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Lam, Chi Chung; Alviar-Martin, Theresa; Adler, Susan A.; Sim, Jasmine B.-Y. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2013
In this qualitative study, we examined eleven Singapore teachers' conceptions of teaching and learning as related to their experiences implementing integrated curriculum. Interviews revealed that the teachers' conceptions of integration spanned the spectrum of ideas found in relevant literature. Further, although participants saw benefits to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Interviews, Integrated Curriculum
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Ratliff, Clancy – Composition Forum, 2013
This profile describes a new WPA's choice to work incrementally to assess an inherited, fledgling First-Year Writing curriculum at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and change it over a three-year period with continual stakeholder involvement. The methods used for assessment were two rounds of instructor surveys and three rounds of direct…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Curriculum Design, Freshman Composition, Local History
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Ward, Thomas A. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2013
"Capstone" is a metaphor used to describe a final achievement that builds upon previous works and encapsulates them. Capstone projects are included in engineering curricula to integrate multi-disciplinary subjects and teach professional skills that are difficult to impart in a traditional lectured course. Since these projects serve to…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Curriculum Design, Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students
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Price, Kenneth R. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2013
Portfolios have long been a staple in professional writing courses: both in employment materials assignments and in entire classes that ask students to reflect on their experiential learning. Portfolios may also be used effectively in business communication teaching methods courses. This article details the justification and methodology for having…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Teaching Methods, Portfolio Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials)
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Fischetti, John C. – Childhood Education, 2013
In this brief article, the author argues that if society defines schools as testing centers instead of learning centers where young people go to watch adults work, then teacher education programs are replaceable. Online technologies allow for the transmittal of information without the need for traditional classroom settings. However, if schools…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Information Technology, Problem Solving, Global Approach
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Donovan, D. A.; Atkins, L. J.; Salter, I. Y.; Gallagher, D. J.; Kratz, R. F.; Rousseau, J. V.; Nelson, G. D. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
We report on the development of a life sciences curriculum, targeted to undergraduate students, which was modeled after a commercially available physics curriculum and based on aspects of how people learn. Our paper describes the collaborative development process and necessary modifications required to apply a physics pedagogical model in a life…
Descriptors: Physics, Botany, Biology, Educational Change
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Thompson, Douglas Earl – General Music Today, 2013
This article presents a recipe for making attractive, informative tutorials that can be sent to students and parents via e-mail or posted on a school website. Although tutorials are often included with software, many are either too complex or too rudimentary to directly address music educators’ unique needs. The recipe focuses on the following…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Music Education, Educational Needs, Video Technology
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Wolff, Karin; Luckett, Kathy – Teaching in Higher Education, 2013
In order to design two distinct engineering qualification levels for an existing University of Technology programme, empirical evidence based on the current diploma is necessary to illuminate the nature of and the relationship between the "contextual" and "conceptual" elements underpinning a multidisciplinary engineering…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering Technology, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Sociology
Stewart, Steven A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study investigated the design, enactment, and impact of an undergraduate, inquiry-based astronomy laboratory learning environment. The professor, Richard, adopted laboratory materials from the Center for Astronomy and Physics Education Research [CAPER] which were described by the group as inquiry-based. Students worked through these…
Descriptors: Astronomy, College Science, Inquiry, Active Learning
Paul, Cynthia Sherman – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study investigated and analyzed the design and implementation of a new mathematics program into the fifth grade of an urban charter school. The newly designed curriculum included a balance of arithmetic fluency, and conceptual as well as procedural knowledge. The school in which the study was conducted served primarily educationally…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Middle Schools, Mathematics Curriculum, Curriculum Design
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Boyce, Gordon; Greer, Susan; Blair, Bill; Davids, Cindy – Accounting Education, 2012
This paper examines a case of accounting education change in the context of increased interest in ethical, social, and environmental accountability, presenting a reflexive case study of a new university accounting subject incorporating social and critical perspectives. Foundational pedagogical principles and key aspects of curriculum are outlined.…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Administration Education, Case Studies, Educational Change
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Haave, Neil – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2012
A complete understanding of life involves how organisms are able to function in their environment and how they arise. Understanding how organisms arise involves both their evolution and development. Thus to completely comprehend living things, biology must study their function, development and evolution. Previous proposals for standardized…
Descriptors: Ecology, Required Courses, Biology, Curriculum Design
Chaucer, Harry – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2012
"A Creative Approach to the Common Core Standards: The Da Vinci Curriculum" challenges educators to design programs that boldly embrace the Common Core State Standards by imaginatively drawing from the genius of great men and women such as Leonardo da Vinci. A central figure in the High Renaissance, Leonardo made extraordinary contributions as a…
Descriptors: High Schools, Charter Schools, Gifted, Democracy
Rogers, Steven E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine Engineering/Technology Education (ETE) teachers' perceptions of Project Lead The Way's (PLTW) pre-engineering program in the state of Indiana utilizing the Characteristics of Technology Education Survey (CTES) (Daugherty, Hill, & Wicklein, 1996). The study focused on the perceptions of teachers who…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Technology Education, Measures (Individuals)
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Kohn, Eli – British Journal of Religious Education, 2012
This paper describes the process of designing a curriculum model for Bible teaching in UK Jewish secondary schools. This model was designed over the period 2008-2010 by a team of curriculum specialists from the Jewish Curriculum Partnership UK in collaboration with a group of teachers from Jewish secondary schools. The paper first outlines the…
Descriptors: Barriers, Biblical Literature, Secondary Schools, Jews
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