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Chan, Wai Ling – Teacher Development, 2016
This study examines the discrepancy between teachers' beliefs and practices in Hong Kong kindergartens and the factors that influence this discrepancy. Three kindergartens, considered by the Hong Kong Education Bureau to be of varying quality, were chosen from different areas of Hong Kong. Questionnaires about teaching beliefs were administered to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Beliefs, Educational Practices
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Loughland, Tony; Kilpatrick, Laetitia – Education 3-13, 2015
This action learning study in a year three classroom explored the implementation of five formative assessment principles to assist students' understandings of the scientific topic of liquids and solids. These principles were employed to give students a greater opportunity to express their understanding of the concepts. The study found that the…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Elementary School Science, Experiential Learning, Grade 3
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Lavoie, Constance; Mark, Marie-Paul; Jenniss, Brigitte – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2014
This article presents a community-based pedagogical initiative for teaching vocabulary. The research took place in the Innu community of Unamen Shipu in northern Quebec. The study introduced a teaching method grounded in Indigenous knowledge theory that exemplified the multiliteracies pedagogy principles. This exploratory study used participatory…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Multiple Literacies, Indigenous Knowledge