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Avery, Patricia G.; Levy, Sara A.; Simmons, Annette M. M. – Social Studies, 2013
The authors argue that deliberation should be an integral part of secondary civics classrooms and teacher education programs. Drawing on a wide range of research, they contend that teaching and learning deliberative skills has the potential to build individual and group civic capacity. They share some of the results of an evaluation of one…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Secondary Education, Classroom Techniques
Eskay, Michael; Oboegbulem, Angie – Online Submission, 2013
Education in an inclusive setting appears to be a concept in this 21st century. This concept is beginning to gain recognition in the field of education. Children with and without disabilities are gradually being educated together in large scale societies. This is because most large scale countries have begun to recognize, appreciate, and accept…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Foreign Countries, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Hartman, Patricia; Newhouse, Renae; Perry, Valerie – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2014
The train-the-trainer model has great potential for expanding information literacy programs without placing undue burden on already overextended librarians; it is surprisingly underused in academic libraries. At the University of Kentucky, we employed this model to create a new information literacy program in an introductory biology lab. We…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Information Literacy, Sustainability, Trainers
Lesgold, Alan M., Ed.; Welch-Ross, Melissa, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2012
A high level of literacy in both print and digital media is required for negotiating most aspects of 21st-century life, including supporting a family, education, health, civic participation, and competitiveness in the global economy. Yet, more than 90 million U.S. adults lack adequate literacy. Furthermore, only 38 percent of U.S. 12th graders are…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Teaching Methods, Instructional Development
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2012
Perfect for self-help and professional learning communities, this handbook makes it much easier to apply the teaching practices from the ASCD-McREL best-seller "Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement, 2nd Edition." The authors take you through the refined Instructional Planning Guide, so you…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods, Instructional Development
Saldivar, Manuel Gerardo – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Many policymakers, administrators, and other K-12 stakeholders have long advocated the use of computers and information technology in schools. Even in settings where such technologies have been introduced, however, evidence suggests that the impact on student outcomes has been mixed. In some cases, teachers simply do not adopt the new…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology, Adoption (Ideas)
Mehisto, Peeter – Online Submission, 2012
This article first describes some general criteria that can be applied to the development of any type of learning materials. Second, the article lists criteria for creating CLIL (content and language integrated learning)-specific learning materials, and provides examples of how to apply each proposed criterion whilst also providing a corresponding…
Descriptors: Criteria, Material Development, Instructional Materials, Educational Principles
Ruys, Ilse; Van Keer, Hilde; Aelterman, Antonia – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2012
Taking into account the merits of anticipatory reflection, instructional planning is perceived as an important process in the professionalization of teachers. When implementing a complex instructional strategy such as collaborative learning (CL), a thorough preparation becomes even more important. The purpose of the present study was to…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Instructional Development, Lesson Plans, Cooperative Learning
Keeley, Page; Tobey, Cheryl Rose – Corwin, 2011
Award-winning author Page Keeley and mathematics expert Cheryl Rose Tobey apply the successful format of Keeley's best-selling "Science Formative Assessment" to mathematics. They provide 75 formative assessment strategies and show teachers how to use them to inform instructional planning and better meet the needs of all students. Research shows…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Instructional Development, Discourse Communities, Formative Evaluation
Popova-Gonci, Viktoria; Tobol, Amy Ruth – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2011
The authors believe that there is no inherent academic validity or lack of thereof in the notion of prior learning assessment (PLA)-based curriculum. If mishandled, it can become the tool for carrying out diploma mill practices. Conversely, if implemented and facilitated appropriately, PLA-based curricula can offer humanistic educational values…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Undergraduate Study, Educational Needs, Prior Learning
Jaquith, Ann – Educational Forum, 2015
This article argues that a principal's actions can create site-based conditions that can grow a staff's capacity to improve instruction, depending on how a principal conceives of, organizes, and structures learning opportunities for teachers. The article analyzes the leadership of one principal as an example of how leaders can develop…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Instructional Leadership, School Based Management, Capacity Building
Lin, Che-Hung; Yen, Yu-Ren; Wu, Pai-Lu – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2015
The aim of this study was to develop a store service operations practice course based on simulation-based training of video clip instruction. The action research of problem-solving strategies employed for teaching are by simulated store operations. The counter operations course unit used as an example, this study developed 4 weeks of subunits for…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Video Technology, Multimedia Materials, Training Methods
Kulo, Violet A.; Cates, Ward Mitchell – Educational Technology, 2013
Given that there is no universal way to measure implementation fidelity, instructional designers developing instructional innovations may find themselves faced with the challenge of determining the extent to which teachers' implementation of an instructional model is faithful. This article contends that a faithful implementation is one in…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Program Implementation, Instructional Innovation, Change Strategies
Gregory, Janet; Salmon, Gilly – Distance Education, 2013
Almost every higher education institution is challenged to develop increasing numbers of staff to teach online or blended modes of learning. The process needs to be rapid, cost-effective and lead directly to practical outcomes. From our experience, we had little time, opportunity or the need to start from scratch, and we chose to adopt and adapt a…
Descriptors: Online Courses, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Blended Learning
Brown, Mary – Teaching History, 2013
Mary Brown recognised that her A-level students were finding extended writing difficult, particularly in terms of guiding the reader through the argument with appropriate "signposting". To help her students manage this, Brown devised a metaphor to represent the construction of a piece of argumentative writing which she deployed over a…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Figurative Language, Writing Difficulties, Writing Improvement