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Lachuk, Amy S. Johnson; Gomez, Mary Louise – Middle School Journal (J1), 2011
Culture and community are considered key aspects of effective middle level education. Effective schools for young adolescents are inviting, inclusive, and supportive; are staffed with adults who support youths' academic and personal development; and affirm the important role that families play in educating youth. In this article, the authors…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Early Adolescents, Minority Group Children, Personal Narratives
Pahlke, Erin; Bigler, Rebecca S.; Green, Vanessa A. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2010
To examine the consequences of learning about gender discrimination, early adolescents (n = 121, aged 10-14) were randomly assigned to receive either (a) standard biographical lessons about historical figures (standard condition) or (b) nearly identical lessons that included information about gender discrimination (discrimination condition).…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Gender Discrimination, Occupational Aspiration, Control Groups
Emasculation Blues: Black Male Teachers' Perspectives on Gender and Power in the Teaching Profession
Brockenbrough, Ed – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: Over the past decade, a growing chorus of educational stakeholders has called for the recruitment of more Black men into the American teaching profession, casting these men as ideal surrogate father figures for Black youth who may lack adult male role models in their families or communities. Although a small body of scholarly…
Descriptors: Females, Stakeholders, Youth, African American Children
Fingon, Joan C.; Fingon, Shallon D. – Science Scope, 2009
Who hasn't heard of Einstein? Science educators everywhere are familiar with Einstein's genius and general theory of relativity. Students easily recognize Einstein's image by his white flyaway hair and bushy mustache. It is well known that Einstein was a brilliant physicist and an abstract thinker who often used his creativity and imagination in…
Descriptors: Science Interests, Scientific Concepts, Biographies, Scientists
Cornbleth, Catherine – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2008
While it is widely acknowledged that classroom practice is shaped by its context, the dynamics of that shaping remain elusive. This study conceptualizes the ways in which changing social conditions and national priorities enter into US curriculum practice. Initially, the focus was on the US Census 2000 results showing an increasingly diverse…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Terrorism, Biographies, English Teachers
Gutierrez, Peter – School Library Journal, 2008
This article offers a savvy guide to the best graphic nonfiction books for middle schoolers. These include: "Ronald Reagan: A Graphic Biography" by Andrew Hefler; "Clan Apis" by Jay Hosler; and "Corpses and Skeletons: The Science of Forensic Anthropology" by Rob Shone.
Descriptors: Anthropology, Nonfiction, Reading Material Selection, Middle School Students
Fertig, Gary – Social Studies, 2008
When teachers in elementary and middle school classrooms portray history as an immutable sequence of certain facts, dates, and events, young learners tend to view the past, and by extension the future, as something fixed and inevitable. Learning about the past through investigating biographies can help counter this tendency by teaching students to…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Middle Schools, Biographies, History Instruction
Kirchhoff, Allison – Science Teacher, 2008
Stories weave common elements of the nature of science between topics and activities, regardless of whether it's short historical narratives about scientists or current event articles that are read. Stories also can help students realize the important contributions of persons of color, women, and other traditionally underrepresented groups. In…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Student Motivation, Inquiry
Schaefer, Leora – Facing History and Ourselves, 2008
This study guide has been developed to accompany the film "Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh." The guide is organized in two sections: Preview and Postview. In the Preview, students are introduced to Hannah Senesh. They learn the historical context of her story, and they begin to consider some of the main themes…
Descriptors: Documentaries, Jews, Biographies, World History
Monhardt, Rebecca – Science Scope, 2005
Biographies are sometimes considered to be a bridge between fact and fiction. As students read real life accounts of the lives of scientists, they can expand their view of what kinds of things scientists do; realize that all kinds of people do science; find out how the scientific community influences the acceptance of scientific knowledge; learn…
Descriptors: Biographies, Scientists, Science Education, Writing (Composition)
Annenberg Media, 2007
This course for middle and high school teachers uses video, online text, classroom activities, and Web-based activities to explore American history from the Pre-Columbian era through Reconstruction. The video programs are divided into three segments: (1) "Historical Perspectives," an overview of the historical era; (2) "Faces of America," in which…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Program Descriptions, Learning Activities, Class Activities
Caruso, Greta – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2005
This narrative provides an account of one teacher's use of a minimal, real-world text--a Fantale lollie wrapper--in her classroom as a means of motivating Year 7 students to write concisely and imaginatively. It discusses the success of this strategy and the way in which information technology was utilised in the production of facsimile texts.…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Class Activities, Information Technology, Computer Uses in Education
Coatney, Sharon; Smalley, Rachel – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2005
This article, the first of a two-part series, introduces the living history program. This yearly, weeklong program features living portrayals of famous people, which becomes a catalyst for teaching curricular standards, as well as providing the spark for inquiry. Here, the authors describe how the yearly living history program was implemented and…
Descriptors: History Instruction, History, Biographies, Standards
Ward, Robin; Muller, David – Mathematics Teaching Incorporating Micromath, 2006
The authors of this article pose the question, "Did any artist ever use 'Algebra'?" Recently, a cohort of 24 pre-service teachers attending a southwestern university in the USA discovered the answer to this question. Serving as the rationale to this cross-curricular exploration was the fundamental notion that integrating the arts into one's…
Descriptors: Algebra, Art, Middle School Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Eick, Charles; Dias, Michael – Science Education, 2005
Secondary science methods students' thinking on coteaching practice was studied for the development of conscious elements of practical teacher knowledge supporting the use of structured inquiry. Reflective dialogue on practice in an electronic forum was analyzed for elements of formal learning and biography (past and present) that informed…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students, Teaching Methods, Inquiry