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Download full textGermain-Rutherford, Aline – Research-publishing.net, 2021
An action-oriented approach views "users and learners of a language primarily as 'social agents', i.e. members of society who have tasks (not exclusively language-related) to accomplish in a given set of circumstances, in a specific environment and within a particular field of action. While acts of speech occur within language activities,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners
Direct linkLittle, Priscilla M.; Irby, Merita; Borah, Poonam; Pittman, Karen – Forum for Youth Investment, 2021
Because researchers know so much more about the brain and development than they did when the 20th-century U.S. education system was designed, this knowledge can now be used to design a system in which all individuals are able to take advantage of high-quality opportunities for transformative learning and development. This playbook suggests a set…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Educational Innovation, Models, Critical Thinking
Oser, Fritz K.; Althof, Wolfgang; Higgins-D'Alessandro, Ann – Journal of Moral Education, 2008
This article focuses on the development of, and new theorising about, a strong democracy education intervention, the Just Community approach. Three questions frame the discussion: (1) Does democracy education change children and adolescents or do students in these programs change their schools, or is there a dynamic interaction over time? (2) How…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Citizenship, Democracy, Community Programs
