NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Stephanie R. Couch; Melinda Z. Kalainoff – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
This system-level ethnographic study of a strength-based approach to transforming a national invention education program makes visible how program leadership drew on research and their own expertise to shift who and how they served. With data analysis grounded in program reports, documentation, and internal and published research, the program's…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Program Administration, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Weiner, Steven; Warr, Melissa; Mishra, Punya – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
A core element of systems thinking is perspective taking. Perspectives help people distinguish between salient and irrelevant information, take particular types of actions, and make sense of the world. In this article, we consider what systems thinking and perspective taking means for designers in education. First, we present a framework,…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Educational Change, Perspective Taking, Instructional Design
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Arrington, T. Logan; Moore, Alison L.; Bagdy, Lauren M. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
This article presents the results of a collective case study exploring how K12 practitioners perceive the interaction of systems thinking, creativity, and learning from failure within their professional practice. In order to identify K12 practitioners who were well-versed in systems thinking, we targeted students within an instructional design and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies, Creativity, Kindergarten
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McKenney, Susan; Boschman, Ferry; Pieters, Jules; Voogt, Joke – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
The collaborative design of technology-enhanced learning is seen as a practical and effective professional development strategy, especially because teachers learn from each other as they share and apply knowledge. But how teacher design team participants draw on and develop their knowledge has not yet been investigated. This qualitative…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Teacher Collaboration