upper-middle-class students and lower SES students that impact academic performance and social development are widening. The purpose of this Action Research study was to understand the interests of students, as well as the academic support most needed, to cultivate the development of 21st century skills and…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Citizen Participation, Experiential Learning, Reading Assignments
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Broughton, Megan; Thorson, Chris – Art Education, 2021
Located in Napa, California, the Oxbow School is a 1-semester boarding program for visual arts, critical inquiry, self-discovery, and community. Oxbow's pandemic story concentrates on a series of assignments designed to help students cope with the transition to emergency online instruction amid isolation and uncertainty. The images illustrating…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Visual Arts, Coping
Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access (Smithsonian Learning Lab), 2017
Launched in June 2016, the Smithsonian Learning Lab (SLL) provides access to the digital resources from across the Smithsonian's 19 museums, 9 major research centers, and the National Zoo, to be used as real-world learning experiences. It is designed to aid students in building lasting knowledge and critical skills that take learners from simply…
Descriptors: Learning Laboratories, Electronic Learning, Experiential Learning, Student Needs
Tobin, William; Feit, Valerie – Teachers College Press, 2020
New research points to the future of education as online, student-centered, collaborative, and community-based--all largely absent from today's educational landscape. This timely guide shows middle, high school, and college students how to undertake research to address challenges in their curriculum and communities. The approach is deliberately…
Descriptors: Student Research, Community Change, Ethics, Problem Solving
Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access (Smithsonian Learning Lab), 2017
Launched in June 2016, the Smithsonian Learning Lab (SLL) provides access to the digital resources from across the Smithsonian's 19 museums, 9 major research centers, and the National Zoo, to be used as real-world learning experiences. It is designed to aid students in building lasting knowledge and critical skills that take learners from simply…
Descriptors: Learning Laboratories, Electronic Learning, Experiential Learning, Student Needs
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Bolden, Benjamin – British Journal of Music Education, 2009
This article reports a case study of an experienced teacher of composing working with secondary school students in a large urban centre in Ontario, Canada. Results suggest authentic assignments connect student composing to the "real world", and so have meaning and life beyond the music classroom. Teachers can facilitate the development…
Descriptors: Musical Composition, Music Education, Secondary School Students, Assignments
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2013, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Prague, Czech Republic, July 23-26, 2013). The e-Learning 2013 conference aims to…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education