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Pope, Andrew M., Ed.; Rall, David P., Ed. – 1995
This volume articulates a general program of implementation strategies and provides practical advice for integrating environmental medicine content into medical education. Chapter 1 is an introduction to the issues and the organization of the volume. Chapter 2 lays the foundation for a curriculum centered on six competency-based learning…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Weingartner, Rudolph H. – 1992
This book examines the full range of experience of the nation's baccalaureate candidates. Working around the premise that education is not something that professors do but rather something students participate in, this book gives succinct accounts of the full range of goals of undergraduate education, from the acquisition of certain proficiencies…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Magolda, Marcia B. Baxter – 1992
This book presents the findings of a longitudinal study of 101 college students and the development of their ways of knowing over a 5-year period, focusing particularly on the role of gender in intellectual development. Part 1, "Understanding Gender-Related Patterns of Knowing," introduces different ways of knowing. Chapter 1 reviews the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures
Bishop, Wendy – 1990
After a brief review of the history of college writing instruction, this book examines the undergraduate creative writing workshop. The book attempts to reweave the currently separate strands of college-level creative writing instruction and composition instruction in the belief that developments in these perhaps artificially separated areas can…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, English Curriculum, Higher Education
Guarasci, Richard, Ed.; Cornwell, Grant H., Ed. – 1997
This collection of seven essays focuses on programs that attempt to increase undergraduates' understanding of social differences while building a sense of campus community. "Democracy and Difference: Emerging Concepts of Identity, Diversity, and Community" (Richard Guarasci and Grant H. Cornwell) outlines the essential argument for a new…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, College Programs, College Students, Cultural Pluralism
Pace, C. Robert – 1990
This book reports the findings of a national survey of college student experiences in the 1980s, particularly focusing on what students do and what they perceive to have gained from their college experience. Data for this book are from the responses of 24,427 undergraduates from 74 colleges and universities to the "College Student Experiences…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Experience, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics
Boudreau, Thomas E. – 1998
This book offers a reflective examination of the purposes of undergraduate education and argues for an integrated pedagogy that is intersubjective, interdisciplinary, and intercultural. The book is divided into three general parts. The first four chapters offer a systematic search for the first principles of education, including the educational…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Instruction, Developmental Stages, Diversity (Institutional)
Hall, James W., Ed.; Kevles, Barbara L., Ed. – 1982
In response to some educators' advocacy of a return to a "core curriculum" (a specific set of courses required by all degree-bound college students), this book maintains that the simple acquisition of broad-based knowledge is not the solution to the complex and difficult problems in higher education today. It presents views of the "educated…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Johnston, Joseph S., Jr.; And Others – 1988
The results of several studies of the humanities and social sciences in undergraduate engineering education are presented and discussed. The first chapter explains the value of humanities and social sciences coursework and describes briefly some of the obstacles confronting efforts to improve it. The second chapter summarizes the findings of two…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Educational Innovation
Singh, Amrik; Singha, H. S. – 1977
This group of readings describes the university examination system in India, and suggests improvements which can be implemented within the current framework of the system. The papers are grouped into six sections: (1) descriptions of the evolution of the undergraduate examinations in India and their present status; (2) discussions of the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Data Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Gething, Judith R. – 1975
Articulation is the process of meshing the students' previous education, either in terms of credits or in terms of substance of their education, with their baccalaureate program. The problem arises because of the large number of students who attend community and junior colleges and then transfer into baccalaureate programs at a four-year college…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Credits, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Humpal, Marcia Earl, Ed.; Colwell, Cynthia, Ed. – American Music Therapy Association, 2006
Educators, families, and media in increasing numbers are recognizing the unique role music plays in young children's development. More and more daycare, preschool, and early intervention centers offer employment opportunities that reflect the needs and attitudes of our ever-changing society. Furthermore, Federal and state regulations, a changing…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Music, Disabilities, Young Children
Chace, William M. – Princeton University Press, 2006
In "One Hundred Semesters", William Chace mixes incisive analysis with memoir to create an illuminating picture of the evolution of American higher education over the past half century. Chace follows his own journey from undergraduate education at Haverford College to teaching at Stillman, a traditionally African-American college in…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, African American Students, Civil Rights, Undergraduate Study
Schlachter, Gail Ann; Weber, R. David – 1996
This directory lists more than 1,000 merit and other no-need funding and scholarship programs open to high school students and recent graduates for their undergraduate education in the United States. The programs are classified according to course of study in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, or any subject area. Programs reward…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Financial Support, High Schools, Higher Education
Dines, Gail, Ed.; Humez, Jean M., Ed. – 1995
This reader is intended to introduce undergraduates to the richness, sophistication, and diversity that characterize contemporary media scholarship. Another goal is to take the mystery out of the idea of media culture by examining its production, construction, and the meaning-making processes through which media imagery and messages help shape our…
Descriptors: Advertising, Cultural Differences, Higher Education, Mass Media
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