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Pota, Vikas – Childhood Education, 2023
A good education is the necessary element at the foundation of efforts to lift people out of poverty, reduce inequalities, tackle prejudices, skill the next generation to face a job market being transformed by technology, and train the scientists and leaders who will answer the enormous challenges society faces from climate change to pandemics and…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Recognition (Achievement), Awards, Educational Innovation
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Hardy, Travis – Childhood Education, 2022
In an era of increasing division and conflict, education innovations that focus on building compassion and understanding hold a promise for true transformative power. Using a new tool called Empatico, these educators paired up with a partner classroom somewhere else in the world to begin their journey as "Kindness Champions" who made…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Educational Innovation, Futures (of Society), Altruism
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Lopez-Perez, Valentina A.; Ramirez-Correa, Patricio E.; Grandon, Elizabeth E. – Informatics in Education, 2019
This research examines the factors that influence the intention to use information technology in the classroom by primary school teachers based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology and their technological predisposition. In particular, the relationship between teachers' innovativeness and their beliefs associated with the use…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Technology Integration
Winthrop, Rebecca; Ziegler, Lauren; Handa, Rhea; Fakoya, Foluyinka – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2019
Humans are born with the natural ability to gain skills through play. Children learn about social norms, roles and responsibilities, and language through curiosity-driven, playful interactions and activities. Learning through play harnesses the power of children's imagination and inspires active engagement with the material. The Center for…
Descriptors: Play, Academic Achievement, Educational Innovation, Student Centered Learning
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Miranda Ossandón, Jorge; Villagra, Carolina; Sepùlveda, Segundo – International Education Studies, 2014
This investigation was carried out in an attempt to respond to the issue of identification of codes for constructing meaning that yield to innovation. Based on the discourse of rural primary school teachers of la Araucania Region, Chile, we sought to expose key elements and codes that allow teachers to construct and/or re-elaborate meaning that…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Rural Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers
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Pehkonen, Erkki; Näveri, Liisa; Laine, Anu – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2013
The article begins with a brief overview of the situation throughout the world regarding problem solving. The activities of the ProMath group are then described, as the purpose of this international research group is to improve mathematics teaching in school. One mathematics teaching method that seems to be functioning in school is the use of open…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Objectives