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Watermeyer, Brian; Lourens, Heidi; Botha, Michelle; Khumalo, Benedict; Kelly, Jane; Shanda, Nozwelo – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
Training teachers of learners with visual impairment (VI) emphasise instrumental skills such as curriculum adaptation and assistive technology, at times ignoring anxieties and attitudes within teachers surrounding disability. South Africa's education system faces a huge backlog in VI teacher training, which is being addressed by intensive short…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Teacher Competencies, Blindness
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Mills, Adam J.; Robson, Karen; Pitt, Leyland F. – Journal of Marketing Education, 2013
Changing curriculum content requirements, based on shifting global perspectives on corporate behavior and capitalism as well as business school accreditation requirements, mean that many marketing instructors have attempted to introduce discussions of organizational ethics, corporate social responsibility, and corporate governance into their…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Social Responsibility, Corporations, Teaching Methods
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Tews, Michael J.; Jackson, Kathy; Ramsay, Crystal; Michel, John W. – College Teaching, 2015
Despite the popular belief that fun has a positive impact in learning contexts, empirical research on fun in the classroom has been limited. To extend research in this area, the goal of this study was to develop and validate a new scale to assess fun in the classroom and examine its relationship with student engagement. The multi-stage scale…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Student Participation, Learner Engagement
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Rothwell, Erin; Siharath, Kassidy; Bell, Steven; Nguyen, Kim; Baker, Carla – Journal of Experiential Education, 2011
When groups form, they develop their own culture from the shared meaning created from their interactions. Humor is part of every social group, and when repeatedly referenced, it forms a joking culture. The joking culture of small groups influences group processes by smoothing group interaction, forming a collective identity, separating the group…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Participant Observation, Group Dynamics, Humor