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Barzilai, Sarit; Chinn, Clark A. – Educational Psychologist, 2020
Educators have been increasingly concerned with what can be done about "post-truth" problems--that is, threats to people's abilities to know what is true--such as the spread of misinformation and denial of well-established scientific claims. The articles and commentaries in this special issue present diverse perspectives on how…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science and Society, Role of Education, Knowledge Level
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Carmody, Brendan P. – Religious Education, 2015
Interreligious education has been a concern over the past few decades and continues to be a challenge. This article will review ways in which religious education has attempted to face the issue of education for increasingly multifaith societies. It identifies objectivity in religion as a major concern and will provide a perspective based on the…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Religious Conflict, Religious Cultural Groups, Religion Studies
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Burns, Lawrence R.; Stephenson, Paul L.; Bellamy, Katy – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2016
Although students make some epistemological progress during college, most graduate without developing meaning-making strategies that reflect an understanding that knowledge is socially constructed. Using a pre-test-post-test design and a within-subjects 2 × 2 mixed-design ANOVA, this study reports on empirical findings which support the Socratic…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Questioning Techniques, Lecture Method, Psychology
Cady, JoAnn; Meier, Sherry L.; Lubinski, Cheryl A. – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2006
In this article the development of two teachers as they make the transition from pre-service teachers to experienced teachers is examined. While these teachers participated in the same mathematics methods course and similar collaborative environments in their practicum experiences, their mathematics classroom instructional practices revealed stark…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Methods Courses, Intellectual Development, Mathematics Education