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Brian Pertl – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024
"Radically Responsive Music Schools" is a philosophical reimagining of music higher education culture from the ground up, arguing that holistic cultural change is the key factor needed for music schools to prepare 21st-century graduates for contemporary challenges. The author discusses how university and conservatory music programs can…
Descriptors: Music Education, Higher Education, Skill Development, Creativity
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Eugene Eteris – SpringerBriefs in Education, 2024
This book unravels the 'new reality' of national educational reforms, exploring optimal strategic directions for education and training. Offering a particular emphasis on EU-wide political guidelines, it encompasses lifelong learning across all levels, and it showcases the pivotal role of modern skills in education for reducing poverty, promoting…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Lifelong Learning, Skill Development, 21st Century Skills
Hummel, Kirsten M. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2021
"Introducing Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives and Practices" provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the main concepts, issues, and debates in second language acquisition studies. This introductory textbook is aimed specifically at students encountering the topic for the first time. Each chapter offers a modern layout…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Skill Development, Code Switching (Language)
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Qadir, Junaid; Al-Fuqaha, Ala – Education Sciences, 2020
In this paper, we strive to provide a primer for students on how to thrive and learn effectively in engineering education in the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) times following the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic, which has disrupted the educational enterprise massively with universities physically closing in many parts of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students
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Ryan, Sarah; Cox, Joshua D. – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2016
Many states are moving away from approaches that base student advancement on credits and "seat time" toward competency-based learning approaches that provide schools with the flexibility to link a student's advancement to mastery of content. Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, in partnership with the Northeast…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Student Surveys, Student Experience, High School Students
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Cook, Mike P.; Frey, Ryle – SANE Journal: Sequential Art Narrative in Education, 2017
The purpose of this article is to provide teachers and students useful methods for utilizing the power of comic books as literacy sponsors in ELA classrooms. Given the continued boom in the popularity of comics in popular culture, this provides a relevant way to introduce students to visual and critical analysis. Engaging in meaningful analysis of…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Teaching Methods, Language Arts, Popular Culture
Szidon, K.; Hedges, S. – Center on Secondary Education for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2015
Like other teens, many teens on the autism spectrum desire friendships and romantic partners. Due to challenges with social communication, some teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may have limited experience dating and could benefit from explicitly learning skills associated with successful and safe dating experiences. Teens with ASD may…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Friendship, Peer Relationship
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Vanderplank, Robert – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2016
This book brings together current thinking on informal language learning and the findings of over 30 years of research on captions (same language subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) to present a new model of language learning from captioned viewing and a future roadmap for research and practice in this field. Language learners may have…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Cunningham, Teddi; Caldwell, Charmaine; Geltner, Jill – Georgia School Counselors Association Journal, 2011
Well planned, short-term study abroad programs can benefit school counseling students through exposure to new and different cultural experiences. Students gain knowledge and skills that will help them serve the diverse cultural groups found in public school settings. The objective of the short-term study abroad program described in this article…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Study Abroad, School Counseling, Counseling Psychology
Broadhead, Pat; Burt, Andy – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This timely and accessible text introduces, theorises and practically applies two important concepts which now underpin early years practice: those of "playful learning" and "playful pedagogies". Pat Broadhead and Andy Burt draw upon filmed material, conversations with children, reflection, observation, and parental and staff interviews, in their…
Descriptors: Play, Young Children, Assertiveness, Conflict Resolution
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Ming, Kavin; Powell, Tenisha – NHSA Dialog, 2010
Emergent literacy skills are important for children's academic achievement. Many preschool children from low-socioeconomic backgrounds have limited access to experiences that allow them to acquire emergent literacy skills such as letter knowledge, concepts of print, and phonological awareness. This article describes purposeful and age-appropriate…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Disadvantaged, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy
Dawes, Lyn – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Talking Points: Discussion Activities in the Primary Classroom" encourages and supports classroom discussion on a range of topics, enabling children to develop the important life-skill of effective group communication. Children who can explain their own ideas and take account of the points of view and reasons of others are in the process of…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Schools, Teaching Methods
Harrington, LaDawna – Linworth, 2011
A little imagination, a little drama, a little mystery. Using the guided inquiry model in this updated, second edition, students become detectives at Information Headquarters. They solve a mystery-and enhance their problem-solving and literacy skills. Middle school is a crucial time in the development of problem-solving, critical-thinking, and…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Problem Solving, Information Literacy, Inferences
Alberta Education, 2008
This manual is for district and school administrators, counselors, teachers, parents/guardians, students and others involved in the process of implementing the Knowledge and Employability policy and courses. It is intended to serve as a starting point as districts and schools introduce the new courses or make the transition from Integrated…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Secondary Education, Curriculum Implementation, Program Implementation
Hurd, Amy R.; Schlatter, Barbara E. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2007
Since internships are generally the culminating undergraduate experience, it is often assumed that students will be fully prepared to enter the workforce upon completion of the internship. However, senior interns are often uncertain about their professional strengths and weaknesses and about the expectations of agency professionals in terms of…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Competence, Recreation, Undergraduate Students
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