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The Contribution of Support Teachers in Facilitating Children's Peer Interactions
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Hillesøy, Siv – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2016
In the Nordic countries, policies for children, who require special educational assistance, emphasize that support should be provided within regular preschool settings. As one measure to facilitate these children's participation in preschool activities, support teachers may be appointed. The present study explores how support teachers contribute…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Special Education, Inclusion
Implementation of Guidelines for Effective Fieldwork Designs: Exploring Learning Activities, Learning Processes, and Student Engagement in the Classroom and the Field
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Remmen, Kari Beate; Frøyland, Merethe – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2014
Teachers find the implementation of fieldwork challenging. Therefore, this study investigates two teachers' implementation of theoretical guidelines for student-centered fieldwork activities, following their participation in a professional development course focusing on earth science fieldwork pedagogy. Video observation and instructional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Earth Science, Secondary School Science
Embedding Research in a Field-Based Module through Peer Review and Assessment for Learning
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Nicholson, Dawn T. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2011
A case study is presented of embedding research in a final year undergraduate, field-based, physical geography module. The approach is holistic, whereby research-based learning activities simulate the full life cycle of research from inception through to peer review and publication. The learning, teaching and assessment strategy emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Personal Autonomy, Teaching Methods
Some Significant Experiments in Vocational Training. (Surveys Conducted in 1977).
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). – 1977
A symposium was held to discuss the question, How and to what extent is technical and vocational education in Europe encouraging occupational mobility? Following the symposium, a series of visits was conducted to view innovative practices and experiments concerning this question; countries visited included Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom,…
Descriptors: Conferences, Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation, Field Studies