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Introduction A primary goal of health and medicine is enacting patient-centered care, or the practice of making patient needs and desires the "centerpiece" of medical care (Berry et al., 2014). [...], "But the most important and far-reaching experiences we participate in almost every day of our professional lives is architecting our students' classroom experiences and the environments in which they learn to become professionals" (Potts & Salvo, 2017, p. 6)

Creative construction of analytical and holistic rubrics to assess multidisciplinary arts-infused learning in the elementary school classroom is one of the goals of a preservice and creative methodologies and assessment [...]

What does it mean to teach? When I ask this question, I usually receive a myriad of answers, some insightful, some not as insightful, and some, well, you get the [...]

Culminating experiences provide graduating seniors a course, program, or activity designed to cap off the integration of educational experiences, and foster transition to work or further education beyond the bachelor's [...]

Blended learning is increasingly being adopted at all levels of the educational system. It continues to gain primacy in the teaching and learning environment as both students and teachers seek to integrate familiar information communication technology (ICT) into their classroom activities. Additionally, it allows the teacher, as a facilitator of learning, and the learner, the opportunities of working in both the face-to-face and online environments. This paper provides a basic review of blended learning and some ways it may be used in teacher preparation programs to support the effective integration of ICT within the classroom environment., INTRODUCTION Increasingly, variations of blended learning are being adopted at all levels of the education system, as instructors explore different ways to facilitate learning, and learners become more engaged in [...]

A new generation of consumer and tech savy college students have forever altered the method and degree of interaction between faculty and student. The purpose of the article is to [...]

Estimates are that 32 million people currently play fantasy football every year. Project Based Learning (PBL) is one method of engaging students in the educational process. This paper outlines a [...]

This study examines the effect of a comprehensive literacy-coaching program focused on enacting a discussion-based approach to reading comprehension instruction (content-focused coaching [CFC]) on the quality of classroom text discussions over 2 years. The study used a cluster-randomized trial in which schools were assigned to either CFC or standard practice in the district for literacy coaching. Observers rated classroom text discussions significantly higher in CFC schools. Teachers in the CFC schools participated more frequently in coaching activities that emphasized planning and reflecting on instruction, enacting lessons in their classrooms, building knowledge of the theory underlying effective pedagogy, and differentiating instruction than did the teachers in the comparison condition. Qualitative analyses of coach interviews identified substantive differences in the professional development support available to coaches, scope of coaches' job responsibilities, and focus of coaching resources in the CFC schools and comparison schools. Keywords HLM (hierarchical linear modeling), literacy/reading teacher education, urban teacher education, Classroom talk plays a critical role in the development of students' literacy skills (Murphy, Wilkenson, Soter, Hennessey, Alexander, & Nystrand, 2009; Nystrand, 2006). Research links improved reading comprehension to interactive [...]

I. INTRODUCTION Imagine the following description of a negotiator: In the most recent sales negotiation, this negotiator was open, friendly, warm, she schmoozed at the beginning of the negotiation, asserted [...]

This article reports the findings of a study to examine the practicality and efficacy of using tablet computers in the Higher Education classroom. Students in a senior level teacher preparation [...]

In a time when electronic devices dominate students' free time, students often stop learning in the summer and instead focus on sedentary indoor activities, like video games and television programs. Sociologists have documented that, for some students, summers result in little learning and contribute to an achievement gap. To help combat 'summer learning loss,' teachers should implement a summer biology project to provide students with hands-on, inquiry experiences promoting science learning. Assigning longterm activities to be completed during the summer months compels students to explore the outdoors, the learning-loss flow is slowed, and students are better prepared for the start of the next school term. Key Words: Biology education; science education; homework; summer learning loss; disadvantaged students; summer vacation; nature activities., We can no longer afford an academic calendar designed for when America was a nation of farmers who needed their children at home plowing the land at the end of [...]

Purpose: Kiran and colleagues (Kiran, 2007, 2008; Kiran & Johnson, 2008; Kiran & Thompson, 2003) previously suggested that training atypical examples within a semantic category is a more efficient treatment approach to facilitating generalization within the category than training typical examples. In the present study, the authors extended previous work examining the notion of semantic complexity within goal-derived (ad hoc) categories in individuals with aphasia. Methods: Six individuals with fluent aphasia (age range = 3984 years) and varying degrees of naming deficits and semantic impairments were involved. Thirty typical and atypical items, each from 2 categories, were selected after an extensive stimulus norming task. Generative naming for the 2 categories was tested during baseline and treatment. Results: As predicted, training atypical examples in the category resulted in generalization to untrained typical examples in 5 of 5 patient-treatment conditions. In contrast, training typical examples (which was examined in 3 conditions) produced mixed results. One patient showed generalization to untrained atypical examples, whereas 2 patients did not show generalization to untrained atypical examples. Conclusion: Results of the present study supplement existing data on the effect of a semantically based treatment for lexical retrieval by manipulating the typicality of category examples. Key Words: aphasia, rehabilitation, semantic, typicality, A central theme in categorization research has been the examination of graded structure in categories. Graded structure refers to the continuum of category representativeness, beginning with the most typical members [...]

