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Buchanan, Lisa Brown – Social Education, 2014
Historical documentary film usually offers content in a format that students find more engaging than traditional historical texts. In the classroom, documentary film can be positioned within a historical thinking framework to study a broad concept like civil rights while facilitating students' source work and skill development. While social…
Descriptors: Empathy, Social History, Social Studies, Civil Rights
Demaria, Thomas; Schonfeld, David J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
Traumatic crises can have a lifelong effect. The majority of children, however, will not develop lasting problems following a crisis. The immediate goal of the school is to minimize the negative impact, support coping, accelerate adjustment, and instill confidence in students that school staff is available to address their needs. Support and…
Descriptors: Trauma, Coping, Crisis Management, Crisis Intervention
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Stiff-Williams, Helen; Sturtz, John P. – Social Education, 2012
A typical U.S. high school student today might be able to recite some milestones of civil rights history--the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56; the Freedom Rides of 1961; and (some would add) the election of the first African American president in 2008. But how many students understand that these events, which historians call out as milestones,…
Descriptors: United States History, Civil Rights, Student Projects, Oral History
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Engel, Martin – Art Education, 1982
Describes the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Awards in Arts Education program designed to provide incentives for public schools to develop superior art courses. The success of the program demonstrates that rigorous training in art can significantly increase student learning and productivity. (AM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Instructional Improvement
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Anderson, Jared; Barrera, Gregory; Benedict, Julie; Cavanaugh, Michael; Christensen, Jessica; Clark, Susannah; Dallimore, Natalie; Drown, Danielle; Fink, Susan; Hansen, Josh; Haubner, Ashley; Hinsdale, Robin; Johnson, Tyler; King, JuLee; Maufort, Brenda; Neubauer, Laura; Popple, Jennifer; Praggastis, Cate; Price, Matt; Raber, Lloyd; Rowland, Tiffany; Strite-Hatch, Amy; Torson, Christine; Tuckness, Tara – Stage of the Art, 2003
Explains that each year, theatre education majors at the University of Utah select a production that will be mounted by a professional theatre company on the campus. Explains that the theatre education majors complete extensive dramaturgical research for the production, and create a process drama pre-show piece that is presented to over 1500 K-12…
Descriptors: Creativity, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education, Role Playing
Paciencia, David – Executive Educator, 1994
Faced with an outbreak of meningococcal disease, an upstate New York school system swung into action. The district's plan included informing proper medical authorities, calling a planning meeting of key administrators and health officials, communicating with parents, keeping area districts informed, issuing daily updates for staff, designating…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Crisis Management, Elementary Secondary Education, Planning
Reissman, Rose – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1993
Describes how one writing teacher used the concept of the writer's commonplace book to encourage students to respond in writing to current cultural and news events. Shows how to set up separate files on computer networks containing reflections on news events, and argues that such a method is effective at inspiring writing. (HB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, News Media, Student Reaction
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Good, Thomas L. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1987
The types of teacher expectation effects found in the classroom are discussed, with emphasis on research involving teachers' expectations for and interactions with students believed to be of high or low potential. A model for use in understanding the dynamics of expectation communication to students is presented. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Motivation, Student Reaction
Dillon, J. T. – Learning, 1982
Teachers often ask questions to stimulate students' thinking, open up dialog, draw out responses, and keep a discussion flowing. However, questioning techniques can encourage student passivity and dependency. Alternatives to questioning are described. (CJ)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education, Questioning Techniques, Student Participation
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Surbeck, Elaine; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1991
At Arizona State University, undergraduate teacher candidates were asked to make biweekly journal entries relating course content to beliefs and knowledge about teaching, classroom applications, children's probable responses, and personal reflections about teaching and learning. Many students organized their entries according to a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Journal Writing, Schools of Education, Student Reaction
Cirone, Bill – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Operating under the umbrella of the Santa Barbara County Education Office, the Beyond Tolerance Educational Center serves as a resource for educators. It provides county schools with information and programs that promote social awareness and tolerance while teaching kids the dangers of hatred and discrimination. (MLH)
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Conflict Resolution, Elementary Secondary Education, Hate Crime
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Scholzman, Steven C. – Educational Leadership, 2001
Describes the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in students. Suggests ways that teachers can help students cope with catastrophic events such as the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. (PKP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, School Counseling, Student Reaction
Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2006
The recent IDEA reauthorization calls for what has been dubbed a "Response to Intervention" (RTI) approach. The intent is to use "well-designed and well-implemented early intervention" in the regular classroom as a way to deal with a student's problems and enhance the assessment of whether more intensive and perhaps specialized…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Classroom Techniques
Barrow, Evelyn – School Library Journal, 1982
Describes suggestion box system used to elicit student feedback concerning the school library at Willets Road School, Roslyn Heights, New York. Sample suggestions and responses are noted. (EJS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback, Library Services, Library Surveys
White, James; Fallis, Anita – 1981
The objective of this study was to identify, describe, and appraise existing behavior-oriented, vandalism-prevention programs using a case-study approach. This report summarizes an investigation of three programs in Ontario (Canada): Project PRIDE (Pupils Responsible in Determining their own Environment); Operation Aware; and a Diversion program.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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