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Movement Matters: How Embodied Cognition Informs Teaching and Learning
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Macrine, Sheila L., Ed.; Fugate, Jennifer M. B., Ed. – MIT Press, 2022
Embodied cognition represents a radical shift in conceptualizing cognitive processes, in which cognition develops through mind-body environmental interaction. If this supposition is correct, then the conventional style of instruction--in which students sit at desks, passively receiving information--needs rethinking. "Movement Matters"…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Schemata (Cognition), Neurosciences
The Embodied Work of Teaching. New Perspectives on Language and Education
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Hall, Joan Kelly, Ed.; Looney, Stephen Daniel, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2019
The chapters in this volume build on a growing body of ethnomethodological conversation analytic research on teaching in order to enhance our empirical understandings of teaching as embodied, contingent and jointly achieved with students in the complex management of various courses of action and larger instructional projects. Together, the…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers, Reading Aloud to Others
Technologies for Inclusive Education: Beyond Traditional Integration Approaches. Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design
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Barres, David Griol; Carrion, Zoraida Callejas; Lopez-Cozar Delgado, Ramon – IGI Global, 2013
By providing students with the opportunities to receive a high quality education regardless of their social or cultural background, inclusive education is a new area that goes beyond traditional integration approaches. These approaches hope to provide the educative system with the ability to adapt to the diversity of its students. Technologies for…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Educational Technology, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Quality
Promoting Student Engagement. Volume 2: Activities, Exercises and Demonstrations for Psychology Courses
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Miller, Richard L., Ed.; Balcetis, Emily, Ed.; Burns, Susan R., Ed.; Daniel, David B., Ed.; Saville, Bryan K., Ed.; Woody, William Douglas, Ed. – Society for the Teaching of Psychology, 2011
The purpose of the book is to provide teachers of psychology access to teaching techniques that epitomize "happy tact and ingenuity." The principle influence that teachers have on student behavior occurs in the classroom since, as noted by Erickson and Strommer, (1991), today's students spend relatively little time studying outside of class. When…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Adult Development, Class Activities, Learning Activities
The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education, Volume 2
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Marschark, Marc, Ed.; Spencer, Patricia Elizabeth, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2010
"The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education, Volume 2," is an updated edition of the landmark original volume. A range of international experts present a comprehensive overview of the field of deaf studies, language, and education. This area has grown dramatically over the past forty years. From work on the linguistics…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Linguistics, Sign Language
Methods of Teaching Selected Topics in Business Communication.
Golen, Steven P., Ed.; And Others – 1986
In order to help teachers of business communication look for new and innovative ways to improve their teaching, this book offers a "how to" approach to various topics in business communication. The ideas expressed in this book are a collaboration of 32 members of The Association for Business Communication who served on the Teaching…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Assertiveness, Business Communication, Career Planning
Winona State University Graduate Education Learning Community, Rochester, Minnesota 2005-2006. Anthology of K-12 Action Research Papers. [Volume 4]
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Online Submission, 2005
These papers are partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science Degree in Education at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota. The cohort included a variety of licensure areas that represent most levels and content areas of K-12 education. The students were encouraged to keep their questions and hypothesis directed at…
Descriptors: Research Papers (Students), Elementary Secondary Education, Anthologies, Action Research