scholarly journals Robotics education in public schools using recycled materials and principles of Project-based Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 145-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinícius Ferreira Da Silva ◽  
Sandro César Silveira Jucá ◽  
Vitor Veras De Moura ◽  
Renata Imaculada Soares Pereira ◽  
Solonildo Almeida Da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Collaborative Problem Solving ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Electronic Components ◽  
Robotics Education ◽  
Theory To Practice ◽  
Teaching Technique ◽  
The Common ◽  
Or Task

The proposed project aims to implement an educational robotic teaching project in public schools. The developed robot uses the concepts of meta-recycling, which aims to encourage the sustainability and the reuse of electronic components to minimize garbage generation. The teaching technique used is the methodology of Project-based Learning (PBL), defined by developing projects based on a question, problem or task, which motivate students to create solutions applying theory to practice. PBL uses collaborative problem solving to significantly increase student interest and involves analyzing each student learning evolution independently. The project also promotes interdisciplinarity among the common areas taught in schools, making the learning process more dynamic and interactive.

scholarly journals Teaching English through Task and Project-Based Learning to Embera Chamí Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (21) ◽  
pp. 78-90
Author(s):  
Luis Ricardo Rojas ◽  
Jenifer Rueda Varon
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Indigenous Students ◽  
Conditions For Learning ◽  
Vocabulary Recognition ◽  
Learning English

Bilingual indigenous students who attend public schools around the country are to develop English language skills as part of the suggested curriculum created by the Colombian Ministry of Education. This is the case of the Embera Chamí students in Florencia, Caquetá whose conditions for learning English differ from those of monolingual Spanish students. The purpose of this study is to analyze the difficulties and the advantages of learning English through task- and project-based learning in bilingual indigenous students. The analysis of the study was developed through the method of systematization of experience. Results suggest that the two learning approaches enhanced indigenous students’ speaking skills and facilitated vocabulary recognition. However, the students mentioned being more interesting in learning English for specific purposes.

scholarly journals Why Reform Sometimes Succeeds: Understanding the Conditions That Produce Reforms That Last

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 644-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
David K. Cohen ◽  
Jal D. Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School Reform ◽  
Common Core ◽  
Educational Infrastructure ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
The Common

Counter to narratives of persistently failed school reform, we argue that reforms sometimes succeed and seek to understand why. Drawing on examples from the founding of public schools to the present, we find that successful system-wide reforms addressed problems that teachers thought they had by being consistent with prevailing norms and values, mobilizing a significant public constituency, and building the needed educational infrastructure. We distinguish between system-wide and niche reforms, suggesting that some—particularly those seeking ambitious instruction—failed system-wide but succeeded by creating protected educational niches. We conclude with a discussion of the implications for the Common Core.

Music Education, Inc.

2017 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-61
Author(s):  
Corin T. Overland
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Interconnected System ◽  
Cocurricular Activities ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Global Recession ◽  
School Music ◽  
Private Studio

Today’s students live in the center of a rich, interconnected system of public, philanthropic, and for-profit entities that support the act of music teaching and learning. Students are not limited to the kinds of musical instruction available to them in their schools. Provided they have the means and the access, the musically curious can supplement or supplant their in-school musical lives with extracurricular and cocurricular activities, private studio lessons, community ensembles, or religious services. The for-profit music education industry in particular has grown in popularity and commercial success since the global recession, encouraged in part by what appears to be an increasing demand for instruction in popular genres that is not being met in the public schools. Corporate entities that sell music instruction have reached unprecedented levels of cultural saturation and student interest. With their successes have come a number of new teaching models, philosophies, and innovative ways for students to engage with music. However, these experiences may come at a cost, particularly to equal access by disadvantaged populations who might not be able to pay for said services. This article examines the popular music education (PME) franchise and its budding relationship with public school music education.

In the Common Good: The Need for a New Approach to Funding Australia's Schools

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Vickers
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common

This article considers evidence which suggests that Australia's current approach to the funding of non-government schools does not serve the common good. Educational provision is now segmented and a majority of private schools have resources that are either moderately or highly superior to those available in public schools. The current funding system has failed to coordinate the activities of public and private providers, leading to duplication of provision, reductions in economies of scale, and increases in per-student costs. Students whose backgrounds and disabilities make them relatively costly to teach are heavily concentrated in the public sector. Private sector recurrent subsidies are tied to public sector per-student costs, forcing Australian taxpayers into an upward spiral of increasing outlays. The article concludes by outlining some proposals for change that would lead to a new approach to funding Australia's schools.

