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Claudia Elena Gonzalez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation in practice (DiP) was conducted to address the absence of a district-coordinated effort aligning Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and real-world project-based learning (PBL) with intentional community partnerships in Anaya Independent School District (ISD). The study aimed to develop a community outreach framework that can be…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Alignment (Education), Sustainability
Erin E. Marcotte – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world, personally meaningful projects that allow conceptual transformation to occur within the educational process while fostering intellectual curiosity in a supportive learning environment. PBL supports students developing deep content…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Grade 4, National Competency Tests
Elam, Jesse Russell – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this exploratory mixed-methods action research study was to expose six students studying Oral Communications 1 (OC1) at Japan's Technical University (JTU) to a sociocultural component using the textbook "Mirrors and Windows" (Huber-Kriegler, Lazar, & Strange, 2003) over an eight-week period with the assistance of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Student Projects, Active Learning, Teaching Methods
Savinovich, Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this descriptive case study was to describe elementary level school teachers' experiences who worked with English Learners in a project-based learning model of instruction. The study focused on how teachers developed, planned, or utilized curriculum to support the language acquisition of their English Learners to meet state and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teaching Methods, Student Projects, Active Learning
Chen, Qian – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This descriptive and exploratory case study focused on a specific Content-Based Language Teaching (CBLT) curriculum within the context of higher education in China. The researcher investigated the rationale behind the current design and students' and teachers' perceptions about the curriculum, as well as, their perceived motivations and challenges…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Business English
Licciardello, Richard – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This qualitative study sought to understand how Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Project-Based Learning (PBL) can be used to help Costa Rican students gain and participate in the global knowledge-based economy of the 21st century. The purpose was to examine the influence that globalization, foreign direct investment, and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Projects, Active Learning, Teaching Methods
Pendergrass, Amanda Daniel – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to encourage learners to care for others and make a difference in the world through Reggio Emilia-inspired teaching and learning practice that promoted transformational education. Students were anticipated to take an active role in helping to develop the transformational educational curriculum.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Emergent Literacy
DiFonzo, Francis L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The primary purpose of this research was to determine if there are any differences in the perceptions between graduate and undergraduate learners regarding the effectiveness of team-based projects in management education. This study was performed using graduate and undergraduate learners from one New Hampshire university. The researcher was…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Business Education, Administrator Education, Teamwork
Kamal, Abdulrahman – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher practices of enabling factors in the implementation of technology-assisted PBL, in Tatweer schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This study also explored how the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Education Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS.T) were used in Tatweer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Active Learning, Student Projects
Lin, Yi Man – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Project Approach has been applied to early childhood education in Taiwan since 1993. The purposes of this study were to explore how teachers of young children conduct the Project Approach, what challenges they have encountered and what support they may need. In addition, this study investigates teachers' implementation of the Project Approach…
Descriptors: School Activities, Early Childhood Education, Parent Participation, Prior Learning