This study explores the integration of Design Thinking into the Key Stage 3 Design and Technology (D&T) curriculum at a school in North-West England, focusing on fostering 21st-Century Skills alongside subject-specific knowledge. The research draws on a multiple case study approach derived from the 'Solving Genuine Problems for Authentic Users…

The purpose of this study is to systematically review the socio-critical research on teaching physical education (PE) and PE teacher education (PETE) between 1999 and 2014. The procedure followed a four-phase approach: (a) searching publications through four international databases; (b) meeting inclusion criteria; (c) refining selection to…

Research globally has shown that many children lose interest in science towards the end of primary school and throughout the post-primary phase. This article explores children's experience and views in Irish schools that have adopted innovative practices that aim to empower, excite and inspire children in science. One of these focuses on explicit…

Purpose: This paper stems from a study which was conducted as a means to first, find out whether there is a gap between the secondary and tertiary education levels, second identify any existing gap in Science and Technology education, and third, examine the impact of the above upon students' creativity and innovativeness at university level. The…

The purpose of this case study is to examine the effectiveness of a Secondary Teacher Education Graduate Program. We collected qualitative data through interviews with two graduate school directors, five department heads, 58 faculty members and five students at Ege University. We conducted a descriptive analysis technique on the data. According to…

This study assessed some of the cognitive and affective elements for both the traditional and mini curricula. The hypothesis, stated in the null form, was there will be no difference between students in the mini-course curriculum and the traditional curriculum on a number of stated cognitive variables (focusing on critical thinking and reading…

Describes how a teacher and researcher in Australia engaged students in chat-room discussion as a bridge between speaking and writing. Discusses the characteristics of formal written argumentation and recent theoretical reemphasis on its rhetorical and dialogical nature. Describes the classroom strategies devised to develop the students' ability…

Considers how to relate great Shakespearean works to teenagers whose only question is how to get out of "doing" school. Suggests that English teachers need to view technology as a means of collecting information, capturing ideas, and making meaning. Discusses WebQuests, web sites, PowerPoint presentations, software, and tutorials to make…

Discusses creativity in terms of imagination and knowledge. Considers how students have a need to create. Explores how creativity helps young adults "get through the darkness." Notes ways to use writing to foster creativity. Addresses ideas such as the magic of the unknown and the place of knowledge. (SG)

Suggests that by linking the issues and conflict of classic short fiction to the problems today's students face, an imaginative teacher can still make classic short fiction relevant and compelling. Shares some ideas about how to approach teaching two classic stories that the author has used with success. Concludes that making classic short fiction…

This is an inventory constructed and validated for high school students and graduates, and designed to reveal student perceptions of selected innovations in secondary education. (See also TM 000 785.) (MS)

Presents results of a study of student attitudes toward United States history 10-week minicourses. Course titles include America's West, Roaring Twenties and Desperate Thirties, Nuclear Age, and Popular American Image. Concludes that minicourses allow students to choose among a variety of offerings and to determine which subjects are relevant and…

Provides perspectives of an eighth grade teacher and her students on the use and perceived benefits of laptops. Describes how the laptops have changed the class. Presents the students' views of how technology has affected their learning in English class, as well as in content areas. (PM)

Describes the author's experiences with a new teaching assignment with a diverse group of students whose problems ranged from gang related arrests to previous school failure. Presents a "reading the postcard" activity. Concludes that the understandings students gain, the cognitive connections they make, and the processes they experience give them…