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Timothy Jenks – History Teacher, 2018
The author discusses their experiences teaching an upper-division seminar course in a traditional face-to-face setting, and re-designing a "long eighteenth century" survey course for delivery online. The article thus explores spatial strategies in both face-to-face and online courses, and suggests ways in which they can be particularly…
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, European History, Teaching Methods, History Instruction
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De Prospo, R. C. – CEA Forum, 2010
The author describes alternatives to traditional ways of conceptualizing the early American literature survey course, focusing on film ("1492" and "Black Robe").
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, United States Literature, Curriculum Design, Historiography
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Zhao, XingLong; Wang, MinJuan; Wu, Juan; He, KeKang – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
This paper reports on a new pedagogy for Chinese language teaching and learning at elementary schools through exploratory classroom instruction using Information and Communication Technologies. The study used quantitative method to collect data from two elementary schools of China. The results showed that: (1) the three-in-one pedagogy of…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Character Recognition, Foreign Countries, Chinese
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M'Baye, Babacar – CEA Forum, 2010
A student-centered teaching methodology is an essential ingredient of a successful Pan-African literary course. In this article, the author defines Pan-Africanism and how to go about designing a Pan-African literature course. The author combines reading assignments with journals, film presentations, and lectures in a productive learning…
Descriptors: African Culture, Literature, Student Centered Curriculum, Teaching Methods
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Boyatzis, Chris J. – Teaching of Psychology, 1992
Describes the use of fictional literature in a college-level developmental psychology class. Focuses specifically on Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and its relation to several child development topics. Contends that literature should be used more often as part of instruction, especially in the sciences. (CFR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Design, Developmental Continuity
Strube, Penny – 1993
Theme study is in-depth research on a topic, issue, person, or content-area idea, in which reading and writing are used as tools for learning. Educational benefits of theme study include motivation, individualization, explorations of relationships, and the encouragement of a lifelong-learning attitude. Based on the premise that theme study is more…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Critical Thinking, Curiosity, Curriculum Design