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Kim, Sharon; Raza, Mahjabeen; Seidman, Edward – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2019
The development of competencies known as 21st-century skills are garnering increasing attention as a means of improving teacher instructional quality. However, a key challenge in bringing about desired improvements lies in the lack of context-specific understanding of teaching practices and meaningful ways of supporting teacher professional…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Competence, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
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Koul, Anjni – Teaching Science, 2017
This article presents an instructional strategy called Premise-Reasoning- Outcome (PRO) designed to support students in the construction of scientific explanations. Informed by the philosophy of science and linguistic studies of science, the PRO strategy involves identifying three components of a scientific explanation: (i) premise--an accepted…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Science Instruction, Science Education, Scientific Concepts
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Lakshmi, B. Samrajya – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
Journal writing and Peer Observation in an educational context have become popular techniques, with several different types of applications. They have now been used quite widely in both language teaching and in teacher training. However, despite its reported advantages in both teaching and research, there are not many Peer Observation and Diary…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Teaching Methods, Observation, Diaries
Lockwood, Fred, Ed.; Gooley, Anne, Ed. – 2001
This book contains 19 papers examining innovation in open and distance learning through development of online and World Wide Web-based learning. The following papers are included: "Innovation in Distributed Learning: Creating the Environment" (Fred Lockwood); "Innovation in Open and Distance Learning: Some Lessons from Experience…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies