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Leggett, Nicole; Ford, Margot – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2016
The National Quality Standards (NQS) as part of the Australian National Quality Framework were developed in 2011 and included several references to the organisation of small and large groups within early childhood settings (ACECQA 2013). The NQS act in tandem with the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) (DEEWR 2009) and are the basis by which…
Descriptors: Standards, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers
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Davenport, Carol – School Science Review, 2013
Three methods from different schools illustrate how the cyclic process of action research can be used to develop teaching skills. The importance of learning from successful and unsuccessful lessons or parts of lessons is emphasised as the basis for development and improvement. This process can be carried out on an individual basis but development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Teaching Methods, Faculty Development
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De Hei, Miranda S. A.; Sjoer, Ellen; Admiraal, Wilfried; Strijbos, Jan-Willem – Educational Studies, 2016
The aim of this study was to describe how teacher educators design and implement group learning activities (GLAs). We used the Group Learning Activities Instructional Design (GLAID) framework to analyse their descriptions. The GLAID framework includes eight components: (1) interaction, (2) learning objectives and outcomes, (3) assessment, (4) task…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Curriculum Implementation, Teacher Education, Learning Activities
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Jurado-Navas, Antonio; Munoz-Luna, Rosa – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
The present paper aims to detail the experience developed in a classroom of English Studies from the Spanish University of Málaga, where an alternative project-based learning methodology has been implemented. Such methodology is inspired by scrum sessions widely extended in technological companies where staff members work in teams and are assigned…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Teamwork, Higher Education
Buttner, Christian – 1996
This report, the third annual study of primary program implementation, outlines case study observations of learning groups and of teachers relations to groups. The learning atmosphere of a learning group is determined by presence of conducive or disruptive elements, input of children, and relation of the group to the teacher, in addition to good…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Environment, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning
Doris Marshall Inst. for Education and Action, Toronto (Ontario). – 1990
This manual provides materials for a 6-day workshop to develop skills in democratic learning and teaching practices. Goals of the workshop are as follows: (1) train facilitators to use the methodology; (2) introduce people in the African National Congress (ANC) to the potential of popular education methodology; (3) determine follow-up action to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development
Doris Marshall Inst. for Education and Action, Toronto (Ontario). – 1989
This manual provides materials for a 6-day workshop for immigrant women working on the issue of woman abuse; it is intended to help them do their own programs in their own language out of their own cultural context. Objectives of the course are as follows: to increase educator skills and confidence in (1) developing learning activities and using…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Battered Women, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Doris Marshall Inst. for Education and Action, Toronto (Ontario). – 1988
This manual provides materials for a 5-day course in the development of design and facilitation skills for participants. The course is intended for community educators who work in the areas of immigrant settlement, cultural interpretation, or wife assault and have responsibilities for leading group discussions or running educational programs.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Battered Women, Change Agents, Change Strategies
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2001
A search of recent research on group training apprenticeships and traineeships in Australia found that group training companies (GTCs) are making a strong contribution to Australia's apprentice and trainee system. Key findings include the following: (1) group training apprentice and trainee numbers doubled over the period of 1995-2000; (2) over…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Developed Nations, Educational Needs
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers