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Teachers as Designers in Computer-Supported Communities of Practice
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Hartnell-Young, Elizabeth – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2006
School classes can be conceptualized as bounded communities of practice made up of teachers and students working together to build knowledge. Teachers make design decisions about physical and virtual spaces supported by information and communications technologies, and about curriculum. Design influences how students go about their work, and their…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Communities of Practice, Educational Environment, Program Design
Unpacking Educational Environments: Visions from Reggio Emilia, Australia, Sweden, Denmark and the United States. A Selection of Papers Presented at the Conference (Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, May 16, 1998).
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Fleet, Alma, Ed.; Robertson, Janet, Ed. – 1998
These four early childhood education conference papers discuss ideas and themes to create healthy educational environments inspired by preschool sites in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The first paper, "Environmental Visions: Daisies and the Possible" (Alma Fleet and Janet Robertson), discusses the influences of Reggio Emilia. The paper notes how…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design
Myths Associated with Developmentally Appropriate Programs.
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Kostelnik, Marjorie J. – Young Children, 1992
Discusses nine common myths, which represent collective opinions based on false assumptions or are the product of fallacious reasoning, associated with developmentally appropriate programs for young children. (BB)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Curriculum Design, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
The Head Start Classroom of the Future.
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Taylor, Anne; And Others – Children Today, 1990
Describes the Head Start Classroom of the Future project, which is being introduced into inner-city centers in Grand Rapids, Michigan; a classroom for children of Hispanic migrant farmworkers in Holland, Michigan; and a classroom for Native American children at the Isleta Pueblo Head Start near Albuquerque, New Mexico. (BB)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Demonstration Programs, Educational Facilities Design
Redesigning an Indoor Preschool Environment To Enhance and Promote Active Learning for Preschool Children.
Wheeler, Sue A. – 1991
An early childhood education consultant to a Parks and Recreation Department implemented and evaluated a practicum intervention intended to promote active learning by means of a redesigned indoor preschool environment. Additional goals were to improve the behavior and engagement of the children in the environment; increase parental approval of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Enrollment, Interior Space, Learning Centers (Classroom)
A Second Look at Lady Godiva
Anderson, Carl – Education Canada, 1972
More candid - and caustic - comments about the open-plan school and its effects on teachers, pupils and parents. (Author)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Educational Innovation, Educational Planning, Flexible Facilities
You Can Systematize Your Reading Program
Kriege, Jack W. – Grade Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Elementary School Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Illustrations
Individualized Early Learning Program.
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Wang, Margaret C.; And Others – 1980
A description and discussion of the design, development, implementation, evaluation and effects of the Individualized Early Learning Program (IELP) are presented in this paper. Implemented in Project Follow Through and other school settings, the IELP gives priority to teaching basic skills and concepts needed for school performance to children in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Design, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education
Cooperative Learning Can Occur in Any Kind of Program.
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Cartwright, Sally – Young Children, 1993
Advocates cooperative learning, rather than competitive learning, in the classroom. Offers an example of cooperative learning among nursery school children in Tenants Harbor, Maine. Discusses ways for teachers to facilitate cooperative learning in program and classroom design. (BB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION. RESEARCH RESUME NUMBER 37.
GROSS, LYNNE S. – 1968
THIS REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ENDEAVORS TO COVER ALL THE EXPERIMENTAL AND "SEMI-EXPERIMENTAL" RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION. TOPICS REPRESENTED ARE--(1) THE TEACHING ABILITY OF TELEVISION, (2) TELEVISION VERSUS CONVENTIONAL TEACHING, (3) TELEVISION VERSUS OTHER MEDIA, (4) PROGRAM PRODUCTION AND FORMAT, (5)…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Conventional Instruction