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Menacho, Antonio; Plaza, Pedro; Sancristobal, Elio; Perez-Molina, Clara; Blazquez, Manuel; Castro, Manuel – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2021
Today's society is facing new challenges and opportunities that demand professional profiles specialized in problem solving, with the ability to innovate and exploit the possibilities offered by information and communication technologies (ICTs). Far from being a novelty, the term STEM was coined in the mid-1990s. From then until now, there are a…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Robotics, STEM Education, Workshops
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Wiley, Kimberly; Searing, Elizabeth; Young, Sarah – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2023
Halloween provides an opportunity to teach public administration and nonprofit management concepts in a fun way, which increases student retention and understanding. Teaching cases are an evidence-based pedagogical tool that facilitates active learning and brings together perspective-taking, critical thinking, and problem-solving. This article…
Descriptors: Minicourses, Public Administration Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Business Administration Education
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Boas, Erica Misako – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2016
Halloween as celebrated in US elementary schools provides a rare opportunity to explore the more tangible manifestations of sexuality. A time of celebration, Halloween is perceived as a festive event for children, being both "innocent" and fun. Yet, because it is the one school day where sexuality is on display, sexuality becomes a…
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Elementary School Students, Immigrants, Hispanic American Students
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Cloft, Kristal – Mathematics Teacher, 2018
Many ways exist to engage students without detracting from the mathematics. Certainly some are high-tech options, such as video games, online trivia sites, and PowerPoint® presentations that follow the same model as Jeopardy; but sometimes low-tech options can be just as powerful. One exciting way to connect with students is by incorporating…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Learner Engagement, Mathematics Activities, Educational Games
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Chen, YuChun; Schilling, Tammy; Rowland, Jeanie – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2019
Experienced and effective elementary physical education teachers are continually searching for new ideas to liven up their content. Holidays such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas provide opportunities to integrate creative, theme-oriented lessons into the curriculum. In addition to more traditional holidays, unique holidays each month can…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Physical Education Teachers, Creative Teaching, Holidays
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Plater, Mark – British Journal of Religious Education, 2013
This article explores the attitudes and experiences of key stage one and two children concerning the British autumn festival of Hallowe'en, and then compares the results with data on the attitudes and practices of British primary schools and their teachers towards the festival, showing that there is a discordance between the two. After outlining…
Descriptors: Holidays, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Student Experience
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Desai, Shiv R.; Abeita, Andrea – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2017
From private to public, from small to large, campus protests and demonstrations have risen across the country to address institutional racism regarding a range of issues including offensive Halloween costumes, university/college seals, lack of faculty color, and racist vandalism. One such example occurred at Southwest University where Native…
Descriptors: Navajo (Nation), Tribes, Critical Theory, Race
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Lock, Roger – School Science Review, 2011
Send your pupils into the autumn term half-term holiday with a task that requires them to explore more about the biology associated with Halloween. This article offers a fun approach, with a pub quiz format based on bats, skeletons, pumpkins and witches, that is suitable for lessons following the end-of-topic test, for STEM clubs or for PTA…
Descriptors: Biology, Students, Science Instruction, Science Education
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Krusemark, Renee C. – Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership, 2016
Employers seek college graduates with leadership skills, but studies indicate not all students graduate with leadership ability. Furthermore, an interdisciplinary perspective of leadership implies that leadership learning and ability can be achieved with a variety of methods. This study sought to understand how reading fiction, including comic…
Descriptors: Leadership Qualities, Fiction, Cartoons, Books
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Birriel, Jennifer; Birriel, Ignacio – Physics Teacher, 2014
Glow sticks are a popular Halloween staple familiar to most of our students. The production of light via a chemical reaction is called "chemiluminescence," and glow sticks are often used as demonstrations and experiments in the chemistry classroom to study reaction rates as a function of temperature. A black light can be used to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Light, Chemistry, Science Experiments
Bourque, Simone – Arts & Activities, 2010
Mexican printer Jose Guadalupe Posada's (1851-1913) numerous prints of "calaveras" gave vast popularity to skeleton figures through his satirical and politically critical renditions of skeletons engaged in daily activities. They are oftentimes represented in festive and playful posturing. Calaveras have now become the most original trait…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Mexicans, Artists, Elementary School Students
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Kawash, Samira – American Journal of Play, 2011
For most children in North America, Halloween is one of the most exciting holidays of the year. But some critics insist that its emphasis on ready-made costumes, store-bought candy, and trick-or-treating seduces children into cultural passivity and socializes them to mindless consumption. These critics argue that trick-or-treating was an inherited…
Descriptors: Play, Holidays, Cultural Influences, Newspapers
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Pang, Valerie Ooka; Lafferty, Karen Elizabeth; Pang, Jennifer M.; Griswold, Joan; Oser, Rick – Science and Children, 2014
On the Saturday before Halloween, hundreds of students and their parents went from booth to booth participating in science activities at an annual Fall Festival and Learning Fair. The Fall Festival and Learning Fair is a valuable annual partnership where culturally relevant teaching engages each child in hands-on, standards-based science lessons.…
Descriptors: Science Education, Cultural Influences, Culturally Relevant Education, College School Cooperation
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Pacifici, Lara – Science Scope, 2011
This activity presents an option for covering biology content while engaging students in an investigation that highlights the spirit of Halloween. Students are engaged in the story line and have fun trying to solve the mystery kidnapping by using science skills to examine the evidence and eliminate some ghoulish suspects. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Evidence, Science Process Skills, Class Activities, Science Activities
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Yoon, Haeny S. – Teachers College Record, 2021
Background: Research on children's play asserts that children's identities are performed and (re)formed in peer groups where they try out identities and make sense of their social worlds. Yet there are kinds of play (e.g., violence, gore, sexuality, and consumer culture) that are often hidden and taken underground, deemed inappropriate for public…
Descriptors: Play, Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Power Structure
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