Available research is helpful to list a wide variety of factors influencing ICT adoption and integration in classroom teaching. But, existing studies hardly center on the combined impact of these variables. In addition, little research is available set up in the Chinese context. The latter is important given the rather limited extent ICT is currently being used in China and given the different ...

1 " We have not yet seen what man can make of man. " – B. F. Skinner, Beyond Freedom & Dignity INTRODUCTION Cognitive learning theories, no matter how perfectly realized in classroom instructional design, have been of little effect when students' interests were not addressed. Without curiosity, an impenetrable wall existed between the student and teacher that was only breached with the strictes...

Teacher ownership is crucial for the sustainability of science education reform efforts. This paper discusses participatory design as a bottom-up approach for promoting teachers’ sense of ownership of inquiry-based learning and teaching approach as put forward by the PROFILES project. According to the prevalent argument in favor of participatory design, this approach leads to designs that are e...

BACKGROUND The physical activity (PA) levels of many children and adolescents in Australia are currently insufficient to promote health benefits. Physical education (PE) programs aim to promote PA and reach nearly all school-aged children, but PA levels within PE lessons are often low. PE teachers may influence children's motivation to be physically active in PE lessons, but little is known abo...