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Raider-Roth, Miriam, Ed.; Silin, Jonathan, Ed. – Bank Street College of Education, 2015
This issue is a Festschrift in honor of Harriet K. Cuffaro, a Bank Street College faculty member from 1968-1998. A Festschrift--a volume reflecting the values, theories, and passions of a senior scholar in a field--seeks to offer scholarship that builds on these contributions. Harriet Cuffaro has touched and shaped more lives of teachers,…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods, Decision Making
Benedek, Andras, Ed.; Nyiri, Kristof, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2011
Learning and teaching are faced with radically new challenges in today's rapidly changing world and its deeply transformed communicational environment. We are living in an era of images. Contemporary visual technology--film, video, interactive digital media--is promoting but also demanding a new approach to education: the age of visual learning…
Descriptors: Visual Learning, Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition, Deafness
Li, J., Ed.; Gromik, N., Ed.; Edwards, N., Ed. – TESOL International Association, 2013
It should come as no surprise that digital video technology is of particular interest to English language learners; students are drawn to its visual appeal and vibrant creative potential. The seven original case studies in this book demonstrate how video can be an effective and powerful tool to create fluid, fun, interactive, and collaborative…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Video Technology, Educational Technology
Orgeron, Devin, Ed.; Orgeron, Marsha, Ed.; Streible, Dan, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2011
A vastly influential form of film-making seen by millions of people, educational films provide a catalog of twentieth century preoccupations and values. As a medium of instruction and guidance, they held a powerful cultural position, producing knowledge both inside and outside the classroom. This is the first collection of essays to address this…
Descriptors: Instructional Films, Cultural Activities, Case Studies, United States History
Ashcraft, Nikki, Ed.; Tran, Anh, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2010
Listening is the most important of the four language skills and is used most often in everyday communication. Teachers need innovative ways to address the particular listening problems emerging in their own contexts. "Teaching Listening: Voices From the Field" shares successful practices employed by teachers at different levels of education around…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Listening Comprehension, Telecommunications, English (Second Language)
Carlson, Dennis, Ed.; Roseboro, Donyell L., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
The book aims to change the conversation about sexuality education for adolescents, making it consistent with a democratic cultural politics that is attuned to changes in youth and popular culture. Traditional sex education is nearly obsolete; sexuality curriculum is now primarily learned through popular culture and youth culture, which teach…
Descriptors: Hidden Curriculum, Sex Education, Popular Culture, Citizenship Education
La Porte, Angela M., Ed. – National Art Education Association, 2004
Intergenerational programs have become widespread since the mid-20th century, emphasizing "activities that increase cooperation and exchange between any two generations. Typically, they involve interaction between young and old in which there is a sharing of skills, knowledge, and experience" (Newman, 1986, p. 6). They developed in response to…
Descriptors: Psychology, Memory, Art Education, Intergenerational Programs
QCTV Ltd., Edmonton (Alberta). – 1978
This compendium of papers, prepared by staff of a Canadian public cable company, examines cablevision marketing in Canada, multiple replay community programming, the first QCTV film production, QCTV special programming, television coverage of the House of Commons, establishment of a data processing system, use of that system for customer service,…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Communications, Data Processing, Deafness
Farrell, Thomas S. C., Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2008
This series captures the dynamics of the contemporary ESOL classroom. It showcases state-of-the-art curricula, materials, tasks, and activities reflecting emerging trends in language education and seeks to build localized language teaching and learning theories based on teachers' and students' unique experiences in and beyond the classroom. Each…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Intercultural Communication, Discussion Groups, Student Participation
Bausum, Henry S., Ed. – 1985
The 14 articles included in this collection touch on several aspects of the teaching of history. The articles are: (1) "Observations on University Teaching and Research" (N. Graebner); (2) "Teaching History: A Changing Clientele and an Affirmation of Goals" (E. Burns); (3) "History for Citizens" (W. McNeill); (4)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Film Study, Historiography
Robinson, Ken, Ed. – 1982
Issues concerning arts in higher education are considered in discussion papers, group reports, and recommendations from the fifth seminar of the Leverhulme Programme of the Study into the Future of Higher Education. In "The Issues," Peter Brinson and Ken Robinson suggest that the arts are vitally important for the quality of national…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Arts Centers, College Programs
Syracuse Univ., NY. Publications Program in Continuing Education. – 1983
This is the ninth in a series of volumes consisting of a series of publications from the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA). These materials provide both theory and practice in the area of non-credit adult liberal education offered by colleges and universities. This volume contains five issues in the CSLEA Research Report…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Assiter, Alison, Ed. – 1995
The 16 essays in this book discuss transferable skills in higher education drawing on the experience and information gained from two projects based in England, the Enterprise in Higher Education (EHE), initiated in 1989; and the Royal Society of Arts Education for Capability Initiative, instituted in 1991. Section 1 contains essays on transferable…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Business Administration Education, Chemistry, Cognitive Development