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How To: Preparing to Find a Job as a Spanish Teacher in the UK
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Talero, Gemma Carmen Belmonte – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This case study is about the design of the one-day course "How to find a job as a Spanish teacher in the UK," which is taught at the Instituto Cervantes in London. The course came to exist due to a large number of requests from Spaniards who have come to the UK in recent years--many of them wanting to find a job as a Spanish teacher--and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Spanish, Second Language Instruction
A Course on Applied Superconductivity Shared by Four Departments
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Jensen, Bogi B.; Abrahamsen, Asger B.; Sorensen, Mads P.; Hansen, Jorn B. – Online Submission, 2013
In this paper, a course on applied superconductivity is described. The course structure is outlined and the learning objectives and the learning activities are described. The teaching was multidisciplinary given by four departments each contributing with their expertise. Being applied superconductivity, the focus was on an application, which could…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development, Class Activities
2010 Mississippi Curriculum Framework: Postsecondary Health-Care Assistant. (Program CIP-51.3902 - Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Client Care Assistant)
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Jackson, Jennifer; Sims, Addie – Research and Curriculum Unit, 2010
As the world economy continues to evolve, businesses and industries must adopt new practices and processes in order to survive. Quality and cost control, work teams and participatory management, and an infusion of technology are transforming the way people work and do business. Employees are now expected to read, write, and communicate…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Curriculum Design, Course Descriptions, Program Descriptions
A Multicultural, Multidisciplinary Short Course to Introduce Recently Graduated Engineers to the Global Nature of Professional Practice
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Hazelton, Pam; Malone, Molly; Gardner, Anne – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2009
Since 2001, the International Institute of Women in Engineering (IIWE) at EPF, Ecole d'ingenieurs generaliste, Sceaux, France, has conducted a 3 week short course for culturally and discipline diverse, recently graduated and final year engineering students. The aim of this course is to introduce young engineers to broad global concepts and issues…
Descriptors: Minicourses, Work Experience Programs, Engineering, Foreign Countries
Nanocourses: A Short Course Format as an Educational Tool in a Biological Sciences Graduate Curriculum
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Bentley, Anna M.; Artavanis-Tsakonas, Spyros; Stanford, Jennifer S. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2008
Traditional courses for graduate students in the biological sciences typically span a semester, are organized around the fundamental concepts of a single discipline, and are aimed at the needs of incoming students. Such courses demand significant time commitment from both faculty and course participants; thus, they are avoided by a subset of the…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Graduate Students, Minicourses, Biology
Challenging Norms of Invention: "Mimesis" and African American Communication Patterns
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Munsell, Jason – Communication Teacher, 2006
This essay grows out of a Short Course the author helped to teach called "Back to the Future: An Exploration of Public Communication Pedagogy, Past and Present, With Inventive Applications for the Future" presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago. The author presents an activity that focuses on mimesis…
Descriptors: Minicourses, Public Speaking, Intercultural Communication, Rhetorical Invention