This study aims to investigate students' awareness of the level, causes and negative effects of noise in schools through the utilization of creative drama activities. The objective of this sample application is to contribute to the development of a more tranquil and peaceful school environment. A single case study design was employed for this…

Sensory obstacle courses provide lesson ideas for teachers targeting objectives in both cognitive and psychomotor domains. Specific cognitive learning includes the movement concepts needed to navigate obstacles set up in the gymnasium aimed at developing athletic motor skills competences needed for sports. Sensory courses include using stations…

What do the teachers' stories of embodied teaching in the elementary classroom reveal about how and why they practice embodied teaching? Utilizing Deweyan Pragmatism as the theoretical framework and narrative inquiry as the research methodology, this research seeks to answer the main question above. This study was conducted with elementary teacher…

Drawing from the Sheldon and Manktelow collections at SUNY Oswego's Penfield Library, along with sociological criteria for a profession -- graduate-level training, autonomy, peer evaluation and responsibility to the public -- this article reassesses Oswego State Normal School's impact on nineteenth-century teacher education. Descriptions of Oswego…

Research Findings: Two exploratory studies explored young children's views of brain function and whether these views can be modified through exposure to a brief classroom intervention. In Study 1, children aged 4-13 years reported that the brain is used for "thinking," although older children were more likely than younger children to…

This study explored practicing elementary school teacher's conceptions of teaching in ways that foster inquiry-based learning in the science curriculum (inquiry teaching). The advocacy for inquiry-based learning in contemporary curricula assumes the principle that students learn in their own way by drawing on direct experience fostered by the…

There are many experiences that we have, such as eating and talking, when we don't have to be focusing on anything visual. Art educators need to help children portray the sensory aspects of such experiences and to decrease their reliance on the visual aspects of experience. (RM)

Describes an innovative way to present poetry (to children in Grades 1, 3, and 7) through creative movement. Children learn to dramatize poetic imagery, making it meaningful through their own sensory experience. (CS)

Research findings indicate that young children learn concepts better when presented with less stimulus between negative and positive behaviors and greater variation among positive behaviors. (CJ)

A sensory extinction procedure (white noise programed through earphones) substantially reduced the stereotypic vocalization of two autistic children (9 years old) but had little practical effect on the clapping and object-dropping responses. (Author/CL)

A model for teaching the concept of length to visually impaired students in grades K through 8 is provided, with additional suggestions on teaching children to understand the concepts of area, temperature, capacity, weight, volume, angles, and money or value. (Author/SW)

Explores sensory experiences, both real and imagined, that occur while reading. (MKM)

A muddy area between two new elementary schools was transformed into a school "wetlands"--an outdoor learning center used for nature study and various creative and sensory activities. The area encourages children's natural curiosity, provides many discoveries about nature, and promotes a sense of stewardship. (SV)

Student preference of sensory reinforcers was investigated using three mentally retarded, multiply physically disabled males (four-seven years old). Results suggest that severely disabled students have individualized preferences for various sensory reinforcers. (Author/CL)

Discusses the American Indian concepts of taking only from nature what you need and practicing the disciplines of silence and using your senses. Suggests activities for elementary school children to develop the concepts. (11 resources) (MDH)