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Ramli, Roziah; Awang, Mohd Isha; Yusoff, Nurahimah Mohd – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2021
This article aims to understand the challenges faced by teachers in implementing the Approaches to Learning Skills (ATL Skills) for the teaching of "Bahasa Melayu" (Malay Language) in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme Schools (MYPIB) in Malaysia. This qualitative case study employed purposive sampling that involved…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Malayo Polynesian Languages, Foreign Countries, Advanced Placement Programs
Brisini, Jason – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the possible impact of project-based learning on student learning perspective and achievement in a social studies classroom. American schools are in an era of standardized testing based on standards-driven curricula that only teaches basic recall and recognition. School curriculum should be focused on…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes
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Metlí, Akin; Akis, Dinçer – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2022
Limited studies investigate the high school teachers' challenges and strategies while teaching science and mathematics in English as the target language through the content and language integrated learning (CLIL) approach. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the challenges that science and math teachers encounter and the strategies they employ…
Descriptors: Barriers, Educational Strategies, Advanced Placement Programs, Content and Language Integrated Learning
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Ryter, Di – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
World history has become increasingly important and often a required course for students in the United States. This case study provided detailed descriptions of International Baccalaureate History students' display of historical understandings, academic humility, and global citizenship. Findings of this study have implications for pedagogical and…
Descriptors: World History, Case Studies, Advanced Placement Programs, Global Approach
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Jimenez, Jeremy; Moorhead, Laura – Education Sciences, 2021
Many education professionals are looking to Environmental and Sustainability Education as a guide to incorporate curricular lessons and activities into school classrooms and other learning environments. Building upon the framework of Jickling and Wals (2008) of identifying how to teach about environmental education in transformative ways, this…
Descriptors: Climate, Transformative Learning, Environmental Education, Sustainability
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Lee, Yongjun; Lemanski, Laura M.; Van Deventer, Megan M.; O'Brien, David G. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2021
This study aims to augment the current understanding of how practicing teachers perceive and implement disciplinary literacy and in what ways they collaborate with researchers in a disciplinary literacy project. To do this, we collected and analyzed transcripts of the meetings from a disciplinary literacy project that was a university-school…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Literacy, College School Cooperation, History Instruction
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Dickson, Anisah; Perry, Laura B.; Ledger, Susan – Journal of Research in International Education, 2018
International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes are growing rapidly worldwide, driven in part by their global reputation and concept-driven, inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning. This thematic review of a range of literature sources examines the impact of IB programmes on teaching and learning, highlighting trends, challenges, and benefits.…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Stress Variables, Creative Teaching, Reputation
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Cole, David R.; Ullman, Jacqueline; Gannon, Susanne; Rooney, Paul – Australian Journal of Education, 2015
There is considerable debate both in Australia and internationally about the best way for schools to deliver the thinking skills required for university study and professional work life -- skills that are often referred to by the term "critical thinking". This article reviews the literature on the effective teaching of critical thinking…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Advanced Placement Programs, Foreign Countries
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Susannah Walker; Gustavo Carrera – History Teacher, 2017
For a long time, Advanced Placement and other advanced-level U.S. history courses at the high school level were modeled after the collegiate survey course. However, the last two decades or more have seen some significant changes in the teaching of U.S. history at undergraduate and high school levels. Many of these changes at the high school level…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teaching Methods, History Instruction, Introductory Courses
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Bacon, Karin; Matthews, Philip – Irish Educational Studies, 2014
Inquiry-based learning (IBL) has become a common theme in both school and higher education in recent years. It suggests a model of curriculum development and practice that moves educational debate beyond teacher or student-based approaches towards a model of teaching and learning in which the endeavour is shared. This paper discusses an…
Descriptors: Criticism, Units of Study, Inquiry, Teaching Methods
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Aktas, Bilge Cam; Guven, Meral – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
The current study has aimed to compare the objectives, content, teaching-learning process, and evaluation dimensions of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) Language A1 Course teaching program with those of the teaching programs of high school 12th grade Language and Expression and Turkish Literature courses in relation to…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Qualitative Research, Turkish, Foreign Countries
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Heller, Stephen; Stacy, Jason – Social Education, 2013
The building of historical thinking skills has historically been a lonely endeavor for AP U.S. history teachers. Many often generate their own pedagogy, perhaps modified from an AP workshop or generally gleaned from released exam essay questions. However, as currently scheduled, in 2014, the AP U.S. history exam will undergo a redesign that will…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, United States History, Classroom Techniques, Thinking Skills
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Hill, Ian – Journal of Research in International Education, 2012
This article attempts to trace the evolution of the concept of international mindedness from the 17th century until the present, using four aspects to focus the discussion: education and other trends, ease of interaction across frontiers, determinants of international mindedness, and international mindedness in practice. Education trends start…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Advanced Placement Programs, Teaching Methods, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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Blaikie, Fiona – Studies in Art Education, 1994
Examines values inherent in qualitative assessment techniques of studio art programs in high schools. Focusing on advanced placement, Arts PROPEL, and International Baccalaureate programs, data were generated from criteria for assessment as outlined in the literature and curriculum materials. Identifies common themes and differences and includes…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Placement Programs, Advanced Students, Art Education
Le Floch, Kerstin Carlson; Bacevich, Amy – Principal Leadership, 2004
Simultaneous pressures in policy, press, and rhetoric are pushing principals to address the intellectual engagement of their less academically inclined students. Accountability provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) require schools to demonstrate adequate yearly progress for students of disaggregated subgroups. The theme of overcoming…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Pilot Projects