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Action Learning in Teacher Education for Teaching Twenty-First-Century Thinking Skills
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Dolapcioglu, Sevda – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2020
This account of practice follows an action learning project that considered the contribution of the 'L = P + Q + R' formula to the teaching of thinking skills to 31 pre-service teachers in Turkey, including the risks in the process of AL. The participants were observed as exhibiting developments in learning (L) thinking skills through questioning…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, 21st Century Skills, Thinking Skills, Skill Development
New Faces, New Places: A 4-H Science Learning Program in Urban Out-of-School Settings
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Barker, Walter A.; Killian, Eric; Evans, William P. – Afterschool Matters, 2010
Young people in the U.S. are falling behind their peers in the rest of the developed world in science, technology, engineering, and math. The Program for International Student Assessment study, conducted every three years, ranked the U.S. 24th in math and science out of 29 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, After School Programs, Science Education, Urban Areas
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Griset, Olivia L. – Science Teacher, 2010
Environmental education "is a process that aims to develop an environmentally literate citizenry" (NAAEE 2004). It is an effective way to engage students of all levels and has improved learning outcomes and achievement in science and other subjects (Lieberman and Hoody 1998). Worldwide, students report that schools are a key place for…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Ecology, Conservation (Environment), Experiential Learning