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Lennox, Maria; Garvis, Susanne; Westerveld, Marleen – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
This paper explores teachers' and teacher assistants' self-efficacy of delivering PrepSTART, a classroom based, oral language and early literacy program for five-year-old students. In the current study, speech pathologists developed, provided training and monitored program implementation. Teachers and teacher assistants (n = 17) shared their…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Self Efficacy, Oral Language, Emergent Literacy
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Poole, Heather; Khan, Ayesha; Agnew, Michael – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2017
More and more Canadian post-secondary institutions are introducing a fall break into their term calendars. In 2015, a full week fall break was introduced at our university in order to enhance academic performance and improve mental health amongst students. Our interdisciplinary team surveyed undergraduate students at our university about their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Undergraduate Students
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Pitout, H.; Human, A.; Treadwell, I.; Sobantu, N. A. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2016
Newly graduated healthcare workers should appreciate the importance of teamwork and each profession's unique role in a multi-disciplinary team. At Medunsa, an institution for higher education of healthcare professionals, each profession's teaching occurs independently. This study explores the perceptions of healthcare students and their…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Simulation, Teamwork, Interdisciplinary Approach
Vasudeva, Ash; Slamp, Amy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
With states and districts across the country implementing the Common Core State Standards, teachers have more opportunities than ever to collaborate around the shared goals of strengthening curriculum design, classroom practices, and student learning. Building from this premise, the Common Assignment Study (CAS) has brought together teams of…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Instructional Design, Common Core State Standards, Curriculum Design
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Cunnington, Marisol; Kantrowitz, Andrea; Harnett, Susanne; Hill-Ries, Aline – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2014
The "Framing Student Success: Connecting Rigorous Visual Arts, Math and Literacy Learning" experimental demonstration project was designed to develop and test an instructional program integrating high-quality, standards-based instruction in the visual arts, math, and literacy. Developed and implemented by arts-in-education organization…
Descriptors: Art Education, Integrated Curriculum, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools
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Viig, Nina Grieg; Fosse, Elisabeth; Samdal, Oddrun; Wold, Bente – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2012
The aim of this study was to examine how program leaders in the Norwegian Network of Health Promoting Schools managed, facilitated, and supported the development and implementation of the health promotion initiatives at their school. Two focus group interviews were conducted with 10 program leaders. The findings suggest that the implementation of…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Program Effectiveness, Instructional Leadership, Interviews
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Maxwell, Bronwen; Burnett, Cathy; Reidy, John; Willis, Ben; Demack, Sean – Education Endowment Foundation, 2015
This report evaluates a developmental project designed by School 21 and the University of Cambridge to improve Year 7 students' oracy skills. The project involved developing an Oracy Skills Framework, which sets out the physical, linguistic, cognitive, and social-emotional oracy skills required by students for education and life. Other components…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Communication, Speech Skills, Secondary School Students
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Holtzworth-Munroe, Amy; Applegate, Amy G.; Rudd Brittany N.; Freeman, Ann; D'Onofrio, Brian – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
There is growing interest in interdisciplinary training programs for law students. The goal of these programs is to prepare law students for the real world interdisciplinary settings they will face in their careers. However, there exists little research to provide evidence of the utility of such training. This study examined the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Law Students, Law Related Education, Psychology
Breunig, Mary – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2013
In Canada, there exists a noteworthy educational initiative referred to as Environmental Studies Programs (ESPs). These secondary school programs are interdisciplinary, helping to link subject matter and encouraging student responsibility. This paper will present student reports from five case studies where I investigated how ESP participation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Food, Secondary School Students
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Chester, Andrea – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
This paper describes work over a three-year period to develop a peer partnership approach to professional development at a dual sector university. The aim of the program, arising initially in one school and then piloted in 5 schools, was to support staff in their teaching practice. Emphasis was on the development of a sustainable model of…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Teacher Collaboration, College Faculty, Attitude Measures
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Berger, Michael; Scott, Elizabeth; Axe, Judah; Hawkins, Irana – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2013
College and university educators seek to increase student engagement in learning content, skills, and applications. To achieve this goal, we used transformative teaching techniques in the design of a World Challenge: a two-week, group-based, reflective course for sophomores leading their own learning in developing creative solutions to the problem…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, Transformative Learning, Reflection
Smolinski, Keith – ProQuest LLC, 2010
American middle school student science scores have been stagnating for several years, demonstrating a need for better learning strategies to aid teachers in instruction and students in content learning. It has also been suggested by researchers that music can be used to aid students in their learning and memory. Employing the theoretical framework…
Descriptors: Music, Focus Groups, Learning Strategies, Interviews
Deslandes, Rollande; Rivard, Marie-Claude; Joyal, France; Trudeau, Francois – Online Submission, 2010
This qualitative study used focus groups to identify the knowledge about the "Arts du Cirque" Program implemented in a primary school and to explore perceptions of its impacts. Data are based on the discourse of school staff members, parents and other members of the community of an elementary school. The impacts on students are…
Descriptors: School Activities, Focus Groups, School Community Relationship, Program Effectiveness
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Dunlap, Lynn; Pettitt, Maureen – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2008
The assessment of student learning outcomes in integrated courses is particularly challenging. This article reviews a range of assessment studies conducted over two decades by a community college that requires integrated Learning Communities for the transfer degree. This review highlights methodologies, findings, and lessons learned from these…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
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Mason, Christine Y.; Steedly, Kathlyn M.; Thormann, Mary S. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2008
The relationship between substantive arts involvement and social, cognitive, and artistic development is positive. Little is known about arts integrated within special education services to improve academic, cognitive, and social skills. We examined arts-based work and its impact on education of students with disabilities. During Study I, we…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Focus Groups, Disabilities, Program Effectiveness
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