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Ailie McDowall; Dianna Hardy; Vincent Backhaus; Kyly Mills; Felecia Watkin Lui – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2023
Indigenous studies has come a long way. In this paper, we share some bold steps we have taken to develop a learning process that situates Indigenous people as a people of place, a people of knowledge and a people of science. This teaching disengages students from learning about Indigenous people as remnants of the past. We extend earlier…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Intellectual Disciplines, Learning Processes, Indigenous Populations
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Joshua Osondu; Emmanuel Jean Francois; Jesse Strycker – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2024
This paper offers a literature synthesis on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) as a strategic policy instrument in tackling the challenges of Teaching and Learning (TL) within the Ghanaian educational context. By examining the current state and prospects of AI in education (AIEd), specifically in Ghana, this study highlights how AI can…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Barriers
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Hockings, Christine; Thomas, Liz; Ottaway, Jim; Jones, Rob – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
Independent learning is one of the cornerstones of UK higher education yet it is poorly understood by students and is seen by politicians as a poor substitute for face to face teaching. This paper explores students' understandings, approaches and experiences of independent learning and how they may become more effective independent learners. This…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Higher Education, Qualitative Research, Student Research
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Unal, Menderes; Ilhan, Elif – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
This study explores and identifies some reasons for the problems of foreign language learning (English) and teaching from the perspective of instructors and learners using the case study model. The data of the study was gathered by a semi-structured interview form, and the study group of the research was composed of English language instructors…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teacher Attitudes
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MolokoMphale, Luke; Mhlauli, Mavis B. – European Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The major purpose of the study was to investigate factors which contribute to the decline in students' academic performance in junior secondary schools in Botswana since 2010. The study was mainly quantitative and used the positivist inquiry paradigm. The study employed critical theory for its theoretical framework. Questionnaires were used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Academic Achievement, Investigations
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Coskun, Eyyup; Alkan, Murat – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2010
A radical educational reform occurred in Turkey in 2005; and curriculum of primary education courses was renewed. New curriculum was prepared based on constructivist approach. In this scope, curriculum of Turkish course was also renewed. This study aims at evaluating applications and opinions of teachers and students about learning and teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Rebar, Cherie R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Registered Nurses (RNs), when educated in an Associate Degree (AD) program, learn in a face-to-face environment. Today's preferred standard of education for RNs is to achieve a minimum of a Bachelor's degree. For convenience while they continue working, numerous AD-prepared nurses seek online education to complete their Bachelor of Science in…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Nurses
Allen, Anthony James – 1984
Practical assistance for adult educators is offered in this four-part document, which outlines the present status of adult education, particularly with regard to courses about computers, and discusses an approach for improving the situation. Important considerations in the improvement of adult education are discussed, including the conditions of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
Buchmann, Margret – 1989
The idea that breaks from experience are necessary and salutary in teacher education is a response to an enduring problem of teacher education: the fact that aspiring teachers come to their preparation with set ideas about teaching, learning, and schooling that fit with the larger ideal and institutional order into which they were born. Typically,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Anderson, Tony – 2000
A study investigated the perceptions of vocational education and training (VET) students and teachers from New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria about ways students engage in learning in VET, practices currently used by VET teachers, and factors shaping learning and teaching in initial VET. Data were collected from the following sources:…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement