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Direct linkLeavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairéad; O'Dwyer, Anne; Carroll, Claire; Corry, Edward; Hamilton, Miriam – Science and Children, 2021
The integrated STEM activity described in this article incorporated two investigations that sought to develop children's understanding of fair-testing: (1) the first parachutes: how does the angle of a parachute frame affect the speed of descent?; and (2) modern parachutes: how does the size of the parachute canopy affect the speed of descent?…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction
Download full textFitzsimons, Camilla; Dorman, Peter – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2013
Drawing from extensive experience as community educators, this paper discusses accreditation and its relationship to community development as informed by a cooperative inquiry conducted by tutors. Beginning with our rationale for undertaking the inquiry, it details our approach to community development and the centrality of education within this.…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Social Change, Community Education, Community Development
