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Angelina Wang; Graham McPhail – International Journal of Music Education, 2024
Musical Futures (MF) is an internationally recognised approach to music teaching aimed at developing high levels of student engagement through practical music making. Set up in the UK in 2003 "Musical Futures" is typical of approaches to education aimed at increasing levels of student autonomy through a strong emphasis on student-led…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Teachers, Music Education, Learner Engagement
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Russo, James; Hopkins, Sarah – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
Engaging students in a challenging (cognitively demanding) task and launching a mathematics lesson with a task before instruction are two characteristics of a reform-oriented approach to mathematics instruction often considered together. The authors systematically contrasted teaching with challenging tasks using a task-first lesson structure with…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 1, Grade 2
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Bokosmaty, Rena; Bridgeman, Adam; Muir, Meloni – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
As part of curriculum renewal in three introductory chemistry courses at the University of Sydney, a partially flipped classroom model was implemented. Content that is conventionally delivered in the in-class sessions was moved online through the use of web-based tutorials, videos and quizzes. During the in-class sessions, active learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Preston, Lou – Geographical Education, 2016
Fieldwork is viewed as integral to geography teaching and acclaimed benefits often include holistic, student-driven learning, where all the senses are engaged and the impacts are more than cognitive. While these benefits are often assumed, in this paper, I argue that geography fieldwork in schools is often teacher-led and focused on the…
Descriptors: Geography, Teaching Methods, Qualitative Research, Journal Writing
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Stephen J. Smith – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2017
This paper investigates and analyses the features of a non-mainstream pedagogy, educational context and learning environment by presenting a counter-model which contrasts with the currently dominant educational project, an emergent global educational movement known as the Slow Education Movement. It demonstrates how the associated principles and…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Educational Environment, Context Effect, Educational Philosophy
Colasante, Meg – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
There is still much to be learnt about best practices in leveraging digital resources for learning in higher education. Research on student interactions with online video indicates such practices are as minimal as setting passive-receptive viewing through to teacher-structured purposeful engagement. This position paper focuses on teacher-set…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Educational Technology, Undergraduate Students
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Dalgarno, Barney; Kennedy, Gregor; Bennett, Sue – Educational Media International, 2014
Discovery-based learning designs incorporating active exploration are common within instructional software. However, researchers have highlighted empirical evidence showing that "pure" discovery learning is of limited value and strategies which reduce complexity and provide guidance to learners are important if potential learning…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Learning Strategies, Inquiry, Computer Simulation
Bragg, Leicha A.; Nicol, Cynthia – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2011
In this article, the authors present an approach to developing open-ended problems through capturing contextualised mathematics in photographs. They draw upon their research with the Problem Posing Research Project, a collaborative venture between an Australian and a Canadian university to broaden pre-service teachers pedagogical practices in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Mathematics, Word Problems (Mathematics), Problem Solving
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Kruger, Mellissa L. – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2012
At the beginning of my academic journey I held the belief that I would learn to teach simply by teaching. To my dismay, I had underestimated the complicated nature of teaching in higher education and gave little consideration to the ways students learn. Feeling overwhelmed by my situation, I began questioning my teaching practices and student…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Inclusion
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Prain, Vaughan; Waldrip, Bruce – International Journal of Science Education, 2006
As part of a long-term research study to enhance science learning, this paper reports on an exploratory study aimed at identifying initial beliefs and practices of a group of teachers and students (Years 4-6) in Australia when the students engaged with multiple representations of the same science concepts. There is growing recognition in science…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Teacher Surveys
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers