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Jieun Lee; Youngchul Ryu – Journal of Research in International Education, 2024
In South Korea, the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP) has been implemented in public education for several years. This article explores the IB MYP's characteristics and educational effects by adopting the grounded theory research approach of Corbin and Strauss (1990, 2015). A total of 27 students from three public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Advanced Placement Programs
Debbie Goss – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This interdisciplinary study examines faculty members' various understandings of writing pedagogies across the curriculum to foster global citizens from the perspective of "soka," or value creation. Broadly, value-creating global citizenship pedagogy develops students' skills and knowledge for the purpose of socioecological good.…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Global Approach, Citizenship Education
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Wilmot, Kirstin; McKenna, Sioux – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
Curriculum transformation is a central concern for higher education in response to rapidly expanding technologies, globalisation and the widening diversity of the student and staff body. This is particularly true for South Africa, which is still grappling with inequalities and pressure for social redress in its universities. Early responses to…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Transformative Learning, Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning
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Hendrickson, Brian – Across the Disciplines, 2016
Institutions of postsecondary education, and the field of writing across the curriculum and in the disciplines (WAC/WID) in particular, need to do more to trouble learning paradigms that employ writing only in service to particular disciplines, only in traditional learning environments, and only in particular languages, or in service to an overly…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Student Organizations, Engineering Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Holm, Jennifer, Ed.; Mathieu-Soucy, Sarah, Ed. – Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group, 2019
In June 2018 the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group/Groupe Canadien d'étude en didactique des mathématiques (CMESG/GCEDM) held its 42nd meeting in the idyllic setting of Squamish, British Columbia. This meeting marked the first time CMESG/GCEDM had been in British Columbia since 2010 and the first time it had been held at Quest University.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Emerson, Lisa; MacKay, Bruce R.; MacKay, Marion B.; Funnell, Keith A. – Educational Action Research, 2006
Writing across the curriculum (WAC) is a way of integrating the teaching of writing into specific academic disciplines. A problem faced in the WAC literature is how to develop a process that integrates the skills of multi-disciplinary teams. In this project, action research was used to develop a team comprising faculty from the applied sciences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Across the Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Undergraduate Study
Nieswandt, Martina – 1997
This paper aims to situate a research project in the context of the literature about writing, describe the goals and methods of the project, and present some empirical results from the initial stages of the project. Students in four schools were divided into an experimental group (N=43) and a control group (N=48). The experimental group received…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Gifford, Richard – Primary Science Review, 1997
Argues that a well-planned science lesson is also a language lesson and that many of the skills cited in Science in the National Curriculum can also be regarded as language skills. Discusses the acquisition of scientific language by children. (DDR)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Somerville, Elizabeth M.; Creme, Phyllis – Teaching in Higher Education, 2005
This article is an account of a cooperative project to develop student writing within an interdisciplinary human sciences degree, in line with the 'Writing in the Disciplines' approach adopted in the USA that aims to develop student writing within mainstream teaching. The course tutor worked with a writing tutor to introduce a 'writing strand'…
Descriptors: Tutors, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
Fenwick, Tara; Parsons, Jim – 1994
These three papers deal with ways to incorporate social studies into the language arts curriculum. The first paper, "What Social Studies Teachers Need To Know about Language Arts," provides suggestions on the writing process and how that process can be used in the social studies. Paper 2, "Applying Communications Activities to Learning Processes…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Raban, Bridie – Cambridge Journal of Education, 1990
Describes the United Kingdom's National Writing Project, examining schools in Berkshire that emphasized writing to teach secondary school students science, math, design, and technology. Results suggest teachers need more knowledge about writing for learning in school subjects if they are going to stress the role of writing across the curriculum.…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Shen, Wenju; Emrick, Susan – Southern Social Studies Journal, 1994
Asserts that multicultural education is an integral part of the school curriculum. Describes a three-week interdisciplinary unit on China combining social studies, language arts, mathematics, the arts, and computer skills. Includes a list of children's literature, a sample lesson, and a map of China. (CFR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education
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Davision, David; Pearce, Daniel – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 1990
Reports research examining the effects of writing activities on mathematics achievement. Results indicate that prewriting activities, such as modeling or prompts, are essential and that regular, systematic writing over an extended period can improve students' performance in, and attitude toward, mathematics. (15 references) (MDH)
Descriptors: Cues, Foreign Countries, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Swinson, Kevan – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 1992
Analyzed survey responses of 226 mathematics teachers from 57 Australian high schools concerning the use of writing in mathematics classrooms. Findings suggested that writing is rarely used as a strategy for teaching mathematics and when it is used, its effectiveness is limited. Includes the Writing in Mathematics questionnaire. (44 references)…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Tikunova, L. I. – Russian Education and Society, 1992
Contends that many Russian schools have begun to use democratization by including more emphasis on aesthetic values, interdisciplinary instruction, and cooperative learning. Includes descriptions of classroom activities exemplifying Russian efforts at educational democratization. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Class Activities, Community Education, Cooperative Learning