This article systematically reviews research on the achievement outcomes of four types approaches to improving reading success children in elementary grades: curricula, instructional technology, process programs, and combinations curricula process. Study inclusion criteria included use randomized or matched control groups, a study duration at least 12 weeks, valid measures independent experimental treatments, final assessment end Grade 1 later. A total 63 beginning (starting Grades K 1) 79...

The COVID-19 pandemic jolted teachers to the front line of complex, under resourced negotiation quality distance learning, whilst also being key communicators with students and families about how be COVID safe. Media reports debated preschool school closures child safety, but scarcely considered teachers. Motivated by silencing extraordinary changes education, we gathered as a group nine educational researchers located in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore U.S.A create survey platform for...

Much of the discussion about incorporation technologies and mediatised components into performance has focused on concept liveness. This often leads to competing claims relative power live versus is not necessarily helpful for understanding scope opportunities now available drama applied theatre practitioners. Consideration other relevant concepts such as mediation immediacy may help move forward place use new emerging technological tools alongside more humble analogue within a spectrum...

As countries moved to halt the spread of COVID 19 pandemic in 2020 access physical sites learning was restricted, so teachers across diverse educational contexts were required rapidly embrace different modes and combinations delivery. With a desire profile voices teacher experience, number researchers initiated research project examine experiences during COVID-19 times. The stories performing arts revealed some shared areas similar concern with other namely rapid increase using technologies...

: Feedback and reflective processes play an important role in learning with both teachers students required to active roles. The importance of feedback practices takes on added dimension the field teacher education as assessment are also professional that themselves will be enacting their To this end, provides opportunities for develop own literacy but draws attention teacher-education lecturer or assessor roles relationships involved. This article reports a research study which investigated...

Many educators have long understood that affective, social and experiential components impact on learning in particular longer lasting, meaningful learning. To further understand the dimensions of such experience how this phenomenon may be understood, cultivated researched, concept perezhivanie is being revitalised interrogated. In field sociocultural or cultural–historical theory builds foundational work by Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky. There are different understandings paper examines...

The A*CENSUS—Archival Census and Education Needs Survey in the United States—is first broadscale survey of individual archivists States nearly thirty years. survey, conducted by mail online during a two-month period 2004, asked about their positions, employers, demographics, credentials, job functions specialization, salaries, career paths, issues, professional identity, affiliation. There were additional questions for those with management responsibilities, specific members certain...

Research to date has demonstrated that bird migration is comprised of highly diverse and plastic behavioural patterns. Our objective highlight the importance studying mechanisms underlying these patterns in austral migrants. We focus on high incidence overlap breeding non-breeding ranges as a particularly thought-provoking pattern. then explore opportunities afforded by partial theory elucidate seasonal range overlap. propose mechanistic understanding South America will both provide deeper...

Artists and educators who work with young people are often under pressure to consider ways embrace the use of digital technologies in their practice classrooms. Drama faced a number opportunities dilemmas as they move adopt greater technology focus. This article will outline some findings from international research about information communications (ICT) specific considerations for creating drama using media online spaces. It also outlines an example school-based cyberdrama project entitled...

The relationship between experience, emotions, cognition, and learning is of increasing interest to educators researchers who recognise that efforts promote student engagement must take into account factors beyond the purely cognitive instrumental. significance experience considered as a unity in regard child development was discussed through concept perezhivanie decades ago work Lev Vygotsky (1934). Contemporary explorations phenomenon may be further informed drawing upon Dewey's on Art...

Australian and international research has identified that many generalist teachers have limited confidence experience in teaching the Arts early years of schooling education. There is also a significant gap provision quality professional learning programs for teachers. Research appropriate training need to provide with practical experiences, informed by sound pedagogical theory some form ongoing support potential collaboration shared learning. This article reports on development programme...

As the COVID 19 pandemic spread globally, experiences of loss were compounded by personal loss. Through this time collective and individual grieving I set out to “traverse” experience figure my “perezhivanie” or lived emotional experience, through materiality mark making entanglements with people, place, art making. Art framed “massive microscopic” reflective prompts provided opportunity for interventions into medicalized clinical world hospitals 19, enacting beauty within a global, local, grieving.

Austral migrant birds were banded during austral fall (March–April) and spring (October–November) in the Chaco of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The Tyrannidae was most common family captured terms number species total individuals. difference capture numbers between seasons greatest for Fuscous Flycatcher (Cnemotriccus fuscatus), although exhibited little change among seasons. In captures across each season, no apparent trends migratory timing evident. Creamy-bellied Thrush (Turdus amaurochalinus)...