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Design Criteria for Visual Cues Used in Disruptive Learning Interventions within Sustainability Education
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Tillmanns, Tanja; Holland, Charlotte; Filho, Alfredo Salomão – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2017
This paper presents the design criteria for Visual Cues--visual stimuli that are used in combination with other pedagogical processes and tools in Disruptive Learning interventions in sustainability education--to disrupt learners' existing frames of mind and help re-orient learners' mind-sets towards sustainability. The theory of Disruptive…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Design Requirements, Visual Aids, Cues
Student Difficulties Regarding Symbolic and Graphical Representations of Vector Fields
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Bollen, Laurens; van Kampen, Paul; Baily, Charles; Kelly, Mossy; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
The ability to switch between various representations is an invaluable problem-solving skill in physics. In addition, research has shown that using multiple representations can greatly enhance a person's understanding of mathematical and physical concepts. This paper describes a study of student difficulties regarding interpreting, constructing,…
Descriptors: Symbols (Mathematics), Computer Graphics, Knowledge Representation, Problem Solving
How Students with Intellectual Disabilities Experience Learning in One Irish University
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Kubiak, John – Irish Educational Studies, 2015
Over the last number of years, opportunities to learn in higher education for people with intellectual disabilities have increased. Consequently, this subgroup of students is gradually becoming part of an increasingly diverse college community. Because learning varies across different individual cultures and systems of higher education, our…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education
Teaching Excellence Initiatives: Modalities and Operational Factors
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Land, Ray; Gordon, George – Higher Education Academy, 2015
Teaching excellence is at the centre of national and international higher education policy. The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is a part of the debate to develop a shared understanding of what constitutes teaching excellence and has published research including "Considering Teaching Excellence in Higher Education: 2007-2013" by Dr Vicky…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Excellence in Education, Research Reports, Focus Groups
In Patience and Hope: A 20-Year Narrative Study of a Family, School, and Community Partnership
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Higgins, Ann; Deegan, James G. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2009
This case study describes a 20-year journey of educational transformation from 1985 to 2005 in a bellwether, or highly developed, instance of one school, family, and community partnership--the Kileely Community Project--situated in a large social housing project in Limerick City in the Midwestern region of the Republic of Ireland. The study is a…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Foreign Countries, Social Capital, Case Studies
Bridging the Gap between Teaching Styles and Learning Styles: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
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Xiao, Lixin – TESL-EJ, 2006
This paper investigates the nature of the mismatch caused by culture-based differences in perceptions and expectations of L2 teaching and learning style preferences between Irish English teachers and Chinese students. A survey was conducted which included a questionnaire, interview and class observation at two language institutes in Dublin,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cultural Differences, Second Language Instruction, Cognitive Style