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Lasczik, Alexandra, Ed.; Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, Amy, Ed.; Rousell, David, Ed. – Studies in Arts-Based Educational Research, 2023
This book is a transdisciplinary, international collection situated within a genealogy of experimental walking practices in the arts, arts-based research, and emergent walking practices in education. It brings together emerging cartographies of relation amongst walking practices ranging across arts-based, ecological, activist, decolonising, queer,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Art Education, Educational Research, Inquiry
David M. Donahue Ed.; Jennifer B. Stuart Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2024
Both a practitioner's guide and a school reform model, the new edition of this popular book shares exemplary arts-integration practices across the K-8 curriculum. Rather than providing formulas or scripts to be followed, each chapter carefully describes how the arts offer an entry point for gaining insight into why and how students learn to assist…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Social Justice
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Adilson Marques, Editor; Élvio Rúbio Gouveia, Editor; Katherine Meltzoff, Editor – IntechOpen, 2025
This book emphasizes the role of physical education in shaping individuals and society, extending beyond movement to promote holistic well-being -- physical, mental, and emotional. In an era of sedentary lifestyles and digital distractions, the book emphasizes the urgent need for physical education to cultivate lifelong habits that foster health…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Life Style, Health Promotion, Physical Activities
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Ju Seong Lee, Editor; Di Zou, Editor; Michelle Mingyue Gu, Editor – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2024
This edited book explores the integration of technology into English language education, with a particular focus on extracurricular and extramural contexts. The editors and an international team of scholars discuss how English teachers can critically and systematically design and implement language activities inside and outside the classroom to…
Descriptors: Guides, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Bavendiek, Ulrike, Ed.; Mentchen, Silke, Ed.; Mossmann, Christian, Ed.; Paulus, Dagmar, Ed. – UCL Press, 2022
Drawing extensively on the expertise of teachers of German in universities across the UK, this volume offers an overview of recent trends, new pedagogical approaches and practical guidance for teaching at beginners level in the higher education classroom. At a time when entries for UK school exams in modern foreign languages are decreasing, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, German, College Faculty
Chirinda, Brantina, Ed.; Sibanda, Lwazi, Ed.; Vere, Joseph, Ed.; Sunzuma, Gladys, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2023
Historical and current educational perspectives are epistemologically challenging to weave together. The contributors brought together in this book have risen to that challenge and, in the process, have produced a detailed and thorough account of the issues and processes at play. Science, Mathematics, and Technology (SMT) education is recognised…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Problem Solving, Lifelong Learning
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Burgoyne, Suzanne, Ed. – Creativity Theory and Action in Education, 2018
People who do not know theatre may think the only creative artist in the field is the playwright--with actors, directors, and designers mere "interpreters" of the dramatist's vision. Historically, however, creative mastery and power have passed through different hands. Sometimes, the playwright did the staging. In other periods, leading…
Descriptors: Creativity, Theater Arts, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods
Nikula, Tarja, Ed.; Dafouz, Emma, Ed.; Moore, Pat, Ed.; Smit, Ute, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2016
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a form of education that combines language and content learning objectives, a shared concern with other models of bilingual education. While CLIL research has often addressed learning outcomes, this volume focuses on how integration can be conceptualised and investigated. Using different…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Bilingual Education, Second Language Instruction, Integrated Activities
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de Silva, Eugene, Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
While the great scientists of the past recognized a need for a multidisciplinary approach, today's schools often treat math and science as subjects separate from the rest. This not only creates a disinterest among students, but also a potential learning gap once students reach college and then graduate into the workforce. "Cases on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Education, Hands on Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Yanoshak, Nancy, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
Founded in 1966, and premised on the idea that motivated sixteen-year-olds are capable of college work, Bard College at Simon's Rock is an educational "experiment" from the sixties that has endured and prospered. "Educating Outside the Lines" looks at Simon's Rock as a pioneer of the early college movement that has begun to…
Descriptors: High Schools, Colleges, Acceleration (Education), Dual Enrollment
Philpott, Chris, Ed.; Spruce, Gary, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
"Debates in Music Teaching" encourages student and practising teachers to engage with contemporary issues and developments in music education. It aims to introduce a critical approach to the central concepts and practices that have influenced major interventions and initiatives in music teaching, and supports the development of new ways of looking…
Descriptors: Social Justice, National Curriculum, Creativity, Music Education
Reilly, Mary Ann; Gangi, Jane M.; Cohen, Rob – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
This book is a wonderful blending of methodologies. This juxtaposition of art and literature serves as an instrument for teachers to inspire their students to create, critique, compare and predict, all higher-level intellectual behaviors, while composing across symbol systems. The work contains detailed classroom transcripts of strategies that…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Sociocultural Patterns, Current Events, Writing Workshops
Instructor, 1982
Recommended activities include: (1) etymology exercises for elementary school students; (2) a search for information about Alexander the Great; (3) monthly inspections of the school yard to observe environmental changes; and (4) an art history unit on Cro-Magnon cave drawings. An interdisciplinary unit on transportation is included. (PP)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art History, Elementary Secondary Education, Etymology
Wood, Karen D., Ed.; Dickinson, Thomas S., Ed. – 2000
This comprehensive handbook focuses on literacy issues in grades 4-9. It is a reference guide that covers everything from the role of the principal and the characteristics of the learners to teaching the gifted and motivating the reluctant learner. Chapters offer an array of examples of student work, classroom vignettes, sample lessons, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Class Activities, Gifted, Instructional Effectiveness
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1983
This packet contains 12 lesson plans, listing learning activities, for teaching elementary school students about nutrition. The learning activities described involve art and art appreciation, encompassing such areas as drama, music, movement/dance, and visual arts. Recipes and cooking instruction are also included, along with references and notes…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Class Activities, Cooking Instruction
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