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Parra, Julia; Chatterjee, Suparna; Alzaid, Ayman; Korang, Thomas – Geography Teacher, 2022
Though there has been debate regarding the effectiveness of online teaching and learning as compared to face-to-face or in-person modalities, the online experience has gained credence and momentum (Brenneman and Karpman 2020). The COVID-19 pandemic and its resultant global lockdown warranted the closing of schools and the adoption of online…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Learning Activities, Electronic Learning, Geography Instruction
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Lawrence, Liz – Primary Science, 2020
The focus on curriculum in the new inspection framework in England has increased the likelihood of detailed scrutiny of both science and design and technology (D&T), and with all other subjects also coming into the spotlight and timetables stretched, cross-curricular linking is a popular way to accomplish curricular goals. However, solutions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Elementary Education, Technology
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Baird, Kate; Coy, Stephanie – Science and Children, 2020
In this article the authors describe a model that starts from the basics of the OWL (observe, wonder, learn) large-group discussion strategy then moves onto new experiences that serve as the jumping off point for student-generated questions and investigations. The OWL version of a KWL (Know-Want to Know-Learn) process becomes a path to language…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Models
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Waite, Kim – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2021
In our interconnected world, what does it mean to teach global environmental issues to young children? Using theoretical foundations from the social justice learning community and child-directed, inquiry-based learning best practices, this practitioner reflection details a seven-week, student-centered, interdisciplinary learning experience…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Social Justice, Inquiry, Student Centered Learning
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Novotny, Kristin – Online Submission, 2019
This article considers the epistemological consequences of interdisciplinary, collaborative pedagogy through the lens of a practitioner whose goal is to theorize and contextualize her practice. The author traces connections between interdisciplinary pedagogy and the idea of Making or makerspaces. Giving in-depth examples of interdisciplinary,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Epistemology, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Oller, Judith; Engel, Anna; Rochera, Maria José – Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This article presents an exploratory study aimed at analyzing the instructional design of learning personalization practices in three secondary education centers that promote connections between students' learning and/or their learning experiences in and out of school. We propose three dimensions for analysis, according to a constructivist and…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Instructional Design, Constructivism (Learning), Sociocultural Patterns
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Damsa, Crina; Muukkonen, Hanni – Research Papers in Education, 2020
This paper elaborates on the notion of object-oriented collaborative learning by building on empirical material from two case studies in higher education. Prior empirical findings show how knowledge objects are evolving entities, shaped by the interactions between participants, and how students learn from engaging in knowledge practice that…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Cooperative Learning, Case Studies, Higher Education
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Song, Yanjie – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2018
The paper reports on an empirical study adopting a mixed research method, aiming at improving primary students' collaborative problem solving competency in project-based learning with productive failure (PF) instructional design in a seamless learning environment. Two Grade Six classes participated in a project-based learning of "Plant…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Skill Development
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Stebleton, Michael J.; Jehangir, Rashne – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2016
This "Practices from the Field" article describes the rationale and operationalization of an interdisciplinary team-taught first-year inquiry seminar and learning community program at a large predominantly White research institution. The authors both serve as faculty members in the College of Education and Human Development and teach in…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Inquiry, First Year Seminars, Educational Practices
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Frawley, Timothy J. – Art Education, 2013
While it would be egregious not to acknowledge the dire state and looming removal of art and music programs in many schools today, it is equally important to recognize that individual classroom atmosphere ultimately begins with and emanates from the primary/elementary teacher. Teaching of young children is a soulful experience; it comes from the…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Teacher Education Programs, Early Childhood Education
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Guilherme, Elsa; Faria, Cláudia; Boaventura, Diana – Education 3-13, 2016
The purpose of the study was to investigate how young students engage in an inquiry-based project driven by real-life contexts. Elementary school children were engaged in a small inquiry project centred on marine biodiversity and species adaptations. All activities included the exploration of an out-of-school setting as a learning context. A total…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Marine Education, Ecology
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English, Mary C.; Kitsantas, Anastasia – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2013
In order to be successful in problem-or project-based learning (PBL), students must take responsibility for the learning process by setting goals, monitoring, reflecting, and sustaining their motivation from the beginning of the project until the end. However, for many students, these processes do not occur naturally or easily. Therefore, the…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Student Motivation
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Allen, Christopher; Richardson, David – Research-publishing.net, 2012
This paper reports on the evaluation of student teacher information and communications technology (ICT) projects in English language didactics in accordance with recently proposed frameworks of digital literacy in both language-teaching and wider working and educational contexts (Dudeney, Hockly, & Pegrum, forthcoming; Hockly, 2012; Pegrum,…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Preservice Teachers, Information Technology, Student Projects
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Celik, Suat; Bayrakceken, Samih – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an activity-based explicit nature of science (NOS) instruction undertaken in the context of a "Science, Technology and Society" course on the prospective science teachers' (PSTs') understandings of NOS. In this course, social science based inquiry activities were used to as a context…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Scientific Principles, Active Learning, Interviews
Metz, Steve, Ed. – National Science Teachers Association (NJ3), 2011
The concept of energy is central to all the science disciplines, seamlessly connecting science, technology, and mathematics. For high school and upper middle school teachers, this compendium comprises inquiry-based activities, lesson plans, and case studies designed to help teach increased awareness of energy, environmental concepts, and the…
Descriptors: Energy Education, Science Education, Secondary School Science, Grade 9
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