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Using Undergraduate Facilitators for Active Learning in Organic Chemistry: A Preparation Course and Outcomes of the Experience
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Jardine, Hannah E.; Friedman, Lee A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
In this study, we describe a course to educate and prepare undergraduate "facilitators" for small group problem solving sessions in a large, first semester, introductory undergraduate organic chemistry course. We then explore the outcomes of the facilitator experience for one cohort of facilitators through qualitative analysis of written…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Undergraduate Students, Facilitators (Individuals), Science Instruction
Academic Profession's Challenge to the Construction of Educational Management in Japan. RIHE International Seminar Reports. No. 23
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Arimoto, Akira – Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, 2015
Active learning is now gradually being adopted in many universities and colleges in Japan. This follows the release of the 2012 Central Council of Education (CCE) report that emphasized the need to introduce active learning and to reinforce educational management in academia. As a result, one of the most important problems in Japan's higher…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation, Field Studies
Active and Collaborative Learning in an Undergraduate Sociological Theory Course
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Pedersen, Daphne E. – Teaching Sociology, 2010
In this article, the author describes the use of active and collaborative learning strategies in an undergraduate sociological theory course. A semester-long ethnographic project is the foundation for the course; both individual and group participation contribute to the learning process. Assessment findings indicate that students are able, through…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Active Learning, Undergraduate Students, Sociology
Inquiry-Based Learning and Undergraduates' Professional Identity Development: Assessment of a Field Research-Based Course
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Gilardi, Silvia; Lozza, Edoardo – Innovative Higher Education, 2009
Innovative strategies in inquiry-based learning are recognized as improving the quality of higher education learning, but there is a need to explore whether and how these strategies promote the development of professional identity among undergraduates. In this article we describe an inquiry-based course, situated in a European context, which is…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Inquiry, Active Learning, Professional Development
The Role of Facilitators in Project Action Learning Implementation
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Cao, Rui; Chuah, Kong Bieng; Chao, Yiu Chung; Kwong, Kar Fai; Law, Mo Yin – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: This paper addresses the importance of a more proactive role of organizational learning (OL) facilitators, learning motivation reinforcer, through a two-part longitudinal study in a case company. The first part of this study aims to investigate and analyze some unexpected challenges in the project action learning-driven (PAL) OL…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Experiential Learning, Partnerships in Education
Positionality and Active Learning: Confronting Privilege in Field-Exercise Design
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Hankins, Katherine B.; Yarbrough, Robert A. – Journal of Geography, 2008
University instructors are increasingly drawing on active learning exercises to engender critical thinking skills among students. In this article, we introduce the design and implementation of an active learning exercise about mobility and transportation that we assigned in an introductory human geography class at the University of Georgia. The…
Descriptors: Human Geography, Geography Instruction, College Instruction, Mobility