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Owen, Nick, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Placing Students at the Heart of Creative Learning" shows teachers of key stages 2 and 3 how to introduce creativity into what is often seen as a prescriptive and stifling curriculum, and addresses the tensions that can exist between the requirement to follow the curriculum and the desire to employ innovative pedagogies. It offers…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Creativity, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
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Hanson, Janet – Teaching in Higher Education, 2009
Challenges facing universities are leading many to implement institutional strategies to incorporate e-learning rather than leaving its adoption up to enthusiastic individuals. Although there is growing understanding about the impact of e-learning on the student experience, there is less understanding of academics' perceptions of e-learning and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Experience, College Faculty, Teaching Methods
Vacher, Kai, Ed. – Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, 2010
Schools are now re-designing their curricula to include knowledge and understanding of globalisation. For many schools this is a an extension of the curriculum innovation work focussed on providing more personalised learning pathways for their students. This publication is aimed to support school leaders and teachers in their journey to…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Global Education, Educational Resources
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Wright, Ruth – Music Education Research, 2008
Within a theoretical framework drawn from sociologists of education Bourdieu and Bernstein, this paper will examine some of the findings of an ethnographic case study conducted with a secondary school music teacher and one class of her pupils in Wales. This teacher attracted 25% of Year 10 (14-year-old) pupils to study music as an optional subject…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Music Education, Foreign Countries, Music Teachers
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Jervis, Les; Jervis, Loretta M.; Giovannelli, Donato – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2005
Undergraduate degree programs in the biosciences almost always include elements of biochemistry. In the United Kingdom, biosciences programs often have optional pathways to accommodate students of diverse interests. These programs rarely require students to demonstrate any school-level chemistry knowledge, and many students find biochemistry…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Experience, Student Interests, Biochemistry
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Todman, John; Lawrenson, Helen – British Educational Research Journal, 1992
Presents the results of a United Kingdom study comparing computer anxiety, mathematics anxiety, and computer experience among college students and elementary students. Includes discussion of age, sex, and the relationship between anxiety and experience. Reports that the younger children had higher computer experience and less computer anxiety.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computers, Educational Research, Elementary Education