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Bernstein, Jeffrey L.; Abad, Andrew P.; Bower, Benjamin C.; Box, Sara E.; Huckestein, Hailey L.; Mikulic, Steven M.; Walsh, Brian F. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2016
We discuss how a professor worked with six students to design and implement a complex teaching strategy for a course, and used the students' assistance to create a sustainable model for future iterations of the course.
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Groups, Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods
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McNertney, Edward; Ferrandino, Blaise – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2010
The initiative to revise Texas Christian University's (TCU) general education curriculum was one of the outcomes of an institutional strategic planning process in 2000, the Commission on the Future of TCU. Coincident with this planning process, TCU developed a new institutional mission statement that focused on preparing students for becoming…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, General Education
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Reich, Jill; Head, Judy – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2010
A college education has never been so necessary, or so expensive. It is incumbent upon us, the educators, to do it the best we can. The products of our work are not the buildings on our campuses but our students who go out into this complicated and exciting world to serve as its leaders, its citizens, and its workers. The Bates College general…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, College Curriculum, General Education, Undergraduate Study
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Michaelsen, Larry K.; Sweet, Michael – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2008
Team-based learning (TBL) may rely on small group interaction more heavily than any other commonly used instructional strategy in postsecondary education. This conclusion is based on three facts: (1) Group work with TBL is central to exposing students to and improving their ability to apply course content; (2) Majority of class time with TBL is…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Cooperative Learning, Course Content, Group Dynamics