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Reflections On Community Engagement For Transforming Praxis: Lessons From The Learning And Teaching Creatively Project, Alison Wicks, Brian Cambourne, Robbie Collins, Marcel De Roo
Reflections On Community Engagement For Transforming Praxis: Lessons From The Learning And Teaching Creatively Project, Alison Wicks, Brian Cambourne, Robbie Collins, Marcel De Roo
Robbie Collins
The Learning and Teaching Creatively project involved collaboration between the Bundanon Trust, the University of Wollongong’s Faculty of Education and Shoalhaven Campus and the Australasian Occupational Science Centre. The aim of the project was provide opportunity for Graduate Diploma of Education (Primary) students at the Shoalhaven Campus to experience the creative process, thereby enabling them to develop ways of facilitating creativity in primary school students. Additionally, the project was designed to initiate a long term partnership between the Shoalhaven Campus and Bundanon, a highly valued internationally renowned ‘living arts centre’ located in the Shoalhaven. The Knowledge Building Community and occupational …
Pedagogical Techniques And Student Outcomes In Applied Instrumental Lessons Taught By Experienced And Pre-Service American Music Teachers., Kimberly Councill, J. Henninger, P. Flowers
Pedagogical Techniques And Student Outcomes In Applied Instrumental Lessons Taught By Experienced And Pre-Service American Music Teachers., Kimberly Councill, J. Henninger, P. Flowers
Kimberly H Councill
The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of teacher experience on student progress and performance quality in an introductory applied lesson. Nine experienced teachers and 15 pre-service teachers taught an adult beginner to play ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ on a wind instrument. The lessons were videotaped for subsequent analysis of teaching behaviors and performance achievement. Following instruction, a random sample of teachers was interviewed about their perceptions of the lesson. A panel of adjudicators rated final pupil performances. No significant difference was found between pupils taught by experienced and pre-service teachers in the quality of their …
Insights Into Teaching About Race, Class And Gender: Pedagogy And Curriculum, Evan Poata-Smith
Insights Into Teaching About Race, Class And Gender: Pedagogy And Curriculum, Evan Poata-Smith
Evan S. Te Ahu Poata-Smith
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Growing Into Leadership: Profiles From A "Good" Department, Bruce Robbins, Driek Zirinsky
Growing Into Leadership: Profiles From A "Good" Department, Bruce Robbins, Driek Zirinsky
Bruce Robbins
The veteran teacher is often a leader in the English language arts department and mentor to the younger teachers. One such department and its teachers are profiled.
Foregrounding The Background, Bruce Robbins
Foregrounding The Background, Bruce Robbins
Bruce Robbins
Robbins discusses how to better prepare students for reading the classics. Rather than providing a lengthy introduction into the history of the time period, teachers should simply raise an interesting question about the time period or unfamiliar elements in the story to pique the student's interest.