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Aesthetic Literacy: Observable Phenomena and Pedagogical Applications for Mobile Lifelong Learning (mLLL)
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Sean, Michael; Ihanainen, Pekka – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2015
This paper proposed a method for developing capacity for lifelong learning in open spaces, defined here as places without predefined learning structures or objectives, through the cultivation of aesthetic literacy. This discussion will be situated within fieldwork performed by the authors in Helsinki, Finland, and Tallinn, Estonia, in 2013. Based…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning in Engineering and Medicine: Determinants of Students' Engagement and Persistence
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Bédard, Denis; Lison, Christelle; Dalle, Daniel; Côté, Daniel; Boutin, Noël – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2012
This paper presents results of a study conducted with undergraduate students involved in either problem- or project-based curricula (Medicine and Engineering, respectively) at the Université de Sherbrooke, Canada. The objective of the present research was to measure the impact of these innovative curricula on students' engagement and persistence…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Student Projects, Engineering Education, Medical Education
"Unterricht ist doch kein Zirkus . . ." Zur Frage der psychoanalytischen Reflexion im schulischen Unterricht ("The Classroom Is not a Circus . . ." On the Question of Psycho-Analytic Reflections in School Instruction).
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Hirblinger, Heiner – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1999
Inquires of the significance of an insight into dynamic-unconscious processes in the classroom for an understanding of pedagogical practice. Outlines the difficulties of dealing with "emotional experiences" in school. States that the components of the psycho-analytic method can be applied only in a modified form within the classroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Educational Methods, Educational Practices
Skemp Activities for the Intelligent Learning of Mathematics.
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Harrison, Marilyn – 1992
This paper looks at the ideas of R. Skemp which emphasize fostering "intelligent learning" in the teaching of mathematics. Skemp posits that schematic learning takes place when new concepts are constructed by the learner. Three modes of building such internal schema are proposed. Teachers are urged to ensure that at every stage the new…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning)
Understanding Chinese Students' Use of Language Learning Strategies from Cultural and Educational Perspectives
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Rao, Zhenhui – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
This study investigated Chinese students' use of language learning strategies, and then interpreted the data from cultural and educational perspectives. Using a Strategy Inventory for Language Learning, the researcher discovered some common features shared by Chinese students in their use of learning strategies. An in-depth analysis of the results…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers
The Gifted Enigma: A Collection of Articles.
Vialle, Wilma, Ed.; Geake, John, Ed. – 2002
Twenty-one research articles originally published in the "Australasian Journal of Gifted Education" over the past decade are collected in this book and address aspects of gifted education including pedagogy and curriculum, policy and practice, social and emotional needs, school and family, neuropsychology and cognition, and special…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Educational Methods, Educational Policy