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Kudakwashe Mamutse – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2024
Science teaching and learning is facing a new dilemma. It has to move from its old perception of science as a purely positivistic and value-free enterprise into regarding it as what it really is: a value-laden human endeavour characterised by historical, cultural, social and political parameters. Science teachers now have to deal with ethical, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Ethics
Angelica Acevedo Guanzon – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study thoroughly explores the relationships between the challenges faced by students and the alternative problem-solving strategies employed. By analyzing these connections, the research aims to offer a comprehensive understanding of how students address difficulties in science learning and the adaptive strategies they apply. Through this…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Curriculum, Science Instruction, Science Teachers
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Hall, Angela; Palmer, Emma – School Science Review, 2015
The Nuffield Foundation's Practical Work for Learning project takes the position that practical work is not a pedagogic approach in its own right, but that its affordances for learning depend on how successfully other pedagogies are applied to practical lessons. The design process used in the project is made explicit, illustrating…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Hands on Science, Science Projects, Lesson Plans
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Phelps, Christine M.; Spitzer, Sandy M. – Teacher Educator, 2012
Researchers have advocated building a knowledge base for teacher education based on practitioner knowledge. In this article, the authors, two teacher educators, present knowledge gained from their systematic study of two lessons to help prospective teachers learn to study teaching. They offer a detailed look at the lessons' successes and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teacher Education Programs
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Konrad, Moira; Helf, Shawnna; Joseph, Laurice M. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2011
Even evidence-based instructional methods may not be sufficient for closing achievement gaps. If teachers are not maximizing instructional time, achievement gaps are likely to widen over time; therefore, instruction need not only be effective but efficient as well. The purposes of this article are to (a) provide practitioners with a broad…
Descriptors: Evidence, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Brunner, Judy; Lindenberg, Susan – Principal Leadership, 2012
Every day students from across the United States enter their math classrooms, take their seats, sit passively as their teachers teach the content, and then go home only marginally prepared to solve the problems their teachers assigned. Although the challenges of teaching are universal and as old as Methuselah, the advantage today is that educators…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Resources, Textbooks
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Hwang, Isabel; Tam, Michael; Lam, Shun Leung; Lam, Paul – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2012
Dynamic concepts are difficult to explain in traditional media such as still slides. Animations seem to offer the advantage of delivering better representations of these concepts. Compared with static images and text, animations can present procedural information (e.g. biochemical reaction steps, physiological activities) more explicitly as they…
Descriptors: Physiology, Animation, Use Studies, Supplementary Reading Materials
Jacobson, David – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
Two approaches to professional learning communities, the inquiry-oriented and the results-oriented approaches, both have weaknesses. Neither adequately addresses the overall coherence of a school's efforts to improve teaching and learning. A third model, the Common Priorities approach, combines the strengths of the other two approaches and…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods, Educational Improvement
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Strauss, Pat; Mooney, Shelagh – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2011
Currently postgraduate hospitality courses are attracting large numbers of international students, many of whom do not speak English as a first language. In addition, these programmes are also popular with first language students drawn from non-traditional academic backgrounds. Both cohorts experience difficulties with the academic genre…
Descriptors: Literacy, Vocational Education, Hospitality Occupations, English for Academic Purposes
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Stes, Ann; Van Petegem, Peter – Educational Research, 2011
Background: Over the past decades, the issue of improving teaching in higher education has been seriously addressed. Centres for instructional development, aimed at enhancing teaching, have been set up in many countries. Instructional development for early career academics is perceived to be of particular importance. Given the considerable…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Academic Achievement, Interviews, Program Effectiveness
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Murray, Tracey Arnold; Higgins, Pamela; Minderhout, Vicky; Loertscher, Jennifer – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2011
Although the idea of using a workshop to educate potential users about a set of materials or techniques is not new, the workshops described here go beyond simple dissemination and create ongoing communities of practice that support widespread and sustained improvement in the biochemistry classroom. The degree to which pedagogical innovations…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Active Learning, Workshops, Instructional Materials
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Sirum, Karen L.; Madigan, Dan – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2010
Although there is a need for continued pedagogical advancement in science undergraduate education, what is needed more urgently is more widespread adaptation of pedagogical practices that research has already shown to promote learning. Those practices include interactive engagement pedagogies such as active learning and inquiry-based learning. The…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Education, Teaching Methods
Clark, Jennifer – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2009
Literature pertaining to the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) is growing but there are few studies dealing with disciplinary differences. The SoTL relating to History is a recently emerging development. But what use is SoTL for History if it can not be translated into improving teaching practice? This paper examines the process of…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development, Educational Practices
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Taylor, Kari; Haynes, Carolyn – About Campus, 2008
Recognizing the mismatch between a philosophy of holistic development and evaluation focused on external, quantitative criteria led Miami University's Honors and Scholars Program to revise its curriculum in accordance with student development theory. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Student Development, Learning Strategies, Curriculum Development, Honors Curriculum
Pollock, Jane E. – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2007
Developing a clear and confident plan for every class is much easier when you use this book's model for success. Jane E. Pollock explains the four critical areas of teaching and describes how you can use an approach that increases student success and your own personal satisfaction. To execute your plan, the book offers step-by-step instructions…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design
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