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Alkair, Shahad; Ali, Ruba; Abouhashem, Azza; Aledamat, Rania; Bhadra, Jolly; Ahmad, Zubair; Sellami, Abdellatif; Al-Thani, Noora Jabor – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2023
This study exemplifies a STEM model for engaging students in environmental sustainability programs through a problem-solving approach. The study employed a mixed-method approach incorporating 346 elementary students. The research findings demonstrated a significant improvement in post-test scores, revealing augmented students' understanding of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Models, Learner Engagement, Conservation (Environment)
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Brackney, Dana; Daughtridge, Emily; Jensen, Margaret; Childers, Sarah; Tocci, Nicholas; Wilson, Taylor; Meucci, Marco – American Journal of Health Education, 2021
Background: Physical activity (PA) is associated with positive health outcomes. However, children's access to physical activities they enjoy may be limited. Purpose: To evaluate second-grader's PA against the U.S. DHHS goals to see if a before-school, play-based dance program contributed to these goals. Operational feasibility was evaluated using…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Dance
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Veronika Piscová; Jarmila Lehotayová; Juraj Hreško – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2023
Environmental education (EE) in elementary schools (6 - 15 years old) in Slovakia is not systematically defined, it is often dependent on the voluntary efforts and enthusiasm of teachers. Schoolchildren acquire environmental knowledge in a limited form during the teaching of individual subjects, especially Biology, Geography and to some extent,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Environmental Education, Educational Practices
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Polat, Soner; Çelik, Çaglar; Okçu, Yildiz – SAGE Open, 2019
The aim of this study was to examine the perspective of school administrators with regard to teachers from different generations. In this study, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of each generation were examined. This study was conducted as a Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat (SWOT) analysis. The study group consisted…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, School Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics
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Mejía Ávila, Doris; Sánchez Agámez, Carlos; Soto Barrera, Viviana Cecilia – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2021
A pilot test for the design and construction of digital lessons for integrated social science teaching is presented in this study. Combing conventional texts, applications made with Google Earth, and images from the web, three lessons for the sixth grade were created: (1) Evolution of Man, (2) Physical Geography of the Earth, and (3) Pre-Columbian…
Descriptors: Material Development, Multimedia Materials, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Huertas-Abril, Cristina A.; Palacios-Hidalgo, Francisco Javier; Gómez-Parra, María Elena – TESL-EJ, 2021
Emergency Remote Language Teaching is a new term coined after the concept of Emergency Remote Teaching (Hodges, et al., 2020), which emphasizes that teaching that is being done during emergencies and crises, as the pandemic caused by COVID-19, is neither distance nor online teaching properly. This paper explores the attitudes and perceptions of…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Educational Technology
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Cabello, Valeria M.; Martínez, M. Loreto; Armijo, Solange; Maldonado, Lesly – LUMAT: International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education, 2021
Education in the early years is an excellent space for promoting integrated learning. The STEAM education model combines Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics holistically and has gained force globally, mostly in developed countries. However, in developing countries of Latin America, STEAM education programs are incipient and…
Descriptors: Art Education, STEM Education, Early Childhood Education, Developing Nations
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Setiawan, Hendra; Afriani, Rachmi; Dhae, Maria Delfiana – Journal of Biological Education Indonesia (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia), 2019
The suitable framework will enable schools to perform "Adiwiyata" in the best way based on their local potentials. The aim of this research was to get better knowledge about the conditions of schools awarded "Adiwiyata" as well as to analyze the specific strategies to create sustainable development of those…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education
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Mohelska, Hana; Zubr, Vaclav – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
This article is focused on the financial literacy of elementary students as a part of a lifelong education. The introduction covers the concept of financial literacy and the development of financial education in EU countries and in the Czech Republic. It also presents the strategic documents that have been gradually published. It turns out that…
Descriptors: Money Management, Consumer Education, Lifelong Learning, Elementary School Students
Perez, Renante B. – Online Submission, 2019
The growing number of environmental problems in the modern world call for a more effective and efficient environmental education. Local educational leaders emphasized that the enrichment of learnings about the environment can be done through co-curricular activities. Accordingly, the Youth for Environment in Schools Organization (YES-O) is the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Youth Programs, Conservation (Environment), Program Effectiveness
Karen Marie Roper – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-2021 forced teachers and students of the research site (given the pseudonym Roxy High School) into an online learning environment. Neither the school nor the teachers had previously experienced such a high demand for online courses, and many did not recognize the differences between online and face-to-face…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Electronic Learning, Educational Environment, Teaching Conditions