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Asimaki, Anna; Lagiou, Archontoula; Koustourakis, Gerasimos S. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2022
This article, based on Basil Bernstein's theoretical framework, aims to contribute to the sociological analysis of the impact of space on the formation of the pedagogical practices of the teachers who teach Arts in Primary education. Data were collected using the research methods of observation and interview on a sample of 20 Art teachers in…
Descriptors: Art Education, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers, Art Teachers
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Herman, Frederik; Tondeur, Jo – Oxford Review of Education, 2021
This article seeks to examine the neglected sociomateriality of the classroom and investigates how space, matter and human actors are entangled, interact and take part in the 'space-producing action'. Rather than approaching the classroom as an objective collection of physical units or a stable grid, we see it as something alive, a performance…
Descriptors: Space Utilization, Classroom Design, Biographies, Elementary School Teachers
Bajaj, Monisha; Walsh, Daniel; Bartlett, Lesley; Martínez, Gabriela – Teachers College Press, 2022
This important book offers strategies, models, and concrete ideas for better serving newcomer immigrant and refugee youth in U.S. schools, with a focus on grades 6-12. The authors present 20 strategies grouped under three categories: (1) classroom and instructional design, (2) school design, and (3) extracurricular, community, and alumni…
Descriptors: Refugees, Immigrants, Secondary School Students, Profiles
Burch, Zhanat Alma – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Effective integration of active learning technology tools in classrooms is a key component of 21st century higher education classrooms. Challenged with outdated technology access and traditional classrooms, a local university in North Carolina initiated a strategic plan to update classrooms and laboratories with the 21st century technology. The…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Higher Education
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Patti Forster – English Journal, 2019
According to the author, prior to a move, their classroom was overflowing with stuff on the walls, on the shelves, under the tables, in the file cabinets, and in the folders upon folders in their computer drive. It wasn't just the author's physical and virtual spaces that were full; their curriculum units were packed with lessons and activities,…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Secondary School Curriculum, Lesson Plans, Curriculum Evaluation
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Aghaei, Khadijeh; Rajabi, Mojtaba; Lie, Koo Yew; Ajam, Fereshte – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
The traditional lecture-oriented teaching is still the norm in English as a foreign language education courses, but an innovative teaching model, expedited by recent advances in technology, becomes often popular across non-English-speaking subjects. The new model flips the usual classroom paradigm, in which students learn primary concepts outside…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Scott-Webber, Lennie; Konyndyk, Roger; Denison, Marilyn – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
New evidence builds upon the Student Engagement IndexTM and Teacher Engagement IndexTM research (Scott-Webber, Konyndyk, & French, 2019; Scott-Webber, Konyndyk, French, & French, 2018; Scott-Webber, Konyndyk, French, Lembke, & Kinney, 2017) determining post-occupancy answers to, "Can we demonstrate that the design of the built…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Physical Environment, School Buildings, Educational Facilities Design
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Saunders, Gunter; Oradini, Federica; Clements, Mark – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2017
The University of Westminster is undertaking a major classroom refurbishment program that is linked to a new approach to staff development in mobile learning. Feedback obtained from academic staff and students previously highlighted how classrooms should be changed so as to promote more active forms of curriculum delivery. Both technology and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Siegel, Christine; Claydon, Jennifer – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2016
The current work seeks to explore University professors' perspectives on teaching and learning in an innovative classroom characterized by flexible design of space, furniture and technology. The study took place during the 2015-2016 academic year at Fairfield University, a Masters comprehensive university in the Northeastern United States.…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Classroom Design, Educational Technology
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Nolan, Andrea; Paatsch, Louise – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2018
Learning through play has traditionally been a central tenet in early childhood education, however, in recent times primary schools have begun to consider the benefits of introducing a play-based approach into early years classrooms to support young children's learning, especially in the areas of language and literacy. This study focuses on the…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, Grade 1, Professional Identity
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Jones, Jennifer – Childhood Education, 2020
In this article, Jennifer Jones describes how at Pine Street School in New York City, they have dispensed with the traditional industrial model of schooling and are looking ahead to the future. The entire school was designed with optional learning environments. Jones describes innovative elements from varied seating (floor cushions, modular…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Futures (of Society)
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Sigurðardóttir, Anna Kristín; Hjartarson, Torfi – Improving Schools, 2016
The physical environment in schools has in the literature of late been gaining recognition as a potential factor supporting educational change. This article draws a single case out of a research sample of 20 schools in Iceland to relate an inventive design process as the school was being developed and study the current state of established school…
Descriptors: School Buildings, Physical Environment, Educational Change, Building Design
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Wright, Noeline; Adam, Amina – School Leadership & Management, 2015
This exploratory case study, arising from a longitudinal project into the establishment of a new secondary school in New Zealand, examines reflective practice through critical friend roles among staff. The paper describes, through the lens of Bourdieu's logic of practice, the implementation of a critical friendship approach linked to the school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Case Studies, Longitudinal Studies
Owens, Cheris – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The question of whether teachers' beliefs match their educational philosophies and are seen in their practice is an important area of research inquiry. Using a mixed methods design, this research study investigated whether there was such a match between a teacher's educational philosophy and his/her use of classroom physical space and layout. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Educational Philosophy, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers
Shapson, Stanley M. – 1972
This document reviews the research literature concerning class size and related issues raised by the research. The literature is divided into major areas of concern: lack of a consistent definition, criterion to be measured, the relationship between class size and method of instruction, teachers' and pupils' attitudes on class size, class size and…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Design, Flexible Scheduling, Student Attitudes
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