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Gagné, Philippe; Dumont, Laurence; Brunet, Sabine; Boucher, Geneviève – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2013
In this paper, we present a step-by-step guide to implement a curricular alignment project, directed at professional development and student support, and developed in a higher education French as a second language department. We outline best practices and preliminary results from our experience and provide ways to adapt our experience to other…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation
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Lee, Virginia S. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2012
Inquiry-guided learning (IGL) has widespread appeal in higher education as a suite of teaching strategies that promotes learning through students' increasingly independent investigation of questions, problems, and issues using the methods of inquiry of the disciplines. Framed as especially appropriate for research universities, IGL has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inquiry, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation
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Kelly, Deirdre M.; Brandes, Gabriella Minnes – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2010
This article analyzes a social-justice teacher education project in a larger teacher education program in Western Canada. This program-within-a-program took an anti-oppressive education approach designed to help teacher candidates to understand and challenge various forms of inequity and their interconnections. We review the social justice project…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Teacher Education Curriculum, Beginning Teachers
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Scoboria, Alan; Sirois, Fuschia M.; Pascual-Leone, Antonio – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2009
In this paper, we describe our experience with a recently devised teaching method termed interteaching (Boyce & Hineline, 2002). This educational approach provides a rich rehearsal of material, and emphasizes student engagement, peer discussion, and student/instructor interaction. We describe the method, provide pragmatic tips for…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Motivation, Motivation Techniques, Teaching Methods
Aucoin, P. J. – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2011
Over the past three decades, environmental issues have been on the global forefront and continue to affect people's daily lives. Although the need for environmental attention is at an all-time high, outdoor and environmental education (OEE) plays an insufficient role in school systems. As technology continues to contribute to advancements in every…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Place Based Education, Outdoor Education, Environmental Education
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Jubien, Peggy – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2008
This article provides an overview of problem-based learning (PBL) in Canadian undergraduate medical education and continuing medical education (CME) programs. The CME field in Canada is described, and the major professional associations that require physicians to take annual courses and programs are noted. A brief history of PBL in undergraduate…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Physicians, Problem Based Learning, Professional Associations
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McAuley, Alexander – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2009
The report on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1996), the Kelowna Accord announced in 2005 (five-billion dollars) followed by its demise in 2006, and the settlement in 2006 for Aboriginal survivors of residential schools (1.9 billion dollars), are but some of the recent high-profile indicators of the challenges to Canada in dealing with…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Eskimo Aleut Languages
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Kreuger, Elizabeth – Ontario Action Researcher, 2005
In the fall of 2003, the Eastern Townships School Board grades 5 & 6 teachers were faced with implementing a one-to-one laptop initiative, a new provincial curriculum, a balanced literacy framework and a language initiative whereby the students would receive more of their instruction time in a second language. To guard against Initiative…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Consultation Programs, Integrated Curriculum, Curriculum Design