scholarly journals Training teachers in robotics for science and technology dissemination: A Brazilian case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Rafael Marengo ◽  
Bruna Ferreira ◽  
Morgana Cabral ◽  
RICARDO R MAGALHES
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Training System ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Robotics Education ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Technology Dissemination ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Technical Professionals

There is a high demand for technical professionals in engineering and related areas, but there are not enough professionals to fill these needs, especially in developing countries such as in Brazil. Abilities of communication, teamwork and leadership are part of the graduating engineers’ curriculum, but students normally have a lack of these abilities due to difficulties in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Many solutions can be implemented in order to change this scenario and robotics is an alternative. Based on that, robotics education as teaching methodology leads students to search for problem logical solutions. This paper is aimed on how robotics can help children learn STEM subjects and presents a training system for robotics involving teachers and students from public schools and tutors from university. As methodology, it was tested the knowledge acquired in weekly meetings between engineering students (tutors) and teachers/students from public schools. Results highlighted the introduction of robotics education in public schools learning process. It can imply on improvements for engineering courses and new robot applications in industries.

scholarly journals THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VIRTUAL EXHIBITION PROJECT IN ENGLISH FOR TOURISM CLASS FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Suprayogi Suprayogi ◽  
Pranoto Budi Eko
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Education ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Material Development ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Common ◽  
Virtual Exhibition

Currently, studies on English for Tourism course mainly focuses on need analysis and material development. A few studies highlight the teaching methods for successful learning of the course. This study discusses the implementation of virtual exhibition simulation as a project based learning in the course of English for Tourism enrolled by students of tertiary education majoring English Literature. It aims at revealing the learning process as well as revealing the opportunities and challenges of the activity. Five lecturers are selected as the subject of the study. The data collected through semi structured interview and further qualitatively analysed by seeing the common and unique features. The findings suggest that the implementation of virtual exhibition project should be followed by lecturers’ teaching strategies in the step of preparation, rehearsal and exhibition in order to achieve learning objectives. Despite the technical challenge on internet connection and students’ reluctance that lecturers should cope with, this activity is seen as an alternative method that reflect contextual learning and give students English learning opportunity through intensive interaction and creativity.

scholarly journals Project-Based Museum-School Partnerships in Support of Meaningful Student Interest- and Equity-Driven Learning Across Settings

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jrène Rahm
Keyword(s):  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
School Partnerships ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Informal Educators ◽  
School Partnership ◽  
Museum School ◽  
Education Science

Abstract: In this paper, I focus on two teachers’ experiences with project-based museum-school partnerships that they participated in with their students. The partnerships implied collaborations with scientists, archaeologists, and artists in their classrooms, as well as informal educators from museums tied to the projects. The projects made new ways to engage in student interest-driven cross-setting learning available to the students and teachers. The participating teachers seemed to suggest a need to move towards the co-design of such partnerships in the future with youth—a process that could be initiated in teacher education programs or supported through innovative approaches to professional development.KEYWORDS:  Museum-school partnership; project-based learning; cross-setting learning;archaeology education; science education; arts education, robotic.Résumé: Je traite dans cet article de l’expérience de deux enseignants dans le cadre de projets de partenariats musée-école auxquels ont participé leurs étudiants. Ces partenariats exigeaient de collaborer avec des scientifiques, des archéologues et des artistes en salles de cours, sans oublier des éducateurs officieux des musées impliqués. Les projets ont exploré de nouvelles voies d’apprentissage croisé axé sur les intérêts des étudiants, accessibles aux étudiants et aux enseignants. Il appert que les enseignants participants jugent nécessaire de privilégier à l’avenir ce type de partenariats concertés avec la jeunesse, un processus qui pourrait être initié dans le cadre de programmes de formation des enseignants ou soutenu par le biais d’approches novatrices dans le domaine de perfectionnement professionnel.MOTS CLES: Programme de partenariat entre l’école et la musée; apprentissage basé au projet; apprentissage de cadre transversal; éducation archéologique; la formation artistique en sciences; la robotique;

scholarly journals The Implementation of Project-Based Learning to Improve the Learning Interest and Student Achievement

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Hamida Fauzia ◽  
Sawitri Dwi Prastiti
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Student Achievement ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Observation Instruments ◽  
Learning Interest

<p>The purpose of the research is project based learning model to improve student interest and achademic achievment of second grade of Social departement of State Senior High School 3 Blitar Through the implementation of project-based learning model. The research design is a Classroom Action Research (CAR) also using achademic achievment test and observation instruments. The research shows that the students learning interest and achademic achievment can be improved.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Project-Based Learning Model<em>, </em>Learning Interest, Achademic Achievment</p>

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