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Curriculum studies – field where researchers and educators examine how educational experiences are designed and organized to support meaningful learning •
Educational research – systematic collection and analysis of evidence and data related to various aspects of education including student learning, interaction, teaching methods, teacher training, and classroom dynamics. •
Instructional theory – study of how to design learning environments, methods, and materials in ways that facilitate learning •
Learning theory – describes how students receive, process, and retain knowledge during learning.
Pedogagical and instructional approaches •
Alternative education •
Instructional design •
Learning environment •
Learning space •
Learning community •
Learning styles •
Socialization Teaching methods Teaching method – set of principles and methods used by teachers to enable student learning. •
Collaborative learning – situation in which two or more people learn or attempt to learn something together. •
Context-based learning – use of real-life and fictitious examples in teaching environments in order to learn through the actual, practical experience with a subject •
Design-based learning – inquiry-based form of learning, or pedagogy, that is based on integration of design thinking and the design process into the classroom at the K-12 and post-secondary levels. •
Direct instruction – explicit teaching of a skill set using lectures or demonstrations of the material to students •
Evidence-based education – principle that education practices should be based on the best available scientific evidence, with randomised trials as the gold standard of evidence, rather than tradition, personal judgement, or other influences •
Experiential education – philosophy of education that describes the process that occurs between a teacher and student that infuses direct experience with the learning environment and content •
Experiential learning – process of learning through experience, and is more narrowly defined as "learning through reflection on doing" •
Homework set of tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed at home. •
Inquiry-based learning – form of active learning that starts by posing questions, problems or scenarios. •
Kinesthetic learning – learning that involves physical activity, preferring whole-body movement to process new and difficult information. •
Learning by teaching – method of teaching in which students are made to learn material and prepare lessons to teach it to the other students. •
Online learning community – public or private destination on the Internet that addresses its members' learning needs by facilitating peer-to-peer learning •
Open learning – activities that either enhance learning opportunities within formal education systems or broaden learning opportunities beyond formal education systems •
Open classroom – student-centered learning space design format, where large group of students of varying skill levels would be in a single, large classroom with several teachers overseeing them. •
Outcome-based education – educational theory that bases each part of an educational system around goals (outcomes) •
Outdoor education – organized learning that takes place in the outdoors, such as during school camping trips •
Personalized learning – efforts to tailor education to meet the different needs of students. •
Problem-based learning – teaching method in which students learn about a subject through the experience of solving an open-ended problem found in trigger material •
Problem-posing education – method of teaching that emphasizes critical thinking for the purpose of liberation, coined by Brazilian educator
Paulo Freire •
Project-based learning – teaching method that involves a dynamic classroom approach in which it is believed that students acquire a deeper knowledge through active exploration of real-world challenges and problems •
Service-learning – educational approach that uses community service to meet both classroom learning objectives and societal needs •
Slow education – adaptive and non-standards based approaches to teaching •
Single-sex education – practice of conducting education with male and female students attending separate classes, buildings or schools •
Student-centred learning – methods of teaching that shift the focus of instruction from the teacher to the student, aiming to develop learner autonomy and independence •
Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (Bloom's Taxonomy) – framework for categorizing educational goals, developed by a committee of educators chaired by
Benjamin Bloom in 1956
Educational materials, tools and technologies •
Curriculum •
Educational technology (the use of electronic educational technology is also called e-learning) •
Educational animation •
Educational robotics •
Outline of open educational resources •
Instructional materials •
Lesson plan •
Textbook == Types of educational goals and outcomes ==