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Bekaryan, Lilit; Soghomonyan, Zaruhi; Harutyunyan, Arusyak – Research-publishing.net, 2017
The present paper addresses the practice of a new English classroom on the model of a free e-learning programme in the context of adult education in Armenia, a country where English is taught as a second foreign language. The research reviews the results and impact of an online English language learning programme initiated for those vulnerable…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Carol A. Kochhar-Bryant – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2017
Across the United States, doctoral programs in education are in deep reflection about their purpose, content, and expected outcomes for graduates. Many are in the throes of redesign and testing to better differentiate between two pathways to the doctorate--one for scholars preparing for research and academic roles and one for scholar-practitioners…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students, College Faculty
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Askew, Karyl; Stevenson, Olivia; Byrd-Porter, Ginny; Auman, Wade; Lancaster, Beth; LeGrand, Takeda – Grantee Submission, 2019
"ACCESS", A Culture Creating Effective Systems for Success, was a three-year Investing in Innovation (i3) development grant funded by the Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. The "ACCESS" grant led the way for a district-wide redesign of educational practices based on the novel approach of…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Grants, Educational Innovation, Educational Improvement
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Douglass, Carolinda; Morris, Sherrill R. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
Undergraduate student perspectives regarding specific factors associated with self-directed learning were collected through eight focus groups. A total of 80 upperclassmen provided input revealing three emergent themes in the focus groups responses: (1) Student-Controlled, (2) Faculty-Controlled, and (3) Administration-Controlled Facilitators and…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Focus Groups
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Rodgers, Kathy V.; Sarol, Yalçin – PRIMUS, 2014
Students earning a degree in mathematics often seek information on how to apply their mathematical knowledge. One option is to follow a curriculum with an actuarial emphasis designed to prepare students as an applied mathematician in the actuarial field. By developing only two new courses and utilizing existing courses for Validation by…
Descriptors: Program Development, Educational Resources, Risk Assessment, Mathematics Education
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Edirisinghe, Ruwini; Fraser, Kym – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2014
This study sought to distil recommendations and curriculum design principles that could underpin the re-imagination of the RMIT University coursework Masters of Sustainable Practice (MSP). The aim of the study was to redesign the program to better meet the expectations of contemporary working professionals. Four data sources were used to develop…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Masters Programs, Environmental Education
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Krause, Kerri-Lee D. – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
This article reports on a study of academic staff perspectives on disciplinary communities and skill development in disciplinary contexts. Fifty-five academic staff were interviewed across eight disciplines in four Australian universities. Responses of historians and mathematicians are the focus of this article. A socio-constructivist framework…
Descriptors: Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Skill Development, Constructivism (Learning)
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Gao, Xing-Ya; Yu, Rong-Bin; Shen, Hong-Bing; Chen, Qi – Chinese Education and Society, 2014
To build an effective model to train excellent doctors, Nanjing Medical University has proposed a five- plus three-year combined undergraduate-master's clinical medicine degree program. The program integrates undergraduate education, the education of research students, and standardized doctor residency training into a single system, allowing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Education, Physicians, Medical Schools
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Gibson, Karen; Parks, Marguerite W. – Multicultural Education, 2014
The purpose of this article is to investigate the struggles of teacher education students when confronted with establishing a social justice curriculum. The authors' work focuses on using multicultural literature as a starting point for the critical conversations that drive curricular changes. Introducing ideas of culturally responsive pedagogy…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Literature, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education
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Dankenbring, Chelsey; Capobianco, Brenda M.; Eichinger, David – Science and Children, 2014
In this article, the authors provide an overview of engineering and the engineering design process, and describe the steps they took to develop a fifth grade-level, standards-based engineering design task titled "Getting the Dirt on Decomposition." Their main goal was to focus more on modeling the discrete steps they took to create and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Design, Curriculum Design, Task Analysis
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Stanton, Timothy K. – Journal of General Education, 2014
I propose an approach to service-learning that encourages and enables students to engage with human rights and social justice in ways that are democratic and effective. I describe a teaching process in which civic action can be critically reflected on not just to promote engagement and build knowledge but ultimately to encourage and equip students…
Descriptors: Service Learning, College Students, Civil Rights, Social Justice
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Priestley, Mark; Sinnema, Claire – Curriculum Journal, 2014
The development, since 2000, of new national curricula across the Anglophone world signals a number of policy trends, including: a move from the explicit specification of content towards a more generic, skill-based approach; a greater emphasis on the centrality of the learner; and [ostensibly] greater autonomy for teachers in developing the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Policy, Public Policy
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Knutson, Christopher C.; Jackson, Milton N., Jr.; Beekman, Matt; Carnes, Matthew E.; Johnson, Darren W.; Johnson, David C.; Keszler, Douglas A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
We have designed a unique guided-inquiry-inspired course for entry-level graduate students using chemical research as a mechanism to teach research-oriented problem-solving skills. The course has been designed for flexibility around a shared research experience. The curriculum can be modified each year by incorporating a new research project into…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Mentors, Student Research, Problem Solving
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Nomlomo, Vuyokazi; Desai, Zubeida – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2014
The initiative of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in South Africa to strengthen foundation phase teaching has resulted in the development of new foundation phase (Grades R--3) programmes at institutions that did not previously offer them. In this article we reflect on the conceptualisation and development of a pre-service…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education, Curriculum Design
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Oates, Greg; Sheryn, Louise; Thomas, Mike – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
In this paper we describe the design and implementation of a technology-active introductory first year university mathematics course. The design principles underpinning the course are presented. The results of the implementation show some areas where the technology-active approach has proven of value, as well as improvements that can be made for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Mathematics, Mathematics Education
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