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Direct linkPrezioso, M. G. – English in Education, 2023
In light of recent concerns in the United States and the United Kingdom regarding the rote and restrictive nature of English literature instruction, this article offers an approach to teaching literature rooted not in knowledge, as literary pedagogy is often conceptualised, but instead in understanding. Reading for understanding extends beyond…
Descriptors: English Literature, Teaching Methods, Reading Processes, Reading Comprehension
Scaramanga, Jonny; Reiss, Michael J. – Oxford Review of Education, 2017
Increasing numbers of students are applying to university with the International Certificate of Christian Education (ICCE), an alternative to mainstream qualifications based on a biblically-based, individualised curriculum called Accelerated Christian Education (ACE). No formal validity arguments exist for the ICCE, but it claims to prepare…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Christianity, Student Certification, Church Related Colleges
le Cordeur, Michael – Perspectives in Education, 2014
For a number of years now, South Africa, like many other countries, has been debating a major paradigm shift in education, a shift from learning and teaching, which focused primarily on content to learning and teaching focused on outcomes. One of the most dramatic trends in education over the past decade has been the shift towards the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Literacy
Mathias, Jinhua; Bruce, Megan; Newton, Douglas P. – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2013
The dissonance between Eastern and Western learning approaches is regarded as an obstacle for Chinese students in adjusting to Western education environments, and one of the reasons is the lack of an understanding of Chinese learning approaches, that is, Chinese learners are uncritically perceived as rote learners. This paper investigates Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Two Year College Students, Asians
Myles, Florence – Language Learning & Language Teaching (MS), 2012
The purpose of this chapter is to investigate how complexity, accuracy and fluency interact in early L2 development, when learners' linguistic means are underdeveloped. Learners then resort to rote-learned formulaic sequences to complement their current grammar when it is unable to meet their communicative needs. The interplay between their…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Semantics, Interlanguage, Synchronous Communication
Ward, Sophie C.; Meyer, Jan H. F. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2010
This study aims to further our understanding of metalearning activity through the analysis of qualitative data gathered from 370 first-year microeconomics students in three UK universities. The students were asked to produce undirected reflective essays in response to a personal "learning profile" generated before, and after, the…
Descriptors: Microeconomics, Profiles, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGott, Richard; Johnson, Philip – School Science Review, 1999
Asks whether what is taught in science class only makes sense to someone who already understands science. Discusses school science in terms of four questions: (1) What is to be taught?; (2) What conditions promote learning?; (3) What do students learn?; and (4) What are the cognitive processes in learners' minds? (Contains 17 references.)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Sutherland, Peter – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2003
The focus was on the study methods of nurse students during their first 2 years in higher education. Qualitative data were obtained by interviewing a sample of the first year students, plus a sample of second year students in two nursing specialities. The essay was found to be the most difficult format, particularly for those coming straight from…
Descriptors: Interviews, Teacher Guidance, Study Skills, Teaching Methods