The college-level general education (GE) curriculum in the United States can have many goals: exposing students to the breadth of human thoughts and ideas; elevating their reading comprehension, writing abilities, [...]

All teachers want students to be independent readers. Targeting comprehension skills is one way to help teachers and students accomplish this goal. However, studies focusing on comprehension indicate that although [...]

In the second-grade classroom, students are sprawled on the floor surrounded by books, large posters, markers, paint, and glue. Samples of their work hang everywhere from the ceiling and walls. [...]

'Reading is like a portal to another realm.' 'Reading is like going somewhere with no directions.' 'Reading is like baking a cake.' 'Reading is like getting my teeth pulled.' These [...]

The use of learning stations is an approach to meet needs of pupils in achievement. Here, pupils may make choices in terms of what to learn. From a learning station, a pupil may select learning activities to complete, be they individual or committee endeavors. Activities might also be chosen on the basis of learning styles. A pupil may prefer to do a hands on project; another learner prefers a task involving the abstract such as reading and writing. A hands on project may also involve reading/writing in securing information and doing a writeup on the completed project. But the emphasis will be upon a hands on approach in learning. Abstract learnings, too, require visual representations to learn from, so that accuracy in concept development is possible. Regardless of goals involved in learning, the pupil may select what to learn, from alternatives, in a learning centers procedure in social studies lessons and units of study (Ediger, 2009)., Decision Making with Learning Centers In a social studies unit, there needs to be four to five centers with, approximately, five tasks per center. The tasks need to be thought [...]

Recent advances in technology have led to the increased popularity of online courses. While availability of online courses offer many advantages, they are often criticized for not providing much, if [...]

'For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong--and how can we fix it.' (Bronson a Merryman, Newsweek, July 19, 2010, p. 44). A decade [...]

Having enjoyed (or endured) linguistic and cultural turns, we historians are now faced with a 'pictorial turn.' (1) As a number of commentators and practitioners in the rapidly burgeoning sub-discipline [...]

The digital age has changed American society, which means history instructors face a different reality in their classrooms. With their cell phones, blackberries, iPods, digital games, computers, and the Internet, [...]

Oliver Sacks, a neurosurgeon in New York City and the well-known author of Awakenings, recently described the case of a forty-two year old man named Tony Cicoria who was struck [...]

Leveling mania has gripped many elementary schools. The use of carefully leveled texts designed to meet the developmental needs of many readers is a common feature in current reading programs. [...]

Our first lockdown drill. A momentary panic ensued when I fully realized the dilemma: My entire class, 23 nervous second graders, were now cross-legged on the floor of our absolutely [...]

To ensure that students enter high school able to handle sophisticated texts, academic vocabulary instruction should be incorporated into standard practice to improve language skills and consequently boost reading comprehension [...]

Participation in outdoor education is underpinned by a learner's ability to acquire skills in activities such as canoeing, bushwalking and skiing and consequently the outdoor leader is often required to facilitate skill acquisition and motor learning. As such, outdoor leaders might benefit from an appropriate and tested model on how the learner acquires skills in order to design appropriate learning contexts. This paper introduces an approach to skill acquisition based on ecological psychology and dynamical systems theory called the constraints-led approach to skills acquisition. We propose that this student-centred approach is an ideal perspective for the outdoor leader to design effective learning settings. Furthermore, this open style of facilitation is also congruent with learning models that focus on other concepts such as teamwork and leadership., In outdoor education, technical or hard skills are often fundamental to the educational process, because leaders of outdoor experiences are frequently required to facilitate the development of motor skills (Paisley, [...]

In the Indus Valley, the underground water had become unusually mixed with salt. It made growing crops very difficult for farmers. With very little food, the inhabatants of the Indus [...]

In this article I will discuss the originally German term and concept of Bildung. The reason why I, as a Scandinavian, find such a discussion both interesting and important is that the trend of instrumentalism in modern educational politics and pedagogical thinking (at least in Scandinavian countries) is problematic; that is, looking on knowledge in general and school subjects in particular primarily as tools or means for reaching another goal or end. The discussion of the concept of Bildung has during the history of pedagogical philosophy in my cultural context given--and has still possibilities to give--impulses to fundamental discussions concerning the value and justification of teaching music (and in fact all other school subjects). I focus my discussion on three aspects which are central to the concept of Bildung: cultural heritage (or what could be called a normative aspect of the term culture); 'the journey' as a metaphor; and last but not least a criticism of instrumentalism. Furthermore I discuss both content and teaching/learning methods in relation to the concept and tradition of Bildung., In this article I discuss the concept of Bildung, which is originally a German term. The reason why I, as a Scandinavian, think we should be concerned with this concept [...]

A critical task for communication educators is preparing students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for active and responsible participation within a rapidly changing global community. Given the complex nature [...]

The use of standardized tests for outcome assessment has grown dramatically in recent years. Two driving factors have been the No Child Left Behind legislation, and the increase in outcome [...]

As described in How People Learn (NRC, 2000), Developing Biological Literacy (BSCS, 1993), and much earlier by the Commission on Undergraduate Education in the Biological Sciences during the 1960s and [...]

Inquiry is an integral part of the teaching and learning of science. However, many science teachers are unsure of how to promote and support inquiry in the classroom or how [...]