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Zell, Simon – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2019
Interdisciplinary teaching in STEM is often seen as a collaboration of different subjects teaching a common theme. This view undermines successful interdisciplinary approaches that can be deployed in a single class. Two examples of interdisciplinary math lessons, using pie charts and bar charts respectively, will be used to demonstrate how this…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, STEM Education, Models, Teaching Methods
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Baaken, Thomas; Kiel, Bert; Kliewe, Thorsten – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
The department of business administration of Münster University of Applied Sciences (MUAS) in Germany has a long tradition in realising practice-oriented research projects in cooperation with industry. The objective of these cooperative projects is to offer students real-life experiences and to make the theoretical know-how of university lectures…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, School Business Relationship, Marketing
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Kockmann, Norbert; Lutze, Philip; Gorak, Andrzej – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Chemical processing industry is progressively focusing their research activities and product placements in the areas of Grand Challenges (or Global Megatrends) such as mobility, energy, communication, or health care and food. Innovation in all these fields requires solving high complex problems, rapid product development as well as dealing with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Chemistry, Manufacturing Industry
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Brien, Emma O.; Hamburg, Ileana – Higher Education Studies, 2014
In order to remain successful and competitive in business today it is important that SMEs can sustain themselves by adapting to economic changes. SMEs have a distinct advantage over large companies in that they have less bureaucracy and hierarchical restrictions and can implement changes quickly. However often they are slow to change their way of…
Descriptors: Mentors, Sustainability, Small Businesses, Training Methods
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Wegner, Claas; Issak, Nicole; Tesch, Katharina; Zehne, Carolin – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
The following article presents a concept of a science club which was developed by two master's students as a part of their thesis and which has been developed and improved ever since. The extra-curricular concept emphasises pupils' individuality through focusing on problem based leaning, station learning, and mixed age groups. Having joined the…
Descriptors: Clubs, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Foreign Countries
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di Fuccia, David; Witteck, Torsten; Markic, Silvija; Eilks, Ingo – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2012
By the 1970s a fundamental shift had taken place in German science education. This was a shift away from the learning of more-or-less isolated facts and facets in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics towards a restructuring of science teaching along the general principles of the respective science domains. The changes included also the addition of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Research and Development, Scientific Principles, Problem Based Learning
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Ihsen, Susanne; Gebauer, Sabrina – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2009
Teaching engineering studies students about diversity issues as part of the curriculum in engineering programs is an essential part of preparing the students for their professional life. By teaching them what this is and what it means for their (professional) lives sensitises them towards more responsibility. The idea is to connect diversity…
Descriptors: Intergroup Education, Science and Society, Engineering Education, Professional Training
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Kriz, Willy C. – Simulation & Gaming, 2003
Creating effective learning environments plays an important role in supporting organizational learning, changing individual and social interpretation patterns of reality, developing knowledge and competencies, and changing the sociotechnical systems of organizations. This article describes gaming simulation and the design of simulation games as a…
Descriptors: Simulation, Games, Design, Educational Environment