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(De)constructing Modalities of Thinking about Comparative Education through Video-Use
(Research in Comparative and International Education, 2015)
This paper examines the utilization of video in comparative education teaching and is shaped by two interconnected arguments. Underpinning the paper is the argument that students have certain assumptions about comparative ...
Don't Sweat Gym! An Analysis of Curriculum and Instruction
(1994)
The article describes a study of 11 U.S. high school physical education teachers with respect to their curricular and instructional activities. The most important professional task of teachers, from the public perspective, ...
The "Problem" of the European Dimension in Education: A Principled Reconstruction of the Greek Cypriot Curriculum
(European Educational Research Journal, 2005)
The European dimension in education has been a term increasingly used by the European Union and the Council of Europe to denote some of their educational policies and initiatives. It has also been a contested term in ...
Using Pedagogical Reflective Strategies to Enhance Reflection Among Preservice Physical Education Teachers
(1994)
The ability to think about why and what one does is vital to intelligent practice, practice that is reflective rather than routine (Dewey, 1904/1965; Richert, 1991; Zeichner, 1987). This study describes how specific ...
Discipline and Play with/in a Mandated Literacy Curriculum
(Language Arts, 2009)
In this article, the authors explore a young child's lived experience of discipline and play with/in a mandated balanced literacy curriculum. Mandating balanced literacy presents an interesting case of disciplining literacy ...
Algebraic and Geometric Approach in Function Problem Solving
(International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004)
This study explores students algebraic and geometric approach in solving tasks in functions and the relation of these approaches with complex geometric problem solving. Data were obtained from 95 sophomore pre-service ...
Religious Teaching and Political Context: The Case of Cyprus
(Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2005)
In this article I aim to explore some philosophical issues involved in teaching religion in Cyprus and suggest some preconditions in order for this teaching to be sensitive to the multicultural character of the island and ...
A Modeling Perspective on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Problem Solving
(Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2008)
This study analyzed the processes used by students when engaged in modeling activities and examined how students' abilities to solve modeling problems changed over time. Two student populations, one experimental and one ...
The Impact of Interactive Computer Simulations on the Nature and Quality of Postgraduate Science Teachers' Explanations in Physics
(International Journal of Science Education, 2005)
This study investigated how individuals' construction of explanations--a way of ascertaining how well an individual understands a concept--develops from an interactive simulation. Specifically, the purpose was to investigate ...
Examining the effects of context-free and context-situated instructional strategies on learners' critical thinking. (contextualized instruction)
(ProQuest Information & Learning, 1999)
An experimental study was carried out to (1) examine the effects of three instructional strategies on critical thinking, and (2) to determine whether there was a relationship between critical thinking and general cognitive ...