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Hamad, Wahid Bakar – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2023
The study evaluated students' experience of learning with virtual classrooms facilitated by Google Classroom at the Institute of social work, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The study employed the Activity Theory (AT) as a theoretical framework using the first triangle of the activity system, which includes three components - Subject-Tool-Object (STO).…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Teaching Methods, Virtual Classrooms, Undergraduate Students
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Boesdorfer, Sarah B.; Del Carlo, Dawn I.; Wayson, Jessica – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2019
Recent adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) across the United States has prompted teacher educators to reexamine effective strategies to improve science teaching practices that align with the principles of the NGSS. Past research attempted to address changing teaching practices by examining the alignment--or lack thereof--with…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers
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Ahmed Mohamed; Zubaida Shraim; Hadeel Saleh; Sheikha Alshehhi; Mayson Khalifa – Cogent Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of Arabic language teachers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) regarding the use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in the assessment and teaching of students with learning disabilities (LD). A mixed-methods design involving semi-structured interviews and surveys was used. A total of 119…
Descriptors: Arabic, Language Teachers, Beliefs, Teacher Attitudes
Tyner, Adam – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2021
Whether a response to lackluster academic gains in our nation's schools or longstanding beliefs about the wider purposes of schooling, social and emotional learning (SEL) has gained a massive following in education circles. Further, the mental health challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic have strengthened the demand that schools do more to…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Mental Health, Parent Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
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Gehlot, Lalit; Al-Khalaf, Hailah A.; Gehlot, Himani – Educational Research and Reviews, 2020
Language acquisition and memory models are created more quickly in the brain in early childhood. If reading habit is cultivated in children early, it will enhance their language skills and perception. This study aims to evaluate the conventional practices of reading habits in Indian children from lower, middle, and upper socio-economic backgrounds…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Habits, Oral Reading, Silent Reading
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Ababneh, Sana – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2020
The present study addresses a significant but neglected aspect of vocabulary teaching in general and teaching collocations, in particular, which is color term collocations. A significant number of idioms involve use color terms such as blue blood, black death, red tape, black sheep, and yellow press that are significant to study in the context of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Johnson, Martin; Majewska, Dominika – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2022
This review uses research literature to outline the characteristics, benefits and disadvantages of formal, non-formal, and informal learning. There appears to be a consensus around the meanings of formal and informal learning. Formal learning broadly aligns with organised, institutionalised learning models (such as learning seen in schools),…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Informal Education, Models, Educational Cooperation
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Pappas, Marios A.; Demertzi, Eleftheria; Papagerasimou, Yannis; Koukianakis, Lefteris; Kouremenos, Dimitris; Loukidis, Ioannis; Drigas, Athanasios S. – Education Sciences, 2018
Deaf individuals present differences compared to their hearing peers in terms of their learning profile. In addition, deaf adults seem to still be socially excluded nowadays, given that the transition from school to work is more difficult for people with hearing loss. This study aims to analyze the cognitive characteristics of deaf adults, as well…
Descriptors: Deafness, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Adults
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Havlik, Stacey A.; Schultheis, Kara; Schneider, Kaitlyn; Neason, Erin – Urban Education, 2020
Through engaging in interviews with 10 local educational agency liaisons, this study provides insight into their roles, challenges, and training in serving children and youth experiencing homelessness. Using thematic analysis to analyze transcripts, common themes were uncovered. The findings highlight the liaisons' challenges related to…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Urban Areas, School Districts, Agency Role
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Daniel, Ryan; Parkes, Kelly A. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2017
In higher education music instrument teaching, there is a strong tradition of high-level performers being recruited to teach advanced students within the private studio despite the fact these educators often have no training in pedagogy. The studio environment also continues to be dominated by the one-to-one lesson format and the master-apprentice…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Musical Instruments, Higher Education, College Faculty
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Önalan, Okan – English Language Teaching, 2018
Research on teacher cognition, which mainly focuses on identifying what teachers think, know and believe, is essential to understanding teachers' cognitive framework as it relates to the instructional choices they make. The aim of this study is to find out the beliefs of non-native speaker teachers of English on grammar instruction and to explain…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Aytekin, Cahit; Baltaci, Serdal; Yildiz, Avni – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2018
In this study, the expectations of middle school students' parents regarding to "conceptual understanding and active student participation" "positive attitude and behavior attitude" and "authority and rule-oriented teaching" were examined. A valid and reliable threefactor instrument developed by the Aytekin, Baltaci,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Parent Attitudes, Expectation, Concept Formation
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De Witte, Kristof; Rogge, Nicky – Education Economics, 2016
The effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) in terms of increasing students' educational attainments has been extensively studied for higher education students and in nonexperimental settings. This paper tests the effectiveness of PBL as an alternative instruction method in secondary education. In a controlled experiment at the class level,…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Secondary Education, Educational Attainment, Teaching Methods
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Asit, Gülay – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2016
Education is a one of the areas where face to face communication takes place, and includes many verbal and non-verbal factors of communication. Body language is a non-verbal factor which provides support from the visual aspects to verbal communication and consolidate what is said when it is used in an appropriate and efficient manner. There is a…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Verbal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Teaching Methods
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Sofo, Seidu; Thompson, Emmanuel; Kanton, Tontie L. – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2019
Many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have used non-traditional teacher education programs to address the perpetual problem of inadequate provision of trained teachers. Using the bioecological systems theory, the present study examined untrained teacher trainees' perceptions about the prospects and challenges of upgrading untrained teachers in…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Teacher Education, Teacher Qualifications, Systems Approach
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