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Evidence, Explanations, and Recommendations for Teachers' Field Trip Strategies
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Rebar, Bryan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Field trips are well recognized by researchers as an educational approach with the potential to complement and enhance classroom science teaching by exposing students to unique activities, resources, and content in informal settings. The following investigation addresses teachers' field trip practices in three related manuscripts: (1) A study…
Descriptors: Evidence, Field Trips, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
The Impact of International Programs on Pedagogical Practices of Their Participants: A Russian Experience
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Rapoport, Anatoli – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2008
International exchange and training programs play a significant role in the development of international cooperation between educators from different nations. More and more teachers and school administrators participate in exchange programs and implement new curricular and instructional practices in their institutions. The objectives of this…
Descriptors: Exchange Programs, International Cooperation, Program Effectiveness, International Educational Exchange
Learning in the Outdoor Environment: A Missed Opportunity?
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Maynard, Trisha; Waters, Jane – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2007
In 2001, the Welsh Assembly Government announced proposals for a Foundation Phase for children aged three to seven years. The Foundation Phase framework promotes a play-based approach to children's learning in both indoor and outdoor contexts and places children's well-being and their personal and social development at its core. While the…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Foreign Countries, Social Development, Research Projects
Effective Integration of ICT in Singapore Schools: Pedagogical and Policy Implications
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Lim, Cher Ping – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2007
This paper examines and analyses where and how information and communication technologies (ICT) are integrated in Singapore schools to engage students in higher-order thinking activities. Taking the activity system as a unit of analysis, the study documents the actual processes and sociocultural elements that engage students in higher-order…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Technology Integration
School Leadership in Context: Narratives of Practice and Possibility
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Gordon, Jenny; Patterson, Jean A. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2006
In this paper, we critique the study of school leadership for its normative, singular, and evolutionary tendencies. Through an empirical study of leadership we offer an approach that suggests new possibilities for the field. Through the use of a qualitative, grounded theory methodology, we developed profiles of principals that illustrate a variety…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Context Effect
Curriculum Integration in Context: An Exploration of How Structures and Circumstances Affect Design and Implementation.
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Johnson, Amy Bell; Charner, Ivan; White, Robin – 2003
In order to obtain firsthand information about different approaches and strategies for curriculum integration, case studies of curriculum integration models were conducted in seven sites across the United States. It was concluded that the presence or lack of certain contextual factors related to structure and operations had implications for the…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Case Studies, Context Effect, Curriculum Design