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Tyler B. Becker; Vanessa N. Cardino; James Lucas; Jenifer I. Fenton – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Critical thinking is a common and important learning outcome in college curricula. Case-based and problem-based learning can be used to assess and foster critical thinking skills. HNF 250--Contemporary Issues in Human Nutrition is a critical thinking course developed during the redesign of a nutritional sciences major program. Course assignments…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Nutrition, Problem Based Learning, Course Content
Marcus D. Sherman – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The education of bioinformatics, as an interdisciplinary science, can be negatively impacted by (1) incoming students attempting to negotiate complex concepts while lacking the educational scaffolding of the field's constituent disciplines while (2) taking breadth-first course requirements from (3) educators who may be lacking formal pedagogical…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Biology, Instructional Materials, Computer Software
Douglass, John Aubrey – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2021
In the discourse that swirled in the mid-1800s around the creation of new American public universities, three major and interrelated tensions became evident: the first related to the continued debate regarding the proper curricular balance between practical education and classical studies; the second focused on the appropriate autonomy of…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Educational History, College Curriculum, Role of Education
Butrus, Salwan; Greenman, Kevin; Khera, Eshita; Kopyeva, Irina; Nishii, Akira – Chemical Engineering Education, 2020
The interdisciplinary roots of chemical engineering have shaped its history and fostered its rapidly evolving nature. Through ongoing research, graduate students in chemical engineering departments remain abreast of the field's evolution. Yet core undergraduate curricula often fall short of introducing students to the breadth of current research…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Student Research, Research Skills, Lecture Method
Acharya, Sushil; Manohar, Priyadarshan A.; Wu, Peter Y. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2019
Software Verification and Validation (SV&V) is proven to be an effective approach to ensure software quality. Yet it is not commonly deployed in industry practices. We started a project intent on building a sustainable community skilled in SV&V. The fundamental objective is the transformation of undergraduate education in software…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Undergraduate Study, School Business Relationship
Agnew, Melanie; Kahn, Hilary E. – Metropolitan Universities, 2014
This paper explores Internationalization-at-Home (IaH) as a comprehensive model for preparing every student with the needed global competencies for today's interconnected and diverse society. The authors show how the goal of IaH is to redefine classrooms and campuses into common spaces that intentionally promote intercultural, international, and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Multicultural Education, Models, College Curriculum
Meier, Heidi Hylton; Smith, Deborah Drummond – Accounting Education, 2016
This paper is motivated by recommendations from the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Pathways Commission, and NAFSA: Association of International Educators to increase global exposure in the accounting curriculum. Some schools have responded to these demands by offering short-duration, faculty-led, study abroad…
Descriptors: Accounting, Global Approach, Business Administration Education, Study Abroad
Gray, Simon; Coates, Lee; Fraser, Ann; Pierce, Pam – New Directions for Higher Education, 2015
This chapter describes consortial efforts within the Great Lakes Colleges Association to share expertise and programming to build research skills throughout the undergraduate curriculum. Strategies to scaffold research skill development are provided from Allegheny College, Kalamazoo College, and The College of Wooster.
Descriptors: Research Skills, Undergraduate Study, College Curriculum, Skill Development
Tran, Henry, Ed.; Smith, Douglas A., Ed.; Buckman, David G., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2019
This book focuses on the topic of the multiple-stakeholders that comprise the education community across the P-20 continuum. In various ways and forms, the authors of the chapters found within this book promote the importance of engaging with the diverse array of stakeholders in order to truly improve education in an increasingly interconnected…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Higher Education
Richards-Schuster, Katie; Ruffolo, Mary C.; Nicoll, Kerri Leyda; Distelrath, Catherine; Galura, Joseph A. – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2014
Providing opportunities to foster students' civic engagement during their undergraduate education is a goal of many universities. There are a variety of ways in which students participate in community service and in community change efforts and social change initiatives; capturing how students integrate these experiences into their broader…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Citizen Participation, Undergraduate Students
Carter, Jason R.; West, John B. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2013
Compare and contrast strategies remain common pedagogical practices within physiological education. With the support of an American Physiological Society Teaching Career Enhancement Award, we have developed a junior- or senior-level undergraduate curriculum for exercise physiology that compares and contrasts the physiological adaptations of…
Descriptors: Physiology, Science Education, Exercise Physiology, Undergraduate Students
Azizur, Rahman M. M. – Online Submission, 2011
In order to ensure the safety of their inhabitants and properties, the residential, industrial and business installations require complying with NEC (national electrical code) for electrical systems. Electrical design engineers and technicians rely heavily on these very important design guidelines. However, these design guidelines are not formally…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, College Curriculum, Power Technology, Electronics
Drewel, Christine L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation examines the development of religion curricula at four state universities in Michigan: Grand Valley State University, Western Michigan University, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan. It analyzes the historical development of these curricula, illustrating that each institution has a unique religion curriculum…
Descriptors: Religion Studies, State Universities, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Beistle, Kimberly S. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study explores dental hygiene faculty's perceptions regarding the issues surrounding the concept of critical thinking skills integration within Michigan accredited associate degree dental hygiene programs. The primary research goals are to determine faculty understanding of the concept of critical thinking, identify personal and departmental…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Foster, D. L. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2012
For a basic foundation in computer engineering, universities traditionally teach synchronous sequential circuit design, using discrete gates or field programmable gate arrays, and a microcomputers course that includes basic I/O processing. These courses, though critical, expose students to only a small subset of tools. At co-op schools like…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Computer Science Education, Programming, Computer Assisted Design