Popularized by educational theorist and adult education pioneer Malcolm Knowles (1913-1997), andragogy is a philosophy that emphasizes learning through lived experience, applied skills, discussion and ...

Teacher educator, independent researcher, and author Zaretta Hammond has a new book out, Rebuilding Students′ Learning Power: Teaching for Instructional Equity and Cognitive Justice, which builds on ...

Daniel D. Pratt presents five perspectives on teaching gathered from several years of research across five different countries. These perspectives are presented in both theoretical and practical forms ...

As the previous chapters show, discipline-based education research (DBER) is a relatively new area of research composed of a set of loosely affiliated fields with common goals and methods. The fields ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

Methods of K-12 teaching encompass diverse strategies and techniques utilized by educators to engage students across different subjects and grade levels. What are the 5 methods of teaching? From ...

The term "personal digital assistant" (PDA) gained global popularity in 1992 when Apple CEO, John Sculley announced the advent of Apple's Newton at the huge Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

This report comes at a time when our nation and our species face profound challenges. Ensuring adequate food, water, energy, and mineral resources to support a growing human population competes with ...