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Lewis, Karron G. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2010
Improving teaching and learning in higher education became an important international endeavor in the 1960s and 1970s, corresponding to an influx of students coming in greater numbers than ever seen before, from a broader range of backgrounds, and with diverse expectations for attending colleges and universities. These same students were also more…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Experience, Teaching Methods, Faculty Development
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Murrow, Sonia E. – Critical Questions in Education, 2010
New College was an experimental and demonstration undergraduate teacher education program, founded in 1932 at Teachers College Columbia University, only to be shut down by the administration eight years later. Described as an "unorthodox venture," New College promised to be an alternative route to teacher education at a time when the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Development, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Philosophy