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Direct linkMohamad Saadeghvaziri; Marzieh Eskandari; Mathew Bandelt – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2025
Transitioning from K-12 to college poses significant challenges due to the shift from guided learning to self-directed engagement. Traditional pedagogies such as inquiry-based learning and flipped classrooms have not fully resolved issues like poor retention and low graduation rates in STEM fields, which are critical for economic growth and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Flexible Scheduling
Download full textGuajardo-Cuéllar, Alejandro; Vázquez, Carlos Renato; Navarro Gutiérrez, Manuel – Education Sciences, 2022
Design of Mechanism is a standard subject in Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering majors. Different methods and tools are used by lecturers to teach the subject. In this work, we investigate the impact on the competencies development by implementing a project-based learning methodology in a mechanism course. For this, we analyze the performance…
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Education, Mechanics (Physics), Student Projects
Lebid, ?ndrii E.; Shevchenko, Natal'ya A. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2020
This paper outlines some of the key changes to cultivating relevant capabilities, skills, and competencies that are expected of university graduates today. Transformation processes in this area are calling for the creation of a relevant system of workforce education and training, with a focus on optimizing the conditions for combining work and…
Descriptors: Design, Skill Development, Thinking Skills, Active Learning
Azeneth Patiño; María Soledad Ramírez-Montoya; Gerardo Ibarra-Vazquez – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2023
Complex thinking is a desired competency in 21st-century university students, so technology-based teaching and learning strategies must be carefully considered when training them in complex reasoning skills. This systematic review aims to map research on the use of teaching and learning strategies supported by technology to enhance complex…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education, Thinking Skills
Bertel, Lykke Brogaard; Askehave, Inger; Brohus, Henrik; Geil, Olav; Kolmos, Anette; Ovesen, Nis; Stoustrup, Jakob – Advances in Engineering Education, 2021
Since its establishment in 1974, Aalborg University has aimed to deliver cutting-edge research and innovative practices in engineering education. However, increasing complexity related to rapid developments in digitalization and emerging societal challenges offer new opportunities, requirements, and expectations across disciplines for educational…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Problem Based Learning, Student Projects, Active Learning
Debs, Luciana; Miller, Kurtis D.; Ashby, Iryna; Exter, Marisa – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2019
Background: A growing number of educators have started exploring student-centered approaches to improve students' learning and satisfaction with courses and programs. While prior research shows a positive impact of such strategies on student learning, further exploration of the perceptions of traditional, lecture-based and other more inquiry-based…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Educational Innovation, Conventional Instruction
Hero, Laura-Maija; Lindfors, Eila – Education & Training, 2019
Purpose: Collaboration between universities and industry is increasingly perceived as a vehicle to enhance innovation. Educational institutions are encouraged to build partnerships and multidisciplinary projects based around real-world open problems. Projects need to benefit student learning, not only the organisations looking for innovations. The…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Interdisciplinary Approach, Technology, Student Attitudes
Kapanadze, Marika; Eilks, Ingo – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
After the collapse of the former Soviet Union, many Central and Eastern European countries underwent significant change in their political and educational systems, among them Georgia and Moldova. Reforms in education sought to overcome the highly centralized educational system of the former Soviet Union as well as to conquer the teacher-centred…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Educational Change, Active Learning
Chamberlain, Susanna – Higher Education Studies, 2013
Creating an innovative suite of courses within the Bachelor of Arts has required the development of a complex pedagogy, particularly when the needs of the context require an interdisciplinary approach. This paper, which utilises reflection on practice as its methodology, explores the Social Enterprise core stream which has been a significant…
Descriptors: Humanities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Reflection, Educational Practices
Exploring Teachers' Views on Learning and Teaching in the Context of a Trans-Disciplinary Curriculum
Levin, Tamar; Nevo, Yael – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2009
This longitudinal case study of a single school examines changes in the educational beliefs of 10 elementary-school teachers who experienced a constructivist-based trans-disciplinary curriculum (CTC). After 3 years of experiencing a CTC, which emerges through theme-oriented and project-based learning, teachers' educational beliefs had changed to…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Teacher Attitudes, Interdisciplinary Approach, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedHertzog, Nancy B. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1997
Uses the case study of a new private school to investigate the implementation of a curriculum designed to incorporate project-oriented, problem-based learning, and a constructivist approach to challenge gifted learners. Discusses the origins of the school, influencing factors, and implications for initiating similar efforts. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Active Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Critical Thinking
Chambers, Jack A., Ed. – 1993
This collection of 18 papers covers four broad areas of teaching and learning in higher education: innovative college teaching/learning strategies; effective classroom research/assessment activities; advanced classroom technology; and developing teaching and learning centers. Titles include: (1) "Changing Teaching Styles When Technology Becomes…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Art Education, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
