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Download full textWade-Leeuwen, Bronwen; Harrison, Neil – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2014
This paper explores how the creative experience and related dispositional outcomes can be fostered in undergraduate primary generalist pre-service teachers through the development of innovative learning approaches to visual and creative arts education. The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the results and show how creative thinking and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Educational Innovation, Visual Arts
Stotter, Jill; Gillon, Kirsty – International Association of School Librarianship, 2010
This workshop will model for classroom teachers, one way to plan, teach, resource and assess inquiry-based learning which encompasses the guiding principles of a newly gazetted curriculum. The vision of the New Zealand curriculum is to produce "...young people who will be confident, connected, actively involved lifelong learners" (p. 8).…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Lifelong Learning, Active Learning, Foreign Countries
McLoughlin, M. Padraig M. M. – Online Submission, 2010
The author of this paper suggests several neoteric, unconventional, idiosyncratic, or unique approaches to beginning Set Theory that he found seems to work well in building students' introductory understanding of the Foundations of Mathematics. This paper offers some ideas on how the author uses certain "unconventional" definitions and…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Mathematics Education, Definitions, Inquiry
Sottile, James M., Jr.; Brozik, Dallas – Online Submission, 2004
Simulations and games have been used in education for decades, but most of this development has been in the areas of business and economics. Well-designed simulations and games have been shown to improve decision-making and critical thinking skills as well as teaching discipline-specific concepts. Active learning also helps students develop…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Student Development, Self Efficacy
Computerized Instruction in Speech Communication and the Development of an Active Learning Approach.
Hemphill, Michael R.; Pledger, Linda – 1996
Recommendations over a decade ago from the National Institute of Education have led to a paradigm shift in the teaching profession, based on changes in how knowledge is acquired, what role students play, and what purpose faculty members serve in the process. In the old paradigm, knowledge was transferred from faculty to student in what was…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education
Wong, Edwin King Por; Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Chow, Alan Ping Yan – 2003
This paper reports on a study that examined the effects of student-level orientation to schooling on students perceptions of a desirable school environment. The study involved 762 students in grades 7-12 in 4 Hong Kong secondary schools. The students completed a survey on their perceptions of independent learning, affinity to teachers, learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Educational Attainment, Educational Environment
