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Renato B. Rodrigues; Jillian Seniuk Cicek – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2024
Sociotechnical thinking (STT) has recently emerged in response to technical-social dualism. It is defined as the ability to identify, address, and respond to both social and technical dimensions of engineering. As the number of publications on STT increases, so does the need to map the literature. This paper provides a scoping literature review of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Social Problems
Oya Aglarci Özdemir; Ferah Özer Aker; Cigdem Han-Tosunoglu – Journal of Biological Education, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the most controversial issues in recent years. The pandemic's impact on argumentation skills, crucial for science teachers, needs exploration to understand its effects on how they evaluate evidence and engage in discussions. This study investigated how biology pre-service teachers' (PSTs) argumentation…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Persuasive Discourse, Preservice Teachers
Linda Oktaviani; Ullu Yandi Aulia; Mukhamad Murdiono; Suharno Suharno – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2024
This study aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the implementation of Pancasila learning with the goal of improving critical thinking skills through the application of the six thinking hats model. The research adopts a descriptive approach utilizing qualitative methods. The study was conducted at the Faculty of Engineering, Universitas…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Skill Development, Active Learning
Geetika Jaiswal; Elizabeth Newcomb Hopfer; Devona L. Dixon – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to promote sustainability-based education in fashion design and merchandising program to enhance students' knowledge, skills and attitude about sustainability development, organizational responsibility and personal responsibility from the cotton industry perspective. Design/methodology/approach: To conduct this study,…
Descriptors: Clothing, Textiles Instruction, Sustainability, Clothing Instruction
Ada Haynes; Jacob Kelley; Andrea Arce-Trigatti – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2024
The purpose of this article is to contribute to the scholarship of teaching and learning in sociology by examining a set of course redesign improvements made in a Social Problems course at the undergraduate level. These improvements center on increasing students' critical thinking skills by integrating research-based, innovation-driven learning…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Social Problems, Teaching Methods, Tests
María del Mar López-Fernández; Francisco González-García; Antonio Joaqui´n Franco-Mariscal – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Socio-scientific issues demonstrate the relationship between science, technology, and society by considering currently unresolved questions. The problem of plastics and their pollution is just one example with important implications for the planet. The aim of this paper is to revisit socio-scientific issues and see them as a way of developing…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Citizen Participation
Nuhoglu, Hasret – Participatory Educational Research, 2020
The main goal of this research is to study the effect of modelling with system dynamics on learning. Specifically, this research studies if using inductive or deductive learning methods applied during modelling with system dynamics has any effect on problem solving skills of students. This research has three other goals: Firstly, the successful…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Teaching Methods, Science Education, Conservation (Environment)
Hägg, Gustav; Schölin, Tobias – Education & Training, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the foundation of higher education policies that have promoted entrepreneurship in Sweden since the mid-1990s. Design/methodology/approach: To do this, the authors use Bacchi's (1999) "What's the problem?" approach. A central assumption of which is that perceptions of a…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Sahingöz, Selçuk – Review of International Geographical Education, 2021
Today, individuals need a solid understanding of how earth as a system works in order to understand and develop solutions for science-based issues affecting societies on a global scale such as natural disasters, global warming or COVID-19 pandemic. Humans also deliberate space investigations, such as interplanetary travels and life in space.…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Earth Science, Problem Solving, Skill Development
Blignaut, Seugnet; Ravyse, Werner S. – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2018
The authors systematically searched the internet for information on African Digital Games (ADGs). They then applied a lens of serious games where they defined serious games created to have an impact on the target audience, which is beyond the pure entertainment aspect. They found a wide variety of ADGs and grouped them according to two broad main…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Games, Internet, Cultural Influences
Marsh, Monica Miller; Kenyon, Elizabeth A.; Cardy, Terri; West, Erin M. – Democracy & Education, 2020
This paper shares a participatory action research study conducted by a team of researchers at a university laboratory school in collaboration with three classroom teachers and 60 preschoolers. The team engaged in this research in order to examine the ways in which school personnel could generate more authentic community service experiences with,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Service Learning
Jacob, Anupama; Tauati, Amy; Brown, Alexis – Journal of Social Work Education, 2020
Homelessness remains a persistent problem in the United States, calling for continuing engagement to address this issue across the micro-macro social work practice continuum. Social work educators have an imperative to expose the next generation of practitioners to this complex social issue and provide opportunities for students to develop…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Social Problems, Problem Solving, Service Learning
Güven, Z. Zuhal – Online Submission, 2020
Higher education institutions need to integrate lifelong learning skills into their education objectives to prepare students for learning at university and working in business world. This study was conducted to investigate how project-based learning could help university students to acquire lifelong learning skills. The research was designed as a…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, College Freshmen, Young Adults, Student Attitudes
Sales de Aguiar, Thereza R.; Paterson, Audrey S. – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
This study contributes to the debate on sustainability in higher education through a project conducted in a single Scottish university that incorporated sustainability into undergraduate accounting education through the application of a real-world problem in the form of a social and environmental report. Data from study participants were collected…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Higher Education, Undergraduate Study, Accounting
Talavera, Gabriela Flores – Journal of Educational Issues, 2019
Descriptive Pre-Post study with a single group intervention assesses the impact of the Harmony-meter as a global strategy of intervention to reduce violent behavior in school, improve the harmonic coexistence rates and promote the development of the socio-emotional skills of the members of a school community. The hypothesis is checked. It's based…
Descriptors: Bullying, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Violence

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