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Rüütmann, Tiia – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2019
This study is introducing the basic principles of Engineering Pedagogy Science for effective design, teaching and learning of science, technology and engineering. The basic didactical models are introduced for contemporary design of effective teaching and learning. A quadruple instruction model of Engineering Pedagogy Science is proposed,…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Duran, Volkan; Mertol, Hüseyin – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2020
Kaizen is the combination of the words kai (change) and zen (better) in Japanese. It means change for the better, continuous improvement (Albayrak, 2019). In Japan, Kaizen is a task for all staff and stakeholders. Kaizen can be regarded as the reflection of two different perspectives on management in terms of two distinct cultures. The difference…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Principles, Foreign Countries
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Honingh, Marlies; van Genugten, Marieke; de Gooyert, Vincent; Blom, Rutger – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2022
The principle-based approach is at the heart of the inspection philosophy of the Netherlands Inspectorate of Education. In this paper, we present the results of complementary qualitative and quantitative studies analysing the impact of this approach. In the first study, we apply a system dynamics approach to provide insight on the impact of the…
Descriptors: Inspection, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Educational Quality
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Waite, Chelsea – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2021
Common Ground High School in New Haven, Connecticut, has made student voice and leadership not only a philosophy, but a universal principle. The single-site charter school sits on 20 acres of land and houses an urban farm that produces more than 10,000 pounds of local food each year. Students are encouraged to become local changemakers by serving…
Descriptors: High Schools, Student Attitudes, Educational Philosophy, Charter Schools
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Gardner, Alexa Fraley; Jones, Brett D. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2016
Because of the success of the Reggio Emilia Approach in early childhood education, it could be useful to researchers and practitioners to identify and explicate components of the approach that make it effective in motivating students. In this paper, we examine the Reggio Emilia Approach through the lens of the MUSIC® Model of Motivation, a model…
Descriptors: Reggio Emilia Approach, Student Motivation, Models, Motivation Techniques
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Pepin, Matthias – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework of reflection that opens the way to a fuller understanding of what is meant by learning to be enterprising in schools, particularly during the basic schooling of students (at both the primary and secondary levels). Working from Dewey's philosophy of experience, the paper advances a new…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Entrepreneurship, Futures (of Society)
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Rouse, Liz – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2012
Family-centred practice has been included in the Victoria, Australia Early Years Learning and Development Framework as a key practice principle for professionals working across all early years programs in that state. While this model of partnership for engaging and collaborating with families has long been used in the early intervention sector,…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries
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Peim, Nick – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2009
This paper considers the idea of a crisis in educational research. Some conventional expressions of that "crisis" are examined in terms of their assumptions about what is "proper" to educational research. The paper then affirms the role of "metaphysics" in educational research as a necessary dimension of method, as opposed to the naive assertion…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Methodology, Politics of Education, Educational Environment
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Holowchak, Mark A. – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2009
This paper is an indirect critique of the practice of American liberal education. I show that the liberal, integrative model that American colleges and universities have adopted, with one key exception, is essentially an approach to education proposed some 2400 years ago by Stoic philosophers. To this end, I focus on a critical sketch of the Stoic…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Role of Education, Educational History
Hodge, David C.; Baxter Magolda, Marcia B.; Haynes, Carolyn A. – Liberal Education, 2009
Evidence abounds that, in recent decades, students have typically entered college relying on perspectives they have uncritically accepted from others and are not sufficiently challenged and supported to transition to internal authority during college. Students who have experienced significant challenge, particularly as a result of marginalization,…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Student Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Practices
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Ostinelli, Giorgio – European Journal of Education, 2009
This article presents a brief analysis of teacher education in five European countries: Italy, Germany, England, Sweden and Finland. In the post-industrial world, the sense of teaching has profoundly changed, influenced by a rapidly evolving socio-economic context. The responses given by each country are different, but two tendencies emerge: on…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Comparative Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Olsen, Deborah; Bekken, Barbara M.; McConnell, Kathryne Drezek; Walter, Charles T. – Journal of General Education, 2011
Baxter Magolda's Learning Partnerships model was used to create a program designed to foster student epistemological development. To assess its effectiveness, the Measure of Epistemological Reflection was administered to the experimental cohort and a comparable group in the traditional general education program. Results indicate that the model…
Descriptors: General Education, Epistemology, Program Effectiveness, Models
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Michelsena, Svein – Higher Education Policy, 2010
The compatibility between the Humboldtian principles and the Bologna reform programme is essentially contested. The article traces debates on the Humboldtian university and the Bologna process and explores theoretical, methodological and normative aspects of these debates and the relations between the Bologna process and the Humboldtian ideals.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Organizational Change, Values
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English, Rebecca – Australian Educational Researcher, 2009
The move to a market model of schooling has seen a radical restructuring of the ways schooling is "done" in recent times in Western countries. Although there has been a great deal of work to examine the effects of a market model on local school management (LSM), teachers' work and university systems, relatively little has been done to…
Descriptors: School Choice, Foreign Countries, Competition, Free Enterprise System
Beesley, Andrea; Clark, Tedra; Barker, Jane; Germeroth, Carrie; Apthorp, Helen – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 2010
Background: Expeditionary Learning Schools opens and transforms K-12 schools. Through engaging, long-term interdisciplinary projects designed to achieve academic standards and an emphasis on a healthy school culture, Expeditionary Learning aims to develop students who are not only high-achieving but also highly motivated to do challenging…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Citizenship, School Culture, Self Efficacy
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