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An Alternative Application for Team Spirit: Reggio Emilia
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Atabey, Derya – Southeast Asia Early Childhood, 2020
In the current research, Reggio Emilia, an alternative application model based on the problems experienced within the content of communication and cooperation in preschool education, was studied. In this purpose, the history, values and principles of Reggio Emilia, its curriculum, teacher-child, teacher-parent, child-child, teacher-teacher…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Reggio Emilia Approach, Cooperative Learning, Student Projects
Maker Education Initiators and Innovators
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Soi Chong Powell – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In an effort to interest more students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classes (STEM), more school systems have implemented maker education in the formal school setting. However, many teachers assigned to implement the maker curricula met difficulties due to their unfamiliarity with the maker mindset and lack of the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Cooperative Learning, Problem Based Learning, Student Projects
Opportunities for Professional Learning Dialogue Generated by Cross-Phase Collaboration in Languages between Primary and Secondary Initial Teacher Education Students
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Schäfer, Isabelle – Education 3-13, 2018
School partnerships to manage transition between primary and secondary settings are well developed. However, studies show that some aspects of transition in Modern Languages leave much to be desired, as mentioned in a recently published report on KS3 provision ([Office for Standards in Education. 2015. "KS3: The Wasted Years?"…
Descriptors: Professional Education, Educational Opportunities, Preschool Education, Partnerships in Education
Project-Based Learning: A Review of the Literature
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Kokotsaki, Dimitra; Menzies, Victoria; Wiggins, Andy – Improving Schools, 2016
Project-based learning (PBL) is an active student-centred form of instruction which is characterised by students' autonomy, constructive investigations, goal-setting, collaboration, communication and reflection within real-world practices. It has been explored in various contexts and in different phases of schooling, from primary to higher…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Literature Reviews, Quasiexperimental Design
The Light Fantastic: Making Learning Visible for All Children through the Project Approach
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Harris, Kathleen I.; Gleim, Leslie – Young Exceptional Children, 2008
Curiosity, wonder, creativity, questions, initiation by the child, and framing by the teacher--all these characterize the project approach. Projects can be an invaluable part of any curriculum, providing opportunities for children to study subjects they find interesting in detail. Project work is not a method one uses after the "real" teaching has…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Special Needs Students, Preschool Children
The Lunch Project
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Floerchinger, Josie – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2005
This article discusses a project about lunch undertaken by a class of 3- to 5-year-old children in a preschool in Iowa. Following a description of the school and the goals of the project, the article presents the three phases of the project. The teacher's reflections about the project are also included. Photographs taken to document the project…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Student Projects