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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy"”.
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Music, marimbas and children : exploring the meaning that children make of playing marimbas and wacky instruments with Artist-In-Residence, Jon Madin.
… made of their participation in playing marimbas and "wacky" instruments with Artist-In-Residence, Jon Madin. The approach to music-making of the Artist-In-Residence is one which is participatory, inclusive and accessible, and which places value on children's active engagement in music-making.
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Cross disciplinary effects of text factors and language of recall on reading comprehension
… means of addressing English reading deficiencies and enhancing the reading performance of English as Foreign Language (EFL) students, including those studying at tertiary level in Indonesia. One influential psycholinguistically focused reading theory is the Schema Theory model of reading. Whilst …
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An examination of the learning styles of Saudi preparatory school students who are high or low in reading achievement
This study examined the learning styles and reading achievement characteristics of Saudi Arabian preparatory schools students. The key aim of the research is to provide additional information regarding teaching and learning that warrant consideration in the continuing efforts to improve the reading …
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Mapping the complexity of forensic science : implications for forensic science education
… science has experienced a remarkable development and a substantially enhanced public profile. The prominence of forensic science has resulted from scientific and technological advances, increased reliance of law enforcement agencies and judicial systems and its popularisation through the mass …
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Teaching English in Vietnam : improving the provision in the private sector
… in the fast developing context of Vietnam and government policies stating the will to upgrade delivery of English language within the education system, traditional grammar translation teaching methods still prevail. Many educators are unclear about the concept of “communicative teaching” …
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Developing continuing education curricula in a developing country: acknowledging culture and context
… for the study are drawn from personal knowledge and experience obtained working in the health sector in less developed countries undergoing a process of reform, as well as from the limited research literature available in this field: • that a contextually appropriate process for developing …
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Towards an architecture for teaching virtues, values and ethics
… a new architecture for teaching an eventual curriculum about virtues, values and ethics. I address three sources of research: the voices of teachers who are teaching thinking and thinking skills; the authors who address the various themes and sub-themes emerging from the thesis questions; and …
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A study of the influences on middle years teachers’ pedagogical decision making
This study contributes to the understanding of the pedagogical choice of secondary school middle years teachers. The findings support the past research which has reported adolescents having specific pedagogical needs and the difficulty schools have in changing established teaching and learning …
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An action research study of English teaching in grade seven at Bamrung Wittaya School, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
… improve students’ language learning performance and also my teaching practice by implementing the student-centred (Communicative Language Teaching: CLT) approach which is well known among foreign language teachers as a practical teaching approach to create the context of authentic language use in …
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Effective family partnerships in early childhood education and care: an investigation of the nature of interactions between educators and parents
Early childhood education and care in Australia is recognised as playing an important role in determining the long term educational benefits and outcomes for children across their life span. A key determinant of a quality early childhood program is the quality of relationships that educators …
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dreamtime uncapitalised, -joining our own dots .
… the development of phenomenological thoughts and concepts that arose during the creation of a variety of cognitive spaces, chiefly the making of artworks. It employs and expresses the emergent knowledge as both artwork exhibition (exhibited at the Counihan Gallery, Brunswick …
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A pedagogic analysis: middle years of schooling and the role of creative practice
… student engagement. It reports teaching and learning approaches which support the development of creativity in the learning of young people in the middle years of schooling. This thesis presents a case study of one teacher who attempted to improve student engagement, collaboration and …
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Primary school teachers' views of mathematics teaching and learning
… school teachers' views of mathematics teaching and learning, and to examine the implications of these views for professional development.
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The importance of English language learning and teaching in South Korea
… impact of rote learning, national examinations and types of motivation to learn English language on the way English language is taught and learnt in Korea. The research is framed around two questions, using qualitative data in a discursive manner (Holstein & Gubrium, 2005). Qualitative and …
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Hypermedia storytelling in the middle years of schooling
… as a support to specific content delivery and the development of reasoning with students. The research was conducted using a hypermedia-authoring program with middle-years students at an Australian secondary school. Classroom environments were created in which collaborative and innovative …
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Assessing tourism industry training and education: the case of the tour operating sector in Kenya
… out within the broad context of tourism in Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa and is based on an assumption of sectoral differences in tourism training and education. The study employs different methods of data collection and analysis. A n employee survey, a Delphi type study and semistructured …
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Motivating male primary underachievers through a technoliteracy curriculum
… from such families who have knowledge, skills and talent beyond their years in relation to farm life, often have poor academic skills and low motivation within the school environment. The question of why such students with obviously bright minds did not reflect their perceived potential in …
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To be wise and kind: a Buddhist community engagement with Victorian state primary schools
… schools. It is located alongside the theoretical and policy frameworks of Australian state schooling and a growing but disparate international movement that is applying meditative techniques and principles with roots in the Buddha- Dharma in secular and pluralist education. The meta-ethics of …
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Food, water, shelter, fresh air ... and stories: teachers’ creative writing in the classroom
… be constructed, the journeys that ideas may take and the maturation and realisation of characters along the way. In doing so, this exegesis highlights how classroom English teachers, as a profession, could benefit from adopting the methods that writers use as they develop their art. In an era in …
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Can vocational training be better structured to facilitate the acquisition of job related skills?
… attempts to improve its global economic standing, each industry, and their respective enterprises, is necessarily undertaking considerable transformation as they embrace the need to adapt. Industrialised technologies and operating methods are changing more rapidly than at any other time …
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