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Elizabeth Losh – MIT Press, 2014
Behind the lectern stands the professor, deploying course management systems, online quizzes, wireless clickers, PowerPoint slides, podcasts, and plagiarism-detection software. In the seats are the students, armed with smartphones, laptops, tablets, music players, and social networking. Although these two forces seem poised to do battle with each…
Descriptors: MOOCs, College Faculty, Learning Management Systems, Educational Technology
Marx, Gary – Educational Research Service, 2011
Seismic Shifts. Future Forces. Call them whatever you'd like. The Sixteen Trends revealed in this benchmark book will have a profound impact on our future. Noted futurist, educator, communicator, executive and leadership counsel, author, and international speaker Gary Marx makes the case for those trends and speculates on their implications for…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Ethics, Student Motivation, Trend Analysis
Hughes, Fergus P. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2010
Children, Play, and Development, Fourth Edition, discusses the relationship of play to the physical, social, intellectual, and emotional growth of the child. Author Fergus P. Hughes focuses on the historical, sociocultural, and ethological context of play; the role of development in play; and the wide range of theories that provide a framework for…
Descriptors: Play, Cultural Differences, Emergent Literacy, Gender Differences
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Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed.; Popov, Nikolay, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2016
Papers from the proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society were submitted in two volumes. Volume 1 contains papers submitted at the conference held in Sofia, Bulgaria, June 14-17, 2016. Volume 2 contains papers submitted at the 4th International Partner Conference of the International Research Centre…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Conference Papers, Conferences (Gatherings), International Education
Kalman, Calvin S. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2006
This book offers broad, practical strategies for teaching science and engineering courses and describes how faculty can provide a learning environment that helps students comprehend the nature of science, understand science concepts, and solve problems in science courses. The student-centered approach focuses on two main themes: reflective writing…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Scientific Principles, Misconceptions, Science Laboratories