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Hovorka, Alice Judith – Journal of Geography, 2009
Through an instructional approach, this article offers a template for a classroom-based geography capstone course grounded in pedagogical elements of synthesis and reflection, as based on exploration of ten key geographic ideas. It provides insights into course goals, structure, and components for instructors who may wish to implement it in…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Geography, College Curriculum, College Instruction
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Urbanic, R. J. – Journal of Learning Design, 2011
In Canadian engineering institutions, a significant design experience must occur in the final year of study. In the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems at the University of Windsor, unsolved, open ended projects sponsored by industrial partners from a variety of sectors are provided to the student teams in order for them to apply…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Interaction, Teamwork
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McBride, Dawn Lorraine; Davis, Lynn Ashley – Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
This article outlines Canada's first web based/residential Master of Counselling program. Since the program is open to students from around the world, the program is designed to be accessible, innovative and flexible. To meet these operational goals, the program is structured around interactive online discussion forums, video web-conferencing,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Counselor Training, Web Based Instruction
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Danby, Susan; Lee, Alison – Australian Universities' Review, 2012
With growing international interest in diversifying sites for pedagogical work within the doctorate, doctoral programmes of different kinds are being developed in different disciplinary, institutional and national settings. However, little is known about how the pedagogical work of these programmes is designed and enacted, and with what effects.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Social Action, Doctoral Programs
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Walstad, William; Milkman, Martin I.; McCoy, James P. – Journal of Economic Education, 2008
The authors compare various characteristics of terminal master's of economics programs in Canada and the United States. As far as they know, this is the first article to present results from a survey of Canadian master's programs in economics. Using a Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test, they found significant differences between the Canadian and U.S.…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Masters Programs, Differences, Comparative Analysis
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Justice, Christopher; Rice, James; Roy, Dale; Hudspith, Bob; Jenkins, Herb – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
Inquiry-based learning is one approach to improving the quality of undergraduate education by moving toward more student-directed, interactive methods of learning while focusing on learning how to learn. This paper deals with a missing component in the inquiry-related literature--the extra-pedagogical challenges of introducing and maintaining…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Learning Strategies, Inquiry, Active Learning
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Hamilton, Kevin; Charlton, Steve; Elmes, Roger – Planning for Higher Education, 2008
Population growth and demographic trends in North American urban centers combined with job markets demanding higher levels of education have placed considerable pressure in recent years on postsecondary institutions to provide better access to undergraduate and graduate degree programs (Levin 2004; Zhang 2005). Kwantlen University College,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Degrees, Foreign Countries, State Government
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Wood, Leigh; Solomonides, Ian – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2008
There is not just one mathematics taught at university level, nor is there one group of students. Mathematics is taught differently depending on the discipline and the perceived background of the student. There is engineering mathematics for the students heading towards engineering degrees, life science mathematics for those heading towards…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Intellectual Disciplines, Education Work Relationship, Relevance (Education)
Bouzy, Dominique – Pedagogie, 1973
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Colleges, Religious Education, Theological Education
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Raju, J.; Arsenault, C. – Education for Information, 2007
This paper presents a comparison of first-level LIS education and training between South Africa and Canada, and based on this comparative description, qualitative identification of similarities and differences are made to highlight strengths and weaknesses in each case. The paper concludes that while similarities exist, the differences stem…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Science Education, Library Education, Comparative Analysis
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Sheehan, Nancy M. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1985
The changes occurring in historiography in recent decades and their effects on the present state of writing about Canadian higher education are outlined and discussed. The kinds of questions needing to be asked and some assumptions that need to be analyzed are examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Educational History, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Johnson, Nan – College English, 1988
Looks at the history of the rhetorical arts in Canadian college and university education. (RAE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Ross, Peter N. – History of Education Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, Educational History
Crampton, Esme, Comp. – 1972
The focus of this booklet is on a survey of approaches and programs in theater arts education in Canada. Short articles cover such topics as a summary of the Ontario Collegiate Drama Festival, play-acting in the classroom, the educational drama program in Newfoundland, the Studio Lab Theatre Foundation, the rebirth of theater in New Brunswick, the…
Descriptors: Acting, College Curriculum, Drama, Dramatics
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Mazurek, Kas; Dawson, Don – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1989
Leisure Studies, an emerging field of study in higher education struggling for academic legitimacy, is examined. An interdisciplinary and metaphysical approach is urged, and a commentary on the state of the field and its research in Canada is provided. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
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