An Action Research Study Aimed at Designing and Implementing an Innovative Unit of Instruction Within the Context of Developing Innovative Thinking Skills Among Primary School Students
| dc.contributor.author | Dalrymple, Karen | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-02T21:02:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-11-02T21:02:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-11-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Employing an action research approach, this study investigated the effectiveness of the implementation of a unit of instruction that combined the design thinking approach and the new primary curriculum at a primary school in Trinidad and Tobago. Data were collected through the researcher’s journal, student-generated work, and observations of nine Infant-level students during the implementation of the unit. Analysis of the data revealed 10 factors that posed challenges to the implementation of innovative thinking in the classroom, including: 1) teacher training, 2) teacher confidence, 3) teacher’s belief about students’ ability, 4) postcolonial philosophy, 5) learners’ traits and 6) teacher’s misconceptions. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/41190 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Case studies | en_US |
| dc.subject | Primary school students | en_US |
| dc.subject | Primary school teachers | en_US |
| dc.subject | Action research | en_US |
| dc.subject | Primary school curriculum | en_US |
| dc.subject | Thinking skills | en_US |
| dc.subject | Instructional innovation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Instructional effectiveness | en_US |
| dc.subject | Trinidad and Tobago | en_US |
| dc.title | An Action Research Study Aimed at Designing and Implementing an Innovative Unit of Instruction Within the Context of Developing Innovative Thinking Skills Among Primary School Students | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |