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Frida Azari – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2024
Practical Life holds profound significance within the Montessori philosophy, captivating educators and students alike. Here, Montessori beautifully connects these concepts of dignity and independence to the skills children learn in their Montessori classroom. The author has a particular interest in fiber arts and crafts, and in this article, the…
Descriptors: Handicrafts, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Classroom Environment
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János, Gordon Gyori – European Journal of Education, 2019
It would be difficult to find any pedagogical story that is comparable to that of "jugyou kenkyuu" (or lesson study in English) that has been practised for over a century in Japan in isolation and became a method that was used worldwide in less than 10 years. Because of its uniqueness and its history, it is an irrefutable challenge to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Lesson Plans, Educational History, Learning Activities
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Kevin M. Bonney – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2024
This article provides and reflects on an original lesson plan for engaging high school, undergraduate, or graduate students in learning fundamental concepts of environmental ethics. Implementation of this lesson plan effectively promoted critical analysis, reflection, and communication of environmental ethics issues in a seminar for second-year…
Descriptors: Ethics, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans, Teacher Effectiveness
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Xu, Liangliang; Zhang, Yong; Jin, Cheng – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2022
One of the primary characteristics of the holistic module learning model is task-driven learning. In this learning model, a task is a distinct activity or collection of distinct activities designed to assist students in achieving learning objectives. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effective design and implementation of task-driven…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Task Analysis
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Salter, Diane J.; Rushe, Shannon E. – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2020
This paper describes the oral assessment activity we designed and used as a culminating activity for faculty participants in a professional academic development program. The program offers multiple certificates, and the goal of each certificate is to enhance participants' abilities to design and deliver exceptional student learning experiences. We…
Descriptors: Verbal Tests, Faculty Development, Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation
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Burgess-Van Aken, Barbara – College Teaching, 2017
A literature review on approaches to a final course session reveals a dearth of attention to the issue. Options for last-day activities fall into three categories: professor-centered, activity-focused, and student-driven. Using the criterion that meaningful course closure calls for last-day activities that engage students in reflection not only…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Lesson Plans, Learning Activities, Behavioral Objectives
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Reinicke, Bryan; Baker, Elizabeth; Toothman, Callie – Information Systems Education Journal, 2018
Professors teaching cyber security classes often face challenges when developing workshops for their students: How does one quickly and efficiently configure and deploy an operating system for a temporary learning/testing environment? Faculty teaching these classes spend countless hours installing, configuring and deploying multiple system…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Information Security, Computer Simulation, Workshops
Tamilselvi, B.; Geetha, D. – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2015
Multiple intelligence is the theory that "people are smart in more ways than one has immense implication for educators". Howard Gardner proposed a new view of intelligence that is rapidly being incorporated in school curricula. In his theory of Multiple Intelligences, Gardner expanded the concept of intelligence with such areas as music,…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods, Educational Theories
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McKenney, Susan; Kali, Yael; Markauskaite, Lina; Voogt, Joke – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2015
Despite the fact that teaching is increasingly referred to as a design science, teacher education programs devote relatively little time to developing expertise in the design of instruction, beyond lesson planning. Yet today's teachers not only plan lessons that incorporate existing classroom activities and instructional resources, they also…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teacher Role, Instructional Design, Science Teachers
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Sheldrake, Rosie; Watkin, Neal – Teaching History, 2013
The development of communications technology in recent years has not only changed the ways in which students can access their world: it also changes the way they think about it. Sheldrake and Watkin draw here upon work that characterises the way in which the "iGeneration" think about the world around them, and suggest ways in which…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Lesson Plans, Learning Activities, Culturally Relevant Education
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Ferrarini, Tawni Hunt; Day, Stephen – Social Education, 2014
Everyone under the age of 20 who has grown up in North America has lived in the common market created by NAFTA--the North American Free Trade Agreement. In a zone linking the United States, Canada, and Mexico, most goods and investments flow freely across borders to users, consumers, and investors. In 1994, NAFTA created the largest relatively…
Descriptors: Debate, International Trade, Regional Cooperation, Macroeconomics
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Stylianides, Gabriel J.; Stylianides, Andreas J. – Cognition and Instruction, 2014
Ambitious teaching is a form of teaching that requires a high level of teacher responsiveness to what students do as they actively engage with the subject matter. Thus, a teacher enacting ambitious teaching is often confronted with uncertainties about how to advance students' learning while also building on students' contributions. In…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement, Student Needs, Relevance (Education)
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Juniu, Susana – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2011
Teachers' subject and pedagogical knowledge requires an understanding of the relationship between various elements, rather than thinking of them in isolation. In order to teach in a given discipline, the teacher must have knowledge of the subject, an understanding of the best teaching strategies for presenting the content, and knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physical Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Physical Education Teachers
Steer, Jessica; de Vila, Maria Antonieta; Eaton, James – Mathematics Teaching, 2009
This final article focuses in particular on the engagement of year 8 students who were taught trigonometry using dynamic geometry software ("Geometer's SketchPad"), as outlined in "MT214" and with resources from the ATM website. The project was implemented in three different classrooms in two different, multiracial,…
Descriptors: Trigonometry, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Activities
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Nelson, Dean – Journal of Statistics Education, 2009
Following the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) recommendation to use real data, an example is presented in which simple linear regression is used to evaluate the effect of the Montreal Protocol on atmospheric concentration of chlorofluorocarbons. This simple set of data, obtained from a public archive, can…
Descriptors: International Relations, Regression (Statistics), Statistics, Evaluation Methods
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