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Huh, Youn Jung – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
This study explores young children's digital game play outside of the home as a means of surviving and thriving in modern spaces that limit young children's participation by looking at four digital game-playing three-year-old children. In this ethnographic study, critical theory is used to examine how modern public spaces (e.g., a grocery market,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Computer Games, Video Games, Play
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Sasaoka, Yuichi; Nishimura, Mikiko – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
This article critically reflects upon the "divides" among actors within two currently popular education policies in low-income countries: decentralisation and Universal Primary Education (UPE). Current literatures suggest that the existing decentralisation framework tends to overlook the "divides" among actors that often impede…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Governance, Foreign Countries, Accountability
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Gregson, James A.; Sturko, Patricia A. – Journal of Adult Education, 2007
This case study examined a professional development experience that was facilitated for career and technical education teachers to help foster the integration of academics and career and technical education. Unlike most professional development experiences that treat teachers as passive learners, this professional development experience was…
Descriptors: Vocational Education Teachers, Adult Learning, Professional Development, Adult Education
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Van den Bergh, Veerle; Mortelmans, Dimitri; Spooren, Pieter; Van Petegem, Peter; Gijbels, David; Vanthournout, Gert – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2006
Because of an increasing quality concern for higher education, additional attention is being paid to new educational principles with a more student- and competence-centred vision. Project-based education is one of the learning environments congruent with these principles. Ideally, the students in this learning environment are assessed by suitable…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Principles, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes
Jenkins, Henry – John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2006
Educators must work together to ensure that every American young person has access to the skills and experiences needed to become a full participant, can articulate their understanding of how media shapes perceptions, and has been socialized into the emerging ethical standards that should shape their practices as media makers and participants in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Ethics, Community Involvement, Informal Education
Whiteman, Jo Ann M. – 2002
Computer-mediated instruction is particularly well-suited to typical community college students because it offers an alternative to the time and place constraints of traditional classrooms. Key characteristics of computer-mediated learning are as follows: instructors and students are separated by distance; instruction is delivered via computer…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, College Students, Community Colleges