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Reichert, Frank; Torney-Purta, Judith; Liang, Weihong – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2020
Interactions within classrooms contribute to adolescents' democratic civic development by providing resources fostering students' political understanding. Many teachers participate in social or political groups in their communities and more broadly. These out-of-school experiences inform their classroom practices and are contextualized by national…
Descriptors: Teacher Participation, Teaching Methods, Citizenship Education, Citizen Participation
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Trust, Torrey; Whalen, Jeromie – Educational Media International, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic challenged educators to shift their practices and utilize technology to reach and teach learners at a distance. This study presents data collected in situ from 265 K-12 educators who adapted their practices during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Findings revealed that educators relied on multiple…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Educational Technology
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Baccaglini-Frank, Anna; Antonini, Samuele; Leung, Allen; Mariotti, Maria Alessandra – PNA, 2013
This paper addresses contributions that dynamic geometry systems (DGSs) may give in reasoning by contradiction in geometry. We present analyses of three excerpts of students' work and use the notion of pseudo object, elaborated from previous research, to show some specificities of DGS in constructing proof by contradiction. In particular, we…
Descriptors: Geometry, Thinking Skills, Mathematical Logic, Mathematical Concepts
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2016--END 2016, taking place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 12 to 14 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks,…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Educational Quality, Academic Standards, Curriculum
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Mallozzi, Christine A., Comp.; Malloy, Jacquelynn A., Comp. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2007
This article presents the reports from the international research correspondents (IRCs) on the topic of reading and writing connections through an informal polling using a questionnaire in seven countries. The participating IRCs include: (1) Ruth Wong of the National Institute of Education in Singapore; (2) Anita Poon of Hong Kong Baptist…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Questionnaires, Likert Scales
McCloskey, Mary Lou, Ed.; Orr, Janet, Ed.; Dolitsky, Marlene, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2006
Although language specialists do not always agree about the best age at which to introduce English language instruction, policy changes are increasingly mandating earlier introduction of English in foreign language (EFL) settings worldwide. In this volume, language educators and program implementers from various countries describe programs and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Program Development, English Instruction