The purpose of this study was to understand the effectiveness of sexuality education training on the parents in the group regarding their sex knowledge, awareness of sexuality education, attitude towards sexuality education, self-efficacy in sexuality education, communication effectiveness and communication behavior in the hope that they would be able to talk to children about sex issues. Th…
Teacher education programs must develop strategies for ensuring that teacher candidates comprehend the wide range of information literacies, demonstrate skills related to those literacies, and integrate literacies into instructional activities. The school, college, department of education (SCDE) must now address state, regional, and national standards, including NCATE 2000, that specify informa…
With the maximum use of the technology such as geographic information science (GIS), remote sensing (RS), and global positioning systems (GPSs) in geography courses, along with its integrative perspective on the social and life sciences and an emphasis on student-centered education, problem solving, and sustainable and environmental education, geography is undergoing a process of revival and re…
Our education system is one of our nation's most precious resources. It is failing to recruit and retain the brightest people in the teaching profession.
Tony Blair, in the 1997 general election campaign, famously made education his top three priorities. He was more emphatic than most, but it is every politician's top priority, and certainly every parent's. Yet there are no aspects of modern societies less well prepared for the information age economy than their education systems. While institutional details vary from country to country, includi…
This paper presents the argument that understanding new literacies requires teachers to keep re knowing amid ongoing uncertainty and change. Drawing on research undertaken about children's dynamic new ways of meaning making, an image of biodegradable knowledge is suggested to help middle years teachers navigate these rapidly changing times.