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Contributions to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability. Volume 33
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Goncalves, Fernando J., Ed.; Pereira, Ruth, Ed.; Leal Filho, Walter, Ed.; Miranda Azeiteiro, Ulisses, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2012
This book presents essential learning approaches. It introduces educational and training activities, as well as various innovative methods aiming at the development of practical skills, in order to strengthen the continuous process of environmental education, and in particular the education for sustainable development (ESD). In doing so, it…
Descriptors: Field Instruction, Animals, Higher Education, Science Education
Classroom Management. TESOL Classroom Practice Series
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Farrell, Thomas S. C., Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2008
This series captures the dynamics of the contemporary ESOL classroom. It showcases state-of-the-art curricula, materials, tasks, and activities reflecting emerging trends in language education and seeks to build localized language teaching and learning theories based on teachers' and students' unique experiences in and beyond the classroom. Each…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Intercultural Communication, Discussion Groups, Student Participation
Learning with the Lights Off: Educational Film in the United States
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Orgeron, Devin, Ed.; Orgeron, Marsha, Ed.; Streible, Dan, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2011
A vastly influential form of film-making seen by millions of people, educational films provide a catalog of twentieth century preoccupations and values. As a medium of instruction and guidance, they held a powerful cultural position, producing knowledge both inside and outside the classroom. This is the first collection of essays to address this…
Descriptors: Instructional Films, Cultural Activities, Case Studies, United States History
Mathematics Teachers at Work: Connecting Curriculum Materials and Classroom Instruction. Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series
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Remillard, Janine T., Ed.; Herbel-Eisenmann, Beth A., Ed.; Lloyd, Gwendolyn M., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This book compiles and synthesizes existing research on teachers' use of mathematics curriculum materials and the impact of curriculum materials on teaching and teachers, with a particular emphasis on--but not restricted to--those materials developed in the 1990s in response to the NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. Despite…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Curriculum, Educational Change
Applications of Task-Based Learning in TESOL
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Shehadeh, Ali, Ed.; Coombe, Christine, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2010
Why are many teachers around the world moving toward task-based learning (TBL)? This shift is based on the strong belief that TBL facilitates second language acquisition and makes second language learning and teaching more principled and effective. Based on insights gained from using tasks as research tools, this volume shows how teachers can use…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Research Tools, Group Discussion
Study Groups in Practice.
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Charles, Laura; And Others – Journal of Staff Development, 1995
Elementary, middle, and high school teachers from several school districts in California and Georgia share their experiences with designing and using study groups. Teachers report that the study groups identified educational and school needs, promoted teacher empowerment, increased collegiality, and kept teachers up on current issues and research…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Discussion