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Allan, Alexandra; Charles, Claire – Research Papers in Education, 2015
This paper adds to a growing body of literature which views global citizenship education as part of a broader social and cultural process of subjectivity production. Rather than focus on global citizenship in relation to pedagogy or curriculum content, as much of the previous research literature has done, this paper examines it in relation to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Citizenship Education, Ethnography
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Powell, Darren; Fitzpatrick, Katie – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
Current concerns about a childhood obesity crisis and children's physical activity levels have combined to justify fitness lessons as a physical education practice in New Zealand primary (elementary) schools. Researchers focused on children's understandings of fitness lessons argue that they construct fitness as a quest for an "ideal"…
Descriptors: Obesity, Child Health, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
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Einarsdottir, Johanna – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2014
The aim of the study was to examine critically the roles and pedaogogy of preschool teachers from the perspectives of five- to six-year-old children who had extensive experience of being full day preschool children from the age of two. The participants were 32 children in the oldest preschool group in two preschools in Reykjavik. Data was gathered…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Role, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
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Bauman, Jamie – Studying Teacher Education, 2015
This self-study of pretend gunplay in my Transitional Kindergarten (TK) classroom was designed to guide me in not only improving my practice within the classroom, but also informing the development of sound classroom policies related to pretend gun-and-weapons play that balance children's developmental needs with my commitment to peace and…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Kindergarten, Play, Children
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Ernst, Julie – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2014
In the context of encouraging the use of natural outdoor settings for educational experiences with young children, survey research using photographs of outdoor settings was conducted to explore in-service early childhood educators' preferences and perceptions regarding outdoor settings and the educational opportunities and resource needs they…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Outdoor Education, Educational Experience, Photography
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Scott, Catherine Marie – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2014
Reform-based science education emphasizes the need for engagement in authentic science, that is, work that resembles real-life scientific practices. However, few studies address the notion of authenticity from the participants' perspectives. As such, this study addresses the following: What events do young participants view as scientific? To what…
Descriptors: Science Education, Teaching Methods, Summer Programs, Photography
Ingram, Leigh-Anne – Educational Action Research, 2014
Often girls are the objects of the camera's lens and subjects of the researcher's gaze. This article describes a qualitative study using a collaborative, creative and critical methodology to explore girls' perspectives on gender, citizenship and schooling. The seven adolescent girl participants used Photovoice to engage with their roles as…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Females, Gender Issues
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Biag, Manuelito – Journal of School Violence, 2014
Using participatory visual research methods, this study examined how certain low-income, urban youth in a high-minority middle school characterized safe and unsafe spaces on campus. Drawing from a convenience sample of identified gifted students in one classroom (N = 20), results suggested how caring support from adults, friendly peer…
Descriptors: School Safety, Academically Gifted, Middle School Students, Low Income Groups
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Yang, Kyung-Hwa – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2014
This article draws on a participatory photography project conducted with 10 socioeconomically disadvantaged adult learners for six weeks within the framework of production pedagogy. Throughout the project, the participants took photographs about their lives in response to three prompts that I gave: (1) take photographs of people that are important…
Descriptors: Photography, Adult Students, Adult Education, Empowerment
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Jensen, Sally – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2016
The importance of imagination in understanding sustainability has often been overlooked. This paper examines acts of imagining in teaching and learning that elicit and enable the emotive experience of empathy. I frame ways of thinking about imagination and empathy through theoretical perspectives of otherness. I report on research findings into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Empathy, Imagination, Sustainability
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Donahue, David M.; Fenner, Derek; Mitchell, Tania D. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2015
This study used content analysis and audiencing to understand how service-learning is presented visually by institutions of higher education and interpreted by college students. Data included 834 photographs from the service-learning web pages of 63 four-year institutions in California. The majority showed a narrow range of direct service…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Content Analysis, Audience Analysis, Higher Education
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Sturges, Marion – Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2015
This paper aims to contribute to conversations around child participation within early childhood settings in Australia. Ethnographic approach was used for this study to explore child participatory workshops in Early Childhood Centers. The center in which this study took place was chosen as one of the sites of analysis for a broader PhD research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Ethnography, Participation
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Rhoads, Misty; Phillips, Kathy – Journal of Health Education Teaching, 2011
The purpose of this activity is to provide an opportunity for students to explore and share their view of the six domains of health through the use of photography and personal interpretive analysis. After reviewing the domains of health and receiving in-class instructions, students are given two weeks to collect photos in their environments that…
Descriptors: Photography, Health Education, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students
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Harkness, Shelly Sheats; Stallworth, James – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2013
Photovoice is a participatory action research tool that is grounded in the literature for critical consciousness (Wang & Burris, 1997). Four creative high school girls who reported struggles with mathematics were given cameras and asked to take photographs to answer the following questions: (1) What is mathematics? (2) What is your ideal…
Descriptors: High School Students, Females, Student Attitudes, Participatory Research
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McGowan, Brian L. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
This study explores how race influenced African American men's interpersonal relationships with other men at a predominantly White institution. The use of both semi-structured and photo-elicitation interview formats provided participants an opportunity to reflect on their precollege experiences, identity, and relationships. Two categories emerged…
Descriptors: Race, Interpersonal Relationship, Males, African Americans
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