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New Media Consortium, 2005
This monograph, the report of the 21st Century Literacy Summit held in April 2005, presents a working definition for this emerging field, and details strategic priorities and recommendations that were the summit's major outcomes. The five strategic priorities--(1) Develop a Strategic Research Agenda; (2) Raise Awareness and Visibility of the…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Literacy, Educational Trends, Educational Change
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Jacklin, Heather – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2004
This article draws on Lefebvre's rhythmanalysis to interrogate and extend Bernstein's theory of pedagogic framing. It develops a typology of modes of pedagogic practice differentiated in terms of the dominance of one of three potential organising referents. These are (a) the grammar of the instructional discourse configured by a regulative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Models, Communities of Practice
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Goodwin, David R.; Arthaud, Tamara A.; Ragan, Gay A.; George, Suzanne M. – Educational Action Research, 2005
Using the framework of cooperative inquiry within action research, the authors engaged in collaborative critical self-reflection on their experiences teaching with Interactive Television (ITV) to accommodate teacher education students in remote rural areas. A discussion of quality distance education and building a community of learners is based…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Action Research, Distance Education, Rural Areas
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Graven, Mellony – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2003
This article arises from a broader study that investigates mathematics teacher learning in relation to teachers' participation in a two-year In-Service Education and Training (INSET) programme, structured to enhance participation in a community of practice, in the context of current South African curriculum change. The broader study focused on…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Participation, Inservice Teacher Education, Communities of Practice
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Smith, Lesley A.; Williams, Joanne M. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2004
This study explores children's understanding of the causal origins of disabilities. Using a forced-choice explanation task, children's understanding of social-psychological, physical, and biological causal explanations of disabilities was considered. We presented 79 children (26 4- to 5-year-olds, 26 6- to 7-year-olds, and 27 10- to 11-year-olds)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Physical Disabilities
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George, William H.; Martinez, Lorraine J. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2002
Stereotypes about Black sexuality fostered hypotheses that racial factors and racism influence rape victim blaming. Predominantly White and Asian college students (170 men, 162 women) completed the Modern Racism Scale and evaluated a rape vignette varying victim race, perpetrator race, and rape type. As predicted, racial factors determined victim…
Descriptors: Race, Rape, Stereotypes, Females
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Rohall, David E.; Moran, Catherine L.; Brown, Cliff; Caffrey, Elizabeth – Teaching Sociology, 2004
Teachers have incorporated active-learning techniques into the sociology classroom for many years, but the types of applications and evaluations are quite varied. In this paper, the authors quantitatively test a particular form of active learning that they call "living-data exercises," which instructors can use to introduce sociological research…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Sociology
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Carlson, Steven; Frankenberger, William; Hall, Kristina M.; Totten, Sara J.; House, Katarina – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2006
States and 116 general education elementary classroom teachers in Sweden were sent surveys assessing how teachers in the United States and Sweden (1) view the use of stimulant medication to treat ADHD behaviors in children, (2) attribute the causes of ADHD behaviors, and (3) rate the acceptability of various interventions used to treat ADHD…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Komiya, Akihiko; Ofuji, Keiko – Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 2003
This feature is a collection of brief essays recently written by Japanese and Chinese gay youth, followed by commentary from several leading educators and scholars. Akihiko Komiya's "Difficulties Japanese Gay Youth Encounter" provides excerpts from the stories of six gay youth and their everyday lives, based on their letters in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Vignettes, Homosexuality, Foreign Countries
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Paschall, Mallie J.; Fishbein, Diana H.; Hubal, Robert C.; Eldreth, Diana – Health Education Research, 2005
This study examined the psychometric properties of performance measures for three novel, interactive virtual reality vignette exercises developed to assess social competency skills of at-risk adolescents. Performance data were collected from 117 African-American male 15-17 year olds. Data for 18 performance measures were obtained, based on…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Computer Simulation, Drug Use, Validity
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Nietfeld, John L.; Hunt, Angela A. – Current Issues in Education, 2005
This study investigated the types of interventions that elementary school teachers and pre-service teachers choose to employ when working with students displaying hyperactive behavior. The extent to which beliefs systems, namely entity/incremental theories, showed relationships with the selection of particular types of interventions was also…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Elementary School Teachers, Special Needs Students
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Dugdale, Julie; Pallamin, Nico; Pavard, Bernard – Simulation & Gaming, 2006
Training firefighters is a difficult process in which emotions and nonverbal behaviors play an important role. The authors have developed a mixed reality environment for training a small group of firefighters, which takes into account these aspects. The assessment of the environment was made up of three phases: assessing the virtual agents to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Decision Making, Training Methods, Experiential Learning
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Zapata-Rivera, Diego; VanWinkle, Waverely; Doyle, Bryan; Buteux, Alyssa; Bauer, Malcolm – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose and demonstrate an evidence-based scenario design framework for assessment-based computer games. Design/methodology/approach: The evidence-based scenario design framework is presented and demonstrated by using BELLA, a new assessment-based gaming environment aimed at supporting student learning of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Urban Schools, Measurement, Psychometrics
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Lee, Matthew T.; Wrigley, Julia; Dreby, Joanna – Teaching Sociology, 2006
This paper is the latest installment in a series that is designed to bridge the gap between teaching and practice by developing classroom applications based on a current research article from the "American Sociological Review". We discuss the ways in which a recent "ASR" paper on child care fatalities can be used to help students explore Burawoy's…
Descriptors: Sociology, Values Education, Child Care, Teaching Methods
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Kupetz, Rita; Ziegenmeyer, Birgit – ReCALL, 2006
The flexible use of digital recordings from EFL classrooms as well as online communication with teaching experts are two promising ways of implementing e-learning in the context of initial teacher training. Our research focuses on how to blend these elements efficiently with the different theoretical and practical content layers of an introductory…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Learning Activities, Action Research, Research Methodology
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