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Eadaoin J. Slattery; Paula Lehane; Deirdre Butler; Michael O'Leary; Kevin Marshall – Review of Education, 2025
Minecraft is a popular digital game-based learning (DGBL) tool used in learning environments around the world. With increasing emphasis on evidence-informed practice and policymaking in educational systems, this paper systematically reviews the evidence base behind the use of Minecraft in improving academic, cognitive, motivational-affective and…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Computer Games, Educational Games, Children
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Fang Wang; Ruiqin Gao; Yukang Xue; Robbie Ross; Huijuan Wang; Han Wang – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2023
Associations between dimensions of social creativity (i.e., Peer Influence, Problem-Solving Quality, Social Initiative, Social Ability, and Interpersonal Self-Confidence) and parenting styles, including Emotional Warmth, Strictness and Punishment, Overinvolvement, Favouring Subject, and Rejection, were investigated among 823 Chinese middle school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Creativity, Social Attitudes
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Atmaca, Furkan; Yagbasanlar, Osman; Yildiz, Erol; Göncü, Ahmet; Baloglu, Mustafa – Roeper Review, 2022
Twice-exceptional individuals (2e) are highly gifted/talented or creative but have a disability in at least in one developmental area. In order to reveal more about the condition we systematically reviewed movies that depict 2e individuals to reveal how they are portrayed. Eight movies were analyzed in depth. The selected movies were independently…
Descriptors: Films, Gifted Disabled, Classification, Social Development
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Beisel, Kris – Childhood Education, 2021
At the start of this new school year, most educators' attention will be split between attending to students' social and developmental well-being and overcoming pandemic-driven lack of engagement in learning. When these two goals are addressed in tandem, students can be exposed to new challenges and experiences. This article explores how a…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Social Emotional Learning, Competition
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Zakharova, Irina; Kobicheva, Aleksandra; Rozova, Natalia – Education Sciences, 2019
The purpose of the paper is to assess the experience of Russian students in the online project class. The authors studied the impact of the international project "X-Culture" on the level of development of socio-cultural competencies of students and their knowledge of the English language. An additional aspect of the analysis was the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Projects, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language)
Yin, Ming; Heard, Holly E.; Szabo, Julia; Ankoor, Nehemiah – Houston Education Research Consortium, 2021
In the fall of 2019, 3,117 15-year-old students in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) participated in the Study on Social and Emotional Skills (SSES), part of an international effort led by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), with Houston serving as the only U.S. site. This report provides a snapshot of…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Adolescents, Skill Development
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Cuadrado, Francisco – International Journal of Music Education, 2019
"Music and Talent" is an educational project for children between 3 and 9 years old. The aim of the project is to use music and musical intelligence as resources for enhancing important skills in social and cognitive development. These skills are self-esteem, self-confidence, motivation, social and emotional relationships, and…
Descriptors: Music, Talent, Creativity, Program Descriptions
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Pinho, Maria Inês; Fernandes, Dárida; Serrão, Carla; Mascarenhas, Daniela – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2019
Today's society has valued entrepreneurship in various sectors of personal and professional life, but the school seems to forget this reality. Aware of this fact, the Portuguese Ministry of Education has created a program, from early childhood education to basic and secondary education, to develop the concept of social entrepreneurship in schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
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Petrina, Neysa; Carter, Mark; Stephenson, Jennifer – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2015
Parental perceptions of the importance of friendship development in comparison to other outcome priorities are examined in this research. Parents of children with high functioning autism between the age of 5-10?years (N?=?74) were asked to rate and rank the importance of the following six outcome priorities: friendship, social skills, physical and…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Friendship, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Taylor, Estelle – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2016
Soft skills are becoming increasingly important and will be critical for success in the Information Systems profession. Employers complain about a lack in soft skills among graduates from tertiary education institutions. No agreement exists about what these skills actually are, which are of importance, and how acquiring these soft skills should be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Skill Development, Stakeholders, Attitude Measures
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Martinez, Angel; Lasser, Jon – Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2013
The process of creating child-developed board games in a counseling setting may promote social, emotional, and behavioral development in children. Using this creative approach, counselors can actively work with children to address referred concerns and build skills that may generalize outside of counseling sessions. A description of the method is…
Descriptors: Special Education, Children, Adolescents, Grade 6
Nebraska Department of Education, 2018
The Early Learning Guidelines: Nebraska's Birth to Five Learning and Development Standards (hereafter referred to as the Guidelines) is a resource to provide information about young children's learning and development. The Guidelines are intended to assist adults in planning and providing meaningful learning experiences and environments for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Schachter, Ron – Instructor, 2011
There's no doubt that children's home environments have a huge impact on the kind of people they become. But so do their educational environments. A number of schools are beginning to realize it's worth it to spend the time on "soft" skills such as empathy. Even forgetting the recent scary headlines about bullying, teachers know that a classroom…
Descriptors: Altruism, Empathy, Interpersonal Competence, Teaching Methods
Brookings Institution, 2013
In the run-up to 2015 and beyond, the global education community must work together to improve learning and propose practical actions to deliver and measure progress. In response, UNESCO through its Institute for Statistics (UIS) and the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at the Brookings Institution have co-convened the Learning Metrics Task…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Global Approach
Russ, Sandra W., Ed.; Niec, Larissa N., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2011
Going beyond traditional play therapy, this innovative book presents a range of evidence-based assessment and intervention approaches that incorporate play as a key element. It is grounded in the latest knowledge about the importance of play in child development. Leading experts describe effective strategies for addressing a wide variety of…
Descriptors: Play Therapy, Evidence Based Practice, Child Development, Behavior Modification
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