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Anastasiades, Panagiotes S.; Retalis, Simos – 2001
The introduction of communications and information technologies in the area of education tends to create a totally different environment, which is marked by a change of the teacher's role and a transformation of the basic components that make up the meaning and content of the learning procedure as a whole. It could be said that, despite any…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Conventional Instruction, Educational Development, Educational Environment
Idaho State Dept. of Education. Special Education Section. – 1999
This manual is designed to help Idaho school districts establish or improve programs for gifted and talented (G/T) high school students. It describes specific program options and administrative issues relating to gifted education. Chapter 1, "Starting and Administering a G/T High School Program," answers common questions about G/T high…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Creative Thinking, Enrichment Activities, Gifted
Hallenbeck, Mark J. – 1999
This paper describes the use of a writing strategy, Cognitive Strategy Instruction in Writing (CSIW), to improve expository writing and student responsibility of four seventh-graders with learning disabilities. CSIW emphasizes the need for students to take responsibility for their own writing performance and to scaffold one another's writing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Constructivism (Learning), Expository Writing
Wehmeyer, Michael L. – 2002
This book is intended as a text or resource for preservice or inservice training of general and special education teachers, and has an orientation for the education of the mentally retarded that is values-based, issues-oriented, and practice-oriented. The 17 chapters are organized into four sections. The first two chapters are introductory and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Curriculum Design, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
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Whitford, Dennis J.; Eisman, Greg A. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1997
The U.S. Naval Academy oceanography major is bucking the nationwide trend toward declining enrollments in science majors study tracks. Nontraditional approaches used include interdisciplinary and applied science, significant instructor experience in applying the major outside academia, hands-on laboratories in all classes, and an oceanography…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Science, Educational Innovation, Hands on Science
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Clarke, Marge – History and Social Science Teacher, 1990
Examines social studies in the twenty-first century from a critical theory perspective. Traces critical reflection's origins from Marxist educational theories to Jurgen Habermas's critical theory. Highlights Fred Newmann's curricular model, "Education for Citizen Action," for developing competent action in public affairs. Advocates…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Critical Theory, Curriculum Development
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Cobb, Paul; And Others – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1992
An analysis of a 10-minute episode in which 7-year-old students (n=3) engage in collaborative small group activity is presented to explore the relationship between individual learning and group development. Students learned as they interactively constituted situations for justification or validation, yielding an institutionalized solution method.…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
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Cunliffe, Leslie – Journal of Art and Design Education, 1990
Presents an art education model based on Elliot Eisner's three-domain model, emphasizing students' concept ownership and skill development. Criticizes late-modernism influenced practices, arguing creativity can be achieved only through tradition. Diagrams relationships between what art students learn in college and how they later teach. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art History, Art Teachers
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White, William F. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 1998
The diagnostic-prescriptive approach to teaching clinically focuses directly on the student. The diagnosis and identification of the strengths and weaknesses of each student, both cognitive and emotional structure, establishes the teaching prescription of instruction. The changed behavior of each student in thinking, feeling, and activity is the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Objectives, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
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Davis, Robert B. – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1993
Attempts to distinguish between the lecture method and the constructivist approach, in general, and by citing classroom scenarios. The author cautions those whose writing seems to unintentionally endorse traditional lecture and drill and practice methods. (MKR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Content Area Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
Coldron, John; Smith, Robin – 1995
This paper explores the concept of reflection and reflective practice in teacher education. Teaching is a complex achievement that brings together a number of conceptual, practical, and physical resources in an individual's professional practice. Achievement in teaching is an amalgam of at least four different discourses--science, craft, art, and…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
Fitzgerald, Doris F.; Bloodsworth, Gaston – 1995
The resource constraints and increasing demands mandated by state and federal programs have made it difficult for rural and small schools to provide a developmentally appropriate education for all their students, but especially for middle level students, many of whom have been identified as "at risk." This paper focuses on recent research in the…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Early Adolescents, Emotional Development, High Risk Students
Renzulli, Joseph S. – 1995
This monograph addresses the role of gifted education in total school improvement by describing three service delivery components (the Total Talent Portfolio, Curriculum Modification Techniques, and Enrichment Learning and Teaching) and several organizational components of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM). The report describes how the SEM can…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Change
Seda, E. Elliott – 1996
This paper presents a social reconstructionist model of supervision. The model connects schools and society, and considers the vital role teachers, students, staff, and others play in developing, designing, and implementing reforms in school and society. The model is based on the philosophy of social reconstructionism, which views schools as…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
Vedder, Paul; And Others – 1996
In child care centers, parental involvement as well as staff sensitivity toward children and parents are essential for managing cultural diversity in a way that is beneficial for both migrant and indigenous families. Defining and improving the quality of center education from a multicultural perspective require discussions between staff and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Rearing, Cultural Awareness, Day Care
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