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Kafai, Yasmin B.; Xin, Yue; Fields, Deborah; Tofel-Grehl, Colby – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2022
The pandemic outbreak of COVID-19 has highlighted an urgent need for infectious disease education for K-12 students. To gather a better understanding of what educational interventions have been conducted and to what effect, we performed a scoping review. We identified and examined 23 empirical researcher- and teacher-designed studies conducted in…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education
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Ortiz, Janel L.; Conkey, April A. T.; Brennan, Leonard A.; Fedynich, La Vonne; Green, Marybeth – American Biology Teacher, 2020
The lack of environmental education in many primary and secondary school systems is likely due to overloaded school curricula, lack of funds, large classroom sizes, and other contributing factors. Through the integration of hands-on activities following the training of teachers, we can improve the impact of environmental education. Our goals in…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Environmental Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Improvement
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Millei, Zsuzsa; Joronen, Mikko – Journal of Education Policy, 2016
At the present, human capital theory (HCT) and neuroscience reasoning are dominant frameworks in early childhood education and care (ECEC) worldwide. Popular since the 1960s, HCT has provided an economic understanding of human beings and offered strategies to manage the population with the promise of bringing improvements to nations. Neuroscience…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Human Capital, Early Childhood Education, Neoliberalism
Thompson, Ross A. – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2008
The past decade has seen an upsurge in public understanding of early brain development. News reports, statements by policymakers, and commercial marketing of products for infants and young children have all contributed to a widespread understanding of the explosive growth of the brain in the early years and that stimulation acts as a catalyst to…
Descriptors: Brain, Scientific Research, Child Development, Stimulation