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Developing Secondary School Students' Epistemic Practices through Student-Centered Critique in Scientific Inquiry
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Ong, Yann Shiou – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The study reported in this dissertation is a response to the call for school science argumentation interventions to shift from a focus on argument framework towards epistemic criteria valued by the scientific community, and to focus on the practice of critiquing in addition to constructing arguments, as both practices are part of scientific…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Epistemology, Intervention, Science Instruction
Four Practical Principles for Enhancing Vocabulary Instruction
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Manyak, Patrick C.; Von Gunten, Heather; Autenrieth, David; Gillis, Carolyn; Mastre-O'Farrell, Julie; Irvine-McDermott, Elizabeth; Baumann, James F.; Blachowicz, Camille L. Z. – Reading Teacher, 2014
This article presents four practical principles that lead to enhanced word-meaning instruction in the elementary grades. The authors, a collaborative team of researchers and classroom teachers, identified and developed these principles and related instructional activities during a three-year vocabulary instruction research project. The principles…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Teachers, Research Projects
Working with Practicing Teachers in a High-Stakes Teaching Context to Rethink Their Pedagogical Practices with Children of Diverse Backgrounds
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Brown, Christopher P.; Weber, Natalie Babiak – Action in Teacher Education, 2016
The public education system in the United States continues to struggle in educating children of diverse backgrounds. Many have addressed this issue by documenting how certain practices teach children particular types of knowledge and skills. This developmental focus on what should be happening to children of diverse backgrounds tends to ignore the…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Public Education, Professional Development, Qualitative Research
Becoming a Teacher Leader through Action Research
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Diana, Thomas J., Jr. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2011
Often, for preservice students, teacher education programs consist of a series of disjointed experiences that fail to make a connection with their fieldwork and student teaching. For example, preservice teachers typically read about how to incorporate specific teaching methods, classroom management strategies, and assessment tools into their…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teaching Methods, Student Teaching, Teacher Education Programs
The 1995 Agenda for the National Center for Research in Vocational Education.
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National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Berkeley, CA. – 1995
This document outlines the National Center for Research Vocational Education's 1995 agenda. The agenda is divided into two parts. Part 1 summarizes the center's plans for research and development activities on the following six themes: the economic context of vocational education (VE); institutions, "systems," governance, and policy;…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Accountability, Conferences, Curriculum Development
Development of Higher Education in Southeast Asia: Challenges for Tomorrow.
Virasai, Banphot, Ed. – 1977
Five articles on the development of higher education in Southeast Asia are presented. In "Philosophy and Objectives for Higher Education in Southeast Asia," William B. Relf discusses the historical background of education in Southeast Asia, three general purposes for a university, education and national development, future needs,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Career Education, College Administration