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Christopher S. Fowler – Geography Teacher, 2024
Gerrymandering, or more broadly legislative redistricting, is almost unique as a focus of geographic inquiry in that a typical young adult will (a) know what it is, (b) recognize it as geography, and (c) think it is important. These qualities make redistricting an excellent choice for drawing students into the discipline of geography while…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, School District Reorganization, High School Seniors, Secondary School Curriculum
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David Lewin – Ethics and Education, 2025
This paper develops work undertaken by the "After Religious Education" project which seeks to reimagine Religious Education in schools for a context in which both religious and non-religious worldviews are taken seriously. One of the longstanding challenges for RE teachers in schools in England has been how to reconcile the broad range…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Educational Objectives, Spiritual Development
Project Tomorrow, 2024
In the 2023-24 Speak Up Research facilitated by Project Tomorrow®, 75% of high school students and 66% of middle school students say their principal use of technology in class is to complete an online quiz or assessment. While online testing provides many benefits to educators and schools in terms of efficiency and potentially greater access to…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Technology Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
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Joseph L. Donaldson; Wendy Warner; Jacklyn Bruce; Joy Morgan; Harriett Coleman Edwards; Rose Vaughan – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2022
This paper reports on a three-year initiative to enhance the undergraduate Extension Education minor at a state land-grant university. Specific initiatives to improve the undergraduate Extension Education minor curriculum involved (a) revising the Extension Education minor due to varied curriculum and faculty changes and (b) aligning eight…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Land Grant Universities, Undergraduate Students, Instructional Development
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Duckett, Ian – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2021
Brian Simon (1981) argued that the English education system had failed to develop pedagogy because of social class division. This has been enhanced by the failure to address parity of esteem issues between the academic and the vocational curriculum, which makes the absence of a real pedagogy in Further Education (FE) and alternative provision (AP)…
Descriptors: Social Class, Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement, Intervention
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Khan, Mohammad Ayub; Law, Laurie Smith – International Education Studies, 2015
The role of curriculum in higher education is sine quo non for the provision of quality and relevant educational programs and services to the current and potential learners in the USA and elsewhere in the world. Regardless of sizes, types or origins, curriculum is considered the heart and soul of all educational institutions. Curriculum is crucial…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Integrated Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Instructional Development
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Young, William; Allen, Linda; Warfield, Kimberly – Alabama Journal of Educational Leadership, 2016
Colleges and universities are looking for creative ways to increase student enrollment while providing flexible course offerings and maintaining adequate fiscal stewardship. This review of selected literature advocates for the use of online instruction in higher education in order to address, with instructional fidelity, the learning preferences…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Models, College Programs, Online Courses
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Tan, Aik-Ling; Leong, Woon Foong – Theory Into Practice, 2014
Specialized science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) schools create niche areas in an attempt to attract the best students, establish the school status, and justify their privilege to valuable resources. One Singapore STEM school does this in applied science learning to differentiate its curriculum from the national prescribed…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), STEM Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
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Marquita Hockaday – William & Mary Educational Review, 2015
The demographics in America's K-12 classrooms will continue to shift throughout the 21st century as students become more diverse. However, educators remain predominantly White, presenting issues of cultural disequilibrium. Cultural disequilibrium may result in frustration and a breakdown in the classroom, leading to a lack of achievement amongst…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Culturally Relevant Education
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Steketee, Carole – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2015
During early accreditation visits by the Australian Medical Council (AMC), staff in the School of Medicine (SoM) were asked to demonstrate how and when AMC student outcome statements were being integrated into the MBBS course. As a result, the School Executive committed to developing a curriculum mapping system (CMS) that could systematically…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Accreditation (Institutions), Professional Associations, Outcome Based Education
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Earls Larrison, Tara; Korr, Wynne S. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2013
This article contributes to discourse on signature pedagogy by reconceptualizing how our pedagogies are understood and defined for social work education. We critique the view that field education is social work's signature pedagogy and consider what pedagogies are distinct about the teaching and learning of social work. Using Shulman's…
Descriptors: Social Work, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Learning Strategies
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Barsoum, Mark J.; Sellers, Patrick J.; Campbell, A. Malcolm; Heyer, Laurie J.; Paradise, Christopher J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
We redesigned the undergraduate introductory biology course by writing a new textbook ("Integrating Concepts in Biology" ["ICB"]) that follows first principles of learning. Our approach emphasizes primary data interpretation and the utility of mathematics in biology, while de-emphasizing memorization. This redesign divides biology into five big…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Data Interpretation, Textbooks
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Davidovitch, Nitza; Yavich, Roman; Keller, Nelly – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2014
In the process of experiential learning, students acquire skills and values as the consequence of a direct experience. Experiential learning draws on senses, emotions, and cognition and appeals to learners' entire being. Such learning, by nature, enables the development of a variety of capabilities, such as planning, teamwork, coping with…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Lesson Plans, Instructional Design, Curriculum Development
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Phelps, Christine M.; Spitzer, Sandy M. – Teacher Educator, 2012
Researchers have advocated building a knowledge base for teacher education based on practitioner knowledge. In this article, the authors, two teacher educators, present knowledge gained from their systematic study of two lessons to help prospective teachers learn to study teaching. They offer a detailed look at the lessons' successes and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teacher Education Programs
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Knight, Sue; Collins, Carol – Theory and Research in Education, 2010
In this article we argue for the necessity of far-reaching change in school curricula and pedagogy. More particularly, we argue that developing students' understanding and engagement in the disciplines which make up the school curriculum requires an unearthing of the philosophical issues underlying science, mathematics, the arts, geography,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Development, Curriculum Development, Ethics
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