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Mages, Wendy K.; Nitecki, Elena; Ohseki, Aki – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
Early childhood education faculty from a college collaborated with a local public school district to conduct a series of professional development workshops for early childhood practitioners. The workshop series was designed to address pedagogical concerns identified by district administrators and teachers, as well as to help early childhood…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Faculty Development, Workshops, Early Childhood Education
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Moland, Naomi A. – Global Education Review, 2017
This article examines how international organizations promote play-based pedagogical approaches in early childhood settings around the world, and how local educators respond. As a case study, I investigated Sesame Workshop's efforts to introduce play-based approaches in Nigerian classrooms. In addition to producing a Nigerian version of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Play, Early Childhood Education
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Zambo, Debby – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2008
Advances in neuroscience are providing information about the brain and its development. Some researchers propose that childcare workers need to understand this information because it confirms their importance and their use of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP). Given the fact that childcare workers could benefit from this insight, it seems…
Descriptors: Workshops, Brain, Cognitive Development, Teaching Methods
Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Centre, Haifa (Israel). – 1996
This document reports on a workshop on emergent literacy in early childhood held in Fiji. The workshop was sponsored by UNICEF and the Fiji Ministry of Education. The course objectives were to: (1) review education philosophies and methodologies currently influencing early childhood education in Fiji; (2) gain extended knowledge on language…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
Crowther, Ingrid C. – 1989
A teaching master at a community college in Central Ontario implemented a practicum designed to increase the rate of child-directed activities in early childhood education programs. The primary goal was to increase awareness of early childhood educators, parents, and board members regarding the benefits of child-directed activities at early…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
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Wareham, David; Elefsiniotis, Takis P.; Elms, David – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
This paper describes a method of introducing ethics to a second-year class of civil engineering students. The method, known as a "structured controversy", takes the form of a workshop where the students assume the identity of stakeholders having an interest in a proposed development in an environmentally sensitive region. The instructor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Role Playing, Controversial Issues (Course Content)