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Amy MacDonald; Lena Danaia; James Deehan; Allan Hall – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2024
Initiatives aimed at improving STEM education have largely focused on school-based programs, with the majority of STEM professional development targeting primary and secondary school educators. However, there is growing interest in STEM education in the early childhood years. This paper reviews the available evidence to explore the extent to which…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Early Childhood Education, Communities of Practice, Early Childhood Teachers
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Martina Wyszynska Johansson; Ingela Andersson – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2024
Purpose: The article focuses on the contribution of didactics and didactic theory as a distinct strand in research on vocational education and training (VET). Empirical research is reviewed to further explore what characterizes vocational didactics in the Swedish context of Upper Secondary VET. Approach: Semi-structured and flexible review…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Didacticism, Secondary Education, Educational Research
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Javier Fernandez-Rio; Damián Iglesias – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2024
Background: Research on pedagogical models in physical education has exponentially increased over the last two decades [Casey, A., and D. Kirk. 2020. "Models-Based Practice in Physical Education." London: Routledge]. Moreover, several literature reviews on the effectiveness of the different pedagogical models have been conducted. Due to…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teaching Methods, Teaching Models, Educational Research
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Jolley, Alison; Ryker, Katherine; Kortz, Karen M.; Riggs, Eric M. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2023
COVID-19 has created challenges and opportunities across higher education, with flow-on effects for teaching, research, and publishing. Using an archival case study approach, we analyzed 543 Journal of Geoscience Education submissions from 2018 to 2020 to determine potential impacts of the pandemic on our authors and reviewers. Trends in…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Publishing Industry, Peer Evaluation
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Gümüs, Sedat; Hallinger, Philip; Cansoy, Ramazan; Bellibas, Mehmet Sükrü – Journal of Educational Administration, 2021
Purpose: This study sought to provide an understanding of what a culturally contextualized model of instructional leadership looks like in Turkey, and how this differs from models disseminated in the USA. Design/methodology/approach: This study employed qualitative meta-synthesis to systematically review the full set of 22 qualitative studies of…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, Centralization, Competition
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Donaldson, Tyler; Fore, G. A.; Filippelli, Gabriel M.; Hess, J. L. – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Situated learning theory offers a theoretical modality for promoting a knowledge, skilled, and ethically adept future geoscience workforce. Features of situated learning pedagogies include field-based instruction and situating students within a community of practice. While there is an assumed value of such approaches, there is limited research…
Descriptors: Situated Learning, Earth Science, Communities of Practice, Educational Research
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Sandlin, Jennifer A.; O'Malley, Michael P.; Burdick, Jake – Review of Educational Research, 2011
The term "public pedagogy" first appeared in 1894 and has been widely deployed as a theoretical construct in education research to focus on processes and sites of education beyond formal schooling, with a proliferation of its use by feminist and critical theorists occurring since the mid-1990s. This integrative literature review provides the first…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Popular Culture, Activism, Literature
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Lillemyr, Ole Fredrik; Sobstad, Frode; Marder, Kurt; Flowerday, Terri – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2011
In the school's conception of learning, the cultural aspect of children's play has often been lacking. In different countries, it is emphasized that play is important for learning (Dockett and Fleer, Play and pedagogy in early childhood: Bending the rules. Harcourt Brace & Comp, Sydney, "1999"; Lillemyr, Nordisk Pedagogik/Nordic…
Descriptors: Play, Multicultural Education, Indigenous Populations, Educational Research
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Eylon, Bat-Sheva; Bagno, Esther – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2006
How can one increase the awareness of teachers to the existence and importance of knowledge gained through physics education research (PER) and provide them with capabilities to use it? How can one enrich teachers' physics knowledge and the related pedagogical content knowledge of topics singled out by PER? In this paper we describe a professional…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Physics, Content Analysis, Professional Development
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This July 2, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "The Provost as Gatekeeper: A Former Provost Offers Advice on Managing the…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Tenure, College Faculty, Plagiarism
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This March 4, 2005 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Advanced Symptoms of Advanced Degrees" (Douglas, Lawrence; George,…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Mathematics Education, Biology, Student Financial Aid
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This March 19, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "A Support Group for Terminal Grad Students" (Douglas, Lawrence; George,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Higher Education, Creative Teaching, Affirmative Action
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This May 28, 2004 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Thailand to Open a University in Muslim Region, to Defuse Tension"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Muslims, Access to Education, Immigrants
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This June 18, 2004 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "What Would Higher Education Do with $6-Billion a Year?" (Shireman,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Language Patterns, Foreign Countries