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Toward a Productive and Creative Curriculum in Architecture
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Wang, Tsungjuang – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2009
A model of curriculum development that enables students of architecture in the developing nation of Taiwan to draw on their own life experiences in formulating their own architectural education is proposed. Such an ideology recognizes that while education certainly includes the acquisition of the technical skills needed to ply one's trade, its…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Architectural Education, Architecture
Literature as an Organic Language Learning Tool
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Marek, Michael; Wu, Pin-hsiang Natalie – Online Submission, 2011
This is a conceptual paper, based on several semesters of collaboration in which the American author interacted with students in the Taiwanese author's EFL classes in Taiwan. The best native language users are typically those who read extensively, especially reading for pleasure in their youth. This gives them a large vocabulary and an intuitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
The Development of a Questionnaire To Describe Science Teacher Communication Behavior in Taiwan and Australia.
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She, Hsiao-Ching; Fisher, Darrell – Science Education, 2000
Describes the development and validation of a questionnaire, the Teacher Communication Behavior Questionnaire (TCBQ), that assesses student perceptions of five important teacher behaviors: (1) Challenging; (2) Encouragement and Praise; (3) Non-Verbal Support; (4) Understanding and Friendly; and (5) Controlling. (Contains 49 references.)…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Cultural Connections: A Model for Eliminating Boundaries and Crossing Borders.
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Cifuentes, Lauren; Murphy, Karen L. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2000
Explains Cultural Connections, a model for implementing constructivist, intercultural distance learning partnerships. Highlights include a theoretical framework; social constructivist pedagogy; intercultural communication; telecommunications; Web pages; and examples of a middle school partnership in Texas, a fourth-grade connection between Texas…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Distance Education, Educational Cooperation, Foreign Countries
MUD for Learning: Classification and Instruction
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Hsieh, Chung-Hsiang; Sun, Chuen-Tsai – International Journal of Instructional Media, 2006
From a constructivist point of view, the importance of MUDs (Multiple User Dungeons) in education is justified based on their community-forming, learning, and role-playing functions. The authors propose a typology for educational MUDs and discuss their individual instructional approaches in order to measure MUD potential in ten-os of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Figurative Language, Classification
When Western Technology Meets Oriental Culture: Use of Computer-Mediated Communication in a Higher Education Classroom.
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Tyan, Nay-ching Nancy; Hong, Frank Min-chow – 1998
A computer-mediated communication (CMC) device, Virtual Classroom & Virtual Corporation System (VICTORY) was developed and integrated into a Taiwan higher education classroom with the aim of providing a constructive learning environment where high-quality instructional interactions and true collaboration existed among learners. Individual…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning