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Toohey, Susan – 1999
This guide is intended for teachers who want to learn more about educational design of college courses. Chapter 1 identifies various pressures for change in designing courses and urges creation of conditions that foster deep learning. Chapter 2 examines various models of the course design process. Chapter 3 discusses beliefs, values and ideologies…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Smithers, Alan G. – 1976
The idea of organizing courses on the "sandwich principle" of alternate periods of academic study and industrial training is described. Results of a longitudinal study conducted at the University of Bradford are provided throughout the report. Following background information on the sandwich principle, students' reaction to sandwich…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Biology, Career Choice, Course Organization
Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn. – 1990
Prepared by teachers for teachers, this practical classroom guide offers a process of monitoring language development and planning for development within a whole language framework, supported by a compendium of appropriate practice to be drawn on when needed. The guide (1) emphasizes the interdependence of reading, writing, talking, and listening;…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Course Organization, Foreign Countries
Hay, Michael – 1973
Drawing upon direct teaching-administrative experiences at the City Literary Institute (London), one of the largest centers of "non-vocational" language study, the author has developed practical guidelines for teaching beginning language courses to adults. An introductory chapter reflects the adult learning scene in Britain as well as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
London Univ. (England). Inst. of Education. – 1976
Intended for inexperienced teachers in higher education to be used in conjunction with a staff training program, information is presented on: teaching and learning principles; teaching methods; tutoring, counseling and student problems; student assessment; behavioral objectives; designing a course; and evaluation of teaching. Focus is on teaching…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Organization, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Counseling
Snow, Don – 1996
The guide is designed to orient volunteers teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) overseas to the experience of teaching in this context and the processes of preparing for teaching and addressing classroom issues. An introductory chapter looks at the typical volunteer teaching environment and previews the guide's content. Chapters 1-6 focus…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Classroom Techniques, Course Descriptions, Course Organization
