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Russo-Zimet, Gila – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
Studies have examined the assumption that teachers have previous perceptions, beliefs and knowledge about learning (Cochran-Smith & Villegas, 2015). This study presented the In-Action Mental Model of twenty leading artist-teachers while teaching Visual Arts in three Israeli art institutions of higher Education. Data was collected in two…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Artists, Teaching Models, Teaching Methods
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Bleich, David – College English, 1976
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis
Kanel, Sylvia; Anthony, Marlene – 1994
Professors in a Communication Arts methods course for preservice and inservice elementary school teachers sought to move the content of the language arts curriculum from a direct instruction to a whole language model. A transformation came about as one professor realized that her efforts to enthusiastically convey the importance of authentic…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Hollingsworth, Patricia L., Ed. – 1995
This booklet for parents summarizes the curriculum at the University of Tulsa School for Gifted Children in Oklahoma. Program goals are to: (1) enhance academic achievement; (2) provide an emotionally supportive and intellectually challenging atmosphere; and (3) develop a creative and positive approach to school learning. A major premise of…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Arithmetic, Art Education, Cognitive Processes
Joyce, Bruce; And Others – 1994
This paper describes a multidimensional staff development program implemented by the Ames (Iowa) Community Schools, involving 11 schools, 350 teachers, and 5,000 students. Three governance options in staff development were established: the Individual Growth Fund which supported teachers in defraying the costs of individually selected staff…
Descriptors: Action Research, Consultation Programs, Discussion Groups, Elementary Education
Davis, Ken, Ed. – Kentucky English Bulletin, 1986
Noting that despite the homogenizing influence of the mass media, the United States remains a land of regions, this focused journal issue celebrates regionalism (especially Kentucky regionalism) by exploring its implications for the teaching of English and language arts. The articles and their authors are as follows: (1) "Literacy and…
Descriptors: Authors, Black Community, Black Literature, Creative Writing
Bloodsworth, Gaston; Fitzgerald, Doris – 1993
Education reform mandates that teachers be able to function competently in multicultural classrooms. This paper describes a culturally aware teaching model designed to address the problems and needs of rural at-risk students. The major goal of the model is to empower students through acceptance, understanding, respect, and appreciation of both the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Cultural Awareness, Elementary School Students