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Alexandra Ranson; Monica Cameron – Early Childhood Folio, 2023
The 2017 refresh of Aotearoa New Zealand's early childhood education (ECE) curriculum "Te Whariki" was undertaken to better guide teachers in understanding their role in supporting children's learning and to foster alignment of teaching practices, including intentional teaching, across the ECE sector. This article draws on a small-scale…
Descriptors: Intentional Learning, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Fiedler, Sebastian; Valjataga, Terje – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2010
From 2005 to 2008 the international research and development project iCamp carried out a series of targeted educational interventions into existing teaching and studying practices within a cluster of European universities. These interventions were meant to establish educational experiences that would correspond with key features of international,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research and Development, Intervention, Educational Research
Oda, Yutaka; Mari, Mori – Childhood Education, 2006
Many education critics, teachers, and parents have lamented the recent poor achievement scores of Japanese school-age children, and have sought the reasons for the decline. Some critics, including the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, and Science and Technology, blame the practice known as yutori-kyoiku (literally translated as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational History
Knight, Peter; Tait, Jo; Yorke, Mantz – Studies in Higher Education, 2006
Educational professional development is a global concern. It is often characterised by event-delivery methods, though there are signs that other approaches are gaining favour. The authors stress the significance of non-formal learning, and the ways in which it can be promoted and enhanced within the activity systems within which teachers in higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Education, Higher Education, Faculty Development
Adults' Informal Learning: Definitions, Findings, Gaps, and Future Research. NALL Working Paper #21.
Livingstone, D. W. – 2001
This paper on adult informal learning is divided into four sections. Section 1 examines different conceptions of informal learning and the issues and limitations associated with alternative definitions of informal learning. Section 2 is a review of empirical research on the estimated extent, role, and outcomes of informal learning and posited…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Education Work Relationship, Educational Research
Tough, Allen – 1999
A common pattern in all studies of adult learning is that informal learning seems to be a very normal, very natural human activity. A 30-year old study and the 1998 Livingstone study show parallel findings. One of the most important findings is that about 90 percent of people had done some sort of intentional learning in the last year. The 10…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, Cooperative Planning