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Direct linkMurat Tezer, Editor; Katherine Meltzoff, Editor – IntechOpen, 2024
This book takes the reader on a journey of metacognitive learning. You are invited to explore mental processes to understand and learn key concepts. The authors help readers discover their learning potential by informing them about how thought processes work, while also offering practical strategies and techniques. This book not only offers a deep…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Processes
Johnson, Royel M., Ed.; Anya, Uju, Ed.; Garces, Liliana M., Ed. – SUNY Press, 2022
The current socio-political moment--rife with racial tensions and overt bigotry--has exacerbated longstanding racial inequities in higher education. While educational scholars have developed conceptual tools and offered data-informed recommendations for rooting out racism in campus policies and practices, this work is largely inaccessible to the…
Descriptors: Race, Critical Theory, Racial Differences, Higher Education
Keengwe, Jared, Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
Every generation of students comes to the classroom with different needs than that of their predecessors. Implementing new methods and styles of teaching to meet these diverse needs will provide students with the best chance of success in their educational careers. The "Handbook of Research on Pedagogical Models for Next-Generation Teaching…
Descriptors: Guides, Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Pinkham, Ashley M., Ed.; Kaefer, Tanya, Ed.; Neuman, Susan B., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2012
Synthesizing cutting-edge research from multiple disciplines, this book explores how young children acquire knowledge in the "real world" and describes practical applications for early childhood classrooms. The breadth and depth of a child's knowledge base are important predictors of later literacy development and academic achievement. Leading…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Play, Picture Books, Literacy
Duffy, Thomas M., Ed.; Jonassen, David H., Ed. – 1992
The essays in this book form a dialogue between instructional developers and learning theorists about the implications of constructivism for instructional design practice. Following an introduction entitled "Constructivism: New Implications for Instructional Technology" (Thomas M. Duffy and David H. Jonassen), the papers are divided into…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Strategies, Educational Technology
Costa, Arthur L., Ed.; Liebmann, Rosemarie M., Ed. – 1997
This book addresses the revision of the curriculum to meet the needs of the 21st century. After a foreword by Peter M. Senge and prefaces by the editors, the following chapters are included: (1) Process as Content in Education of Exceptional Children (Reuven Feuerstein, Rafi Feuerstein, and Yaron Schur); (2) Generative Topics for Process…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Download full textMuller, Kurt E., Ed. – 1989
Ten essays address aspects of second language instruction at the elementary school level: "Elementary School Foreign Languages: Perspectives, Practices, and Promises" (Carol Ann Pesola, Helena Anderson Curtain); "The Integrated Curriculum: Rethinking the Elementary School Foreign Language Program for the '90s" (Virginia…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Design, Disabilities
Stevenson, J., Ed. – 1994
This book contains eight papers examining vocational expertise and how best to develop it. The first paper, "Vocational Expertise" (John Stevenson), presents five approaches to developing it. The role of context in patterning cognition is considered in "Authenticity in Workplace Learning Settings" (Stephen Billett). In…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Long, Huey B.; And Others – 1990
Selected papers presented in this book are: "Changing Concepts of Self-Direction in Learning" (Long); "The Transition from Learner-Control to Autodidaxy: More than Meets the Eye" (Candy); "Self-Directed Learning and the Theory of Adult Education" (Jarvis); "On the Theme and Variations of Self-Directed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Distance Education, Educational Practices
Long, Huey B.; And Others – 1989
This book contains the following collection of papers: "Self-Directed Learning: Emerging Theory and Practice" (Long); "Self-Directed Orientation toward Learning: A Learning Style" (Bonham); "Self-Direction and Problem Solving: Theory and Method" (Peters); "Facilitating Self-Directed Learning: Not a Contradiction…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Style
Eckman, Fred R., Ed.; And Others – 1995
Selected papers on second language acquisition and instruction from the University of Wisconsin at Madison symposium include the following: "Learning and Teaching: The Necessary Intersection" (Susan M. Gass); "Reenvisioning the Second Language Classroom: A Vygotskian Approach" (Linda Schinke-Llano); "The FOCAL SKILLS…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Applied Linguistics, Classroom Environment, Communicative Competence (Languages)
2001
This document contains three papers on professional development. "An Inquiry into the Continuing Professional Education of Information Technology Workers" (David D. Branigan) reports on a study in which the model of the critically reflective teacher was used to examine the practice of continuing education for the information technology…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Educational Strategies
Long, Huey B.; And Others – 1996
This document contains the following papers examining current developments in self-directed learning: "Self-Directed Learning: Challenges and Opportunities" (Huey B. Long); "Examination of Self-Directed Learning Readiness and Selected Demographic Variables of Top Female Executives" (Lucy M. Guglielmino); "Enhancing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Continuing Education
Galbraith, Michael W., Ed. – 1998
This book contains 21 papers devoted to understanding and facilitating adult learning. After "Foreword to the Second Edition" (Malcolm S. Knowles) and other introductory materials, the papers are: "Becoming an Effective Teacher of Adults" (Michael W. Galbraith); "Understanding Adult Learners" (Huey B. Long); "Identifying Your Philosophical…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
