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Perren, Nicola L. – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2019
There is a disconnect for a number of applied design students who utilise drawing from online, published and photographic sources, in the development of design collections. In practice they are engaged with a subject that physically demands the direct use of hands in the making of artefacts, particularly within textile fields. Drawing is at the…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Design, Undergraduate Students, Textiles Instruction
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Hubbard, Katharine – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2021
There have been calls for Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education to become more interdisciplinary, reflecting the reality of contemporary research. However, communicating across disciplines is challenging. In this article, I explore what and how students read in the STEM disciplines. I provide an overview of key topics in…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Content Area Reading, Undergraduate Students, Reading Materials
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Seixas, Peter – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2017
"Historical thinking" has a central role in the theory and practice of history education. At a minimum, history educators must work with a model of historical thinking if they are to formulate potential progression in students' advance through a school history curriculum, test that progression empirically, and shape instructional…
Descriptors: History Instruction, History, Teaching Methods, Educational Philosophy
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Lawn, Martin; Deary, Ian J.; Brett, Caroline; Bartholomew, David J. – History of Education, 2009
Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson is one of the key foundational actors in the history of the educational sciences in the UK. At a time when educational studies and the study of educational psychology were very closely linked, in the decades of the mid-twentieth century, Thomson was a crucial figure in education research. He is known for his work on…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Educational Psychology, College School Cooperation, Intelligence Tests
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Purdam, Kingsley; Afkhami, Reza; Olsen, Wendy; Thornton, Patricia – Disability & Society, 2008
In this article we identify the key survey data for examining the issue of equality in the lives of disabled people in the UK. Such data is essential for assessing change in quality of life over time and for the evaluation of the impact of policy initiatives. For each data source we consider definitions, data collection, issue coverage, sample…
Descriptors: Definitions, Quality of Life, Disabilities, National Surveys
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Omolewa, Michael – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2008
This paper is an account of the earliest attempt in Africa to make education available to all within the context of what has been called fundamental education or a mass education programme. The paper draws attention to how the demand for mass education during the Second World War years was met by the British government, which, following what…
Descriptors: War, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Mass Instruction