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Direct linkSchiavio, Andrea; van der Schyff, Dylan; Philippe, Roberta Antonini; Biasutti, Michele – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2023
What are the main views and perceptions of creativity of a music teacher? By administering an open-ended questionnaire to 11 music teachers, we sought to elicit responses to clarify what are their self-reported understandings of creativity; how they think musical creativity can be facilitated in a teaching setting; and how they can differentiate…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Creativity, Music Education
Arruti, Arantza; Paños-Castro, Jessica – Education & Training, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore whether participating in an entrepreneurship education programme with short-term international placements can help pre-service teachers to identifying the characteristics of entrepreneurial competence from a wide definition of entrepreneurship (Lackeus, 2015) rather than from a business centred…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Study Abroad, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Keegan, Richard J.; Barnett, Lisa M.; Dudley, Dean A.; Telford, Richard D.; Lubans, David R.; Bryant, Anna S.; Roberts, William M.; Morgan, Philip J.; Schranz, Natasha K.; Weissensteiner, Juanita R.; Vella, Stewart A.; Salmon, Jo; Ziviani, Jenny; Okely, Anthony D.; Wainwright, Nalda; Evans, John R. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2019
Purpose: The development of a physical literacy definition and standards framework suitable for implementation in Australia. Method: Modified Delphi methodology. Results: Consensus was established on four defining statements: Core--Physical literacy is lifelong holistic learning acquired and applied in movement and physical activity contexts;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Definitions, Holistic Approach, Lifelong Learning
Starkey, Louise – Critical Studies in Education, 2019
While the terms student-centred and learner-centred are used to describe a range of neo-liberal educational policies and practices around the world, the meaning is not clearly defined. This limits its utility as a concept in policy, research and practice. This article applies abductive reasoning to explore how student-centred education is…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Principals
Russian Education & Society, 2015
The boundary of adulthood is not the easiest subject for a large population survey. Reaching adulthood is usually associated with crossing a certain age threshold and achieving various event-related, biographical milestones or a certain stage of personal maturity. These are not alternative or competing perspectives, but the ones representing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Maturity (Individuals), Individual Development
Gale, Trevor; Parker, Stephen – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
Student transition into higher education has increased in importance in recent times, with the growing trend in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development nations towards universal higher education provision and the concomitant widening of participation to include previously under-represented groups. However, "transition" as a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Classification, Transitional Programs
Life Skills in Non-Formal Contexts for Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries. CMI Report Number 5
Download full textDupuy, Kendra; Bezu, Sosina; Knudsen, Are; Halvorsen, Sandra; Kwauk, Christina; Braga, Amanda; Kim, Helyn – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2018
How can young women in developing countries best be prepared for success in their lives and livelihoods? Life preparation requires learning different types of knowledge and skills in formal, non-formal, and informal learning contexts. Since the advent of the Education for All initiative in 1990, the international community has recognized that in…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Informal Education, Adolescents, Females
Martínez, M. Loreto; Pérez, J. Carola; Cumsille, Patricio – Youth & Society, 2014
This study aims to understand Chilean parents' and adolescents' conceptions of autonomy and whether they hold different expectations for autonomous behaviors by generation and socioeconomic level. A qualitative approach to data collection was used through separate focus groups of parents and adolescents from different socioeconomic condition.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescent Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Expectation
Calvert, Mike – Pastoral Care in Education, 2009
Pastoral care is the term used in education in the United Kingdom to describe the structures, practices and approaches to support the welfare, well-being and development of children and young people. This article takes a historical perspective and charts the shifts in priorities that pastoral care practice has taken over the past 50 years. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agency Cooperation, Integrated Services, Educational History
Ringer, Martin – 1994
This paper defines the field of adventure therapy and relates it to other types of adventure activities. Outdoor adventure may have recreational, educational, or enrichment goals that focus on having fun, increasing participant knowledge, or building skills such as communication in a target group. Adventure therapy, on the other hand, has the…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Definitions, Foreign Countries, Individual Development
Cooper, Lloyd G. – Adult Leadership, 1977
An analysis of the conceptual framework of recurrent education, in which the student is moving from organized learning to a work setting, returning to the educational framework for supplemental experience, then back to work on a recurring basis. (WL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Definitions, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
Provided is a statement on Alberta, Canada's policy on educational program continuity for early childhood services and elementary grades through grade six. Specifically, discussion focuses on the definition of educational program continuity, background to the policy initiative, rationale for the policy, principles of child development…
Descriptors: Administration, Background, Definitions, Developmental Continuity
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1988
This bulletin is divided into three parts. The first part deals with the definition of enterprise education as a program of study concerned with self-employment; starting, controlling, and developing one's own business; and being enterprising and developing the personal effectiveness skills required to operate a business successfully. The second…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Education, Curriculum, Definitions
Linnakyla, Pirjo; Gronholm, Maj-Britt – Life and Education in Finland, 1990
Linnakyla examines definitions of literacy as an object of individual and social development and compares concepts of knowledge and literacy. Gronholm advocates the effectiveness of parents reading aloud to their children for 15 minutes per day in the improvement of children's reading skills. (SK)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Definitions, Foreign Countries, Individual Development
Peer reviewedHutz, Claudio S.; Koller, Silvia H. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1999
Draws on research with Brazilian street children to present methodological and ethical challenges inherent in research with street children; provides suggestions for overcoming these challenges. Issues of concern include the following: definition and sampling, and lack of clarity in these areas; measurement aspects, including surveys,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Definitions
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