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Climate Change: Prepare Today, Live Well Tomorrow--A Review
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Eames, Chris; Ritchie, Jenny; Birdsall, Sally; Milligan, Andrea – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2020
This article provides a critical commentary on the recently released learning programme, "Climate Change: Prepare Today, Live Well Tomorrow" (Climate Change programme). The Climate Change programme is sorely needed in this time of climate emergency and we believe it to be a great start in guiding teachers in this important work. Here we…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Well Being, Teaching Methods
Designing Mobile Learning with Education outside the Classroom to Enhance Marine Ecological Literacy
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Eames, Chris; Aguayo, Claudio – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2019
The aim of this study was to explore how purposeful educational design using mobile learning might enable integration of classroom and outside of classroom teaching and learning. It was based on a marine reserves learning experience at a primary school which connected with a marine science and conservation visitor centre. The researchers'…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
Education outside the Classroom: Reinforcing Learning from the Visit Using Mixed Reality
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Eames, Chris; Aguayo, Claudio – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2020
This article explores how using mobile learning-focused mixed reality (MR) can complement and reinforce learning experiences outside the classroom. Our study involved one primary school class, the teacher, and a marine reserve visitor centre and was based in the co-design of digital tools which were contextually relevant to all educators and…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Simulation, Electronic Learning
Promoting Pedagogical Content Knowledge Development for Early Career Secondary Teachers in Science and Technology Using Content Representations
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Williams, John; Eames, Chris; Hume, Anne; Lockley, John – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2012
Background: This research addressed the key area of early career teacher education and aimed to explore the use of a "content representation" (CoRe) as a mediational tool to develop early career secondary teacher pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). This study was situated in the subject areas of science and technology, where sound…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Action Research, Technology Education
Personal and Relationship Dimensions of Higher Education Science and Engineering Learning Communities
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Eames, Chris; Stewart, Kevin – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2008
The research reported here follows previous articles in this special issue which detail a national study involving a team of researchers across four higher education institutions in New Zealand. A key theme that emerged from a collection of questionnaire, interview and observational data was the central importance of teacher-student and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Engineering Education
Understanding and Enhancing Learning Communities in Tertiary Education in Science and Engineering
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Forret, Michael; Eames, Chris; Coll, Richard – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2007
This research aims to build upon current research in the area of teaching and learning at tertiary level and explore the nature of learning communities in tertiary science and engineering. This study uses a sociocultural approach to address the following question: "What are teachers' and learners' perceptions of the nature of the learning…
Descriptors: Class Size, Case Studies, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries