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Deepika Menon; Diana S. Cheng; Rosetta W. Ngugi – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2024
Reform efforts in K-12 science education have been gaining pace ever since the introduction of the "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS). The new vision calls for reconsidering teacher preparation programs to prepare future teachers who are confident and competent in delivering NGSS-based instruction. This study investigated the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Teaching Methods, Microteaching, Preservice Teachers
Kathryn Wilson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Traditional, standardized instruction and assessment practices are insufficient to promote the development of skills such as critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication, which have been deemed necessary for post-secondary success (Darling-Hammond & Adamson, 2013; Milner, 2018; Rickles et al., 2019). They also serve to…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Skill Development
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Al-husban, Naima Ahmad; Mashaleh, Majdi; Damrah, Laila – Curriculum and Teaching, 2022
This study aims to explore Arab Open University- Jordan (AOU) students' critical thinking skills, and whether these skills varied according to variables like their university level (first and fourth year of study), gender, age, and major at university. 248 students have been randomly chosen to participate in the study. California Critical Thinking…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Open Universities, Thinking Skills, Foreign Countries
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Tekkumru-Kisa, Miray; Akcil-Okan, Ozlem; Kisa, Zahid; Southerland, Sherry – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
Recent instructional reforms in science education aim to change the way students engage in learning in the discipline, as they describe that students are to engage with disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and the practices of science to make sense of phenomena (NRC, 2012). For such sensemaking to become a reality, there is a need to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Thinking Skills
Rose Stephenson; Nathalie Hulbert – Higher Education Policy Institute, 2024
In 2024, Instructure convened a Commission of higher education and lifelong learning experts to assess emerging policies related to skills development, including the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) and the Growth and Skills Levy (GSL). These policies aim to reform how education and training are funded and delivered to provide flexibility to…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Higher Education, Skill Development, Foreign Countries
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Byram, Jessica N.; Van Nuland, Sonya E.; Harrell, Kelly M.; Mussell, Jason C.; Cornwall, Jon – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2023
Gross anatomy education utilizing body donors and human specimens assists the acquisition of non-traditional, discipline-independent skills (NTDIS) such as teamwork, communication, and leadership. Alterations to anatomy curricula, such as those resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, likely impact NTDIS acquisition, yet how this manifests is…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Skill Development, Anatomy, Soft Skills
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Ayse Tokaç Kan – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2024
A new reading curriculum incorporating the principles of concept-based instruction and reading strategy instruction was designed and implemented for a previous study. Concept-based instruction was compared with reading strategy instruction to determine the impact of the new curriculum on language learners' reading and reflective thinking skills.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Skills, Thinking Skills, Reflection
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Samuel Fowler; Simon N. Leonard – Professional Development in Education, 2024
Emerging digital technologies offer a transformative potential to redefine learning tasks and many examples of this potential are now available. The scaling of the innovative pedagogies emerging from the research into widespread and sustainable practice, however, remains problematic. This paper addresses the issue of scaling by using Design Based…
Descriptors: Design, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Faculty Development
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Eka Dyah Puspita Sari; Ririn Kurnia Trisnawati; Mia Fitria Agustina; Dian Adiarti; Najib Noorashid – International Journal of Language Education, 2023
The implementation of "Merdeka Belajar -- Kampus Merdeka" (Freedom to Learn) in Indonesia urges universities to adapt and set changes in learning activities. One of the changes is the implementation of Project-Based Learning to increase students' activeness and creativity. This research aims to assess students' creative thinking on the…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Vocabulary Development, Literary Criticism
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Bich-Hang Duong; Vu Dao; Joan DeJaeghere – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2025
Competency-based education (CBE) has been widely adopted in various educational contexts although research discussing how CBE is implemented in local contexts and how it shifts (or not) teaching practices is limited. This study explores how Vietnamese secondary teachers made sense of general competencies and adapted their teaching towards…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, Educational Practices
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Talanquer, Vicente; Bucat, Robert; Tasker, Roy; Mahaffy, Peter G. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed many aspects of our world including the way we teach chemistry. Our emergence from the pandemic provides an opportunity for deep reflection and intentional action about what we teach, and why, as well as how we facilitate student learning. Focusing on foundational postsecondary chemistry courses, we…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, Resilience (Psychology)
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Miedijensky, Shirley; Sasson, Irit; Yehuda, Itamar – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2021
This study deals with an elementary school that is undergoing a process of pedagogical change. The teachers understood that their weak point was excessive use of teaching based on memorization rather than developing high-order thinking (HOT) skills. The school therefore established teachers' learning communities for peer learning and designing…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Communities of Practice, Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking
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Weninger, Csilla – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2022
Digital literacy is viewed by many governments as an educational priority area, resulting in policies and curricula aimed at developing students' digital literacy skills. This can present many challenges, including lacking teacher professional development, uneven digital infrastructure across school districts or unequal access to digital media…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Teaching Methods, Technological Literacy, College Students
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Restad, Frode; Mølstad, Christina Elde – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2021
This article applies a current example of curriculum reform to investigate mechanisms driving the push for international comparative assessment of social and emotional skills in contemporary education. Using a combination of bibliometric and content analysis the article identifies key sources in the recent Norwegian curriculum reform. The article…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Evaluation Methods
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Su Jeong Wee; Jessica Michele Dennis; Yafen Lo; Kheng Ly-Hoang; Patricia Ramirez-Ulloa – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2024
Early childhood (EC) education has usually involved in-person teaching and learning. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed remote teaching on EC practitioners and complicated practicum students' fieldwork experiences. This study explored EC practicum students' fieldwork experiences in the U.S. during the pandemic and their preparedness for…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Early Childhood Education, Practicums
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