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Direct linkChew, Edwin – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2008
This article suggests that there is an overwhelming support for fieldwork among a prominent group of professionals in Singapore. Professionals were surveyed to assess how fieldwork is viewed amongst the subject leaders (heads of departments, subject heads and geography coordinators) and the various stakeholders (school leaders comprising…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Department Heads, Geography Instruction
Pijls, Monique; Dekker, Rijkje; Van Hout-Wolters, Bernadette – Learning Environments Research, 2007
A field study with 16-year-old students in senior general secondary education was undertaken with the following research question: "Do students working in pairs on investigation tasks with the computer attain more conceptual level raising in mathematics when they are supported by a teacher who stimulates their interaction (process help) than when…
Descriptors: Investigations, Secondary Education, General Education, Teaching Methods
The Cockpit's Empty Chair: Education through Appropriating Alienation at a Chicago Technology Museum
Lormier, Anne – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background/Context: In the United States, the percentage of schoolchildren planning to become high-status professionals is grossly disproportionate to the percentage of such jobs comprising our division of labor. As in a game of musical chairs, it is not structurally possible for everyone to remain a contender. Focus of Study: Various adults who…
Descriptors: Research Design, Museums, Adults, Ethnography
Panelli, Ruth; Welch, Richard V. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2005
Notwithstanding its iconic status within geography, the debate continues about how fieldwork should be taught to undergraduate students. The authors engage with this debate and argue that field studies should follow the teaching of research methodology. In this paper they review relevant literature on the place of fieldwork in geography training,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, Field Studies, Human Geography
Bastos, Flavia M. C. – Art Education, 2006
Cultural understanding is essential to contemporary art education practice, however, there is much confusion about the various lenses through which one should consider the intersection between culture and education. Davenport (2000) distinguishes among four approaches to culture and education that include international-comparative, global,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Art Education, Cultural Awareness, Beliefs
Ke, Fengfeng – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2008
This field study investigated the application of cooperative, competitive, and individualistic goal structures in classroom use of computer math games and its impact on students' math performance and math learning attitudes. One hundred and sixty 5th-grade students were recruited and randomly assigned to Teams-Games-Tournament cooperative gaming,…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Mathematics Tests, Cooperative Learning, Field Studies
Peer reviewedCasella, Ronnie – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 1999
Examines the economic and cultural construction of Latin America as an educational site for visitors, using analysis of brochures from 26 organizations advertising educational tours, fieldwork in an educational tour organization, and interviews with educational travelers. Educational travel to Latin America is construed as something quite…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Foreign Countries, Popular Culture, Study Abroad
Peer reviewedShepley, A. V. – School Science Review, 1974
Descriptors: Biology, Field Studies, Inservice Teacher Education, Science Education
Peer reviewedHamilton, W. G.; And Others – Journal of Geography, 1974
Techniques for sketching landscapes, drawing blackboard maps of the eastern hemisphere, and dramatizing world wind belts are described. (KM)
Descriptors: Chalkboards, Field Studies, Freehand Drawing, Geography
Download full textMoulding, Louise R.; Hadley, Kristin M. – New Horizons in Education, 2010
Background: Graduate teacher education programs focus on developing professional teachers' pedagogical skills and professional knowledge, however they may also require a thesis. Completion of the thesis necessitates that graduate students have an understanding of educational research; this is often not well understood by teachers nor is it an…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Research, Research Methodology
Vassala, Paraskevi – Online Submission, 2006
The main characteristic of Distance Learning is that the student is taught and learns without his tutor's physical presence in the classroom. The opportunity for a direct (face to face) communication between all members of the educational group [tutor counselor (TC) and students] in Distance Learning is offered by the Tutorials/Contact Sessions…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Developmental Stages, Play, Distance Education
Leyh, Gene – Todays Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Childrens Games, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Field Studies
Borko, Hilda; Kuffner, Karin L.; Arnold, Suzanne C.; Creighton, Laura; Stecher, Brian M.; Martinez, Felipe; Barnes, Dionne; Gilbert, Mary Lou – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2007
It is important to be able to describe instructional practices accurately in order to support research on "what works" in education and professional development as a basis for efforts to improve practice. This report describes a project to develop procedures for characterizing classroom practices in mathematics and science on the …
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Scoring, Field Studies, Educational Change
Peer reviewedAger, Lynn Price – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1977
Asserts that lack of adequate training, costs in time, and the image of anthropology as a science are reasons why simulated field experiences offer promising alternatives to the risks of field work based on inadequate training in anthropology. Discusses class observation of unnarrated films, the use of classmates and visiting members of a…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Classroom Techniques, College Curriculum, Community Involvement
Newman, Mark; Ambrose, Kate; Corner, Trevor; Evans, Jeff; Morris-Vincent, Phyl; Quinn, Shelia; Stephenson, John; Vernon, Lesley – 2003
Problem Based Learning (PBL) has been adopted around the world as a philosophy and method for teaching and learning in professional education in particular. Advocates of the approach have made many claims for its success. Despite the apparent widespread use of this approach and the plethora of published papers on PBL, there are numerous basic…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Philosophy, Field Studies, Instructional Effectiveness
