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How to become Inspired: Finding Oneself through Contemporary Arts and Culture
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Hume, Natania – Independent School, 2015
Context is everything. Very little in art or in history (or in life) happens in isolation, although works of art and events in history have been studied this way. This is especially true of the arts, which are so intrinsically connected to the cultures from which they emerge. This essential interconnectivity was also the premise behind the design…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Art Education, Classroom Design, Student Projects
Model Wind Turbine Design in a Project-Based Middle School Engineering Curriculum Built on State Frameworks
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Cogger, Steven D.; Miley, Daniel H. – Advances in Engineering Education, 2012
This paper proposes that project-based active learning is a key part of engineering education at the middle school level. One project from a comprehensive middle school engineering curriculum developed by the authors is described to show how active learning and state frameworks can coexist. The theoretical basis for learning and assessment in a…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Middle School Students, Energy, Teaching Methods
In Search of Coherence: "Inquiring" at Multiple Levels of a Teacher Education System
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McQuillan, Patrick J.; Welch, Matthew James; Barnatt, Joan – Educational Action Research, 2012
Inquiry-into-practice represents a valuable disposition for teachers; reflecting on one's teaching to derive insights for subsequent practice can enhance professional efficacy and promote student achievement. To support this disposition among teacher candidates (TCs), Lynch School of Education faculty at Boston College created a capstone course,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Inquiry, Student Projects, Student Teaching
High Schools Can Become High-Performing and High-Graduating Sites. Best Practices Newsletter
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Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015
Superintendents and principals can have a positive and decisive impact on student achievement and higher graduation rates. Their essential leadership can illuminate the path to excellence for faculty and students. In upgrading curriculum and instruction, school leaders need to keep abreast of practices proven effective in other districts and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Best Practices, High Achievement, Graduation Rate
Community Service Learning as Pedagogy.
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Kinsley, Carol W. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
The case study of community service learning (CSL) by an interdisciplinary team at a middle school in Springfield (Massachusetts) provides information about what happens when teachers integrate community services into the curriculum as an instructional strategy. Community theater management and environmental lobbying projects illustrate issues in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
The Hundred Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education.
Edwards, Carolyn, Ed.; And Others – 1993
This collection of 18 essays and interviews documents the unique approach to early childhood education taken by schools in the Reggio Emilia region of Northern Italy for the last 30 years. The book is divided into four major parts. Part I includes an introduction by Carolyn Edwards and others, and the essay, "What Can We Learn From Reggio…
Descriptors: Art Education, Community Role, Creative Development, Curriculum Development