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Gonzalez, Maru – Professional School Counseling, 2017
A paucity of empirical scholarship exists on school counselor advocacy in general and virtually none as it relates to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students specifically. Addressing this gap in the literature, the purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the experiences of high school counselors in the southeastern…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Advocacy
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Freer, Patrick – Contributions to Music Education, 2017
This article describes the process of structural redesign of an undergraduate music education choral methods course. A framework incorporating Problem-based Learning was developed to promote individualized student learning. Ten students participated in the accompanying research study, contributing an array of written and spoken comments as well as…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Music Education, Student Attitudes
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Torto, Gertrude Afiba – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The English language curriculum for primary schools in Ghana spells out the various aspects, topics and sub topics that teachers must teach the child within a specified time. The syllabus again specifies the various topics and sub topics that should be taught in an integrated manner so as to enhance meaningful learning. For this meaningful…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Implementation, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
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Kacerauskas, Tomas; Šaparauskas, Jonas – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
In first part, the models, theories, mechanisms and presumptions, as well as the ideas of educational choice discourse have been scrutinized. In the second part, the survey on educational choice at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania has been presented. The methodology used in this research is a survey of respondents and survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Majors (Students), Course Selection (Students)
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Arriaga-Sanz, Cristina; Riaño-Galán, María-Elena; Cabedo-Mas, Alberto; Berbel-Gómez, Noemy – Music Education Research, 2017
This study analyses the musical preferences of children in early childhood education. It also strives to determine the learning environment where these preferences develop, as well as to identify both teachers' and families' degree of knowledge of these preferences. The study was conducted in four Spanish autonomous communities: the Basque…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preferences, Young Children, Music Activities
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Morris, Julia E.; Lummis, Geoffrey W.; Lock, Graeme – Issues in Educational Research, 2017
The "Melbourne declaration on educational goals for young Australians" (MCEETYA, 2008) cited confident and creative citizens as a key goal for Australian students. This goal aligns with global research on visual arts, specifically visual literacy. Being visually literate means decoding images, understanding the relationship between image…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Visual Literacy, Secondary School Students
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Petrie, Margaret – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2017
Research statistics highlighting the social costs of widespread excessive alcohol consumption have led to a proliferation of school-based prevention programmes that aim to give young people the skills and knowledge necessary to resist social pressure to drink alcohol and avoid potentially "risky" consumption. Such interventions offer,…
Descriptors: Prevention, Drinking, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
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Ghebru, Senait; Ogunniyi, Meshach – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2017
The study is part of a larger project concerned with addressing the problem that Eritrean science teachers face in their attempt to implement a new learner-centred science curriculum. Specifically, the study attempted to determine the effects of the use of an Argumentation-Based Instructional Model (ABIM) on 25 pre-service science teachers'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Level, Persuasive Discourse
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Savery, Alice; Cain, Tim; Garner, Jo; Jones, Tracy; Kynaston, Emily; Mould, Kirsten; Nicholson, Laura; Proctor, Sophie; Pugh, Rosanne; Rickard, Emma; Wilson, Deborah – Education 3-13, 2017
In a climate where, it is claimed, children now spend very little time out of doors because adults fear for their safety and impose a "zero risk childhood" on them, Forest School aims to offer learners the opportunity to take "supported risks". This study investigated perceptions of risk associated with the outdoors, held by…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Risk, Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Milic, Sanja; Simeunovic, Vlado – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2017
The objective of this work is examination of co-ordinance amongst assessments of logical-mathematical giftedness with young primary school students, made by four groups of evaluators: teachers, parents, coevals and self-evaluators. Teachers of 11 primary schools selected at the area of Republic Srpska were assigned to follow Instructions for…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Academically Gifted, Mathematics Instruction, Talent Identification
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Meccawy, Maram – International Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Teaching computer coding to children from a young age provides with them a competitive advantage for the future in a continually changing workplace. Programming strengthens logical and critical thinking as well as problem-solving skills, which lead to creative solutions for today's problems. The Little Programmer is an application for mobile…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Programming, Handheld Devices
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Tesfamariam, Gebrekidan Mebrahtu; Lykknes, Annette; Kvittingen, Lise – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
In theory, practical work is an established part of university-level chemistry courses. However, mainly due to budget constraints, large class size, time constraints and inadequate teacher preparations, practical activities are frequently left out from chemistry classroom instruction in most developing countries. Small-scale chemistry (SSC)…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Control Groups
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Sadeck, Osman; Cronjé, Johannes – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2017
The introduction of technologies into the teaching and learning environment has implied changes to the way education plays out in an e-Environment. Previous research has highlighted the many barriers and challenges in integration technology into teaching and learning. Technology is said to be underutilised. However there are studies that have…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Teaching Methods
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Leblanc, Élizabel; Bernier, Annie; Howe, Nina – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2017
Sibling relationships are argued to offer a rich social context for the development of young children's theory of mind (ToM). There is evidence that the presence of siblings, particularly older siblings, may promote preschoolers' ToM, but it has not been investigated among toddlers. This study evaluated differences in early manifestations of ToM…
Descriptors: Sibling Relationship, Theory of Mind, Toddlers, Siblings
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Peleg, Ran; Yayon, Malka; Katchevich, Dvora; Mamlok-Naaman, Rachel; Fortus, David; Eilks, Ingo; Hofstein, Avi – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2017
Educational research and policy suggest inquiry as one of the most prominent ways of promoting effective science education. However, traditional approaches towards inquiry learning are not always sufficiently motivating for all learners. The EU-funded project, TEMI--Teaching Enquiry with Mysteries Incorporated, suggests that mysterious scientific…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Story Telling, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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