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Davitt, Richard M. – Mathematics Teacher, 2000
Presents Grabiner's Use-Discover-Explore-Define (UDED) paradigm as a tool for a teachers' own acquisition of authentic historical accounts of the evolution of mathematical topics and as a pedagogical stratagem for their students as well. (KHR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Learning Processes, Mathematics History, Mathematics Instruction
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Bretelle-Desmazieres, Daniele – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1991
Some considerations and proposals are introduced to improve the efficiency of information management training based on the results of experiments done in this field. The integration of different parts of the information training program into scientific and technical specialties curricula is discussed. (KR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Information Management
Carter, Margie; Curtis, Deb – 1996
How quickly can new staff members who come with minimal qualifcations in early childhood education be trained? Is there a way to develop a sense of history and community in child care programs, honoring diversity while documenting the learning process and engagement individuals have with each other? In an age of fast-paced electronic media and…
Descriptors: Bulletin Boards, Child Development, Display Aids, Early Childhood Education
Ernst, Karen – Teaching Pre K-8, 1997
Discusses the experiences of a group of teachers sharing their everyday teaching activities through the use of sketch journals, journals inscribed with insights, and drawings gleaned from the classroom, as a means to gather information and help teachers reflect on their learning. Suggests that sketch journals helped teachers find natural ways to…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Journal Writing, Learning Processes, Professional Development
Chen, Jie-Qi; McNamee, Gillian Dowley – Corwin Press, 2007
Effective teaching requires skill in implementing challenging and inviting curricular activities. It also involves evaluating children's learning in order to extend their development through the school year. Being able to implement and evaluate at the same time is at the heart of good teaching. Written for PreK-3 educators, this book blends…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Young Children, Visual Arts
Harnisch, Henriette, Ed.; Swanton, Pauline, Ed. – CILT, the National Centre for Languages, 2004
"Adults Learning Languages" is aimed at those responsible for teaching languages across AE, FE and HE. In the much-changed world of post-19 languages, new funding and inspection regimes with revised needs for quality assurance are challenging practitioners to adapt and review approaches. This book offers teachers of languages to adults tools to…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Quality Control
Northwest Regional Literacy Resource Center, Seattle, WA. – 1997
This document contains the materials required for two 6-hour workshop sessions designed to introduce educators working with adult basic education (ABE) and/or English-as-a-second-language (ESL) students to the use of cooperative learning in adult education classrooms by modeling. Included in the document are the following: introduction (overviews…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques
Teeters, Jim – 2001
This document is designed to help adult educators implement the Teach with Style model of teaching adults. The introduction discusses how adults learn and the best way to teach them. Chapter 1 explains the tenets of the Teach with Style model, which is based on four distinct instructor styles. Chapters 2-5 detail the strategies and activities…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students