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Cristiano Morini; Edmundo Inacio Junior; Anibal Tavares de Azevedo; Francisco Elíseo Fernandes Sanches; Eduardo Avancci Dionisio – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: Higher education institutions (HEIs) are crucial in sustainable development. To this end, they must infuse sustainability into all their endeavors. This study aims to delve into the unique vertically integrated project (VIP), a project-based learning approach and its impact on students' skills and the surrounding community.…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Colleges, Active Learning, Student Projects
Hsiao-Ping Hsu – Geography Teacher, 2024
According to the author, this innovative lesson plan incorporates virtual reality (VR) technology to foster environmental awareness and care in late primary-age students. Drawing on the place-based education approach and social constructivism in the lesson design, students participate in collaborative project-based learning. The students' task…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Environmental Education, Elementary School Students, Lesson Plans
Parnis, Kimberley; Hendry, Adam L. – Geographical Education, 2021
Parramatta Marist High School is a school in Western Sydney, New South Wales, that has over 14 years of experience in project-based learning in Stages 4 and 5 (Years 7-10). Over this period, projects have been constantly developed, redeveloped and improved by teachers based on their experience and feedback from their colleagues and their students.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, High School Students, Student Projects
de la Puente Pacheco, Mario Alberto; Guerra Florez, Dick; de Oro Aguado, Carlos Mario; Llinas Solano, Humberto – Educational Review, 2021
Studies on the effectiveness of the Project-Based Learning (PBL) method in different local contexts require non-conventional approaches that clarify if the methodology is suitable in other settings compared to the conventional teaching practice. This study examined students' perception of the effectiveness of the PBL method in developing…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Context Effect, Local Issues
Oberle, Alex – Journal of Geography, 2020
Designed for middle school grades, the National Geographic Geo-Inquiry Process engages students in geographic inquiry that begins with formulating a question that addresses an issue in the local community and ends with taking informed action to advocate for a specific, concrete solution. This research employs a pretest and post-test in classrooms…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Geography Instruction, Local Issues
Rauschert, Petra; Cardetti, Fabiana – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2022
This article presents an analysis of a teaching concept we developed based on the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC) (Council of Europe, 2018), that not only provides opportunities to practice communicative skills but puts a major focus on democratic competences. Mathematics students and TEFL (Teaching English as a…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Democracy, Teaching Methods, Guidelines
Farmer, Rachel; Greene, NaKayla; Perry, Kristen H.; Jong, Cindy – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2019
This study examined the Community Super Investigators Club, through which we aimed to apply mathematics and literacy skills by using project-based learning (PBL) to investigate elementary students' interest in learning how to improve the environment for animals. PBL is a teaching method used to improve critical thinking skills around a project…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Citizen Participation, After School Programs
Berson, Ilene R.; Berson, Michael J. – Social Education, 2016
Recent technological advances have enhanced the accessibility of rephotography, a visual research method and project-based approach valued by social studies educators for engaging students in historical inquiry and place-based exploration. Rephotography projects capture photos from the vantage point of an old image to explore change over time.…
Descriptors: Photography, Research Methodology, Social Studies, Student Projects
Engels, Mary; Miller, Brant; Squires, Audrey; Jennewein, Jyoti S.; Eitel, Karla – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2019
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a newly developed educational framework for enhancing scientific literacy in rural high school classrooms. The Confluence Approach (TCA) is a curriculum aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) that utilizes a combination of project-based learning (PrBL) and place-based education (PlBE). TCA…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Active Learning, Student Projects, Place Based Education
Karahan, Engin; Roehrig, Gillian – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Purpose: Science education literature has indicated that teachers do not always feel comfortable teaching socioscientific issues (SSI) that are infused with several social domains. In order to address this problem in teaching SSI, this study is designed to understand and describe the experiences of a science teacher and a social studies teacher,…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Social Studies, Team Teaching, Science and Society
Cortez, Gabriel Alejandro – Intercultural Education, 2014
This paper highlights critical pedagogical methods used in a community relations class that introduces intercultural education concepts to current K-12 educators who are enrolled in a Masters of Education program at Northeastern Illinois University, which is located in the city of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The purpose of the class is to teach future…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Multicultural Education, Community Relations, Elementary School Teachers
McPherron, Paul; Randolph, Patrick T. – TESOL Journal, 2013
Drawing on task-based and intercultural teaching approaches, this article presents an ESL classroom project at two different university settings in which students investigate aspects of their local communities through the use of ethnographic and observational research techniques. For related reasons, the instructors at each university developed…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Landis, David; Kalieva, Rysaldy; Abitova, Sanim; Izmukhanbetova, Sophia; Musaeva, Zhanbota – Language Arts, 2006
This article describes ways that conversations constituted ethnographic research for students and teachers in Kazakhstan. Through dialogues with local community members, students worked as researchers to develop knowledge about cultural patterns and social life. Ethnographic research and writing provided valuable language and research experiences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Life, Ethnography, Inquiry
Vozab, Patricia A. – Teacher, 1981
Talking with local merchants helps sixth-graders explore the impact of change in their community. (Editor/SJL)
Descriptors: Community Study, Economic Change, Field Interviews, Grade 6
Chiodo, John J.; Knapke, Jerry – Curriculum Review, 1981
Suggests the study of local issues as an active approach to citizenship education in the elementary and secondary grades. Presents a model activity for high school civics students on investigating the impact of a new shopping mall. (SJL)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Citizenship Education, Community Study, Elementary Secondary Education
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