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Worth, Paula – Teaching History, 2014
Paula Worth draws on three professional traditions in history education in order to build a lesson sequence on the Crusades for her Year 7s. First, she draws on the growing tradition of classroom practice using historical scholarship, not only to inform the teacher's knowledge but to deepen her pupils' direct acquaintance with scholarly work.…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Historical Interpretation, Teaching Methods, European History
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Molin, Lisa; Lantz-Andersson, Annika – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2016
Since reading and writing digitally demand partially different competencies, there is a change in some of the premises of related educational practices. This study aims to contribute to the knowledge of educational reading practices by scrutinizing how literacy events evolve in a digital classroom where each student has a personal digital device…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Electronic Classrooms, Handheld Devices, Learning Activities
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Rivard, Leonard P.; Cormier, Marianne; Turnbull, Miles – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2012
This article proposes strategies and practices that create rich discursive spaces for learning science in French immersion contexts. These strategies and practices are drawn from a variety of scholarly sources; here we adapt them to reading in the French immersion science classroom. The strategies and practices are designed for use in a…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Science Teachers, Preservice Teachers, French
Davies, Florence; Greene, Terry – 1981
This paper describes Directed Activities Related to Text (DART), procedures that were developed and are used in the Reading for Learning Project at the University of Nottingham (England) to enhance learning from texts and that fall into two broad categories: (1) text analysis procedures, which require students to engage in some form of analysis of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading
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Barclay, Susanne – Canadian Social Studies, 1995
Presents practical suggestions for resources and instructional strategies for teaching the Holocaust to middle school students. Describes the experiences of a classroom teacher working with an eighth-grade class on the topic of the Holocaust. Discusses the use of novels and includes a list of 11 recommended titles. (CFR)
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading, Ethnic Discrimination
Schleppegrell, Mary; Bowman, Brenda – 1986
This manual is a guide to the development of an instructional program in English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Step-by-step procedures for assessing student needs, setting achievable goals, designing a program, and selecting appropriate materials and activities for the classroom are outlined. The four language skills (listening, reading, speaking,…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading
Sharpe, Tina; Thompson, Julie – 1993
This package of training materials is intended for use in a professional development program for teachers of two courses in New South Wales: Human Society and the Environment and Technological and Applied Studies. The package consists of nine booklets and a course outline for each course. The first module contains the following: introduction to…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business, Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools