• Article  

      Action Research to Develop and Validate a Scheme of Work to Promote Creativity and Designerly Thinking Through Play 

      Danos, Xenia; Constantinou, Constantinos P.; Livitzis, Michalis; Avraam, Cristakis (Design & Technology Association, 2014)
      The paper reports on a study of the development and validation of a Design and Technology Scheme of Work (SoW) that is facilitated by Engino assembly toys. Three initial case studies are described; one to assess the ...
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      Action Research, the Reflective Teacher and Science Education. 

      Papastephanou, Marianna; Valanides, Nicos; Angeli, Charoula (2005)
      The present review aspires to familiarize readers with the main stakes of action research, and single out its pertinence to the vision of critical and effective education. Thus, the theoretical and conceptual arsenal of ...
    • Conference Object  Open Access

      Connecting students with group work 

      Sudweeks, Fay (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      Virtual learning environments provide an attractive method for information dissemination, but they are often adopted because of their technical innovativeness with little thought given to integrating the medium with learning ...
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      Curriculum Development for the Differentiated Classroom in Mathematics 

      Koutselini, Mary; Gagatsis, Athanasios (2003)
      The purpose of this article is to remind us that teaching is about learning, and that learning is about responding to the needs of all learners. The ideas underlying this article resulted from a genuine dialogue between a ...
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      Differentiation of Teaching and Learning: The Teachers' Perspective 

      Stavrou, Theoula Erotocritou; Koutselini, Mary (Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016)
      The aims of this action research are: (a) to investigate the process of differentiation of teaching and learning in mixed ability classes from the perspective of teachers', and (b) to examine the effectiveness of differentiation ...
    • Conference Object  Open Access

      Integrating computer simulations into the teaching of physics - an action research approach 

      Pasek, Vladimir; Wright, Peter (University of Zilina, 2005)
      This paper describes the use of an action research approach in determining different teaching strategies for the use of computer simulations by physics teachers. Six physics teachers from two different school districts ...
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      Participatory teacher development at schools 

      Koutselini, Mary (2008)
      This article describes an action research study on reflective development at school and discusses methodological and pedagogical issues arising from teacher beliefs and expectations. Teachers and researchers participated ...