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Ngo, Truc Thanh; Chase, Bradley – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: Environmental sustainability and social contexts are becoming increasingly important concepts. The infusion of sustainability and humanitarian engineering (HE) into the academic core curriculum is often challenging. This study aims to provide an understanding of students' perceptions and attitudes toward the incorporation of active…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Projects, Active Learning, Sustainability
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Crisp, Gloria; Carales, Vincent; Walls, Carey; Cassill, Aaron – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2018
The aims of our current study were to (1) explore how community college science and mathematics majors made meaning of their experiences with mentor teachers as part of an early field experience and (2) understand the ways students' experiences with mentors influenced their interest in teaching. Using interviews and written reflection activities,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Majors (Students), Student Experience
Dykas, Matthew J.; Valentino, David W. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2016
This study examined the factors that contribute to students' success in conducting geological field work. Undergraduate students (n = 49; 51% female; mean age = 22 y) who were enrolled in the 5-wk State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego) geology field program volunteered to participate in this study. At the beginning of the field…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Students, College Science
Freeland, Kent – 1978
The findings of a survey questionnaire given to student teachers at the University of Iowa are presented. The most notable conclusions from this study are: (1) motivating disinterested students, handling disciplinary problems, and evaluating pupil progress were the sources of greatest concern during the student teaching experience; (2) students…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Discipline Problems, Elementary Education, Field Experience Programs