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Direct linkde la Puente Pacheco, Mario Alberto; Guerra Florez, Dick; de Oro Aguado, Carlos Mario; Llinas Solano, Humberto – Educational Review, 2021
Studies on the effectiveness of the Project-Based Learning (PBL) method in different local contexts require non-conventional approaches that clarify if the methodology is suitable in other settings compared to the conventional teaching practice. This study examined students' perception of the effectiveness of the PBL method in developing…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Context Effect, Local Issues
Mideros, Diego, Ed.; Roberts, Nicole, Ed.; Carter, Beverly-Anne, Ed.; Reinders, Hayo, Ed. – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2023
This book presents a unique perspective from an underrepresented region in the Global South. The volume features four different countries in the region: Barbados, Guyana, St. Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Martinique, an island located just north of St. Lucia which is an overseas region of France. It documents innovations in learning…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Spanish
Download full textRauschert, Petra; Cardetti, Fabiana – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2022
This article presents an analysis of a teaching concept we developed based on the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC) (Council of Europe, 2018), that not only provides opportunities to practice communicative skills but puts a major focus on democratic competences. Mathematics students and TEFL (Teaching English as a…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Democracy, Teaching Methods, Guidelines
Berson, Ilene R.; Berson, Michael J. – Social Education, 2016
Recent technological advances have enhanced the accessibility of rephotography, a visual research method and project-based approach valued by social studies educators for engaging students in historical inquiry and place-based exploration. Rephotography projects capture photos from the vantage point of an old image to explore change over time.…
Descriptors: Photography, Research Methodology, Social Studies, Student Projects
McPherron, Paul; Randolph, Patrick T. – TESOL Journal, 2013
Drawing on task-based and intercultural teaching approaches, this article presents an ESL classroom project at two different university settings in which students investigate aspects of their local communities through the use of ethnographic and observational research techniques. For related reasons, the instructors at each university developed…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Chiodo, John J.; Knapke, Jerry – Curriculum Review, 1981
Suggests the study of local issues as an active approach to citizenship education in the elementary and secondary grades. Presents a model activity for high school civics students on investigating the impact of a new shopping mall. (SJL)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Citizenship Education, Community Study, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSocial Studies Review, 1997
Presents 10 ideas for service learning projects designed for elementary schools. Includes having students do local history projects complete with interviews and artifacts, learn about community volunteering, interact with the elderly, care for the environment, recycle materials, and hold canned food drives. (MJP)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning
Peer reviewedHayes, Bill – Social Studies Review, 1997
Details a series of service learning projects conducted by a California middle school social studies class. Creative, inexpensive, and substantive, the projects included writing to Manuel Noreiga in prison, creating a feed-the-homeless garden, and translating city documents into other languages. (MJP)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Experiential Learning, Intermediate Grades
Mollohan, Kathleen – 1978
The social studies unit involves students in learning about how their families and neighbors view their community. In addition, students identify community issues and problems, and explore their own attitudes about their community. It is designed for use in grade five through junior high school. There are four parts to the community study project.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Change, Community Study, Creative Activities
