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Eleni Damianidou – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2024
The aim of this research was to understand what motivates teachers and keeps them engaged with obligatory professional development courses (PDC), as part of formal in-service training (IST). Thirteen teachers from a secondary education school in Cyprus participated in a qualitative research. Data were collected with semi-structured interviews and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Development
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Nicolaidou, Iolie; Pissas, Petros; Boglou, Dimitrios – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Virtual Reality applications are predicted to create a paradigm shift in education, but there is little empirical evidence of their educational value. Virtual Reality affordances to support language learning have not yet been realized. This quasi-experimental study investigated the effect of a Virtual Reality application on foreign language…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Simulation, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Ibrahim Adeshola; Mary Agoyi – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 made universities switch rapidly to e-learning, which enabled continuous access to education. Thus, the evaluation of e-learning engagement is essential to ensure students are engaged in their studies just as it is in the conventional face-to-face classroom. The students are totally in control of their participation…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, COVID-19, Pandemics, Electronic Learning
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Evagorou, Maria; Vrikki, Maria; Papanastasiou, Elena – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2023
The current study aims to examine students' and teachers' voices and views on the outcomes of the implementation of a curriculum as relevant and appropriate to enhance students' citizenship skills by engaging them in dialogic and argumentative practices. To achieve the aim an innovative curriculum, consisting of 15 lessons per education level…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Outcomes of Education, Persuasive Discourse
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Rapanta, Chrysi; Macagno, Fabrizio – Dialogic Pedagogy, 2023
Goal: The problem of the authenticity of teacher questions has not received sufficient attention from educational researchers interested in the intersection between dialogue and argumentation. In this paper, we adopt a definition of authentic questions as dialogical units that prompt teacher-student interactions that are both productive (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Persuasive Discourse, Dialogs (Language), Cues
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Lütfiye Varoglu; Ayhan Yilmaz; Senol Sen – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2024
The examination of students' motivation towards lessons is an important aspect of educational studies. The constructivist approach significantly impacts the improvement of students' motivation. The present study aims to examine the use of the 5E learning model with concept maps to support students' motivation and compare the 5E approach and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science, Chemistry
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Kanik, Mehmet – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
One of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic was school closures, which was also the case in North Cyprus. As a response to school closures, universities switched to online education. This study aims to investigate students' perception of and engagement in this reactive online education provided during the pandemic. To investigate the issue,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Courses
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Hadjipanteli, Angela – Research in Drama Education, 2020
This study examines drama education from the perspective of aretaic pedagogy. It concentrates on the enquiry of pedagogical virtues that a group of student primary teachers applied in their drama teaching. This investigation is conducted in conjunction with the notion of artistry. Research findings demonstrate a series of critical issues that,…
Descriptors: Drama, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers, Student Teachers
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Voskou, Angeliki – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2021
This study was conducted at an important chronological turning point with regard to the structure of the Greek community and Greek supplementary schools in the UK. This paper, following a mixed-methods methodology, aims to examine whether pedagogic practices and norms of the past that took place in Greek supplementary schools continue to exist…
Descriptors: Educational History, Teaching Methods, Immigrants, Ethnicity
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Stylianidou, Nayia; Sofianidis, Angelos; Manoli, Elpiniki; Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Maria – Education Sciences, 2020
This article reports on the main experiences gained from a teaching intervention which utilised the alternate reality game 'Helping Nemo' in an augmented reality environment for formative assessment. The purpose of the study was to explore the ways in which the affordances arising from the combination of alternate reality games and augmented…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Access to Education, Computer Simulation, Intervention
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Kosmas, Panagiotis; Zaphiris, Panayiotis – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
There is strong evidence that movement and learning are deeply interlinked supporting effective cognitive functioning and thinking. The link between movement and learning constitutes a new pedagogical paradigm in the contemporary field of language learning and specifically in the area of Embodied Pedagogy and learning. Embodied theories argue that…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Learning Processes, Movement Education
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Silm, Gerli; Tiitsaar, Kai; Pedaste, Margus; Zacharia, Zacharias C.; Papaevripidou, Marios – Science Education International, 2017
The use of inquiry-based learning (IBL) is encouraged in schools, as it has been shown to be an effective method for raising students' motivation in STEM subjects and increasing their understanding of scientific concepts. Nevertheless, IBL is not very often used in classrooms by teachers due to different (perceived) obstacles. Within the Ark of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Inquiry, Self Efficacy, Teacher Attitudes
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Kosmas, Panagiotis; Ioannou, Andri; Zaphiris, Panayiotis – Educational Media International, 2019
The relationship among bodily movements, cognitive abilities, and academic achievement in children is receiving considerable attention in the research community. The embodied learning approach is based on the idea of an inseparable link between body and mind in learning, aiming for teaching methods that promote children's active engagement in the…
Descriptors: Motion, Cognitive Development, Correlation, Academic Achievement
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Olmez, Cemil; Ozbas, Serap – Africa Education Review, 2017
This study examined the self-efficacy of Turkish Cypriot science teachers working at high schools in Northern Cyprus. The study sample was 200 science teachers who participated in the survey. The Teacher Self-Efficacy (TSE) Scale was used as a data source. It was observed that the science teachers' efficacy beliefs about student engagement in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, High Schools
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Lam, Shui-fong; Jimerson, Shane; Shin, Hyeonsook; Cefai, Carmel; Veiga, Feliciano H.; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Polychroni, Fotini; Kikas, Eve; Wong, Bernard P. H.; Stanculescu, Elena; Basnett, Julie; Duck, Robert; Farrell, Peter; Liu, Yi; Negovan, Valeria; Nelson, Brett; Yang, Hongfei; Zollneritsch, Josef – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Background: A comprehensive understanding of the contextual factors that are linked to student engagement requires research that includes cross-cultural perspectives. Aims: This study investigated how student engagement in school is associated with grade, gender, and contextual factors across 12 countries. It also investigated whether these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Learner Engagement, Cross Cultural Studies
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