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Bassel Chazbeck; Zalpha Ayoubi – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2024
The aim of this research is to explore the system of knowledge of the Lebanese secondary physics teachers that affects the selection and integration of educational resources. This teachers' knowledge was studied through their pedagogical and technological pedagogical content knowledge (PCK and TPCK) concerning instructional strategies, students…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Lee, Hea-Jin; Han, Chaereen – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2023
The virtualised schools and universities of the COVID-19 pandemic became rely heavily on educational digital resources (EDRs), so that it has made the selection and use of high-quality EDRs even more critical for quality education. This qualitative case study aims to examine decision-making criteria used by preservice teachers (PTs) in selecting…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Electronic Learning, Decision Making, Preservice Teachers
Zlata Stankovic-Ramirez; Brigitte Vittrup – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Physical classroom environments for young children and the quality of those environments have typically been studied by utilizing various rating scales. Research is limited on early childhood educators' perspectives and decision-making processes in striving to create optimal physical classroom environments during the school year. This qualitative…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Barriers
Rachel Mary Stehle – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The proliferation of educational technology currently marketed by textbook publishers reflects the neoliberal influence in higher education that emphasizes automated, standardized delivery and skills-based curriculum. Inclusive access programs are publisher developed digital packages that include access to digital course materials at a lower cost…
Descriptors: Community College Students, College Faculty, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Tanner, Samuel Jaye – Urban Education, 2023
This article relies on nonrepresentational narrative research to consider improvisational urban literacy. The author uses narrative to theorize the choice to teach "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" in urban high school English classrooms. The author positions this decision as the surprising result of an improvisational, urban literacy…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Literacy Education, Creative Activities, Urban Schools
Eva-Lena Bjursten; Tor Nilsson; Gunnar Jonsson – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2024
There is a recognized need to understand the current state of programming implementation in the Swedish compulsory school system. This study focused specifically on the implementation of programming in the school subject of technology for grades 4-6. In Sweden, the responsibility for choosing teaching and learning material lies with individual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Ferguson, Daniel E.; Dernikos, Bessie P. – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2023
Amidst numerous curricular reforms across the USA that censor reading materials and promote standardized literacy policies, the authors ask in this article: What rights do early childhood teachers and students have in curriculum-making, and to the very materiality of their own classrooms? More broadly, they wonder: How do material regulations in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Restorative Practices, Emergent Literacy, Early Childhood Teachers
Seaman, Julia E.; Seaman, Jeff – Babson Survey Research Group, 2017
This study is designed to explore the process by which faculty members select the educational materials that they employ in their courses. The most common of these is the required textbook--faculty members typically select one or more books that all students are required to use through the duration of the course. Faculty also employ a wide range…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Higher Education, Media Selection, Instructional Material Evaluation
Dawn Atkinson – Language Teaching Research, 2024
Though reports of pedagogic materials production point to the range of compromises authors make when writing language teaching textbooks, many accounts are retrospective in nature. This study sought to expand the research perspective by interrogating writing episodes via qualitative content analysis to discover how two expert ELT (English language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Textbook Preparation
Levin, Jesse; Manship, Karen; Hurlburt, Steve; Atchison, Drew; Yamaguchi, Ryoko; Hall, Adam; Stullich, Stephanie – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2019
Over the past 25 years, a small but growing number of school districts have implemented weighted student funding (WSF), a type of school-based budgeting system, as a way to increase school-level autonomy and flexibility and more equitably distribute funding among schools. In these districts, education leaders have implemented policies that…
Descriptors: School Districts, Institutional Autonomy, Budgets, Funding Formulas
Levin, Jesse; Manship, Karen; Hurlburt, Steve; Atchison, Drew; Yamaguchi, Ryoko; Hall, Adam; Stullich, Stephanie – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2019
"Districts' Use of Weighted Student Funding Systems to Increase School Autonomy and Equity: Findings from a National Study. Volume 1," is intended to provide both practitioners and policymakers with detailed information about the design, implementation, and outcomes of weighted student funding (WSF) systems in the United States. Findings…
Descriptors: School Districts, Funding Formulas, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education
Hoard, Brent; Stefaniak, Jill; Baaki, John; Draper, Darryl – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2019
This study explored the interaction of multimedia production competencies of expert and novice instructional designers on the design decisions made during the instructional design process/workflow. This multiple measures study used qualitative survey instruments to access and measure the production competencies of participants, then a design aloud…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Instructional Design, Decision Making
Watt, Michael G. – Online Submission, 2020
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the program initiated by EdReports.org for analysing instructional materials, improving local decision making for selecting materials, and providing professional learning to support implementation of high-quality materials in schools. The Context Input Process Product model was used to evaluate…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Instructional Materials, Instructional Material Evaluation, Media Selection
Engledowl, Christopher; Webel, Corey; Yeo, Sheunghyun – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2021
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics has consistently emphasized the importance of curricular coherence in mathematics education. However, the predominance of the Internet has led to a lack of consistency in the use and quality of curricular materials. We drew on teachers' self-report of their use of curriculum materials and conducted a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Materials, Textbooks
Broberg, Maximilian – British Journal of Religious Education, 2020
Recent studies show that religious education (RE) and various media outlets serve as increasingly important arenas for religious socialisation among Swedish youths. At the same time, it has been shown that media material, for example in the form of various news media, often make their way into RE classrooms to be used as materials alongside the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Religious Education, News Media, Instructional Materials