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E. R. Dempster – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
Breadth and depth of curriculum are important for success in science teaching and learning. Curriculum theorists recommend less breadth and more depth than overloaded, superficial science curricula. This study investigates breadth and depth in the official biology syllabi in the seventh to eighth or ninth years in four diverse jurisdictions,…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Course Content, Course Descriptions
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Pandya, Bharti; Patterson, Louise; Cho, BooYun – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study aimed to analyse if significant pedagogical transitions occurred from Pre-COVID-19 to COVID-19 period concerning applied teaching methods, course content, assessment strategies, technical support and faculty's readiness. Design/methodology/approach: This is a quantitative study wherein perceptions of 116 faculty (from higher…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, College Faculty, COVID-19
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Aktas, Fatih; Pitts, Kate; Richards, Jessica C.; Silova, Iveta – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2017
While higher education internationalization efforts have traditionally been associated with the expansion of study abroad experiences, the recruitment of international students and scholars, as well as the growth of area studies and language programs, the past decade has seen an increase in a variety of multi-disciplinary approaches to…
Descriptors: International Education, Citizenship Education, Study Abroad, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Green, Sharon; Weber, James – Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 2013
The paper examines if there has been an increase in the attention paid to social and environmental issues (SEI) in accounting curricula. Using schools participating in the Aspen Institute's Beyond Grey Pinstripes (BGP) program, we measure the increase in the number of accounting courses incorporating SEI across the biennial application years of…
Descriptors: Accounting, Course Content, Environmental Influences, Social Problems
Palmer, W. P. – Online Submission, 1996
The concept of physical and chemical change is far from being the clearest and most self-explanatory concept in the world. If a number of chemists are asked to define physical and chemical change, there may well appear to be a fair degree of uniformity in their answers, until a few examples are suggested. When chemists are asked to place a variety…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Knowledge Level, Textbooks
Young, Bruce – 1984
Thirteen half-hour television programs entitled "The Geography of Tourism" developed for use in Wilfrid Laurier University's (Canada) distance education program are discussed. Distance education embraces teaching, or communicating with, students who are not physically in the classroom with the instructor. The central theme of the series…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Distance Education, Educational Objectives