Through Target 4.7 of SDG4 on 'quality education', Agenda 2030 invites governments to take ownership of progress towards ensuring 'Education for Sustainable Development' (ESD) becomes embedded into all levels of education. However, conceptual analysis suggests an ongoing blindspot related to the significance of systems literacy in fostering the…

Over the last several years, there has been an increased focus on school readiness and supporting children during the preschool years to learn the skills they need to be successful in elementary school and beyond (Bowman, Donovan, Burns, et al., 2000; Shonkoff & Phillips, 2000). The capacity to develop positive social relationships, to concentrate…

This study investigated the influence of differences in ambiguity tolerance and the effects of exposure to a videotape model on the interview behavior of counselor trainees. The potential of creating a variety of learning strategies, such as video modeling, to override the detrimental effects of certain personality characteristics is discussed.…

Significant desired changes occurred in the conference behavior of a group of supervisor-trainees who participated in a microteaching practicum. There was also a significant shift in the way the group evaluated teaching skills; at the end of the practicum their ratings more closely approximated those assigned by a group of experienced supervisors.…

The SRI Classroom Observation Instrument (COI) was used in evaluating the instructional models being tested by nine Follow Through (FT) sponsors in Spring 1971. The SRI COI has three major parts: a section for describing the physical environment, a Classroom Checklist, and a Five-Minute Observation Form. The principal question which the evaluation…