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Saz, Alexandra; Engel, Anna; Coll, César – Digital Education Review, 2016
Universities have a key role to play in the progress and development of the Knowledge Society. They should lead the way in the design of teaching strategies that promote knowledge building. Personal learning environments (PLE) represent a groundbreaking new development in educational practices through the incorporation of Information and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Higher Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Technology Uses in Education
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De Blasio, Cataldo; Järvinen, Mika – Education, 2014
In the present study a generalized approach is given for the description of acquisition procedures with a particular focus on the knowledge acquisition process. The learning progression is given as an example here letting the theory to be applied to different situations. An analytical approach is performed starting from the generalized fundamental…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Educational Environment, Motivation, Background
Reilly, Erin B. – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2011
The new media literacies (NMLs) are a set of social skills and cultural competencies that students and teachers need to acquire in order to fully participate in the new media environment. NMLs shift the focus of traditional literacy from individual expression to community involvement. They offer ways of both thinking and doing that recruit the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Environment, Media Literacy, Professional Development
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de Carvalho, Cynthia Paes – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2012
This article discusses the relationship of students with learning and the university in the context of current challenges to vocational education and economic development. Inspired by the research of Pierre Bourdieu, this case study focuses on the relationship of students to learning and the university in Brazil. The survey gathered elements that…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Aptitude Treatment Interaction
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Maheux, Jean-Francois; Roth, Wolff-Michael – Curriculum Inquiry, 2013
There is considerable agreement about the fact that the presence of researchers in the classroom mediates teaching and learning. Why "should" two very different forms of human activity, one designed to study the other, interact and mediate each other? In this article, we propose cultural-historical activity theory as a framework for understanding…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Opportunities, Educational Researchers, Educational Environment
Gaeta Gonzalez, Martha Leticia – Online Submission, 2013
In order to self-regulate their learning, students need to use different strategies to plan, monitor, and evaluate their learning activities (meta-cognitive strategies), as well as to control their motivation and emotion (volitional strategies). Students' effectiveness in their self-regulated learning process also varies depending on the academic…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Goal Orientation, Secondary School Students, Late Adolescents
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Ak, Serife – Current Issues in Education, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of computer supported problem based learning on students' approaches to learning. The research was conducted as a pre-test and posttest one-grouped design used to achieve the objectives of the study. The experimental process of study lasted 5 weeks and was carried out on 78 university…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies
Carrier, Carol; McNergney, Robert – Educational Technology, 1979
Discusses the individualization of instruction as it relates to learner characteristics, instructional environment, instructional treatment, and their interaction. Practical considerations for learners, instructional treatments, and learning outcomes emanating from the literature on aptitude-treatment interaction are suggested. (RAO)
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Educational Environment, Essays, Individualized Instruction
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da Costa, Jose L. – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2006
This article reports observations of teachers' collaboration within an inner city elementary school located in western Canada. The study traces the school's development as a learning organization, focusing on the interplay between individual--the level at which learning and action actually occur--and social learning--a conceptual tool for…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Professional Development