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Sarit Barzilai; Clark A. Chinn – Educational Psychology Review, 2024
The nurturing of learners' ways of knowing is vital for supporting their intellectual growth and their participation in democratic knowledge societies. This paper traces the development of two interrelated theoretical frameworks that describe the nature of learners' epistemic thinking and performance and how education can support epistemic growth:…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Epistemology, Individual Development, Models
Maria Nicholas; Andrew Skourdoumbis; Ondine Bradbury – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2024
This systematic scoping review reports findings from 38 studies (2000-2022) that explored the approaches to differentiation that have been effectively used with high-ability students and the school-level supports that enabled their application. The review advances our understanding of current approaches and highlights future considerations for…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Gifted Education, Academically Gifted, Inclusion
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Chris Brown; Ruth Luzmore – British Educational Research Journal, 2025
The term 'ideas-informed society' describes democracies in which citizens believe in the value of staying well-informed and up-to-date with current affairs. They also put these beliefs into action: critically engaging with new ideas and perspectives, delving into scientific discoveries or emerging technologies and exploring aspects of history and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democracy, Current Events, Individual Development
Karen Buttigieg – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2022
This case presents a journey through some of the stages of teacher-led, action-oriented classroom research spurred by a critical reflection of the surrounding educational landscape with the hope of increasing teacher and student agency toward transformation and growth. Pedagogies that are deemed transformative and inclusive were identified through…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Classroom Environment, Action Research, Personal Autonomy
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Saracho, Olivia N. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
Developmental theorists use their research to generate philosophies on children's development. They organize and interpret data based on a scheme to develop their theory. A theory refers to a systematic statement of principles related to observed phenomena and their relationship to each other. A theory of child development looks at the children's…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Child Development, Theories
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Becker, Sandra; Jacobsen, Michele – Teaching Education, 2023
This article presents findings from a design-based research study that investigated curriculum implementation in a makerspace with a grade six teacher and her class over the course of one year. In comparing the figured worlds of classroom and makerspace, the authors explore through the examples of three students and the teacher how they each…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Elementary School Teachers, Self Concept
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Baars, S.; Schellings, G. L. M.; Krishnamurthy, S.; Joore, J. P.; den Brok, P. J.; van Wesemael, P. J. V. – Learning Environments Research, 2021
In order to construct a shared body of knowledge, research involving the relationship between the psychosocial learning environment (PSLE) and the physical learning environment (PLE) needs a commonly-accepted conceptual framework. By means of a thematic literature review, we collected the main aspects of the PSLE and PLE, their definitions and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Social Environment, Psychological Patterns, Individual Development
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Tomczyk, Lukasz; Vanek, Barbora; Pavlov, Ivan; Karikova, Sona; Biresova, Barbora; Kryston, Miroslav – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2018
The paper presents the initial results of research into the individual conditions of the psychosocial functioning of NEETs in the educational context. The study was performed between May and September 2017 in Slovakia, Poland and Estonia, by means of a triangulation of quantitative tools. The general objective of the study is to diagnose the level…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Individual Development, Foreign Countries
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Berlin, Donna F.; White, Arthur L. – International Research and Review, 2021
Cooperative measures are defined as those endeavors which enable an association of a number of people to operate jointly toward the same end and share in the ensuing benefits. It is assumed that groups of educators and institutions are more effective in solving the complex problems of education than if independent and unilateral actions are taken…
Descriptors: Models, Educational Research, Consortia, Science Education
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Perez, Rosemary J. – Journal of College Student Development, 2019
The perspectives undergirding student development theory have evolved over time, yet few scholars have examined how various paradigms influence a specific developmental theory. In this literature review, I explored how constructivism, social constructionism, critical paradigms, and critical constructivism have shaped the study of self-authorship.…
Descriptors: Models, Individual Development, Constructivism (Learning), Student Attitudes
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Bojesen, Emile – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2019
This article introduces a form of 'conversation' distinct from dialogue or dialectic to the context of educational theory, practice, and research. Through an engagement with the thought of Maurice Blanchot, this paper outlines the conditions he attributes to conversation in the form of plural speech, its relationship to research, how it can be…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Intervention
Popkewitz, Thomas S., Ed.; Pettersson, Daniel, Ed.; Hsiao, Kai-Jung, Ed. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2020
The book brings together contributions from curriculum history, cultural studies, visual cultures, and science and technology studies to explore the international mobilizations of the sciences related to education during the post-World War Two years. Crossing the boundaries of education and science studies, it uniquely examines how the desires of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Global Approach, Higher Education, Educational Research
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Hodis, Flaviu A. – Educational Psychology Review, 2018
This paper is grounded on a recent conceptualization of human motivation that encompasses strivings for value, control, and truth effectiveness. The article elucidates the key aspects that form the basis for a multidimensional self-system perspective comprising motivational orientations mapping these three types of effectiveness strivings. In…
Descriptors: Motivation, Individual Development, Self Determination, Systems Approach
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Thom, Jennifer S.; Hallenbeck, Taylor – Deafness & Education International, 2022
Spatial reasoning, recognised as playing a critical role across STEM disciplines, is gaining prominence in mathematics education, not only as fundamental to mathematics, but also as embodied mathematical activity. In this paper, we discuss spatial reasoning and its embodiment in mathematics. We then present a systematic review of the topics as…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Mathematics Education, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
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Purohit, Divyang; Jayswal, Mitesh; Muduli, Ashutosh – European Journal of Training and Development, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper, systematic literature review, is twofold: to identify the factors influencing graduate job choice and to propose a theoretical model that can be useful for future research. Design/methodology/approach: Thematic analysis of the literature available till June 2020 has been reviewed using electronic databases such…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, College Graduates, Job Applicants
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