The primary goal of this paper is to examine the classroom environment in Colombian public schools based on trainee teachers’ reflective views when undertaking practicum day-to-day experiences during final stage their professional studies. most important theoretical concepts are critical thinking, teaching, and management. method follows qualitative research approach, catching a deeper comprehe...

It is known that periods of intense social interaction result in shared patterns in collaborators' physiological signals. However, applied quantitative research on collaboration is hindered due to scarcity of objective metrics of teamwork effectiveness. Indeed, especially in the domain of productive, ecologically-valid activity such as programming, there is a lack of evidence for the most effec...

The authors conducted ethnographic research to provide deep understanding of the learning environment of a selection of computer science classrooms at a large, research university in the United States. Categories emerging from data analysis included (1) impersonal environment and guarded behavior; and (2) the creation and maintenance of informal hierarchy resulting in competitive behaviors. Bot...

In this paper, we explore the learning that occurred in two types of collaborative learning environments in a seventh grade life sciences classroom: an intra-group environment and an intergroup environment. Students used both types of collaboration tools, each tuned to the needs of the task they were doing within or across groups. We found that the learning outcomes in the two collaborative set...

Firstly, we consider important concepts to be taken into account when thinking about the classroom organisation and the design of learning environments. The concept of classroom integrates different facets including at first interaction between children and a system of available knowledge carried out either by human beings or multi-media contents. A very important facet is that the classroom is...

To assist educators in developing transformative learning environments, and effectively engaging in difficult dialogues regarding multicultural counseling topics, a qualitative study was conducted to systemically examine the perceptions and reactions of twenty (graduate counselor education students enrolled in a multicultural counseling course. In this course, students experienced various learn...

While a great deal has been written on the advantage and benefits of online teaching, little is known on how assessment is implemented in online classrooms to monitor and inform performance and progress. The purpose of this study is to investigate the dynamics of WebCT classroom assessment by analyzing the perceptions and experience of the instructors. Grounded theory method was employed to gen...

The Classroom Sensory Environment Assessment (CSEA) is a tool that provides a means of understanding the impact of a classroom's sensory environment on student behavior. The purpose of the CSEA is to promote collaboration between occupational therapists and elementary education teachers. In particular, students with autism spectrum disorder included in general education classrooms may benefit f...

Scholars are of the view that Afrocentricity as an educational, philosophical and theoretical paradigm. The purpose of this conceptual paper is to conceptualise and contextualize schooling in an inclusive education setting toward an Afrocentricindigenous pedagogy. The Afrocentric canons necessitates a more comprehensive approach that goes beyond questions of what is learnt, by whom, and how qui...