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Di Wilmot; Sarah Witham Bednarz; Munazza Fatima; Alfonso Garcia de la Vega; Regula Grob; Johanna Mäsgen; Sophie Wilson – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2025
This paper critically reflects on how transformative learning (TL) is described both conceptually and as a process in the literature in different fields and national contexts. We articulate a definition of TL and justify why geography education is an ideal vehicle for enabling it. This is followed by a series of case studies explaining how TL can…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Transformative Learning, Climate, Cross Cultural Studies
Nancy Kober – National Academies Press, 2023
Research shows that that children learn science and engineering subjects best by engaging from an early age in the kinds of practices used by real scientists and engineers. By doing science and engineering, children not only develop and refine their understanding of the core ideas and crosscutting concepts of these disciplines, but can also be…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Elementary Education, Science Instruction, Engineering Education
Vincentas Lamanauskas, Editor – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2025
These proceedings contain papers of the 6th International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education (BalticSTE2025) held in Šiauliai, Lithuania, June 16-19, 2025. This collection of BalticSTE25 articles presents 13 scientific articles and an introductory article on the topic of natural science and technology education. The articles…
Descriptors: Science Education, Technology Education, STEM Education, Curriculum Development
Zein, Subhan, Ed.; Garton, Sue, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2019
Language teacher education is widely identified as one of the most important areas that needs addressing in order to improve early language instruction, yet research into teacher education for early language teachers remains relatively sparse. This volume responds to this gap by compiling studies with diverse methodological tenets from a wide…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Second Language Learning, Teacher Education, Educational Research
Pareja-Lora, Antonio, Ed.; Calle-Martínez, Cristina, Ed.; Rodríguez-Arancón, Pilar, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This volume offers a comprehensive, up-to-date, empirical and methodological view over the new scenarios and environments for language teaching and learning recently emerged (e.g. blended learning, e-learning, ubiquitous learning, social learning, autonomous learning or lifelong learning), and also over some of the new approaches to language…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Telecommunications
Guler, Nilufer, Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
Teaching English language learners has long presented challenges for teachers tasked with bringing these students to a level of language comprehension comparable to that of native speakers. These challenges and issues can lead to difficulty comprehending core academic topics for those learning the English language. "Optimizing Elementary…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Elementary School Students, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
American Institutes for Research, 2015
Assessing individuals' social and emotional (SE) knowledge, attitudes, and skills is a complex task. It requires careful consideration of the assessment purpose, rigor, practicality, burden, and ethics. Once you have considered these factors and have determined that you are, in fact, "Ready to Assess," you are ready to act and choose an…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes
Simister, Catherine Jane – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2007
By helping children to form positive thinking and learning habits, and to develop a range of transferable skills, we give them the tools they need to become successful learners. This book is grounded in the best of current practice and theories surrounding thinking and learning skills. It provides a highly effective method for introducing a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Classroom Techniques, Thinking Skills, Elementary Education
Shazia Akhtar – Improving Schools, 2008
This article reviews how education for citizenship could be implemented and practised in Scottish primary schools at whole school, classroom and community level within the context of the new Curriculum for Excellence. It draws upon the advice and information given in existing key literature to provide an overview of the approaches that develop…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Schell, Leo M. – Elementary English, 1975
One way to improve spelling skills is to provide ample time and opportunity for children to proofread their work. (JH)
Descriptors: Editing, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Learning Activities

Rogers, P. J.; Aston, Felicity – Educational Studies, 1992
Describes an experiment exploring the effectiveness of four teaching methods: formal teaching, guided discovery, free discovery, and play. Concludes that all methods except free discovery are effective as long as memory is emphasized. Includes the tests used for the experiment in four appendices. Relates present results to previous research. (DK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Theories, Memory
Murdoch, Kath – 1994
This book is designed to provide teachers with practical advice on how to conduct environmental education as part of day-to-day classroom programs. Activities and strategies for planning, organizing, and carrying out environmental education across the curriculum are provided to develop teachers' confidence and enthusiasm for teaching in the area.…
Descriptors: Activities, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum

Smith, Tracey – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2000
All teachers face the dilemma of trying to cater to the range of abilities of the children in their classes. Explains one teacher's attempt to accomplish this. (ASK)
Descriptors: Ability, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Evaluation Methods
McLaughlin, Kristina – 2003
After reading a novel as a group, students prepare a television talk show that uses the characters from the story as the characters on the show. Students develop interview-style questions and answers for a character in the novel, and then act out the interview in class. During ten to eleven 45-minute lessons, students will: examine a character…
Descriptors: Characterization, Critical Reading, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Tierney, Robert J. – Learning, 1992
Describes portfolio assessment, recommending it as a means of dynamic and ongoing student evaluation. For students, portfolios stimulate thinking and promote independence. For teachers, they provide a multidimensional view of each child's development. The article explains how to get started, customize portfolio contents, collect notes, and manage…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Portfolios (Background Materials), Student Development