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Kushins, Jodi; Brisman, Avi – Art Education, 2005
The perspective that the physical structure--the classroom, the building, the campus--in which one learns is irrelevant or, at best, ancillary to what transpires within the walls of the institution is troubling, especially for those concerned with educating individuals in the ways in which design and behavior interact. In this article, the authors…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Facilities, Photography, Studio Art
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Navab, Aphrodite Desiree – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2001
For over one hundred and fifty years practitioners, critics, and historians have continuously challenged and added dimensions to the meaning and uses of photography. Yet there has been little challenge to its highly disturbing linguistic conventions. By uncritically accepting and using these conventions, those involved in the culture of…
Descriptors: Photography, Production Techniques, Sociolinguistics, Intellectual History
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Dyches, Tina Taylor; Cichella, Elizabeth; Olsen, Susanne Frost; Mandleco, Barbara – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2004
The perspective of children with developmental disabilities regarding what is important is not fully understood due to limited means by which accurate data are collected. Many researchers rely upon teachers, parents, and siblings to provide information regarding the lives of children with developmental disabilities. This study differs from most…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Children, Attitude Measures, Quality of Life
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Berkowski, Kimberly L.; Plunkett, Kyle N.; Moore, Jeffrey S. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2005
A study describes an easy procedure based on a negative photoresist process designed for junior high or high school students, which will introduce them to the key terms and concepts of photolithography. The experiment allows students to visualize the fundamental process behind microchip fabrication, observe the rapid prototyping enabled by such a…
Descriptors: Plastics, High School Students, Photography, Junior High School Students
Balakrishnan, Vishalache – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2006
Moral feeling, moral thinking and moral acting are aspects in Moral Education for Malaysian schools. Students are encouraged to practice what they learn within and outside the boundaries of the class room. In the year 2000, there were shift in assessing teaching and learning of Moral Education in which equal weightage were given to the…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Moral Development, Values Education, Foreign Countries
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Carnahan, Christi R. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2006
Photovoice is an educational action research tool that embraces visual communication through photography and allows for individualization. In this article, the author describes how a visual teaching method known as photovoice led to improved engagement with peers and learning materials for two young boys with autism. The author also describes how…
Descriptors: Research Tools, Action Research, Autism, Teaching Methods
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Armstead, Donald C.; Karls, Michael A. – PRIMUS, 2006
The wave equation is a classic partial differential equation that one encounters in an introductory course on boundary value problems or mathematical physics, which can be used to describe the vertical displacement of a vibrating string. Using a video camera and Wave-in-Motion software to record displacement data from a vibrating string or spring,…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Photography, Computer Uses in Education, Video Technology
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Eklund, Pieta; Lindh, Maria; Maceviciute, Elena; Wilson, Thomas D. – Education for Information, 2006
Digital images and image databases can support a wide range of learning objectives. The EURIDICE project aims to assess the requirements for the image databases, on one hand, and to incorporate images into higher education teaching (HEI) teaching, on the other. The aim of this paper is to analyse the tasks and process of evaluation of the EURIDICE…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Databases, Program Evaluation, Electronic Libraries
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Andersson, Krister; Gibson, Clark C. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2007
Dozens of countries have decentralized at least part of their natural resource policies over the last two decades. Despite the length of time that these policy experiments have been in force, there is little agreement about their effectiveness. We argue that part of this ambivalence stems from three limitations of extant studies, suggesting that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Municipalities, Natural Resources, Public Policy
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Rogers, Sue; Evans, Julie – Educational Research, 2007
Background: In 2000 the so-called "Reception" class was re-conceived (in curricular terms, at least) as the second and final year of the Foundation Stage, a distinctive educational phase for children aged 3 until entry to key stage 1 at 5 or 6 years old. The "Curriculum guidance for the Foundation Stage" endorses a play-based,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Freehand Drawing, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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Fletcher, Kathryn L.; Sabo, Jason – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2006
This study investigated the relationship between picture book reading and 15-­month-­old toddlers' behaviors with photographs and books. During a pretest, 15-­month-­olds were presented with one photograph every 15 seconds (i.e., eight photographs in total). Immediately after the pretest, toddlers and their teachers read several short picture…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Childrens Literature, Toddlers, Photography
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Chen, Greg; Warburton, Rebecca N. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2006
Traffic collisions kill about 43,000 Americans a year. Worldwide, road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death by injury and the ninth leading cause of all deaths. Photo Radar speed enforcement has been implemented in the United States and many other industrialized countries, yet its cost-effectiveness from a societal viewpoint, taking all…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Program Costs, Public Policy
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Glover-Graf, Noreen M.; Miller, Eva – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2006
This study used photography as a therapeutic tool and a present-focused approach in a 12-week group intervention to treat adults with chemical dependence enrolled in an outpatient treatment program. A qualitative analysis identified themes related to the topics of trust, honesty, self-worth, power, and abuse. Self-esteem, abuse, and trauma-related…
Descriptors: Photography, Adults, Counseling Techniques, Group Counseling
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Lindgren, Charles – Science Scope, 2006
The NASA's Mars Student Imaging Project (MSIP) is led by the Arizona State University (ASU) Mars Education Program, a major partner of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. MSIP is based on the National Science Education Standards and includes curriculum on terrestrial planet characteristics, experimental design, and proposal writing. Three spacecraft…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Research Design, Photography, Proposal Writing
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Julian, Bronwyn – Kairaranga, 2006
In this article, the author narrates how her son's communication skills have progressed through the use of photographic visuals. Her son, Ryan, was diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) when he was aged two years and seven months. At this time he was unresponsive to his name, had virtually no words and definitely no comprehension of…
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Profiles
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