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BirdSleuth - Most Wanted Birds Kindergarten-Grade 12Open your students' eyes to the birds all around them! The Most Wanted Birds kit includes full-color focus cards, interactive computer-based bird ID quizzes, posters, and hands-on activities. Your students will learn how to identify the birds in your... -
BirdSleuth: Authentic Scientific Inquiry Using Online Wikispaces Kindergarten-Grade 12"Online collaborative working groups enable students to become more engaged in scientific experimentation. Middle school students in Florida and Oregon teamed up to present and review their bird research projects using a wikispace. Learn how free online... -
Classroom Beekeeping TVA Kindergarten-Grade 12"Add excitement to your classroom by opening a window to the hidden world of the honeybee. Observation beehives allow students to observe the industrious work and life cycle of the honeybee. Discover the passion and commitment needed to make your classroom... -
Discipling the Whole Student Kindergarten-Tertiary"The concept of discipleship is often misunderstood solely as something Christians do. We study the Scripture, get baptized, and tell others about Jesus. We must do these things, but we must understand that who we are as disciples is as important as what... -
Great Teaching Must Inspire Great Thinking Tertiary-LifelongThis article addresses some of the perennial issues that arise when schools attempt to teach students to think. Teaching critical and independent thinking does not appear to hinge on the controversy between the merits of teacher-centered or student-centered... -
Inquiry Teaching in Higher Education - A Critical-Thinking Context Tertiary“The purpose of this article is to explore benefits and challenges of an inquiry-based approach within the paradigm of critical thinking in higher education. We have examined the biblical roots of an inquiry approach and will define inquiry and discuss... -
JAE Editorial: An Unchanging Mission in a Changing World Kindergarten-TertiaryIn recent years, the work world has changed, and many jobs now require workers to be flexible, collaborative, and creative. Unfortunately, education often still emphasizes routine and predictability. Instead, the author argues, schools need to place students... -
Learning Portfolio TertiaryThe learning portfolio is a flexible, evidence-based tool that introduces students to a process of continuous reflection and collaborative analysis of their learning and educational project. It focuses on intentionally and collaboratively selected reflections... -
Let Me Do It and I Will Learn - Investigating Three Models of Student-Centred Learning Grade 5-Grade 12The Socratic Seminar, the Graffiti Model and the Pirozzo Matrix were trialed in high school English and history classes, and it was found that “each of these methods created discussion, involvement, cooperation and learning at many levels.” -
Multigrade Classroom at the University - The Case of the Subject of History of Architecture II Subject TertiaryIn this paper we intend to demonstrate that traditional education does not consider the person as the center of the teaching-learning process. It is focused on the fulfillment of objectives, rote learning with limited understanding, and models that have more... -
Proficiency-Based Education - Shifting from the Factory Model of Schooling Kindergarten-Grade 8As described at this 2018 NAD convention breakout session, students in student-centered schools demonstrate proficiency before moving on, rather than being placed in age-based grade levels. The handout is a starter kit list of proficiency education references... -
Student Involvement in Adventist Universities - Philosophical Issues Tertiary-LifelongRead Shawna Vyhmeister's presentation at the April 2001 International Conference on the Seventh-day Adventist Philosophy of Education, inclusive of references to the writings of Ellen G. White. -
Teacher E-Clips - Garden Habitat Preschool-Grade 10Short video-How one school created a garden habitat on their school grounds to inspire student-driven learning, creative writing, find faith applications, and observe nature. Numerous opportunities for hands-on learning and integrating faith arise spontaneously.