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Monika Kostera – Oxford University Press, 2024
Is the University as we know it dead? Monika Kostera thinks not, but across the globe universities are under attack, be it by external forces or from within. Will they survive? Our civilisation requires that they must: planetary survival and sustainability depend on them. This book provides vital resources to give us all -- professional academics,…
Descriptors: Universities, Altruism, Productivity, Persistence
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Emily Zerrenner – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2024
This chapter describes how instructors can foster curiosity and exploration to improve digital literacy for college students. It also details multiple inquiry-based teaching strategies that may be used in digital literacy contexts.
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, College Students, College Faculty, Teaching Methods
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Karina Beus; Marissa Coleman; David Barney – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2024
Young athletes want to be successful in many aspects of their game. Unfortunately, some athletes allow their desire to be successful to turn into perfectionistic behaviors that do not benefit them and can lead to burnout. Coaches have a responsibility and want to help their athletes through their unhealthy perfectionism, but many coaches do not…
Descriptors: Student Athletes, Burnout, Prevention, Personality Traits
Sandra N. Kaplan – Prufrock Press, 2023
This book assists teachers in providing curriculum to identify gifted students of diversity in the early years, without the formal use of traditional measures of ability. Appropriate for small and large group settings, the pedagogical tools and lessons in this book provide young students with teaching and learning experiences designed to uncover…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Early Childhood Education, Student Diversity
Frank Schweitzer – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine the effectiveness of matching college students' personality types and learning preferences. The study gathered data from student personality types, college classroom environments, and learning preferences. Personality types were assessed through the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Personality Traits, Preferences, College Students
Rerke, Viktoriya I.; Belyakova, Natalia V.; Khudyakova, Tatyana L.; Klepach, Yuliya V.; Platonova, Elena V.; Miloradova, Nadezhda G.; Pozdnyakova, Irina R. – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
The change in strategic guidelines in Russian education is associated with a revision of the goals of teaching and upbringing. However, the emphasis of reforms has shifted towards the formation of the required professional competences at this stage in the development of the education system of the Russian Federation. We think that it is possible…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Characteristics, Personality Traits
Goodwin, Bryan; Silver, Harvey F.; Kreisman, Susan; Perini, Matthew J. – McREL International, 2019
Cognitive science and teacher observations make it pretty clear: A strong sense of curiosity is the key for student engagement and developing a lifelong passion for learning. But how can teachers help students nurture their curiosity so that they ultimately take charge of their own learning? "Tools for Igniting Curiosity" answers that…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities
Goodwin, Bryan – Corwin, 2020
"Building a Curious School" uncovers the many subtle ways in which formal education seems to hinder our natural curiosity and reveals how rekindling a sense of wonder in schools can prime the pump for learning, foster a culture of engagement, grow better educational leaders, and prepare students and staff to lead more fulfilling lives.…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Learning Activities, Personality Traits, Teaching Methods
Antarina S. F. Amir; Thomas R. Guskey – ASCD, 2024
Information societies--and life in general--require a host of skills beyond those found in the traditional school curriculum. Yet nearly a quarter of the way through the 21st century, educators are still looking for clarity on what these skills are and a comprehensive, whole-school model that explains how to teach and develop them; how to observe…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Reflection, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
Baehr, Jason – Harvard Education Press, 2021
"Deep in Thought" provides an introduction to intellectual virtues--the personal qualities and character strengths of good thinkers and learners--and outlines a pragmatic approach for teachers to reinforce them in the classroom. With a combination of theoretical expertise and practical experience, philosopher Jason Baehr endorses…
Descriptors: Intellectual Development, Individual Characteristics, Learning, Personality Traits
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Hunter, Karla M.; Westwick, Joshua – Communication Teacher, 2020
Course: Small Group Communication. Objectives: Students will identify their personality traits; synthesize the relationship between personality, small-group interdependence, and grouphate; and apply collaborative skills and knowledge of individual personality differences in building small-group success.
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Group Dynamics, Personality Traits, Cooperation
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, 2022
Children's ways of learning are as different as the colors of the rainbow. All children have different personalities, preferences and tastes; they all have a certain way they prefer to learn. Teachers and parents need to be aware of and value these differences. Children's brains develop faster from birth to age three than any other time, and more…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Brain, Learning Processes, Intelligence Quotient
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Bradbury, Leslie; Wilson, Rachel – Science and Children, 2019
In this article, fourth graders investigate the physical and behavioral adaptations of crayfish. Because crayfish are native to the area and many students have experience observing them in local streams, the author decided to use these organisms to explore the relationship between the structure of their various body parts and how those structures…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Grade 4, Animals, Science Instruction
Paynter, Jeanne L. – Corwin, 2021
Are you cultivating the real-world creative problem-solving skills today's diverse learners need for future success? Or have we leaned so far into test preparation that we have left no room for developing our students' unique talents, leaving them disengaged and unmotivated? With the new brain-based Talent-Targeted Teaching and Learning model…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Problem Solving, Creative Thinking, Metacognition
Rankin, Jenny Grant – ASCD, 2016
Though nearly 5 million students can be characterized as gifted and talented in the United States, many exceptional learners "fly under the radar." Because they are not appropriately challenged in the general classroom, they never meet their full potential--in school or in life. Author Jenny Grant Rankin equips general classroom teachers…
Descriptors: Gifted, Learner Engagement, Talent Identification, Personality Traits
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