Po-Yi Hung Abstract Reflective practice is important in both American and Taiwanese education, where the focus has changed from teacher-centered to student-centered pedagogy. Since the early 20th century, the importance of reflective practice in American education has been the subject… Read More ›
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Reflection-Based Methodology of Developing Speaking Skills
Elena Frolikova Abstract Nowadays being a teacher is impossible without being a reflective practitioner. This means that the system of higher education in teacher-training universities should be aimed at both achieving educational goals and developing students’ reflection. In this paper… Read More ›
Crisis Preparedness: A Multifaceted Approach
Sondra R. Dennison, Theresa Messina Horner Abstract Disruptive student behavior is a global concern. Campus communities are expected to be safe havens for learning. Realistic threats to safety require a proactive institutional-wide approach to crisis prevention and preparedness. The Assessment-Intervention… Read More ›
Visual patterns and the development of creativity and functional reasoning
Débora Tavares, Isabel Cabrita Abstract Despite the importance of creativity, its development has not been a priority of Mathematics, especially in what concerns non-‐gifted students. Students often reveal many difficulties in functional reasoning. Some studies have concluded that an adequate… Read More ›
Pre-service teachers’ knowledge on elementary geometry concepts
Angela Couto, Isabel Vale Abstract This text is based on a research, which is still in progress, whose main objective is to identify and understand what are the main difficulties of future mathematics teachers of basic education are, regarding their… Read More ›
Early mathematical experiences: the importance of curricular integration
Ana Barbosa, Isabel Vale Abstract In this paper we explore the implications of some tasks that promote integrated activities in a preschool context. In early years education, children should have meaningful experiences, involving discovery, experimenting and solving challenging problems, based… Read More ›
How to visit a Museum?
Mart Ottenheim, Monique Hoogenboom Abstract Visiting a museum with primary school students can be a strong learning experience for them. This study presents a model of how a visit to a museum must be organised. Focussing on embedding the visit… Read More ›
Does integrated science education improve scientific literacy?
Laura Tamassia, Renaat Frans Abstract In Flanders, a choice has been made for the integrated school subject ‘Natural Sciences’, in ‘science for all’ secondary school trajectories, and for the three separate subjects biology, physics and chemistry, in trajectories for the… Read More ›
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