Transboundary challenges such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, energy transformation and the Covid-19 pandemic put vast pressures on generating solutions. They also call for updated teaching providing the required capabilities for international business (IB) and -entrepreneurship (IE) students. This paper presents a teaching initiative…

This study examines student discussion fora in a Master's programme. Previous student evaluations of the course highlighted the students' dissatisfaction with the technology chosen for communication and recommended the use of Facebook instead. In this article, we raise the following question: 'How do various digital discussion fora engage students…

A course at the University of Minnesota entitled "Perspectives on Computers and Society" explores the social significance of computers. Topics covered include public perceptions of computers, biological and artificial information processing, the economics and technology of hardware, computer networks and software, data banks and the…

This article describes a college course concerned with contemporary issues influencing families. Changing role relationships, new attitudes about contraception and abortion, violence within families, and divorce are among the contemporary changes in attitudes and practices in families. Conclusions reached about the importance of such courses are…

A 2-semester hour, no-prerequisite class open to any non-pharmacy major in the university is offered by the Washington State University College of Pharmacy. Course goals, topic outline, results of 1973-74 student course evaluations (mostly positive), and the university course evaluation form are included. (JT)

This paper describes the use of computer-based lessons as an adjunct to classroom teaching for a course in social policy, and shows how the computer was used to meet the common problems of such a course. Lesson content is summarized and the impact on students reviewed. (Author/LBH)

Describes and evaluates a seminar course taught jointly between Stanford University and Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology using video-conferencing over the Internet. The need to address social issues in addition to technological issues is discussed, and participant evaluations are reported. (Author/LRW)

The University of North Carolina's Electrical Engineering Department developed and delivered a course for undergraduate engineering students. The course integrated technical, social, and ethical perspectives on problems and issues faced in the world of practicing engineers. It achieved this integration by making use of professors in engineering,…

Discusses theoretical and practical problems arising from an educational and political commitment to challenging racism through geography teaching. Focuses on student reactions to the anti-racist approach by reviewing the findings of an evaluation of a course taught at University College London. Provides teaching strategies for using this…

The undergraduate course evaluated in this Research Report was viewed as experimental because it synthesized two collegiate educational concepts: 1) multidisciplinary context and 2) an accompanying multidisciplinary teaching staff. The objective of the course was to study the complex relationship which exists between race, education and poverty,…

One of a series of resources for teaching sociology at the postsecondary level, this volume discusses the background, problems, and course format for an introductory course on war as a social problem. Material is divided into seven sections. Section 1 provides an introduction to the course. Section 2 contains the instructor's personal background…

This paper describes an undergraduate course for non-education majors which emphasizes rational decision making as advocated by John Dewey. The course, offered in 1976 by the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, had three instructional goals. These were to (1) provide students an opportunity to learn about…

The guide outlines units of study for grade 9 in political science and economics. The major objective of the curriculum is to help the student become a useful citizen and develop the thinking process in solving the many problems of society. Students are presented with information through the use of readings, some of which are from primary sources,…