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Action learning. Action Learning is an approach to problem solving that involves taking action and reflecting upon the results. This method is purported to help improve the problem-solving process and simplify the solutions developed as a result. [1][2] The theory of Action Learning and its epistemological position were originally developed by ...
Organization development (OD) is the study and implementation of practices, systems, and techniques that affect organizational change. The goal of which is to modify a group's/organization's performance and/or culture. The organizational changes are typically initiated by the group's stakeholders. OD emerged from human relations studies in the ...
The scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL or SoTL) is often defined as systematic inquiry into student learning which advances the practice of teaching in higher education by making inquiry findings public. [ 1 ] Building on this definition, Peter Felten identified 5 principles for good practice in SOTL: (1) inquiry focused on student ...
Mathematics education. In contemporary education, mathematics education —known in Europe as the didactics or pedagogy of mathematics —is the practice of teaching, learning, and carrying out scholarly research into the transfer of mathematical knowledge.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), [1] was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. The decision partially overruled the Court's 1896 decision Plessy v.
the definition of what is "easy" expands as information technology progresses, and; the work that lies beyond "easy" may require greater brainpower than most people have. This second view is supported by many modern advocates of the possibility of long-term, systemic technological unemployment.
The United States Department of Education is a cabinet-level department of the United States government.It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services by the Department of Education Organization Act, which President Jimmy Carter signed into ...
Literacy is the ability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was understood solely as alphabetical literacy (word and letter recognition); and the period after 1950, when literacy slowly began to be considered as a wider concept and process, including the social and cultural ...