Assessment of student learning at the United States Military Academy (USMA) is a relatively new process. The USMA faces an additional challenge, as many of its instructors and professors are active-duty military officers who rotate through two- to three-year teaching assignments before transitioning back to the Army. To address this challenge, the…

We are living in an era where reality, truth, and facts are being turned upside down and inside out. Fake news and falsehoods are being spewed out in increasing exponential rates. I was prompted to do something about the propensity of fake news through post-truth discourse and designed an undergraduate course that I titled: Bullshit, Fake News,…

Extant research has demonstrated a positive effect of ethics education in public affairs and administration programs, yet the same suggests the lack of a unifying framework for teaching ethics in the discipline. Since the ratification of the 2013 revised ASPA Code of Ethics, scholars have called for NASPAA programs to incorporate the Code in their…

Diversity, cultural competency, and global awareness are three broad and mutually reinforcing conceptual themes in the literature of American public affairs education that are rarely implicitly interconnected. A primary challenge has concerned how to teach these themes, either separately or in unison, when designing courses and curricula to…

Mission HydroSci is a game-based 3D virtual environment for enacting transformational role-playing for middle school science students. Student-players will be engaged in a narrative about needing to investigate water resources and use scientific argumentation to complete missions critical to the survival and accomplishments of the members of their…

This study aimed to evaluate the Public Relations and Publicity associate degree distance program available to students through Open Education Faculty at Anadolu University, Turkey. The study used Erden's (1998) component-oriented model and a convergent mixed methods design employing an online questionnaire form. The study population included…

Existing research and practice in software development environments shows no clear consensus on the most appropriate development tools to use; these may range from simple text editors through teaching-oriented examples to full commercial integrated development environments (IDEs). This study addresses this gap by examining student perceptions of…

As is known, writing is an indispensable part of language education. As far as English Language Teaching Departments are concerned, writing courses, especially Advanced Writing Skills, are taken as a course of higher importance. However, forming a syllabus for Advanced Writing Course for English Language Teaching Departments is not an easy matter.…

This article presents an overview of adult learning theory and summarizes recommended considerations including congruence between learner's goals and those of the educational experience; a clear articulation of program objectives so that this fit may be assessed; soliciting learner input in planning and implementation; and making information…

Contends that aims and goals of many language courses lack the precision needed for effective teaching and evaluation and that there is a need to write precise statements of objectives in terms of pupils' learning rather than in terms of teachers' activities. Suggests how to write learning objectives. (SED)

Discusses a study which determined that learner and course goal congruence are necessary variables of successful courses. In selecting course goals, learner goals must be identified and considered if the program is to be effective. (JOW)

After deciding which criteria a capstone course in a speech communication department should meet, faculty at West Texas A&M University decided to designate SCOM 401, Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism, as the capstone course. It is offered fall semester every year for juniors or seniors, and students are required to present their final…

The social studies core curriculum presented in this guide represents those standards of learning that are essential for all grade 7-12 students in the state of Utah. For each secondary social studies course, core standards are established, as well as the objectives that should be used to meet the standards. The following courses are covered for…

This curriculum outline is a compilation of student learning objectives for modules 1-14 of the military-developed basic electricity and electronics course. The course is one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instructional and curriculum development in civilian settings. For each module,…

This curriculum outline is a compilation of student learning objectives for modules 15-25 of the military-developed basic electricity and electronics course. The course is one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instructional and curriculum development in civilian settings. For each module,…