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Friedman, Daniel B. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2012
"The First-Year Seminar: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Courses to Support Student Learning and Success," a five-volume series, is designed to assist educators who are interested in launching a first-year seminar or revamping an existing program. Each volume examines a different aspect of first-year seminar design or…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Instructional Design, Instructional Development, Curriculum Implementation
Padgett, Ryan D.; Kilgo, Cindy A. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2012
In 2011, the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition revisited its 1999 National Survey of Senior Seminars and Capstone Courses to explore the current state of culminating experiences in American higher education. Drawn from a sample of public and private colleges and universities across the country, the…
Descriptors: National Surveys, College Seniors, Curriculum, Student Experience
Bacon, Pamela S.; Bagwell, David – Libraries Unlimited, 2005
Media specialists, particularly in large urban high schools, often cannot meet the individual instructional needs of every student. This book outlines an online unit that helps media specialists ensure that every student receives valuable--and consistent--information literacy instruction. The book contains a ten-step orientation course created by…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Orientation, Course Organization, Information Literacy
Toohey, Susan – 1999
This guide is intended for teachers who want to learn more about educational design of college courses. Chapter 1 identifies various pressures for change in designing courses and urges creation of conditions that foster deep learning. Chapter 2 examines various models of the course design process. Chapter 3 discusses beliefs, values and ideologies…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Fodor, John T.; Dalis, Gus T. – 1974
This text provides a rationale for health instruction that can be practically applied by classroom teachers and those planning a comprehensive health curriculum. Chapter 1 considers points of view concerning health education and the school program and the influence of these viewpoints in shaping the instructional program. Chapter 2 concerns…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Educational Objectives, Educational Programs, Evaluation
Lichty, Richard – 1972
Many problems are involved in interdisciplinary teaching. Below are some proposals for an interdisciplinary course in the social sciences for secondary school teachers. This type of teaching can be done with either one instructor or a team. If one instructor is used, care must be taken not to build the course solely around that person, so that if…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Educational Games, Interdisciplinary Approach, Secondary School Teachers
Grunert, Judith – 1997
Based on the assumption that good teaching helps students understand how to actively acquire, use, and extend knowledge in an ongoing learning process, this guide presents strategies for constructing learning-centered course syllabi. Following prefatory materials, part 1 reviews implications of shifting from traditional syllabi, which focus on…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Course Organization
Dickinson, Gary – 1973
The book is designed to assist instructors of adults, particularly those who are part-time and beginning, in managing their educational programs effectively. It is written to be understood by instructors who may not have a background of training in education or who have a limited amount of time available to acquire teaching skills. The five…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Course Organization
Dressel, Paul L.; Marcus, Dora – 1982
College education is examined with focus on what students need to learn to maximize their full human potential. Part 1, "Teaching, Learning, and the Purpose of Education," examines: teaching styles and effects on learning; the goals of teaching; education as a humanizing experience; and enriching learning through technology. Part 2, "Teaching…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Course Objectives
Brumfit, C. J., Ed. – 1984
A group of papers concerning English language syllabus design for general education curricula developed for a symposium on that topic includes an introduction on the definition and function of syllabuses by Christopher Brumfit, and a paper providing a review and discussion of terminology, background to the discussion, and current views on the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Core Curriculum, Course Content, Course Organization
VanDyke, Patt, Ed. – 1995
This book contains eight chapters by faculty at Northwest Missouri State University (NMSU) describing their experiences in academic teams implementing the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria in terms of adapting the process to the classroom. An introductory chapter is titled "Developing the Culture for Quality," (Annelle…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Course Organization, Educational Quality, Health Education
Lindquist, Tarry – 1995
This book is a blueprint for integrating the elementary level curriculum around a social studies core. It describes 1 year in an integrated classroom. This volume offers a structure and purpose for integrating the curriculum. Included with the suggestions for curriculum integration are several samples and examples of student work that are the…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Earle, Ralph B., Jr., Ed. – 1975
Designed to improve undergraduate political science instruction, this booklet contains four essays on how to integrate the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) teaching method into an introductory American government and politics course. The essays discuss the basic components and current applications of PSI. The first essay sets forth the…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Lovell-Troy, Larry; Eickmann, Paul – 1992
This is a workbook that assists college faculty to design their own courses. The process is organized in a series of stages each of which is given a chapter: gathering, planning, implementing, teaching and evaluating. The first chapter on gathering describes the process for collecting as much information about the course as possible by describing…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation
Bailey, Patrick – 1974
This geography instructional manual aids teachers in the preparation of teaching geography courses for both elementary and secondary grades. The authors believe that geography has an important part to play in the process of education, with an emphasis on the ideas as well as the facts in the field of geography. The first part of the book examines…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Course Content, Course Organization, Curriculum Development