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Hegazy, Hind; Ellerton, Peter; Campos-Remon, Hannah; Zaphir, Luke; Mazzola, Claudio; Brown, Deborah – Educational Action Research, 2023
This paper describes how an action research process, centred around a professional development program for teaching critical thinking, enabled teachers in a specialised program for high-achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students (Solid Pathways) to develop their pedagogical practices to support student cognition. It argues that a…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Action Research, Teaching Methods, Indigenous Populations
Grainger, Peter; Steffler, Robert; de Villiers Scheepers, Margarietha J.; Thiele, Catherine; Dole, Shelley – Australian Educational Researcher, 2019
This paper reports students' perceptions of their learning of 21st century skills through a novel approach to delivery of the school program in Year 10. For 1 day per week, all Year 10 students at this school participate in The DeLorean Project, where they create, design and implement their own real-world projects with the assistance of teachers…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, 21st Century Skills, Teaching Methods, Student Projects
Munro, Paul G.; Bartlett, Anne L.; Dhizaala, James T.; Laloyo, Stella Apecu; Oswin, Sebastian Oguti; Walker, Sarah – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
International fieldschools to developing countries have become an important component of the university curriculum because they provide experiential learning and research skills, while also contributing a range of soft skills such as resilience, empathy, resourcefulness, critical thinking, and cross-cultural communication. Yet, with the increasing…
Descriptors: International Schools, Experiential Learning, Empathy, Resilience (Psychology)
Gibbs, Lisa; Block, Karen; Ireton, Greg; Taunt, Emma – Journal of International Social Studies, 2018
The limited evidence regarding disaster-related environmental education programs for children indicates that these programs can increase disaster resilience and family preparedness activities, and reduce children's fear and anxiety. However, the literature lacks qualitative studies to provide insights into children's experiences of disaster…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Environmental Education, Emergency Programs, Resilience (Psychology)
Dorsett, Pat; Larmar, Stephen; Clark, Julie – Journal of Social Work Education, 2019
This article draws on and contributes to the body of knowledge on the development of cultural competence and study abroad experiences. The study program has been well established for several years and blends a 12-day intercultural immersion experience with preparatory classroom teaching and relevant assessment. This study builds on an earlier…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Cultural Awareness, Study Abroad, Program Descriptions
Ryder, Courtney; Mackean, Tamara; Ullah, Shahid; Burton, Heather; Halls, Heather; McDermott, Dennis; Edmondson, Wendy – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2019
Socially accountable health curricula, designed to decrease Aboriginal health inequities through the transformation of health professional students into culturally safe practitioners, has become a focal point for health professional programmes. Despite this inclusion in health curricula there remains the question of how to best assess students in…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Health Personnel, Indigenous Populations, Social Differences
Scott-Parker, B.; Barone-Nugent, E. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2019
Global progress has arisen from scientific advances and we currently live in the age of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); science as a way of increasing the knowledge base, technology as a means of manifesting the science, engineering as a way of building and creating with it, and mathematics to devise the language we use…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Females, Learner Engagement, High School Students
Burton, Lorelle J.; Chester, Andrea; Xenos, Sophie; Elgar, Karen – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2013
First- and final-year undergraduate students have unique transition issues. To support both the transition of first-year students into the program, and the transition of third-year students out of the program and into the workforce or further study, a face-to-face peer mentoring program was embedded into the first-year psychology curricula at RMIT…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Mentors, Pretests Posttests, Comparative Analysis
Stanton, John – International Association of School Librarianship, 2010
The Plato Program is an innovative and dynamic subject that was introduced to explore "learning how to learn" in Year 7. In response to observations by staff that students lacked critical thinking and research skills, it has metamorphosed into a vehicle for the delivery of information literacy within the curriculum, with a particular…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Electronic Publishing, Research Methodology, Learning Strategies
Gibbons, Jill; Gray, Mel – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2004
The paper examines the role of critical thinking in an experience-based model of social work education. Within this model, the development of a critical approach to our own understanding of, as well as to existing knowledge about, the world is fundamental for students and educators alike. Critical thinking is defined as more than a rational,…
Descriptors: Rewards, Critical Thinking, Social Work, Thinking Skills