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Koskei, Peter; Ruto-Korir, Rose; Carrier, Carol; Sales, Gregory – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2018
As higher education institutions around the world strive to ensure they remain relevant by meeting the needs of today's digitally-focused students, the number of online courses and degree programs is increasing dramatically. Not surprisingly, given this trend, in recent years the School of Public Health at Moi University, in Eldoret, Kenya, has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Masters Degrees, Masters Programs
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Sanabria, Samuel; Murray, Thomas L., Jr. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2018
Human sexuality is a pervasive and universal part of being human and despite this, receives inadequate attention in counselor education curricula. Consequently, counselors may be ill-prepared to assist clients who present with sexuality issues. The authors provide support and recommendations for infusing sexuality content throughout counselor…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Course Content, Counselor Training, Counselor Client Relationship
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Francis, Grace L.; Gordon, Sarah; Kliethermes, Andrew J.; Regester, April; Baldini, Deborah; Grant, Amber – Teacher Educators' Journal, 2018
Postsecondary education programs (PSEs) for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in colleges and universities expand opportunities for these young adults and result in positive outcomes, including employment and improved social networks. Although participating in postsecondary education results in numerous benefits for…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Postsecondary Education, Young Adults
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Baik, Chi; Naylor, Ryan; Corrin, Linda – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2018
With the majority of undergraduate teaching in Australian higher education being undertaken by casual academics, ensuring adequate support for these staff to access support and professional development relating to teaching and learning is imperative. In this article, we profile the development and implementation of a university-wide strategic…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Change Strategies, Models, Undergraduate Study
Furco, Andrew; Lockhart, Kristin Nering – Metropolitan Universities, 2018
Furthering intercultural competence in higher education requires colleges and universities to establish an intentional, mission driven strategic plan that embeds intercultural understanding and practice across the institution's work. To secure broad-based buy-in and support, this plan needs to consider the various ways that different units within…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Higher Education, Colleges, Institutional Mission
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Wheeler, Bella – Ethnography and Education, 2018
This article describes a year-long participatory arts project carried out as part of a community--university partnership in the South of England. The research sought to examine the relationship between the 'user-led' ethos of the Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project (BUCFP) and emergence within it of creatively working and self-managing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Community Programs, Ethnography, Poverty
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Owusu-Agyeman, Yaw; Fourie-Malherbe, Magda; Frick, Liezel – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2018
Adult learners have unique educational needs that require attention from Higher Education Institutions, facilitators and industry. While several theories and policies have been developed to address the bourgeoning educational challenges confronting adult learners in Higher Education Institutions, not much has been achieved in the wake of growing…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Higher Education
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Roessing, Matt; El-Jourbagy, Jehan – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2018
In a 2016 survey, just 26% of Americans were able to name all three branches of government, and 31% failed to name even one branch. In 2011, the American Bar Association's (ABA) Commission on Civic Education in the Nation's Schools called the progress of civic education "worrisome" and said, "there is reason to be alarmed at the…
Descriptors: United States Government (Course), Civics, Citizenship Education, Constitutional Law
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Lin, Yu-Ren – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2018
The present study defined three levels of contextualized media and investigated their influences on students' science attitudes, comprehension, and argumentation. To achieve the purpose, an online game-based science argumentation (OGSA) program was developed for the experiments (N = 148). The OGSA included three versions for student argumentation…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Science Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Prior Learning
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Amoroso, Lisa M.; Burke, Molly – Journal of Education for Business, 2018
The authors describe the efforts of the faculty and administration at a small, Midwestern, Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business-accredited school to improve business students' career readiness. Over a four-year period, the school moved through three distinctive phases in developing a robust career development program serving…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Career Readiness, Business Schools, Business Administration Education
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Mercier, Kevin; Howard, Thomas – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2018
It is seldom that the accomplishments of secondary physical education students are celebrated. The Most Physically Educated Contest was developed to allow students from several school districts to gather for appropriate competition and to display the characteristics of physical literacy attained from participation in high-quality physical…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Secondary School Students, Competition, Program Development
Mertler, Craig A.; Henriksen, Danah – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2018
This essay describes one institution's struggle to grow its EdD program by adding an equivalent online version of a successful face-to-face program. One of the challenges faced was that of creating a comparable experience for online students to share their ongoing action research, an activity that had long been part of the face-to-face version of…
Descriptors: Creativity, Innovation, Student Attitudes, Doctoral Programs
Scher, Lauren; McCowan, Ronald; Castaldo-Walsh, Cynthia – Regional Educational Laboratory, 2018
This report provides a detailed account of the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Program's experience establishing and supporting research-practice partnerships (called "research alliances") during its 2012-17 contract cycle. The report adds to the growing literature base on researcher-practitioner partnerships by sharing how the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Partnerships in Education, Public Agencies, Program Development
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Zheng, Qinhua; Chen, Li; Burgos, Daniel – Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, 2018
This book aims at discussing the development of MOOCs in China in relation to MOOCs in other countries or areas. Based on the history of MOOCs, we summarize and compare the development of MOOCs in China and other countries with empirical evidence from a comprehensive investigation about MOOCs in Asian, United States, and Europe. Then we discuss…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Educational Technology
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Shernoff, Elisa; Frazier, Stacy; Lisetti, Christine; Buche, Cedric; Lunn, Stephanie; Brown, Claire; Delmarre, Alban; Chou, Tommy; Gabbard, Joseph; Morgan, Emily – Grantee Submission, 2018
Early career teachers working in high poverty schools face of overwhelming challenges navigating disruptive behaviors with studies highlighting behavior problems as one of the strongest predictors of turnover (Ingersoll & Smith, 2003). Simulation-based technology leverages important pedagogical strengths (e.g., realistic training context,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Faculty Development, Computer Simulation, Evidence Based Practice
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