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Billingsley, Glenna; Smith, Scott; Smith, Shaunna; Meritt, Julia – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2019
Virtual reality (VR) technology offers promise in enriching learning opportunities in teacher education programs. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ways immersive virtual reality has been used in teacher-training programs. This systematic review of literature examined eight studies where immersive VR was utilized to increase…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Technological Literacy, Teacher Education Programs, Advanced Courses
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Fokides, Emmanuel; Zampouli, Constantina – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
The study presents the results of a pilot implementation of the Content and Language Integrated Learning in OpenSimulator Project-CLILiOP. Content and Language Integrated Learning together with constructivism provided the theoretical basis of the project. A multi-user virtual environment was developed using OpenSimulator, which entailed a tour of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Program Implementation, Computer Simulation
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Kedraka, Katerina; Kourkoutas, Yiannis – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2018
In this small scale study in higher education, a good educational practice on the teaching of Bioethics based on transformative learning and accomplished by debates is presented. The research was carried out in June 2016 at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece and it includes the assessment of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Ethics, Biology
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Giallousi, M.; Gialamas, V.; Pavlatou, E. A. – Learning Environments Research, 2013
The present study was the first in Greece in which educational effectiveness theory constituted a knowledge base for investigating the impact of chemistry classroom environment in 10 Grade students' enjoyment of class. An interpretive heuristic schema was developed and utilised in order to incorporate two factors of teacher behaviour at classroom…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Science Instruction
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Koustourakis, Gerasimos; Zacharos, Konstantinos – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the changes that took place in school mathematics knowledge for pupils aged six and seven (first grade of Greek elementary school) and its pedagogical approach, which took shape following the reforms of the mathematics curricula in 1982 and 2003. Our analysis is based on Bernstein's theoretical…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Mathematics Achievement
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Fauville, Géraldine; Lantz-Andersson, Annika; Säljö, Roger – Research-publishing.net, 2012
Environmental education (EE) is now clearly specified in educational standards in many parts of the world, and at the same time the view of language learning is moving towards a content and language integrated learning (CLIL) strategy, to make English lessons more relevant and attractive for students (Eurydice, 2006). In this respect,…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Social Media, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods