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Direct linkHarold Abelson, Editor; Siu-Cheung Kong, Editor – MIT Press, 2024
In today's digital society, computational thinking (CT) is a critical component of all children's education. In "Computational Thinking Curricula in K-12," editors Harold Abelson and Siu-Cheung Kong present a range of professional perspectives on the most effective ways to integrate CT into school curricula. Their edited volume, which…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy
Pacino, Maria A., Ed.; Warren, Susan R., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2022
Learn how to create culturally responsive, socially just school-family partnerships that positively impact student learning outcomes. Responding to the current rise in White supremacy in America, a surge in hate crimes against BIPOC students and families, and the gaping digital divide exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, this book addresses the need…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Family School Relationship, Outcomes of Education, Racism
Chirinda, Brantina, Ed.; Sibanda, Lwazi, Ed.; Vere, Joseph, Ed.; Sunzuma, Gladys, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2023
Historical and current educational perspectives are epistemologically challenging to weave together. The contributors brought together in this book have risen to that challenge and, in the process, have produced a detailed and thorough account of the issues and processes at play. Science, Mathematics, and Technology (SMT) education is recognised…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Problem Solving, Lifelong Learning
Download full textDraxton, Shawna; Radley, Kirstee; Murphy, Joanne; Nevin, Ann; Nishimura, Trisha; Hagge, Darla; Taniform, Lawrence – Online Submission, 2011
We propose that Disability Studies in Education (DSE) offers a framework that (a) grounds policy and practice in the experiences and perspectives of people with disabilities, (c) challenges practices/ policy that isolate, de-humanize individuals, and (c) leads to new questions to pose. In this session, we describe the pedagogy that we used to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Disabilities, Position Papers
MacGregor, Nancy, Ed. – 1977
Focusing on competency in art education, the seven essays in this critique deal essentially with two aspects of this topic: as it appears to manifest itself in competency-based teacher education (CBTE), and how competency might be interpreted to serve in the name of art education. In the introductory section, "Art Educators focus on Controversy,"…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Annotated Bibliographies, Art, Art Education
Peer reviewedDe Corte, Erik, Ed. – Learning and Instruction, 1991
Five papers on research related to learning and instruction discuss the following: subjective competence and self-assessment; development of quantitative-relational abilities from childhood to adolescence; detecting functional relations in a computerized learning environment; developmental patterns and individual differences in word-search…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Competence, Computer Assisted Instruction
Chiu, Chi-yue, Ed.; Salili, Farideh, Ed.; Hong, Ying-yi, Ed. – 2001
This book presents 13 papers from a 1998 conference in Hong Kong that examined how to apply psychology to enhance learning and teaching quality and focused on multicultural education: (1) "The Role of Multiple Competencies and Self-Regulated Learning in Multicultural Education" (Chi-yue Chiu, Farideh Salili, and Ying-yi Hong); (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analogy, College Students, Competence
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Occupational and Continuing Education. – 1981
A project was conducted to examine the health occupations education program in New York State. Through a series of committee meetings, members of the health professions and educators from high schools, colleges, technical institutes, and regional agencies discussed a number of issues that should be considered as the health occupations curriculum…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Certification, Clinical Experience, Competence
Keating, Daniel P., Ed.; Hertzman, Clyde, Ed. – 1999
Asking how we can best support the health and well-being of infants and children in an era of rapid economic and technological change, this book presents findings on human development as both an individual and a population phenomenon. Topics discussed include links between socioeconomic status, achievement, and health; the impact of early…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Animal Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Development
Hodkinson, Phil, Ed.; Issitt, Mary, Ed. – 1995
This book contains the following papers about the role of vocational education and training in developing a competent work force in Great Britain (United Kingdom): "The Challenge of Competence for the Caring Professions: An Overview" (Phil Hodkinson, Mary Issitt); "The European Challenge to British Vocational Education and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Behaviorism
Kamarainen, Pekka, Ed.; Attwell, Graham, Ed.; Brown, Alan, Ed. – 2002
This book contains 15 papers examining European approaches to the theme of key qualifications. The following papers are included: "Key Qualifications Revisited: An Introduction" (Pekka Kamarainen); "Exploring Key Qualifications: Context, Theory, and Practice in Europe" (Pekka Kamarainen); "Rethinking Key Qualifications:…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Basic Skills, Competence, Curriculum Development
Flude, Mike, Ed.; Sieminski, Sandy, Ed. – 1999
This book contains 13 papers on developments in vocational education and training in Great Britain and the future of work. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Geoff Esland, Mike Flude, Sandy Sieminski); "The Roles of the State and the Social Partners in Vocational Education and Training Systems" (Andy Green);…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Case Studies, Competence, Competency Based Education
Sellin, Burkart, Ed. – 1999
This document contains 23 papers on European trends in vocational education and training (VET) and the development of occupations and qualifications. The following papers are included: "Vocational Socialisation and Competence Development: The Historical Dimension" (Walter R. Heinz); "European Trends in the Development of Vocational…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Communications, Competence, Continuing Education
