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From Policy to Practice?: The Reality of Play in Primary School Classes in Northern Ireland
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Hunter, Thelma; Walsh, Glenda – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2014
As more countries align their curricular frameworks with play-based and experiential pedagogies, this paper provides a critical insight into the benefits and challenges that arise in practice when a play-based approach to learning and teaching becomes a political directive in Northern Ireland primary schools. Drawing on socio-constructivist and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Classroom Environment, Elementary Schools
Affinity, Collaboration, and the Politics of Classroom Speaking.
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Hotelling, Kirstin; Schulteis, Alexandra – Feminist Teacher, 1997
Discusses using Donna Haraway's concept of affinity and affinity politics as a foundation for structuring collaborative pedagogy and feminist syllabi. Outlines the goals and assumptions of affinity-based pedagogy, and relates classroom experiences that illustrate its functioning. Notes the lessons that both students and teachers have taken away…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning
Student Involvement in Curriculum Development: A Different View.
Webb, Clark; And Others – 1983
The productive involvement of students in curriculum development can lead to greater student interest in and satisfaction with learning. The dominant view in education today is that students are disruptive agents in the learning process, liable to interrupt teaching for their own purposes. This view results in a learning environment where the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Educational Practices, Educational Quality