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Wellington De Luna-Vazquez; Luis G. Estrada-Oliver – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the challenges and opportunities for incorporating social and emotional learning (SEL) into physical education, especially in settings disrupted by remote learning. This article provides practical strategies for PE teachers to apply the cooperative learning (CL) model to help Hispanic English language learners…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Physical Education, Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language)
Wang, Xizhen; Zhu, Hongqing – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2023
Protocol-guided teaching, a method of classroom instruction reform started by Donglu Middle School in Nanjing of China has developed into a student-centered teaching model in the context of the deepening reform of Chinese basic education. In this model, the teacher plays an essential guiding role, and the main objective is the development of the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Student Centered Learning
Yujiro Fujiwara; Kathryn Lewis – Childhood Education, 2023
Student-centered classrooms, where the focus is on the way students learn concepts and skills rather than the way a teacher delivers the lessons, is a popular theme in current classrooms at all levels. A clear distinction must be made between student-centered teaching as a philosophy and student-centered teaching as a specific set of instructional…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement
Mezzoni, Rachel; Kozub, Francis M. – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2023
Sensory obstacle courses provide lesson ideas for teachers targeting objectives in both cognitive and psychomotor domains. Specific cognitive learning includes the movement concepts needed to navigate obstacles set up in the gymnasium aimed at developing athletic motor skills competences needed for sports. Sensory courses include using stations…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Physical Education, Sensory Experience, Psychomotor Skills
Rhys Pritchard; Francis Dockerty – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2025
Since Bunker and Thorpe (1982. A model for the teaching of games in secondary schools. "Bulletin of Physical Education," 18(1), 5-8.) introduced Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU), there has been a growing recognition of advocating approaches to pedagogy that addresses participant learning with games-based approaches (GBA)…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Physical Education, Game Based Learning, Educational Theories
Margit E. McGuire; Alexander S. Butler; Bradley Fiege; Jennifer Murrihy; Rebekah Reed; Kate Van Haren – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2025
In the elementary years, social studies is an essential subject, critical to young learners' academic success and well-being. The success of our democracy depends on equitable access to this vital learning for all students. Social studies must be taught in every classroom starting in PreK so learners can develop into civically knowledgeable,…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Elementary Education, Student Centered Learning, Relevance (Education)
Student Experiences of Learning How to Teach Primary Physical Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic
van Rossum, Tom; Pearson, Julie; Howells, Kristy; Randall, Victoria – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2023
This paper offers a snapshot into the unexpected and yet positive results of a small-scale survey about learning to teach Physical Education within initial teacher education and school-based settings. It shares data from four institutions about how pre-service teachers explained their learning and teaching experiences within Physical Education…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Experience, Physical Education Teachers
Louise Ammentorp; Helen M. Coreveleyn – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2024
"Let Nature Be Your Teacher: Integrating Nature-Based Learning in the Elementary Classroom" advocates for a transformative shift in elementary education through incorporating nature-based learning into the curriculum. In an era dominated by indoor education and heightened screen time, Louise Ammentorp and Helen M. Corveleyn respond to…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Physical Environment, Outdoor Education, Experiential Learning
Hancock, Emilie; Karakok, Gulden – PRIMUS, 2021
As students learn to problem solve in authentic situations, they must also develop metacognitive tools to manage and regulate their problem-solving process. To foster process-focused metacognition utilized by mathematical thinkers and problem solvers, inquiry-based learning classroom practices and an adapted version of portfolio problems were…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reflection, Problem Solving, Cooperative Learning
Christine Picot; Julie Stanley – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2024
Time constraints and the pressure to prioritize ELA and mathematics appear to drive teachers' planning and allotment of instructional time, especially given the widening post-pandemic needs of students. This prioritization can often lead to limited time for social studies instruction. Additionally, high-quality social studies resources (such as…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Social Studies, Literacy, Integrated Activities
Cathy A. R. Brant; Andrea M. Hawkman – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2024
As Philadelphia has a rich history in the fight for LGBTQ+ justice, this article centers on two examples of LGBTQ+ activism that were based in the city: Dewey's Lunch Counter Sit-In and Reminder Day. Predating the Stonewall Uprising in New York City, which is marked as the start of the contemporary LGBTQ+ Pride movement, the Dewey's Lunch Counter…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Social Justice, Activism, Learning Activities
Arns, Kaitlyn M. – International Journal of the Whole Child, 2021
The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI), originally defined by Howard Gardner (1993, 1999), continues to contribute to epistemological and pedagogical understandings and practices in the elementary classroom. The multiple intelligences manifest naturally through students' work; center-based learning is an effective approach to authentically…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Self Determination, Learning Centers (Classroom), Student Centered Learning
Parks, Melissa; Hershey, Hope P.; Sobzack, Skye; Tichenor, Mercedes S. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2023
The authors describe the benefits of elementary school gardening experiences and offer suggestions on how to nurture positive environmental attitudes among children through garden-based learning activities.
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Gardening, Elementary School Students, Science Instruction
Rosamaria Crisci; Umberto Dello Iacono; Eva Ferrara Dentice – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2023
In this paper, we describe an educational activity involving the use of a digital artifact, implemented in a visual programming environment, for mediating the learning of axial symmetry in primary school through algorithmics and computer programming. The educational activity was designed with the aim of bringing out increasingly…
Descriptors: Programming, Algorithms, Elementary Education, Technology Uses in Education
Asha K. Jitendra; Barbara Dougherty; Victoria Sanchez; Luisana Suchilt – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Developing and supporting understanding of the meaning of multiplication and multiplicative relationships in students with mathematics learning disabilities requires carefully designed instruction that emphasizes strategic representation use. This article discusses three ways in which teachers can incorporate multiple representations within…
Descriptors: Multiplication, Mathematics Instruction, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities