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Direct linkRashmi Aggarwal, Editor; Prachi Gupta, Editor; Satinder Singh, Editor; Rajni Bala, Editor – IGI Global, 2024
In the field of education, the quick progression of technologies poses both unprecedented challenges and unparalleled opportunities. As our classrooms undergo a large shift, traditional practices are being questioned, demanding a reevaluation of how we teach, learn, and prepare the leaders of tomorrow. The consensus is clear: for our students to…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Simulated Environment, Synthesis, Information Technology
Grosvenor, Ian, Ed.; Rasmussen, Lisa Rosén, Ed. – Educational Governance Research, 2018
This book brings together the notions of material school design and educational governance in the first such text to address this critical interrelationship in any depth. In addressing the issue of governance through analysing current and historical material school designs, it looks at the intersection of politics, economics, aesthetics and…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Governance, Aesthetics, Physical Environment
Hanes, Jay Michael, Ed.; Weisman, Eleanor, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2020
Grounded in philosophy from John Dewey and Maxine Greene, this book sheds light on difficulties and practicalities of examining culture and politics within the realm of interdisciplinary education. Providing both theoretical and concrete examples of the importance of a contemporary arts education, this book offers imaginative ways the arts and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Politics of Education, Democracy, Interdisciplinary Approach
Bilham, Tim, Ed.; Hamshire, Claire, Ed.; Hartog, Mary, Ed.; Doolan, Martina A., Ed. – UCL IOE Press, 2019
The concept, use and experiences of 'space' in higher education have a deep influence on students and teachers. Reframing Space for Learning uniquely explores space as both a 'learning place' that may be physical, virtual, in work or in the field, and a 'belonging space' in which learners and teachers can engage and develop individually and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Physical Environment, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Innovation
Waller, David, Ed.; Nadel, Lynn, Ed. – APA Books, 2012
Spatial cognition is a branch of cognitive psychology that studies how people acquire and use knowledge about their environment to determine where they are, how to obtain resources, and how to find their way home. Researchers from a wide range of disciplines, including neuroscience, cognition, and sociology, have discovered a great deal about how…
Descriptors: Memory, Spatial Ability, Cognitive Psychology, Maps
Arnold, Cath, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
"Improving Your Reflective Practice through Stories of Practitioner Research" shows how research has informed and created effective and valuable reflective practice in early years education, and offers depth to the arguments for a research-orientated stance to this vital field of study. This thought-provoking text explores and documents a variety…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Leadership Effectiveness
Khine, Myint Swe, Ed.; Saleh, Issa M., Ed. – IGI Global, 2013
"Approaches and Strategies in Next Generation Science Learning" examines the challenges involved in the development of modern curriculum models, teaching strategies, and assessments in science education in order to prepare future students in the 21st century economies. This comprehensive collection of research brings together science educators,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Education, Physical Sciences, Learning Theories
Luna, Gene, Ed.; Gahagan, Jimmie, Ed. – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
In 2004, "Learning Reconsidered" urged educators to think more holistically about student learning and development. "Learning Initiatives in the Residential Setting" provides a framework for putting this call into action at large universities and small colleges alike. Chapters trace the history of learning in residence halls, discuss academic and…
Descriptors: Building Design, Physical Environment, Student Personnel Services, Holistic Approach
Download full textDarling, Pamela W., Comp. – 1987
Designed to be used with the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) "Preservation Planning Program Manual," this notebook provides access to background and technical information needed for planning and carrying out a variety of preservation programs and activities. Its contents, all drawn from the body of preservation literature…
Descriptors: Library Cooperation, Library Facilities, Library Materials, Library Planning
Healthy Schools Network, Inc, 2004
This document is comprised of two reports: (1) "Science-Based Recommendations to Prevent or Reduce Potential Exposures to Biological, Chemical, and Physical Agents in Schools" by Derek G. Shendell, Claire Barnett, and Stephen Boese (supported by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Institutes of Environmental Health…
Descriptors: School Safety, Environmental Standards, Physical Environment, Environmental Influences
Whitty, Helen, Ed. – 2003
This collection of teaching units developed in Australia arises from "Special Forever: An Environmental Communications Project," which enables students to develop critical awareness of their local environments and communicate this awareness effectively. The project also aims to encourage school-based action in support of the environment…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
Instructor, 1982
Recommended activities include: (1) etymology exercises for elementary school students; (2) a search for information about Alexander the Great; (3) monthly inspections of the school yard to observe environmental changes; and (4) an art history unit on Cro-Magnon cave drawings. An interdisciplinary unit on transportation is included. (PP)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art History, Elementary Secondary Education, Etymology
Burgstahler, Sheryl E., Ed.; Cory, Rebecca C., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2008
"Universal Design in Higher Education" looks at the design of physical and technological environments at institutions of higher education; at issues pertaining to curriculum and instruction; and at the full array of student services. "Universal Design in Higher Education" is a comprehensive guide for researchers and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Disabilities, Special Education
Peters, Donald L., Ed.; Pence, Alan R., Ed. – 1992
This book presents reviews and analyses from a variety of disciplinary perspectives that place American and Canadian family day care in a historical, demographic, social, and economic context. The 15 chapters are: (1) "Family Day Care: Issues and Information Needs" (Donald Peters and Alan Pence); (2) "Historical Perspectives on…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Demography, Disabilities
Rothman, David J.; And Others – 1989
These essays are the first of an annual series that brings to the public the distinctive views and approaches of the humanities to urgent issues of the day. David Rothman, in "Lessons from an Opium Eater," examines how the nineteenth-century confessions of a famous English opium addict, Thomas De Quincey, has relevance to the present, how it might…
Descriptors: Day Care, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Employed Parents
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