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Direct linkKarpava, Sviatlana, Ed. – IGI Global, 2023
In today's educational world, it is crucial for language teachers to continuously evolve in order to best serve language learners. Further study on the best practices and challenges in the language classroom is crucial to ensure instructors continue to grow as educators. The "Handbook of Research on Language Teacher Identity" addresses…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Professional Identity, Faculty Development, Second Language Instruction
Multiplatform E-Learning Systems and Technologies: Mobile Devices for Ubiquitous ICT-Based Education
Goh, Tiong Thye, Ed. – Information Science Reference, 2010
Multiplatform e-learning systems are emerging technologies that provide integrated learning content to various accessing devices. This book addresses technical challenges, design frameworks, and development experiences of the future that integrate multiple mobile devices into a single multiplatform e-learning system. With expert international…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Internet, Educational Technology, Management Systems
Meyers, Coby, Ed.; Darwin, Marlene, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2018
This book advances discussion and disseminates knowledge and global perspectives on what school leadership looks like, how it is enacted and under what circumstances, and when or where lessons might be portable. This book has wide appeal for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners considering school leadership and how to support it…
Descriptors: School Administration, Instructional Leadership, School Effectiveness, Leadership Effectiveness
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The United States-Japan Cooperative Science Program was initiated for the purpose of conducting research and exchanging ideas for the improvement of science education. A seminar was held in Honolulu in 1986 to discuss efforts and future directions of this cooperative program. This paper reviews the outcomes of the seminar in three areas. These…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Developed Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Shimoda, Koichi, Ed.; Ryu, Tae, Ed. – 1986
Organized by the International Commission on Physics Education (ICPE) and the Physics Education Society of Japan, the conference reported here, the first of its kind held in Asia, was designed to inform teachers of results of prior ICPE conferences as well as to explore desirable directions for physics education, and was attended by nearly 450…
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Uses in Education, Demonstrations (Educational), Foreign Countries
Wirszup, Izaak, Ed.; Streit, Robert, Ed. – 1987
Reported in this conference proceedings are educational activities related to mathematics education from several countries. The conference was devoted primarily to two major topics closely connected with the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP): (1) Development of an applications-oriented mathematics curriculum for all…
Descriptors: Computers, Educational Trends, Elementary School Mathematics, Innovation
Becker, Jerry P., Ed.; Miwa, Tatsuro, Ed. – 1992
The purpose of a seminar attended by mathematics educators from the United States and Japan was to explore ways that use of technology in teaching problem solving can improve student learning. The following presentations were made: (1) "A Report of U.S.-Japan Cross-cultural Research on Students' Problem-Solving Behavior," (T. Miwa and T.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
Nagasaki, Eizo; Becker, Jerry P. – 1993
In Japan, assessment in classroom teaching cannot be considered apart from classroom lessons. This paper describes typical mathematics classroom situations and some of the developments in classroom assessment underway in Japan. The first section of the paper discusses classroom teaching, including whole-class instruction, discussion, objectives,…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Informal Assessment
Papatheodorou, Theodora, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Globally, early years policies and documents have set out aspirational outcomes and benefits for children, their families and the wider society. These policies have emphasised the place of early childhood provision within the wider global agenda, by tackling inequality and disadvantage early on in children's lives. However, these strategies have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Taylor, Satomi Izumi; And Others – 1994
Japanese children are socialized to internalize parental, group, and institutional norms. Japanese adults believe "good" children to be sunao (cooperative). Sunao is difficult to translate into English, but can be thought of as being gentle and spirited. This paper presents a study that examined and described feelings and thoughts of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Child Rearing, Cooperation, Foreign Countries
Angell, Ann V. – 1990
This document reports on a civics attitudes questionnaire that was piloted for the purpose of developing psychometrically sound measures of the socio-political attitudes of Japanese middle school students and climate in Japanese middle school classrooms. Studies of Japanese education have produced mixed opinions about the civic dispositions of…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Barr, E. Gene – 1994
This annotated bibliography on Japan serves as a useful compendium and guide to the holdings of the Michigan Global/International Education Resource Center, housed at the International Institute of Flint. The holdings will be disseminated throughout Michigan at workshops, seminars, and institutes. The bibliography includes background and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Asian History, Asian Studies
Barker, Bruce O.; Christian, Duane – 1987
This study assessed the extent to which information about Japan is taught in secondary world history classrooms in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. The sample used for this study was 475 world history teachers, randomly selected, in K-12 school districts scattered across Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. A 21-item questionnaire was mailed to each of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Foreign Countries, History Instruction
Bleiker, Chuck; Marra, Kim – 1993
This paper examines art, a discipline that bears striking parallels, and differences, in the way it is practiced and valued in the United States and Japan. In Japan, art is a valued part of the elementary curriculum warranting as much time as science and social studies. In the United States, art is generally thought of as something extra to do if…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Products, Childrens Art
Trueba, Henry T., Ed.; Delgado-Gaitan, Concha, Ed. – 1988
Over the last 30 years, educational anthropologists have been exploring the organizational structure of schools and their relationship to society in order to shed light on the complex processes of acquisition, organization, and transmission of cultural knowledge. This volume covers the need to provide a field-based, well-documented cultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Cultural Interrelationships, Culture Conflict, Educational Anthropology
