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Foundations for Critical Thinking
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Bers, Trudy; Chun, Marc; Daly, William T.; Harrington, Christine; Tobolowsky, Barbara F. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2015
"Foundations for Critical Thinking" explores the landscape of critical-thinking skill development and pedagogy through foundational chapters and institutional case studies involving a range of students in diverse settings. By establishing a link between active learning and improved critical thinking, this resource encourages all higher…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Skill Development, Teaching Methods
Administrative Perspectives on International Partnerships
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Amey, Marilyn J. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2010
In the race to be internationally present, colleges and universities seek increasing ways to partner across boundaries. Sometimes, arrangements are loose configurations including ways in which individual student or faculty study-abroad activities have traditionally been initiated; sometimes, they are more integrally connected to core institutional…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Partnerships in Education, International Education, Educational Cooperation
Getting Started in Global Education: A Primer for Principals and Teachers.
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Taylor, Howard E., Ed. – 1997
This primer is intended for teachers and principals to help integrate global education into the school curriculum. The articles offer suggestions and rationale for inclusion of a global approach to the classroom. The table of contents offers: (1) "Introduction" (Ernest L. Boyer); (2) What is Global Education?" (M. Eugene Gilliom); (3) "Position…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Studies
The Internationalisation Cube. A Tentative Model for the Study of Organisational Designs and the Results of Internationalisation in Higher Education.
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van Dijk, Hans; Meijer, Kees – Higher Education Management, 1997
Based on results of a Dutch study concerning internationalization of higher education, a model for analyzing the internal institutional process of decision making for, organization of, and implementation of international activities is described. The model positions institutions according to three dimensions: policy (importance attached to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, College Administration, Decision Making
The Teacher Enrichment/Awareness Curriculum Hierarchy (TEACH). Model for Teacher Inservice Training and Professional Growth in American Public School Education: Rural Schools.
Peters, Richard – 1984
The Teacher Enrichment/Awareness Curriculum Hierarchy (TEACH) stresses the interactions among and interrelatedness of subject matter (content and skills), teaching methods, the organization of the classroom instructional process, and instructional materials and resources. The model presented is used to help social studies teachers use a global…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Course Content, Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach
Innovations: Issue 3, Spring 2007
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Educational Testing Service, 2007
Innovations, Educational Testing Service (ETS's) corporate magazine, provides information on educational assessment for educators, school leaders, researchers and policymakers around the world. Each issue focuses on a particular theme in assessment. This issue explores the question, "What makes a great teacher?" Articles in this issue…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Teacher Effectiveness, Periodicals, Educational Testing