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Joe Usher – Irish Educational Studies, 2024
This study investigates 152 Irish primary pupils' attitudes towards geography and their most preferred and least preferred methods of learning and experiencing geography at primary level. The findings indicate that Irish pupils have a neutral attitude towards geography with no significant difference between male and female pupils nor between class…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Maps, Geography Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Sulistyo, Wahyu Djoko; Suprapta, Blassius; Nafiah, Ulfatun; Wijaya, Daya Negeri; Wicaksana, Hendika – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2022
Technology in learning has a very important role. The history learning process will take place effectively with the use of technology. The limitation of learning resources in prehistoric learning is a problem that must be solved. This is the reason for developing a learning model based on roaming historical sites virtually, without having to go…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Foreign Countries, Historic Sites, History Instruction
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Daibao Guo; Erin E. Rich; Julianne M. Coleman – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2024
While visual literacy pedagogy in teacher preparation programs has been a recognized body of knowledge the past few decades, limited research centers upon secondary teachers who are responsible for integrating visual literacy into content instruction. This study explored how 32 secondary English language arts and social studies pre-service…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Visual Literacy
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An, Song A.; Cashman, Timothy G.; Tillman, Daniel – Journal of International Social Studies, 2022
This research study focuses on preservice teachers' (n=66) inspection of pedagogical connections between geography and geometrical reasoning. The aim of this study was to empirically investigate the use of mathematical analysis to enrich the social studies topics of the distortion of country sizes on the world map. The analysis of data collected…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Geography, Teaching Methods, Geometric Concepts
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Eze, Emmanuel – Journal of Geography, 2021
The perpetual decline of students' performance in external geography examinations necessitated this enquiry to identify causes of failure reported by examiners. This study, therefore, adopted a qualitative approach to analyze West African Examination Council (WAEC) chief examiners' reports from 2008 to 2018 to extract vital information on why…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Geography Instruction, Low Achievement, Tests
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Arrowsmith, Heather E.; Houchens, Gary W.; Crossbourne-Richards, Trudy-Ann; Redifer, Jenni L.; Norman, Antony D.; Zhang, Jie – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2021
In 2012, the United States Department of Education announced the Race to the Top-District grants. One joint award was made to two large educational cooperatives in the same state that together represented 111 mostly rural schools in 22 districts. One of the grant's identified four essential projects was the implementation of personalized learning.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation