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Direct linkParson, Laura, Ed.; Ozaki, C. Casey, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2022
This book focuses on research-based teaching and learning practices that promote social justice and equity in higher education. The fourth volume in a four-volume series, this book critically addresses virtual and remote classroom settings. Chapters explore contexts within and outside the classroom, including a history of online learning; research…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Justice, Equal Education, Higher Education
de Silva, Eugene, Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
While the great scientists of the past recognized a need for a multidisciplinary approach, today's schools often treat math and science as subjects separate from the rest. This not only creates a disinterest among students, but also a potential learning gap once students reach college and then graduate into the workforce. "Cases on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Education, Hands on Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textBraid, Bernice, Ed.; Long, Ada, Ed. – National Collegiate Honors Council, 2010
The decade since publication of "Place as Text: Approaches to Active Learning" has seen an explosion of interest and productivity in the field of experiential education. This monograph presents a story of an experiment and a blueprint of sorts for anyone interested in enriching an existing program or willing to experiment with pedagogy…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Student Attitudes, Active Learning, Experiential Learning
Knapp, Clifford E., Ed.; Smith, Thomas E., Ed. – Association for Experiential Education (NJ3), 2005
What do solitude experiences offer in this increasingly high-speed, technically dependent world? As this book inspiringly reveals, solo quests can provide powerful reconnection with the natural world, the true self, and the great mystery beyond. As Parker Palmer writes in "To Know as We Are Known," "Solitude calls us to confront…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Recreational Activities, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Nolan, Deborah, Ed. – 1997
Women and mathematics have been thought of as two totally separate subjects for decades. In July, 1994 a group of mathematicians from around the country gathered in Berkeley, CA for three days to discuss ways to increase the representation of women in Ph.D. programs in the mathematical sciences. The primary goal of this conference was to broaden…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Mathematics, Doctoral Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Posner, Arlene, Ed.; de Keijzer, Arne J., Ed. – 1973
This publication is intended to help secondary and college level teachers locate textbooks, curriculum units, audiovisuals, and other resources on China. The guide's contents include the following: (1) Teaching Materials on Contemporary China: A Critical Evaluation; (2) Adapting Scholarly Work to the Needs of Educators; (3) Teaching about China in…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Asian Studies, Books, Chinese
Steen, Sara J., Ed. – 1996
This guide provides descriptions of 1,810 summer and short-term academic and language study-abroad programs that range from one-week language study courses to full-summer or semester-length university programs. An introductory section provides information on the Institute of International Education (IIE), IIE publications, the use of the guide,…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Eligibility, Exchange Programs
PDF pending restorationSteen, Sara J., Ed. – 1997
This guide provides descriptions of 1,862 summer and short-term academic and language study-abroad programs that range from one-week language study courses to full-summer or semester-length university programs. An introductory section provides information on the Institute of International Education (IIE), IIE publications, the use of the guide,…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Eligibility, Exchange Programs
Newman, Judith M. – 1991
This volume examines learning, teaching, and reflective practice. It is a personal account of a summer institute held in 1989 during which 21 teachers engaged in an exploration of writing and reading. Among metaphors discussed at the institute, one of the most powerful was the notion of teaching/learning being created from a fabric of interwoven…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Steen, Sara J., Ed. – 1994
This book describes over 2,100 academic programs sponsored by U.S. and foreign universities, language schools, and a wide variety of other organizations for summer and short-term study abroad programs. Entries are based on a 1993 survey. While most programs listed are available to undergraduates, many programs are also open to precollege students,…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Housing, Credits, Eligibility
Academic Therapy Publications, Novato, CA. – 1993
This directory lists, by state, facilities and services for children, adolescents, and adults with learning disabilities. Facilities and services include summer camps, college programs, day and residential schools, diagnostic services, behavioral development services, educational therapy, consulting seminars, guidance and mental health services,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Career Counseling, Children
Ho, Kwok Keung, Ed. – New Horizons in Education, 2003
This journal, written in English and Chinese, includes the following papers: "Values for Creativity: A Study among Undergraduates in Hong Kong and Guangzhou" (Xia Dong Yue and Kok Leung); "The Present Situation of Family Education at the Turn of the Century: An Investigation in Three South-Eastern Provinces in China" (Feng…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, College School Cooperation, Discipline
Schuster, Marilyn R., Ed.; Van Dyne, Susan R., Ed. – 1985
Integration of the recent scholarship on women and minorities into the undergraduate curriculum is discussed in 18 articles. Attention is directed to case studies, theoretical issues, models for institutional change, faculty development, syllabus redesign guidelines, and a bibliography arranged by academic fields. Article titles and authors…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Biology, Black Studies, Case Studies
Brooke, Michael, Ed.; Waldron, Mark, Ed. – 1994
This book contains the following papers about the role and activities of Canada's universities in continuing education: "Introduction" (Brooke, Waldron); "Continuing Education and the Canadian Mosaic" (Selman); "Philosophical Issues in Continuing Education" (Selman); "Improving Support Services for Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Programs, College Role, Community Education
Thomas, Gail E., Ed. – 1981
The conditions and experiences of black students in higher education in the 1970s are addressed in 27 essays. The essays are categorized in terms of: history and profile; admissions and access; enrollment, academic experience, and career choice; black higher educational survival; recruitment and retention; and structural policies. Among the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Access to Education
