In this paper, we describe the transition of all five course-sections of General Biology Laboratory I from "cookbook" surveys of taxonomic domains and kingdoms to course-based undergraduate research experiences that champion inquiry-based learning in "real world" environments. We achieved this by scaling-up lessons from a…

The purpose of this article is to describe a multidisciplinary approach implemented in teaching public policy analysis at university level. The approach fuses (a) contextual policy analysis with (b) bivariate and multivariate analysis techniques and (c) data analytics skills to improve the learners' competence to conduct "decisional"…

This book focuses on research-based teaching and learning practices that promote social justice and equity in higher education. The fourth volume in a four-volume series, this book critically addresses virtual and remote classroom settings. Chapters explore contexts within and outside the classroom, including a history of online learning; research…

For more than 20 years, traditional medicine of Mexico, the U.S. Southwest and other countries has been taught as a series of academic course at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque in the United States. These courses focus on traditional uses of healing plants and rituals for students in higher education and the community. These courses…

Product design and development (PDD) is a current topic of academic and industrial research. Emphasis on innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as design thinking and creativity has been recently pulled together into the teaching and research on PDD. This paper looks into a multidisciplinary setting made up of three similar but independent PDD…

Multicultural Course Change involves deliberate and thoughtful attention to developing and presenting course material that focuses on well-defined multicultural goals. In this qualitative study, nine faculty participated in a Summer Diversity Institute designed to support multicultural curriculum development and instruction. Syllabi were reviewed…

Globalization is a trend that covers all society perspectives in general, and higher education in particular. The main traditional objective of higher education institutions has been to prepare domestic students with a given set of skills. Research competition and University's rankings, as well as the need to reach other publics, pushed them…

This book embraces the idea of listening to and learning from students. Although many educational theorists have long argued that incorporating children's perspectives about teaching and curriculum has the potential for increasing students' interest and participation in learning, their radical perspectives are still ignored or dismissed in theory…

Describes the teaching strategies used in a university summer study trip to England to investigate British primary- and preprimary-education practices. Strategies include readings, meetings, questions, observations, journals, and a culminating project. Focuses on the strategy of searching for "Miss Read," the pen name of Dora Saint, an…

Eight years ago, a new senior interdisciplinary science course called "Oceans: Past and Present" for the McCallie School in Tennessee was designed. The idea stemmed from the combination of a physics teacher's desire for a course based on a summer program at sea and a writing center director/teacher's longing for the ocean from the…

Describes a summer course in chemical engineering. Includes discussions of the course program, course goals, student performance, and course faculty. Lists examples of informal experiments which have been used, and prerequisite courses that are required for students to enroll in the course. (CW)

Describes a six-week summer course in writing instruction for teachers in which secondary school English instructors worked with college level basic writing students in a college writing laboratory. Discusses methods and topics used in the course and provides successive writing samples indicating improvement generated by the course. (HTH)

The application of an approach to language and language learning to the design of an eight-week summer course in English for Saudi Arabian students is described. Given at the Institute of English Language Education in Lancaster, England, the course consisted of three introductory mini-units, each providing one day's material, and six main units,…

Describes a two-week, non-resident course in chemistry offered by the University of Arkansas (Little Rock) for gifted and talented high school seniors. Provides the objectives of the program and brief descriptions of the classes that are held. Discusses the evaluation process and student evaluation results. (TW)