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Østern, Tone Pernille; Øyen, Elen – Journal of Dance Education, 2014
This study reflects on a research and development project between two dance practitioners, one of them a wheelchair user, working together to develop pedagogical design within teacher education at a university in Norway. The aim of the authors is to encourage student teachers toward becoming inclusive and brave teachers who define diversity among…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Dance Education, Inclusion, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Flynn, Alison B. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015
Organic chemistry is a traditionally difficult subject with high failure & withdrawal rates and many areas of conceptual difficulty for students. To promote student learning and success, four undergraduate organic chemistry and spectroscopy courses at the first to third year level (17-420 students) were "flipped" in 2013-2014. In the…
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Course Evaluation
Waugh, Ruth P. – Education Unlimited, 1980
Parallels between accepted educational practices and the provisions of Public Law 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) are presented. Each of the nine provisions of the act are stated and discussed, including areas such as individualized educational programs and mainstreaming. (PHR)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Educational Practices
Macht, Konrad – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1978
Discusses topics treated at the Congress, including: diversification of foreign language offerings in the schools; the situation in West Germany; language teaching in occupational schools; practical aspects of teaching; teaching literature; area studies; linguistic problems, e.g., creating a single transcription usable for all the languages…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, English (Second Language)
Ammon, Richard – Multicultural Education Journal, 1994
Presents observations of a newly appointed Amish teacher in an Amish school and reveals classroom procedures in elementary-level education during several periods in the school year. Observations reveal no classroom competition, yet successful student learning. There were few significant differences between the practices of experienced and…
Descriptors: Amish, Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices, Elementary Education
Pollak, Susan – 1983
Traditional Buddhist education centered solely around the monasteries, since the Buddhist world did not offer educational opportunities apart from its monasteries. All education, religious as well as secular, was controlled by the monks, and involved the initiation ceremony into the Buddhist Order, the education of the monk, the viharus or…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Buddhism, Comparative Education, Course Content
National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Berkeley, CA. – 1994
A study analyzed the experience of eight schools that had begun working to integrate their academic and vocational education programs several years before passage of the 1990 Perkins Act amendments. The following common themes were identified as collectively defining integration as a distinct reform effort: (1) richer, better sequenced curricula…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning
Pollak, Susan – 1981
Education was so much a part of Jewish thought and way of life that it was often taken for granted, e.g., the early sages never wrote an articulated plan for education principles and practices. The introduction to this overview of traditional Jewish education discusses the basic concepts of belief in the efficacy of education, the integration of…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Curriculum, Early Childhood Education, Educational History