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Download full textStracke, Christian M.; Sharma, Ramesh Chander; Bozkurt, Aras; Burgos, Daniel; Cassafieres, Cécile Swiatek; dos Santos, Andreia Inamorato; Mason, Jon; Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Santos-Hermosa, Gema; Shon, Jin Gon; Wan, Marian; Agbu, Jane-Frances Obiageli; Farrow, Robert; Karakaya, Özlem; Nerantzi, Chrissi; Ramírez-Montoya, María Soledad; Conole, Grainne; Cox, Glenda; Truong, Vi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2022
In terms of scale, shock, and disenfranchisement, the disruption to formal education arising from COVID-19 has been unprecedented. Anecdotally, responses from teachers and educators around the world range from heightened caution to being inspired by distance education as the "new normal." Of all the challenges, face-to-face and formal…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Open Education, Distance Education
Direct linkGerhardt, Heinz Peter – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022
This contribution to the special issue is an historical account of Paulo Freire's pedagogical and administrative praxis before his forced exile in 1964. It relies on interviews collected during a field trip in 1976, a conversation with Paulo Freire in Geneva one year later and on the secondary literature up to date. Being the head of the first…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Educational Practices, Universities, Extension Education
PDF pending restorationLauderdale, William Burt – 1981
This booklet on progressive education contains the profiles of three extraordinary progressive experiments in three very different types of schools. The first is the Laboratory School at the University of Chicago between 1896 and 1904, which was established specifically to test out in practice certain philosophical and psychological principles of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanistic Education
A View from the Other Side: Students in the Partnership Teachers' Network Reflect on Their Learning.
Hands On, 1992
Excerpts from students' writing illustrate the differences between Foxfire and other learning approaches and the dilemmas students face in Foxfire classes, including choices, decisions and responsibilities; developing new skills in a new process; participating in the democratic process; effectively working together; and nontraditional evaluations.…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Artley, A. Sterl – 1976
This paper examines some of the problems associated with unquestioned teaching practices and theories ("sacred cows") in the field of reading. Topics discussed include phonics, pronunciation, oral reading, teacher accountability and behavioral objectives, individualized reading, and the open classroom. (KS)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Needs, Educational Practices, Educational Theories
Neill, A. S.; Lamb, Albert, Ed. – 1996
This revised and expanded version of the 1960 classic "Summerhill," edited by Albert Lamb, portrays Summerhill School throughout its development. The book reveals A. S. Neill's fundamental belief in the self-regulated school in which children make their own rules and determine for themselves how much they will study. Neill's commitment…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Psychology, Democracy, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedHarrison, Jo-Ann; Glaubman, Rivkah – Comparative Education Review, 1982
Analyzed definitions of open education that have become prevalent in the education literature of the United States, Great Britain, and Israel over the past decade and a half. Content analysis of 51 documents found strong commonalities among definitions of assumptions but marked differences in the definitions of aims and practices. (Author/BRR)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Comparative Education, Content Analysis, Cultural Context
1992
The Sudbury Valley School was founded in 1968 by a group of Massachusetts parents who felt that a child is a person, worthy of full respect as a human being. It was intended that a nurturing environment be created in which the children themselves chose what they wished to do and scheduled their time. Democracy was a cornerstone of the school's…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Cuban, Larry – 1984
This book investigates teaching practices before, during, and after reform impulses in the 20th century aimed at changing what teachers routinely do. Patterns of stability and change over a 90-year period are developed from evidence from a wide variety of sources, including classroom photographs, textbooks and tests used, student recollections,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Change, Educational History
Cuban, Larry – 1993
This second edition updates material in the first edition for another decade to 1990 and responds to criticisms of findings in the first edition. This book investigates teaching practices before, during, and after 20th-century reform efforts aimed at changing what teachers routinely do. Patterns of stability and change over a 100-year period are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Change, Educational History
Mortera-Gutierrez, Fernando – 1998
In Mexico, Distance Education (DE) is defined as an "extracurricular form of education" that offers great flexibility from the standpoints of space and time coupled with the official validation and accreditation enjoyed by the country's traditional educational system. In the past 50 years, DE in Mexico has evolved from an academic area…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
Farrell, Glen M., Ed. – 1999
This document contains 11 papers examining the methodology and findings of a study of the virtual delivery of education throughout the world. "Introduction" (Glen M. Farrell) explains the study methodology, which entailed the identification of 10 global regions and commissioning of an individual in each region to write a paper describing the state…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Educational Practices
McKernan, Jim, Ed. – 1983
Research problems and issues of concern to educators in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are discussed in 21 papers. Papers fall into the general categories of educational history and current practices. Papers in the first category cover the following topics: a history of the Education Inquiry of 1824-1826, the "hedge" or…
Descriptors: Business Education, Case Studies, Comparative Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Minoli, Daniel – 1996
This book is intended to give technology providers a better understanding of the dynamics of interactive distance learning (DL). For technology consumers it provides an understanding of the basics of available telecommunication technologies and the tradeoffs among available alternatives. Among the topics discussed in the book's 12 chapters are the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Corporate Education
Lenzen, Klaus-Dieter; Tillmann, Klaus-Jurgen; Weingart, Gail – 1999
The Laboratory School in Bielefeld, Germany, is an experimental school that is part of the University of Bielefeld. The Laboratory School is an integrated comprehensive school for children aged 5-16 years. Pupils are not separated by streaming and do not receive letter grades until their 10th year of school. The Laboratory School makes extensive…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Conventional Instruction, Definitions, Disabilities
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