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Redman, Erin – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2013
Achieving a sustainable future requires that individuals adopt sustainable behaviors, which are often learned and cemented at a young age. Yet, traditional education efforts have been inadequate in fostering transformative change, in part because many programs focus on fact-heavy, teacher-centered techniques while neglecting the practices that…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Teaching Methods, Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Sztajn, Paola; Wilson, P. Holt; DeCuir-Gunby, Jessica; Edgington, Cyndi – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2012
This paper reports on a design experiment within a professional development context purposefully planned to teach teachers about students' mathematics thinking and learning. We examine the factors to which participating elementary teachers attributed student mathematics success or failure when engaging with the projects' professional learning…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Teachers
Dantas-Whitney, Maria, Ed.; Rilling, Sarah, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2010
This volume in the TESOL Classroom Practice Series presents instructional practices that are particularly successful with children and adolescent language learners. These practices take into account the unique needs and characteristics of these age groups and reflect a wide range of educational contexts, goals, and challenges from classrooms in…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Web Sites, Literacy Education, Electronic Publishing
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Son, Lisa K.; Kenna, Timothy; Pfirman, Stephanie – College Quarterly, 2007
This article describes River Summer, an interdisciplinary, field project on the Hudson River. Using cognitive data, the team aimed to design an experience that fostered an environment implementing strategies that improve learning. The participants, 40 faculty members from 24 institutions who acted as teachers, students, or both, boarded the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Earth Science, Metacognition, Learning Processes
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Moreland, Floyd L. – Classical Outlook, 1973
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Curriculum Development, Institutes (Training Programs), Instructional Innovation
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Savaiano, Eugene – Hispania, 1969
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Cultural Context, Institutes (Training Programs), Secondary School Teachers