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Seeing the Invisible: Theorising Connections between Informal and Formal Musical Knowledge
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Carroll, Christine Leanne – Research Studies in Music Education, 2020
This article explores the perceived disconnect between informal and formal musical knowledge, through a focused case study which aligned students' informal knowledge with aspects of the formal curriculum. The upper high school or senior secondary student participants had a background in the creation and performance of popular and contemporary…
Descriptors: Correlation, Prior Learning, Music Education, Course Descriptions
Flourishing in a Second Language (FL2): Integrating Positive Psychology, Transition Pedagogy and CLIL Principles
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Strambi, Antonella; Luzeckyj, Ann; Rubino, Antonia – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2017
This paper presents findings from the "Flourishing in a Second Language" (FL2) project--a language curriculum for first-year university students which integrates Positive Psychology (Seligman, 2002), Transition Pedagogy (Kift, 2009a), and CLIL principles (Coyle, 2006). The project aims to create learning experiences that are personally…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, College Freshmen, Italian, Well Being
Determining Attitudes toward Ability: A New Tool for New Understanding
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Szymanski, Antonia; Croft, Laurie; Godor, Brian – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2018
The purpose of this study is to explore teacher attitudes toward gifted students in several distinct areas and to provide psychometric evidence of reliability and validity for the use of an instrument titled "Determining Attitudes Toward Ability" (DATA) to measure specific components of teacher attitudes. Subscales of Focus on Others,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Academically Gifted, Psychometrics, Faculty Development
Trust and Extra Effort Implementing Curriculum Reform: The Mediating Effects of Collaboration
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Cerit, Yusuf – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2013
This study aims to examine the relationship between trust and extra effort implementing reform, and relationship between trust and extra effort are mediated by collaboration. The study was carried out in elementary schools in Turkey. Faculty trust in schools was measured using the Omnibus T-Scale, collaboration was measured using collaboration…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Correlation, Trust (Psychology)
Multicultural Curriculum Development in Online Classes: Practices from Washington State Community Colleges
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Brown, Warren J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
The community college system is based on an open-door mission and serves to provide access to students of diverse backgrounds. Online learning is one of the fastest growing segments of community college offerings. If the community college system embraces its open-door mission, it must also embrace new ways of providing multicultural experiences…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Online Courses, Community Colleges, Multicultural Education
Psychology Studies' Drive to Educational Reform in the Last 20 Years in China
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Zhang, Da-jun; Xu, Xing-chun – Frontiers of Education in China, 2006
In order to better understand the relationship between educational psychology research and educational reform, this essay reviews the development of educational psychology studies in the last 20 years in China. The study shows that: (1) Rapid development has been made in the areas of establishing discipline systems; (2) Research fields have been…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Psychology, Educational Quality, Educational Practices