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Howlett, Cathy; Ferreira, Jo-Anne; Blomfield, Jessica – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to argue that substantive changes are required in both curricula and pedagogical practice in higher education institutions to challenge dominant epistemologies and discourses and to unsettle current ways of thinking about, and acting in relation to, the environment. Central to such a shift, it is argued, is the need for…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods, Transformative Learning, Sustainable Development
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Padgett, Ryan D.; Kilgo, Cindy A. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2012
In 2011, the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition revisited its 1999 National Survey of Senior Seminars and Capstone Courses to explore the current state of culminating experiences in American higher education. Drawn from a sample of public and private colleges and universities across the country, the…
Descriptors: National Surveys, College Seniors, Curriculum, Student Experience
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Butts, W. L. – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1970
Descriptors: Chemistry, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Curriculum
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Ravin, Mark B.; Modell, James H. – Journal of Medical Education, 1972
Describes a course designed to provide the student with the necessary motor skills and attitudes to treat the actely ill. (HS)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Evaluation, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
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Levy, Jeffrey; Burton, Gregory; Mickler, Susan; Vigorito, Michael – Teaching of Psychology, 1999
Describes a matrix that depicts the relationships between desired perspectives, skills, knowledge, and attitudes and an undergraduate psychology curriculum. Expounds that the curriculum matrix is a useful tool for representing the coverage of specific material in the individual courses offered within the overall curriculum. Provides a blank…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Evaluation, Curriculum, Educational Objectives
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Villar, Luis M.; Alegre, Olga M. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2008
Online education is used for a variety of purposes in higher education. Two such purposes are improving one's performance over time and understanding one's professional development in the context of online teaching and learning. Relying on data from online staff development courses delivered in five Spanish universities, this article explores…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Quality Control, Faculty Development, College Faculty
Buchmann, Margret; Schmidt, William H. – 1981
Judgments on content emphasis reflect on the commitments that teachers have to course content, their attitudes toward teaching certain areas of the curriculum, and teacher's assessment of their own competence in teaching these areas. Three questions were considered: (1) What relationship, if any, is there between an internal factor and the actual…
Descriptors: Competence, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Curriculum
Thomas, John W.; Coan, Donald L. – 1978
The paper reports the results of a field test of a future studies program for students in grades eight through ten. The first section reviews the small amount of research that has been done in the area of future studies instruction. The program which was evaluated in this study is a teacher-led instructional program containing 42 to 70 class…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Course Content, Course Evaluation