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Suart, Theresa Nowlan; Hastings-Truelove, Amber; Katsoulas, Eleni; Stockley, Denise; MacKenzie, Jennifer – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2017
In September 2013, the Queen's University Accelerated Route to Medical School (QuARMS), an innovative 2-year premedical curriculum which combines coursework, seminars, fieldwork, and faculty mentorship, was developed. After successful completion of the program, students are eligible to enter medical school. A key aspect of this learning stream is…
Descriptors: Premedical Students, Medical Education, Service Learning, Foreign Countries
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Wilson, Heather; Leydon, Joseph; Wincentak, Joanna – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2017
This paper investigates the prevalence of fieldwork in undergraduate Geography programs in Canada. It examines the presence of fieldwork, provided through both field courses and courses that include fieldwork components, by reviewing program requirements and course offerings in undergraduate geography programs. The research explores the extent to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Undergraduate Study, Field Experience Programs
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Hassan, Quazi K.; Rahaman, Khan R.; Sumon, Kazi Z.; Dewan, Ashraf – Education Sciences, 2019
Open educational resources (OER) have become increasingly popular in recent times. Here, the aim was to synthesise the lessons learned through the development of OER materials for a university-level course called "environmental modelling". Consequently, the topics of discussion included: (i) how to choose an appropriate creative commons…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, Student Behavior
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Crowley, Chris; Chen, Hailan; Cerver, Mercé Gisbert – International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 2018
Using a team-based course development approach, the University of British Columbia collaborated with the Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (APFNet) and universities from Australia, the Philippines, Malaysia, China, and Canada to design and develop six transnational, online, distance-education courses…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, Forestry, Curriculum Development
Carnell, Brent, Ed.; Fung, Dilly, Ed. – UCL Press, 2017
A complementary volume to Dilly Fung's "A Connected Curriculum for Higher Education" (2017) [see ED613384], this book explores 'research-based education' as applied in practice within the higher education sector. A collection of 15 chapters followed by illustrative vignettes, it showcases approaches to engaging students actively with…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Sigal, Matthew; Jacobs, Shoshanah – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
The following report addresses the impact of preparatory education on first year science grades at two Ontario-based universities. Specifically, the impact of high school and university level preparatory courses on their respective first year university grades will be addressed. A variety of analytic and visualization-based strategies will be…
Descriptors: College Preparation, STEM Education, College Curriculum, Instructional Effectiveness
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Anakin, Megan; Spronken-Smith, Rachel; Healey, Mick; Vajoczki, Susan – International Journal for Academic Development, 2018
We explored the relationships between social contexts and factors that promoted and inhibited curriculum change at two universities. Thirty interviews were analysed using a general inductive approach to identify factors and forces in three social contexts (lecturer, departmental, and institutional). Curriculum change was characterised by six…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, College Curriculum, Interviews
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Sangster, Alan, Ed.; Stoner, Greg, Ed.; Flood, Barbara, Ed. – Accounting Education, 2020
This paper presents a compilation of personal reflections from 66 contributors on the impact of, and responses to, COVID-19 in accounting education in 45 different countries around the world. It reveals a commonality of issues, and a variability in responses, many positive outcomes, including the creation of opportunities to realign learning and…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Administration Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Ritchie, Stephen D.; Patrick, Krysten; Corbould, Gordon Marcus; Harper, Nevin J.; Oddson, Bruce E. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2016
We report on an environmental scan (ES) of adventure therapy (AT) literature, organizations, and activities in Canada. The ES methodology involved (a) an examination of final reports related to a series of national symposiums on AT in Canada, (b) a review of academic literature related to AT in Canada, and (c) a summary of AT programs and courses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Therapy, Physical Environment, Evaluation Methods
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Green, Tom L. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to explore sustainability commitments' potential implications for the curriculum of introductory economics courses. Universities have signed the Talloires Declaration, committing themselves to promoting students' environmental literacy and ecological citizenship, thereby creating pressure to integrate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economics Education, Introductory Courses, Sustainability
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Pinar, William F. – Critical Studies in Education, 2014
One of Canada's greatest public intellectuals, George Grant (1918-1988) studied history as an undergraduate, focusing on concepts and themes rather than minutiae. That same intellectual disposition surfaced later at Oxford, where he had gone on a Rhodes scholarship to study law. Returning to Oxford after the war, he left law to study theology,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Philosophy, History, Technology
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Goodwin, Adam; Chittle, Laura; Dixon, Jess C.; Andrews, David M. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
A multi-disciplinary academic unit at a Canadian university completed an evaluation of course syllabi used in its undergraduate programmes over the previous five years. This paper examines the reasons for the evaluation, the processes employed to collect and analyse the data, and how the results will be incorporated into the next steps of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Course Descriptions
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Lisk, Kristina; Flannery, John F.; Loh, Eldon Y.; Richardson, Denyse; Agur, Anne M. R.; Woods, Nicole N. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2014
To address the need for more clinical anatomy training in residency education, many postgraduate programs have implemented structured anatomy courses into their curriculum. Consensus often does not exist on specific content and level of detail of the content that should be included in such curricula. This article describes the use of the Delphi…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Relevance (Education), Anatomy, Medical Education
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Ragoonaden, Karen; Mueller, Lyle – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2017
This article examines the impact of culturally responsive pedagogy in an introduction to university course developed in collaboration with local and place-based First Nations communities, Aboriginal Access Studies and the Faculty of Education of the University of British Columbia's Okanagan Campus. In keeping with requests that Indigenous…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Canada Natives, Introductory Courses, Foreign Countries
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Sonstrom, Wendy Jean; Rachal, John R.; Mohn, Richard S. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2013
In 2008, the Commission of Professors of Adult Education approved and published "Standards for Graduate Programs in Adult Education," an update of the 1986 "Standards." Using the program websites of the 37 North American programs ascertained to have doctoral programs in the field, this study evaluated all programs' course…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, College Curriculum, Adult Education, Academic Standards
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