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Alt, Dorit; Naamati-Schneider, Lior – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected educational systems worldwide, forcing them to abruptly shift from face-to-face to online teaching and learning. This case study illustrates how a traditional lecture-based activity for undergraduate students in a Management of Health Service Organizations program was transformed into an…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Online Courses
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Gal-Ezer, Judith; Trakhtenbrot, Mark – Computer Science Education, 2016
Reduction is one of the key techniques used for problem-solving in computer science. In particular, in the theory of computation and complexity (TCC), mapping and polynomial reductions are used for analysis of decidability and computational complexity of problems, including the core concept of NP-completeness. Reduction is a highly abstract…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Problem Solving, Computation, Difficulty Level
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Katz, Sara; Frish, Yehiel – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2016
Purpose: Aspects of intellectual competence would not be sufficient for quality teaching that requires a mix of intellectual and personal qualities. The purpose of this paper was to elicit personal attributes of teachers' college applicants. Design/methodology/approach: This qualitative case study consisted of 99 participants aged 20-24 years of…
Descriptors: Models, Teacher Education Programs, Schools of Education, College Admission
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Kidron, Adi; Kali, Yael – Research in Learning Technology, 2015
The purpose of this work is to contribute to the body of knowledge on processes by which students develop interdisciplinary understanding of contents, as well as to suggest technology-enhanced means for supporting them in these processes in the context of higher education. In doing so, we suggest a rethinking of three traditional practices that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods
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Friedman, Isaac A. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
The article focuses on investigating pre-service teachers' expectations of their future teaching career, in particular concerning teacher-student interrelations. In an attempt to comprehend why people choose teaching as a professional career, a conceptual model titled "Teachers" altruistic-narcissistic classroom expectations' was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Expectation
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Gutman, Carolyn; Hantman, Shira; Ben-Oz, Miriam; Criden, Wendy; Anghel, Roxana; Ramon, Shula – Educational Gerontology, 2014
This article examines the contribution of older adults as co-researchers to the evaluation of a gerontological social work course. The evaluation was conducted at an Israeli college as part of a collaborative project with a United Kingdom university. Here, we follow the older adults who are service users through their transition to the role of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Work, Research, Researchers
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Al-Shaer, Ibrahim M. R. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
The purpose of this research was to examine the impact of employing concept mapping at a pre-writing stage on English as a foreign language (EFL) students' ability to generate better argumentative essays. Thirty-eight participants were randomly assigned to two groups participating in Writing II course at Al-Quds Open University (QOU). Both groups…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Persuasive Discourse, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Bell-Kligler, Roberta – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The role of Israel in the identity of North American Jews is of concern and interest to community leaders, philosophers of Jewish education, and most important, practitioners in the field. Although there is an awareness of the need to help emerging Jewish educators grapple with the complex questions surrounding Israel engagement, little research…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Jews, Religious Education, North Americans
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers