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Perera, Viranga; Mead, Chris; van der Hoeven Kraft, Katrien J.; Stanley, Sabine; Angappan, Regupathi; MacKenzie, Shannon; Barik, Ankit; Buxner, Sanlyn – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2021
The future viability of the geosciences is challenged, since as a community we continue to lack demographic diversity representative of the wider population. Fundamentally, dominant cultural, historical, and socioeconomic factors contribute to the lack of diversity and those factors typically change slowly over generations. Proposals for more…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Instruction, Emotional Response, Student Diversity
Friedman, Paul G. – 1978
Intended as both a theoretical and practical analysis of interpersonal communication, this four-part book presents a framework for communication education and proposes methods for classroom implementation. After an overview of new directions in communication education, the book outlines the foundations of communication education, discusses…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Information Theory
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Cortese, Giuseppina – System, 1987
A review of literature regarding the communicative approach to language teaching discusses achievements and problems with this approach, language learning and the social self, speech and cognition, and reactive and proactive initiative. The need to develop language learning environments which will enhance proactive initiative and self-reliance in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages), Interdisciplinary Approach
Deering, Paul D. – 1989
This paper proposes examining cooperative learning from an anthropological perspective and presents a theoretical framework for doing so. The paper first briefly reviews the psychological theory and research underlying cooperative learning. The paper uses data from a pilot ethnographic study of cooperative learning in a fourth-grade classroom to…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Cooperative Learning, Cultural Context
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Matthews, Mona W. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1996
Notes that children ignored or rebuffed by their peers may be denied access to learning opportunities involving peer interaction. Describes how the sociometric dynamics in one classroom affected three children. Suggests implementations to minimize negative impact of peer rejection including identifying sociometric patterns, and then utilizing…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Group Membership, Intergroup Relations
Ediger, Marlow – 1991
Teachers and administrators need to select objectives for student achievement in social development. Teachers need to follow definite educational psychology standards in helping students work toward objectives. In the classroom, students should have the opportunity to work with learners from diverse racial groups and socioeconomic levels.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Current Events, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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Strom, Paris S.; Strom, Robert D. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2002
Analyzes two limitations associated with cooperative learning: how to evaluate the teamwork skills that students demonstrate during group work, and how to provide tasks that enable students to practice these teamwork skills. Discusses a new model of learning and instruction called Collaboration-Integration Theory (CIT), which ensures that students…
Descriptors: Assignments, Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning, Educational Assessment