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Rondini, Carina Alexandra; Silva, Alex Almeida da – Gifted and Talented International, 2022
Bullying is characterized by constant violent actions against the same individual. Bullied people suffer physical and psychological damage that directly affect their academic achievement, as well as their relationship with friends, family, and society, resulting in a feeling of social exclusion. Based on the hypothesis that myths and prejudices…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Academically Gifted, Bullying, Educational Environment
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Hernández Huerta, José Luis – History of Education Review, 2022
Purpose: This article explains the process of construction and configuration of the Brazilian social imaginary on the global '68 using the daily press as source material. Design/methodology/approach: It looks at the narratives conveyed by the press about the condition, situation, motivations, aspirations and capacity for action of young university…
Descriptors: News Reporting, Educational History, Authoritarianism, Foreign Countries
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Borba, Marcelo C.; Chiari, Aparecida Santana de Souza; de Almeida, Helber Rangel Formiga Leite – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2018
For the last 10 years, online pre-service teacher distance education has increased significantly in Brazil. As a result, research on this educational modality has also increased, in particular, research investigating the different roles students and teachers play in these courses. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of digital…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Preservice Teacher Education
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Mokuria, Vicki G.; Wandix-White, Diana – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2020
This narrative inquiry highlights the experiences of self-identified Soka educators in a PreK-12th grade school in São Paulo, Brazil, as well as volunteers through a program called "Soka Education in Action." Through their narratives, the role of care in value-creating education is explored as a critical aspect of education that supports…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods, Educational Philosophy
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Oliveira, Alandeom W.; Colak, Huseyin; Akerson, Valarie L. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2009
In this study we examine how elementary teachers in Brazil and Turkey approached the translation and subsequent classroom implementation of an instructional activity that promotes environmental awareness through a combination of student role playing and teacher oral delivery of an environmental story about river pollution. A discourse analysis…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Translation, Student Role, Discourse Analysis
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Rafferty, Anna N., Ed.; Whitehill, Jacob, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Cavalli-Sforza, Violetta, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2020
The 13th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2020) was originally arranged to take place in Ifrane, Morocco. Due to the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) epidemic, EDM 2020, as well as most other academic conferences in 2020, had to be changed to a purely online format. To facilitate efficient transmission of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Teaching Methods, Information Retrieval, Data Processing
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Goertzel, Ted – Youth and Society, 1974
A study of the Brazilian revolutionary socialist student movement focusing on attempts made by the United States Agency for International Development to restructure Brazilian higher education, and on the efforts of Brazilian students to resist American intervention in their educational system. (EH)
Descriptors: Activism, Higher Education, Imperialism, Student Government
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Coracini, Maria Jose Rodriguez Faria – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1995
A study of classroom interaction in French foreign language reading classes in Brazil is reported. Based on analysis of 40 hours of classroom discourse, it is concluded that student responses represent internalization of teacher and student roles, mutual relations, previous foreign language background, and conceptions of reading in the foreign…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Hamot, Gregory E.; Johnson, Marlene – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1998
Discusses the service projects at Hoover Elementary School in Iowa City, Iowa that link economic education, service learning, and global education. Describes one project where the students involved the community in sending educational materials and financial aid to a school in Brazil. (CMK)
Descriptors: Community Role, Decision Making, Economics Education, Educational Finance
Kleiman, Angela B. – 1990
A discussion of classroom communication looks at the function of questions, particularly teacher-initiated pedagogical questions but also other classroom questions, either teacher- or student-initiated. Two fourth grade science lessons, conducted in Brazil by different teachers, are analyzed. Analysis focuses on the relative effects of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, Elementary School Science, Foreign Countries
Motta-Roth, Desiree; And Others – 1995
To investigate teaching practices for English as a foreign/second language (EFL) at the university level in Brazil, three researchers analyzed the research presented at the 1990 Brazilian National Conference of EFL University Teachers (ENPULI Conference). Focus of the analysis was on the main objective of the study and the emphasis placed on…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Conference Proceedings, Educational Environment
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Santos, Denise; Fabrício, Branca Falabella – TESL-EJ, 2006
This article discusses an investigation carried out with a group of young learners of English in a Brazilian language school aiming at these individuals' development of critical thinking and their involvement in a de-naturalization process of gender dualism. The study, which took place in an educational context witnessing important changes at both…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology