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Direct linkSpikes, Michael A.; Rapp, David N. – Information and Learning Sciences, 2022
Purpose: As technology enables the rapid spread of mis- and disinformation, a critical challenge for scholars and practitioners involves building student's news media literacy (NML), a subset of media literacy education centered around journalism. This paper aims to offer a case study of secondary civics classrooms that use NML lessons and current…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teaching Methods, News Media, Media Literacy
Download full textFaheem Ohri; Megan R. Westmore; Latisha Thomas; Priyanjali Chakraborty; Rebecca L. Mauldin – Open Praxis, 2024
Open Educational Resources (OER) and renewable assignments that create OER are closely related and promote access to knowledge, collaboration, and community engagement. Through both, PhD students can contribute to the advancement of open education while enhancing their own learning and professional development. Despite many advantages, OER and…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Social Work, Doctoral Programs, Assignments
Madarbakus-Ring, Naheen – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2020
This paper outlines how current research could improve learner attitudes and heighten listening strategy awareness when using a three-stage listening process-based framework. This listening study outlines a logical pedagogic lesson for fellow educators to implement academic listening using www.breakingnewsenglish.com (BNE) in the tertiary level…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Listening Skills, Learning Strategies, Metacognition
Trygstad, Peggy J.; Smith, P. Sean; Craven, Laura M. – Horizon Research, Inc., 2021
This report presents results from a survey of over 2,000 K-12 science teachers regarding their instruction related to COVID-19. Teachers were surveyed in the spring of 2020 shortly after school buildings closed. In addition, 40 teachers were interviewed. Results are reported separately for elementary, middle, and high school teachers. [This report…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2019
This document presents the proceedings of the 24th Annual Research Forum held June 27, 2019, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following eleven action research papers: (1) How Does Student Goal Setting Affect Motivation to Learn? (Wendell Dunn); (2) Combatting Confirmation Bias: How Writing from Opposing…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Learning Motivation, Bias, Writing (Composition)
Claes, Ellen; Quintelier, Ellen – Educational Research, 2009
Background: More than 52 countries make use of the "Newspapers in Education" programme. In the last 10 years, in Belgium, an application of the international programme Newspapers in Education has become a well-known way of stimulating adolescents to explore the political realm and challenge the way they think about and participate in…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Political Attitudes, Citizenship Education, Young Adults
Lyons, Nona; And Others – Nation's Schools, 1971
Discusses the role of social studies in providing ways to help students deal with issues that emerge in a society experiencing rapid social change. (Author)
Descriptors: Current Events, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Instructional Materials
Pisciotta, John – Southwestern Journal of Social Education, 1984
Provides an annotated bibliography of 12 free publications which, taken together, provide a supply of readable articles for high school economics instruction. Among those listed are "The Background and Issue Bulletin,""Brookings Review,""Business Review," and "Coordinated Action." (JDH)
Descriptors: Current Events, Economics Education, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Materials
Diederich, Paul B.; Maskovsky, Marvin – Soc Educ, 1970
Descriptors: Current Events, Instructional Materials, Newspapers, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedDe Vito, Alfred – Science and Children, 1977
Summarizes current knowledge regarding "Bigfoot". Included are questions relating to the existence of this creature. (CS)
Descriptors: Current Events, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instructional Materials
Segall, Avner; Schmidt, Sander – Social Studies, 2006
In today's culture, some of the most commonly shared experiences involve the mass media. The media--film, television, radio, newspapers, magazines, music, advertising, and software industries--have become primary avenues through which most come to know about the world, both near and far. They help frame the world, elevating certain issues, and the…
Descriptors: Mass Media, Newspapers, Instructional Materials, Social Studies
Petress, Ken – Reading Improvement, 2006
In more than 30 years of university teaching; hundreds of elementary, middle, and high school visits; and numerous personal interactions with community young people, the author has repeatedly noticed that few students read newspapers or news magazines. In short, most students seem ignorant of and uncaring about current affairs. This is an alarming…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Printed Materials, Citizenship, Current Events
Shapter, Jean – Orbit, 1974
Four tapes with interviews with experts in the designated fields comprise the series: a) Canada's Foreign Relations, 1867-1919; b) Canada's Foreign Relations, 1919-1945; c) Canada and China, and d) Canadian Diplomacy and Foreign Policy. (JA)
Descriptors: Current Events, Foreign Policy, Instructional Materials, International Relations
American Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1984
This Newspaper in Education Development Plan begins with a set of evaluation forms intended to help determine the direction of the Newspaper in Education (NIE) program. The plan covers all major aspects of NIE administration, promotion, and curriculum design. The plan encompasses the following areas: (1) "Establishing NIE Priorities";…
Descriptors: Current Events, Curriculum Design, Instructional Materials, Newspapers
Haltresht, Michael – Journal of English Teaching Techniques, 1974
Concludes that English teachers must still translate the new philosophy of education into practice. (Author)
Descriptors: Current Events, Educational Philosophy, English Instruction, Higher Education
