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Boix-Mansilla, Verónica; Salmon, Angela K.; Melliou, Kiriaki – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2023
Preparing children and youth for a world of growing complexity, diversity, and mobility requires fresh educational approaches and deliberate pedagogies. In this article, we explore the role of storytelling in making sense of crucial global transformations affecting children's lives. We examine how migrant children and their peers in two classrooms…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Story Telling, Migrants
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Piliouras, Panagiotis; Plakitsi, Katerina; Nasis, Georgios – World Journal of Education, 2015
Teaching the Nature of Science (NOS) in elementary schools and in higher education institutions has become the focus of the science education research community because there is a need to redefine teaching methods and practices. Studies have shown that elementary teachers' views and attitudes towards teaching the NOS are not always compatible with…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Science Teachers, Scientific Principles, Teaching Methods
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Hadzigeorgiou, Yannis; Kodakos, Tassos; Garganourakis, Vassilios – Physics Education, 2010
This article reports on an action research project undertaken with the primary aim of investigating the extent to which a feature film, whose plot included Tesla's demonstrations on the wireless transmission of electrical energy, can promote scientific enquiry. The class that participated in this project was an 11th grade class in a rural area of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Energy, Audiovisual Aids, Rural Areas
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This document contains the second volume of the proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Mathematics at the Centre." This volume features 60 research reports by presenters with last names beginning between Abr…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Middle Schools, Textbooks