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School Strike 4 Climate: The Intersection of Education for Sustainable Development, Education for Global Citizenship and the Australian Curriculum
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Menzie-Ballantyne, Karena; Ham, Miriam – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2021
In June 2020, an Australian Curriculum (AC) review was announced, particularly regarding content crowding in primary years, flexibility and deep understanding of core concepts. The language of the announcement highlighted again the 'competing-priorities' discourse that suggests a disjuncture between focusing on fundamental knowledge and skills of…
Descriptors: Climate, Sustainable Development, National Curriculum, Environmental Education
Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers' Perceptions on the Integration of Children's Literature in Mathematics Teaching and Learning in Ireland
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Prendergast, Mark; Harbison, Lorraine; Miller, Sue; Trakulphadetkrai, Natthapoj Vincent – Irish Educational Studies, 2019
The beneficial role that children's literature plays in facilitating the meaningful integration and advancement of literacy and numeracy in the primary mathematics classroom has been well validated by research findings internationally. In Ireland, supporting the development of literacy and numeracy is a key educational priority. Consequently, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Dealing with Maths Anxiety: How "Do" You Teach Mathematics in a Geography Department?
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Chapman, Lee – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2010
Mathematics is often taught covertly as a "service" subject in geography departments, but can often be a cause of fear for students who may not have studied the subject post-GCSE. Negative attitudes are common and many students show signs of maths anxiety. This paper details how students' attitudes were changed by a new foundation mathematics…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Student Attitudes, Negative Attitudes, Geography
Threshold Concepts: From Personal Practice to Communities of Practice. Proceedings of the National Academy's Sixth Annual Conference and the Fourth Biennial Threshold Concepts Conference [E-publication] (Dublin, Ireland, June 27-29, 2012)
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O'Mahony, Catherine, Ed.; Buchanan, Avril, Ed.; O'Rourke, Mary, Ed.; Higgs, Bettie, Ed. – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning, 2014
The 6th Annual Conference of the National Academy for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) and the 4th Biennial Threshold Concepts Conference was held at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, on June 27-29, 2012. The NAIRTL is a collaborative initiative between University College Cork, Cork Institute of Technology, National…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, Higher Education, College Instruction, Learner Engagement
Flexible Learning: Proceedings of the National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning Annual Conference (4th, Dublin, Ireland, October 6-7, 2010)
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National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2011
This volume presents 64 abstracts of keynote and parallel paper presentations of the Irish National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning's (NAIRTL) conference on the theme of flexible learning. The Flexible Learning conference was a joint initiative by NAIRTL and the Learning Innovation Network. The keynote presentations can…
Descriptors: Open Education, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Educational Technology
Mathematics: Essential Research, Essential Practice. Volumes 1 and 2. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
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Watson, Jane, Ed.; Beswick, Kim, Ed. – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2007
This is a record of the proceedings of the 30th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA). The theme of the conference is "Mathematics: Essential research, essential practice." The theme draws attention to the importance of developing and maintaining links between research and practice and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Concept Mapping, Student Teachers