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Alison Clark – Early Childhood Folio, 2024
This article discusses the relationship with time in early childhood practice and research. It is based on a 2-year study, Slow Knowledge and the Unhurried Child (2020-21). The study was underpinned by a concern about time pressures, testing, and measurement within the early childhood education and care sector and a desire to seek alternative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Education, Teacher Educators
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Tan, Shirley; Clivaz, Stéphane; Sakamoto, Masanobu – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2023
Pupils' ability to represent mathematical concepts in multiple ways is a central aspect of mathematical competence and communication. Thus, classroom instructions should be able to support learners in using multiple representations (MRs) to increase the quality and quantity of connections to a network of ideas. Given the importance of bansho…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Classroom Communication, Visual Aids
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Maharjan, Namita; Kuroda, Kyohei; Silwal, Gunjan; Toyama, Shigehiro; Ominato, Yoshihiro; Tsuchida, Yasuko; Araki, Nobuo; Yamaguchi, Takashi; Ichitsubo, Makoto – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2022
Education on sustainable education (ESD) is gaining momentum to ensure that SDGs are met by 2030. The educational institutions have significant role in fostering ESD. However, there is lack of educational resources to be used for ESD. Particularly, teaching the concept of SDGs needs an attention grabbing and engaging approach and Design Based…
Descriptors: Design, Teaching Methods, Sustainable Development, Goal Orientation
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Jacobs, George M.; Lie, Anita – Journal of International and Comparative Education, 2022
The impetus for this conceptual article was the authors' reflections on their experiences as teachers and teacher educators in various Asian countries (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam), combined with their support for Social-Cognitive Theory and student-centered learning. Of course, great variations exist…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Teacher Education Programs, Adult Learning, Social Cognition
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Ana Sofia Hofmeyr – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
In Japan, calls for students to become global human resources (GHR) has placed pressure on universities to internationalise. Traditionally, Japanese universities have relied on student mobility to foster GHR, but a decline in mobility numbers has highlighted the need for educators and administrators to consider how an intercultural mindset can be…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Taimur, Sadaf; Onuki, Motoharu; Mursaleen, Huma – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2022
The current research explores the transformative potential of Design Thinking (DT) pedagogy in Higher Sustainability Education (HSE) in a hybrid (mix of online and face-to-face) setting. The case study examined a Field Exercise in Sustainability Science (FESS) course, using DT pedagogy, in a HSE program at a university in Japan. The critical…
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, Case Studies, Transformative Learning
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David Allen; Kimie Yamamura; Sayaka Meguro; Takamichi Nakamura – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2024
The use of four-skills language exams to support the achievement of curriculum goals in Japan is an under-researched yet critical topic. This study focuses on washback from the Cambridge B1 Preliminary and B2 First exams, which were used as fixed-point tests at a senior high school. A mixed-methods approach was adopted, utilizing data from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Testing Problems, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Murai, Yumiko; Ikejiri, Ryohei; Yamauchi, Yuhei; Tanaka, Ai; Nakano, Seiko – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Cultivating children's creativity and imagination is fundamental to preparing them for an increasingly complex and uncertain future. Engaging in creative learning enables children to think independently and critically, work cooperatively, and take risks while actively engaged in meaningful projects. While current trends in education, such as maker…
Descriptors: Creativity, Imagination, Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education
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Al-Balushi, Sulaiman M., Ed.; Martin-Hansen, Lisa, Ed.; Song, Youngjin, Ed. – Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education, 2023
This edited book explores different international practices in reforming science teacher education programs for STEM education. Incorporating case studies in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, North America and South America, the contributors emphasise the large variety in STEM teacher preparation. Including science-centric versions of STEM…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Science Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Science Instruction
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Shinno, Yusuke; Mizoguchi, Tatsuya – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2021
In this paper, we explore theoretical approaches to Japanese teachers' lesson designs involving the adaptation of mathematics textbooks for instructional change. In Japan, although most teachers use textbooks as the main resource for lesson planning, called "kyouzai kenkyuu," the ways in which they use textbooks can differ. In a…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Mathematics Instruction, Fractions, Teaching Methods
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Ko, Po Yuk – Educational Action Research, 2019
"Lesson Study" and "Learning Study" are popular teacher professional development models across the world. Drawing on an extensive review of research and literature, this paper aims to identify the features of the two models to contrast and establish their similarities and differences particularly with regard to their…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Models, Teacher Collaboration, Teaching Methods
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Taniguchi, Rin-Ichiro; Arita, Daisaku; Shimada, Atsushi; Yamada, Masanori; Goda, Yoshiko; Yamamoto, Ryota; Okayasu, Takashi – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
This paper presents an outline of our project, in which we develop an observation framework for integrating lecture and contextual learning in the field of crop cultivation. Specifically, we will use multi sensing of learners' activities in classrooms, and contextual learning in fieldwork, farm planting, and farming environments. The motivation…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Agricultural Education
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Cleminson, Tim; Cowie, Neil – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2021
Design thinking (DT) could provide a viable method to develop 21st-century skills in English as Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms; however, its potential is not clearly understood. To explore this potential, two Japanese university teachers developed a DT course in which students built a creativity measure and wrote academic reflections. Student…
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Quiroga, Jacobo Moreno; Kim, Daewoong – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2019
This study expands on the concept of outreach programs: museum initiatives that look for ways to reach and share knowledge outside their installations, often to schools. We aim to study approaches for the development of content for a history museum outreach program using digital technologies. The significance of this lies in investigating ways to…
Descriptors: Program Design, Outreach Programs, Museums, History
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Shibukawa, Sachika; Taguchi, Mana – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2019
This study aims to find out how students prepared for a flipped classroom and to examine what type of instruction could effectively guide students to do pre-class preparation. We conducted case studies for over two years in a physiology class at a Japanese university. In a survey performed in 2017, students were asked to participate in a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Physiology, Teaching Methods, Blended Learning
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