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Sonia Santoveña-Casal; Javier Gil-Quintana; José Javier Hueso-Romero – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2024
Purpose: Microteaching is a teacher training method based on microclasses (groups of four or five students) and microlessons lasting no more than 5-20 min. Since it was first explored in the late 20th century in experiments at Stanford University, microteaching has evolved at the interdisciplinary level. The purpose of this paper is to examine the…
Descriptors: Microteaching, Networks, Higher Education, Electronic Learning
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Maneo Maiketso; Jacqueline Wolvaardt; Margot Uys; Marolien Grobler – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2024
Purpose: The study explored whether an asynchronous short online course in mental health well-being and resilience for healthcare workers (HCWs) showed improved self-reported results among participants during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: A descriptive cross-sectional study evaluated the course outcomes…
Descriptors: Minicourses, Mental Health, Well Being, Resilience (Psychology)
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Roholt, Ross VeLure; Fisher, Colleen – Journal of Social Work Education, 2013
Given the United States' population changes and the increasing impact of globalization, international context and experience in the MSW curriculum are essential. Gaining popularity as a vehicle for such experience are short-term international courses, defined as educational trips outside the United States lasting from 1 to 3 weeks. To achieve…
Descriptors: Social Work, Professional Education, Masters Programs, Minicourses
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Lemmer, E. M.; Muller, H. – Africa Education Review, 2011
The relevance of short learning programmes as an alternative to full-time tertiary degree courses at open and distance learning institutions forms the primary focus of this article. A new kind of student is on the increase in higher education: the mature student who prefers to study part-time in order to combine his or her studies with the…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, Minicourses, Open Education, Distance Education
Nordmeyer, Jon, Ed.; Barduhn, Susan, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2010
The definition of "English language classroom" is changing. When students have the opportunity to learn content and language at the same time, disciplinary boundaries overlap. Teachers are rethinking how they design courses, plan lessons, assess students, and collaborate with colleagues to support student learning and facilitate their…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Bilingual Students, Minicourses
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Badroodien, Azeem – Journal of Education and Work, 2005
Against the backdrop of training provision in the apartheid era and a description of the promulgation of a new skills development regime post-1994, this article considers the status and distribution of enterprise training in contemporary South Africa. It is found that reasonable progress is being made with training in large and medium-sized firms…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Minicourses, Racial Segregation, Industrial Training
Nakadate, Neil – 1988
What made the teaching and learning experiences of a five-week pre-freshman composition primer course for minority students and a ten-session seminar on contemporary American literature for a group of teachers of English as a second language (ESL) from black and colored schools in South Africa so radically different for the professor who taught…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Discourse Communities, Educational Philosophy, English (Second Language)