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Madden, Laura T.; Smith, Anne D. – Journal of Management Education, 2015
The inclusion of photographic approaches in the business classroom can incorporate missing elements of liberal education into business education, which were highlighted in a recent Carnegie study of undergraduate business education. Building on photographic methods in social science research, we identify three categories of photographic approaches…
Descriptors: Business Education, Photography, Integrated Activities, Liberal Arts
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Loads, Daphne; Campbell, Fiona – International Journal for Academic Development, 2015
We highlight three ways of conceptualising and enacting academic development: firstly as authentic, practice-based activity, secondly in terms of a new transformative paradigm for academic development units (ADUs), and thirdly as a space for disruption. We illustrate these conceptualisations through our investigation of the practice of internal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Investigations, Teacher Placement
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Davidoff, Paula; Hunt, Carolyn – Teaching Artist Journal, 2015
Teaching artists know that many of the children they teach are being deprived of essential human experiences. Poverty, violence, and ineffective education have left them with little hope of emotional or material success, and a student's connection to an artist can change his or her life in little and big ways. Paula Davidoff and Carolyn Hunt are…
Descriptors: Females, Artists, Art Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Bradley, Sally; Kirby, Emma; Madriaga, Manuel – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2015
Evidence presented here stems from an analysis of student comments derived from a student-nominated inspirational teaching awards scheme at a large university in the United Kingdom (UK). There is a plethora of literature on teaching excellence and the scholarship of teaching, frequently based upon portfolios or personal claims of excellence, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Awards, Student Attitudes
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Arenas, Edilson – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2015
A cluster of research has been conducted in higher education to investigate the affordances (action possibilities) and the influence information and communication technologies (ICT) may have on students' learning experiences and outcomes. Such studies have given rise to the implementation of a wide range of educational frameworks with a great deal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Higher Education, Information Technology
Kryza, Kathleen; Brittingham, MaryAnn; Duncan, Alicia – Solution Tree, 2015
This book helps teachers support and engage the many different kinds of learners in schools. It examines the most effective strategies for leading diverse students in developing the skills they need inside and outside the classroom. By understanding and exploring students emotional, cultural, and academic needs, educators will be better prepared…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Teaching Methods, Student Characteristics, Transformative Learning
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Chao, Xia – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2016
Grounded in the whole person perspective of language learners and the concepts of investment and L2 socialization, this qualitative study explores how community service learning (CSL) contributes to international students' L2 practices and identity development. This study finds that CSL creates "a pedagogical contact zone" outside the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Foreign Students, English Language Learners, Second Language Learning
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Lau, Sunny Man Chu – New Educator, 2016
The present study, framed from a critical and transformative approach to teacher education, aims to investigate whether language portraits (Prasad, 2010)--the mapping of one's language and cultural make-up on a body template--can help improve student teachers' self-understanding about language and identities and can foster critical reflection…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Concept Mapping, Preservice Teacher Education, Cultural Background
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Mann, Jessica; DeAngelo, Linda – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
As institutions seek to offer students an educational experience equipped with opportunities to develop as not only active learners but also engaged citizens, service-learning initiatives in the form of alternative spring breaks (ASB) have become prevalent. This study examines the potential of ASBs, as service-learning initiatives, to deliver a…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Vacation Programs, Service Learning, Undergraduate Students
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Gentry, James E.; Baker, Credence; Lamb, Holly; Pate, Roberta – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2016
In 2013-2015, two faculty-led educational research studies were conducted, aided by five undergraduate preservice teachers/researchers (PSTR). Faculty-researchers designed a qualitative phenomenological-inquiry based methodology to examine the PSTR perceptions regarding their respective research experiences with faculty. Triangulation of the data…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Researchers
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Uyanik, Gökhan – International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 2016
The aim of the study is to determine effect of environmental education based on transformational learning theory on primary school teacher candidates' perceptions towards environmental problems and permanency of learning. Pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design have been used in this study. The study group consists of 66 teacher candidates who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Transformative Learning, Learning Theories
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Vranješevic, Jelena; Frost, David – European Education, 2016
This article explores the potential of teacher leadership as a strategy to promote intercultural education by empowering parents and members of ethnic minority groups to participate in the life of the school. It links the idea of participation for social justice with the goals of intercultural education within the context of the APREME (Advancing…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Teacher Leadership, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups
Pearse, Harold; Snider, Amy Brook; Taylor, Cynthia – Canadian Review of Art Education: Research and Issues, 2011
Three authors, all art teacher educators, explore the essential qualities of pedagogy that make teaching an art form in its own right. Pedagogy is first looked at from a social perspective, as a special kind of relationship between teacher and learner. Continuing the belief that understanding be embodied in praxis, teaching is then considered as…
Descriptors: Instruction, Art Education, Praxis, Performance
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Conway-Gomez, Kristen; Williams, Nikki; Atkinson-Palombo, Carol; Ahlqvist, Ola; Kim, Eje; Morgan, Miranda – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2011
We define synergy, explain its importance within the context of rapidly changing academia, and provide examples of how geographic educators have used creative instructional approaches to create synergies. Both the content of geography and some of the instructional approaches used by geographic educators support the discipline's ability to deliver…
Descriptors: Geography, Transformative Learning, Teaching Methods, Creative Teaching
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Baartman, Liesbeth K. J.; de Bruijn, Elly – Educational Research Review, 2011
Current research focuses on competence development and complex professional tasks. However, "learning processes" towards the integration of knowledge, skills and attitudes largely remain a black box. This article conceptualises three integration processes, in analogy to theories on transfer. Knowledge, skills and attitudes are defined, reconciling…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Research Methodology, Learning Processes, Competence
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