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Simsar, Ahmet – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2018
The purpose of the study was to examine and describe the attitudes of Turkish early childhood children in science. This study explored the causal factors that influence children's attitudes toward science such as teachers' years of teaching experiences, frequency of teaching science in a week, and teachers' teaching style. Turkish children (N=44)…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Foreign Students, Scientific Attitudes
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Quinlan, Catherine L. – American Biology Teacher, 2020
This article explores the need to include the science capital and cultural capital of African Americans in science teaching and offers practical exemplars for inclusion in the K-12 science curriculum. The author discusses ideas in the evolution of culture that contribute to the science content and perspectives of current textbooks and their…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Scientists, Science Instruction
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Maciej M. Syslo – Informatics in Education, 2024
The first books in Polish about the Pascal programming language appeared in the late 1970s, and were soon followed by a Polish translation of Niklaus Wirth's book "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs." At that time, many efforts were made to prepare teachers to teach informatics in schools, and Pascal was one of the topics taught,…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Information Science Education, Algorithms, Foreign Countries
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Channell, Adam; Cobern, William; Rudge, David; Bentz, Amy – Science Education International, 2021
This study examined United States (U.S.) K-12 science teacher interactions with parents during Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) reform following teachers' professional development (PD) participation, as well as parent accounts of understanding and support for NGSS. Fourteen teachers and 15 parents completed an online surveys and phone…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Standards, Science Education
Louisiana Department of Education, 2016
The Louisiana English language arts student standards were created by over one hundred Louisiana educators with input by thousands of parents and teachers from across the state. Educators envisioned what proficient students should know and be able to do to compete in society and focused their efforts on creating standards that would allow them to…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Arts, State Standards, Academic Standards
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Al-Zboon, Eman – Deafness & Education International, 2016
This study describes a kindergarten curriculum for children with hearing impairments, from their teachers' perspectives. Qualitative research data from interviews with 20 teachers were analysed using content analysis methodology. The results pinpoint a collection of proposed curriculum components (i.e. a general framework and outcomes document;…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Children
Berlin, Donna F., Ed.; White, Arthur L., Ed. – International Consortium for Research in Science and Mathematics Education (NJ3), 2010
The chapters in this book reflect the work of science and mathematics educators who have worked for many years at the international level. As members of the International Consortium for Research in Science and Mathematics Education, their work provides readers with issues, models, practices, and research results that have applicability and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Research and Development, Mathematics Education
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Paik, Seoung-Hey; Kim, Hyo-Nam; Cho, Boo-Kyoung; Park, Jae-Won – International Journal of Science Education, 2004
This study investigates the various conceptions held by K-8th Korean grade students regarding the 'changes of state' and the 'conditions for changes of state'. The study used a sample of five kindergarteners, five secondgrade students, five fourth-grade students, five sixth-grade students, and five eighth-grade students. The 25 students attend…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Rural Areas, Science Education
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1879
In this report, the Commissioner of Education offers discussion and statistical summaries on: general educational condition; conflict of capital and labor; the work of his office; school and college catalogues; state and territorial education condition; schools for the colored race; township school systems; free textbooks; education supervision;…
Descriptors: Business Schools, Kindergarten, College Preparation, Womens Education
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1886
The Commissioner of Education presents facts relating to State reports, recess or no recess, school legislation; statistics of correspondents of the Bureau; growth of education in the United States; school ages, summary of statistics of State systems; summary of the statistics of the last ten years; school population, enrollment, and average…
Descriptors: Recess Breaks, State Legislation, Educational Demand, School Statistics
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1882
The Commissioner of Education reports on the work of the office and its publications over the year. Statistical summaries and discussion are presented on enrollment; attendance; teacher workforce and pay; school finance; state and territorial education; kindergarten; city education; education of the colored race; institutions for the superior…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, School Statistics, Publications, Enrollment
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1880
In this report, the Commissioner of Education presents a general review of the U.S. educational condition, discusses the work of the Commissioner's office, and offers summaries of education statistics, using diagrams. Also provided are a summary of educational condition in the states and territories and comparative statistics and remarks on…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, School Statistics, Communicable Diseases, Whites
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1901
Volume 2 begins with discussion of Hopkins Grammar School history, Greek language issues, and Justin S. Morrill's legislative career. Miscellaneous topics cover Indian Territory, backward children in public schools, U.S. engineering education, Christian Brothers schools founder St. Jean Baptiste de La Salle, public library development, Delft's…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational History, Greek, Legislators