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Download full textBullen, Maria L.; Kordecki, Gregory S. – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2014
In the U.S. and in other countries, accounting graduates continue to enter diverse size work forces in industry, government, and in public accounting. Beyond income tax and consulting work, accounting professionals often require a specific association with financial statement services. These services involve not only detailed scheduled financial…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Financial Services, Business Skills, Accounting
Direct linkKeup, Jennifer R.; Kilgo, Cindy A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2014
Supported by emerging research and practice, this chapter provides a comprehensive conceptual framework for first-year assessment.
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Practices, Theory Practice Relationship, College Freshmen
Bell, Brent J.; Gass, Michael A.; Nafziger, Christopher S.; Starbuck, J. David – Journal of Experiential Education, 2014
Outdoor orientation programs represent a prominent area of experiential education with over 25,000 participants annually. More than 191 outdoor orientation programs currently operate in the United States and Canada. The research examining outdoor orientation programs consists of 25 peer-reviewed published studies and 11 dissertations. A new theory…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, School Orientation, Educational Practices, Educational Theories
Rhodes, Gary; Loberg, Lisa; Hubbard, Ann – New Directions for Student Services, 2014
This chapter provides a historical and practical background on the evolution and responsibilities of administering study abroad programs for U.S. college and university students.
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Educational Opportunities, Global Approach, Global Education
Rhodes, Gary – New Directions for Student Services, 2014
This chapter provides a practical background to the health and safety risks and challenges for U.S. colleges and universities and other program providers. Potential risks, field-based guidelines, good practices, and resources to support the management of risks by study abroad offices will be covered.
Descriptors: Risk Management, Study Abroad, Program Development, Program Administration
Weaver, Russell – Journal of Extension, 2016
This article reports on an analysis of the effects of a quasinatural experiment in which 16 rural communities participated in public discussion, leadership training, and community visioning as part of an Extension program at Montana State University. Difference-in-differences methods reveal that key U.S. Census socioeconomic indicators either…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Community Coordination, Resilience (Psychology), Leadership Training
Liew, Tze Wei; Zin, Nor Azan Mat; Sahari, Noraidah; Tan, Su-Mae – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The present study aimed to test the hypothesis that a smiling expression on the face of a talking pedagogical agent could positively affect a learner's emotions, motivation, and learning outcomes in a virtual learning environment. Contrary to the hypothesis, results from Experiment 1 demonstrated that the pedagogical agent's smile induced negative…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Motivation Techniques, Student Motivation, Virtual Classrooms
Gumaelius, Lena; Almqvist, Monica; Árnadóttir, Anna; Axelsson, Anders; Conejero, J. Alberto; García-Sabater, José P.; Klitgaard, Lene; Kozma, Cecilia; Maheut, Julien; Marin-Garcia, Juan; Mickos, Henrik; Nilsson, Per-Olof; Norén, Agneta; Pinho-Lopes, Margarida; Prenzel, Manfred; Ray, Johanna; Roxå, Torgny; Voss, Mirjam – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Since the 1990s, the low number of students choosing to study science and technology in higher education has been on the societal agenda and many initiatives have been launched to promote awareness regarding career options. The initiatives particularly focus on increasing enrolment in the engineering programmes. This article describes and compares…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Universities, Science Interests, College Programs
Cochrane, Thomas – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2016
This paper explores the development of virtual reality (VR) use in education and the emergence of mobile VR based content creation and sharing as a platform for enabling learner-generated content and learner-generated contexts. The author argues that an ecology of resources that maps the user content creation and sharing affordances of mobile…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Technology Uses in Education
Rice, Karen; Girvin, Heather; Frank, Jennifer; Foels, Leonora – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2016
The pursuit of social justice is an overarching framework that defines the social work profession. The goals of macro social work practice are centered on issues of social justice with strategies that include changing community conditions and creating a sense of solidarity, with particular emphasis on broadening the opportunities for marginalized…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Advocacy, Professional Continuing Education, Social Work
Osborne, Nicholas J. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2016
The landscape of higher education necessitates that strategies be in place to meet the needs of an ever changing student population. Since 2009, the Post-9/11 GI Bill has spurred an increased enrollment of student veterans that is forecasted to rise. Students who are veterans have unique experiences related to their service, age, and work-life…
Descriptors: Veterans, Curriculum Development, Transitional Programs, Federal Legislation
Grymonpre, Ruby E.; Dean, Heather J.; Wener, Pamela F.; Ready, A. Elizabeth; MacDonald, Laura L.; Holmqvist, Maxine E.; Fricke, Moni W. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2016
Internationally, a growing number of interprofessional education (IPE) offices are being established within academic institutions. However, few are applying educational improvement methodologies to evaluate and improve the interprofessional (IP) learning opportunities offered. The University of Manitoba IPE Initiative was established in 2008 to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Programs, College Programs, Professional Education
Reyes-Guerra, Daniel; Pisapia, John; Mick, Annie – School Leadership & Management, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the ability of two educational leadership university programmes to improve the cognitive agility of their graduates. The research looked to discover whether the aspiring principals exited the programmes with an increased ability to employ cognitive agility--the ability to use the multiple thinking skills of…
Descriptors: Principals, School Turnaround, Leadership Training, Cognitive Development
Irvin, Amanda; Marshall, Kate; Carr, Stephen – Journal of Faculty Development, 2016
Technology is changing the landscape of higher education. As the editors of this special issue have noted, technology has been particularly useful when trying to solve problems. At Texas Christian University (TCU), we employed technology to create a tool that would help standardize the evaluation of teaching while still offering enough flexibility…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Classroom Observation Techniques, Test Construction, Lesson Observation Criteria
Khatri, Raina; Henderson, Charles; Cole, Renée; Froyd, Jeffrey E.; Friedrichsen, Debra; Stanford, Courtney – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
The physics education research community has produced a wealth of knowledge about effective teaching and learning of college level physics. Based on this knowledge, many research-proven instructional strategies and teaching materials have been developed and are currently available to instructors. Unfortunately, these intensive research and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Educational Innovation, Models, Success
