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Taylor, Peter C., Ed.; Gilmer, Penny J., Ed.; Tobin, Kenneth, Ed. – 2002
This book comes at a time when epistemological reform is sweeping through the global community of science education. Since the 1970s, the theories of knowing embodied in the teaching activities of school science teachers have been undergoing a major transformation toward more learner-sensitive standpoints. Undergraduate science teaching however,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Innovation, Postmodernism, Science Education
Direct linkSmiles, Robin, Ed. – Education Sector, 2008
The second edition of the "ES Review" brings together, in one setting, abridged versions of research reports, outside articles and op-eds, book reviews, and other Education Sector publications. The 2007 edition features: (1) K-12 Accountability (Laboratories of Reform: Virtual High Schools and Innovation in Public Education (Bill…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Web Sites, Charter Schools, Teacher Effectiveness
Ryan, John Paul, Ed. – Focus on Law Studies, 1992
This issue of "Focus on Law Studies""contains a special emphasis on teaching about law and the family", in the form of the following three articles: "Teaching Family Law: Growing Pains and All" (Susan Frelich Appleton); "The Family Goes to Court: Including Law in a Sociological Perspective on the Family"…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Family Life, Film Study
Peer reviewedMurray, Charles; And Others – Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1997
Provides responses from a small group of conservative scholars concerning the compromise proposed by Dr. James Q. Wilson indicating that the nation will allow some affirmative action in the form of race-based preferential admissions at the undergraduate level, but not in graduate programs. (GR)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Affirmative Action, Criticism, Educational Discrimination
Xing, Jun, Ed.; Li, Judith, Ed.; Roper, Larry D., Ed.; Shaw, Susan M., Ed. – Lexington Books, 2006
Over the past three decades, American higher education has witnessed a shift in demographics which has created a more diverse student body. However, many university campuses remain unsupportive or even hostile to minority faculty and students. This anthology introduces to readers the Difference, Power, and Discrimination (DPD) Program, a…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Models, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Butler, Beverly A.; And Others – 1991
This training manual provides information for the instructors (tutors) of the Shippensburg University Learning Assistance Center (LAC). It discusses the need for tutoring, what the tutoring program is about, and who should be encouraged to attend tutoring sessions. Also, through chapters written by educators with experience in the tutoring…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, College Programs, Higher Education
Steen, Lynn Arthur, Ed. – 1992
The "call for change" issued by the Board of Governors of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) in "A Call For Change: Recommendations for the Mathematical Preparation of Teachers of Mathematics, 1991" may appear at first glance to concern only the mathematical preparation of teachers. However, two ingredients combine…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Ryan, John Paul, Ed. – Focus on Law Studies, 1993
This issue of "Focus on Law Studies" contains a special emphasis on teaching about law and literature, in the form of the following six articles: "Law and Literature: New Combinations in Teaching" (John Paul Ryan); "Teaching Law and American Literature" (Janet Eldred); "Teaching Law with Sacco, Vanzetti, and the Rosenbergs" (Susan N. Herman); Ann…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Citizenship Education, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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
Download full textParer, Michael S., Ed. – 1993
This collection of 13 articles contains the reflections of experienced course developers on a particular course that illustrates the process of constructing flagship distance education programs. "Educational Developers in Action--A Series of Tales from the Mud" (Michael Parer) is an introduction that discusses the technology of distance…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Nelson, Barbara J., Comp.; Wallner, Barbara K., Comp.; Powers, Myra L. Ed.; Hartley, Nancy K., Ed. – 2000
This publication is a compilation of examples of practical, easily implemented activities to help mathematics, science, and education faculty duplicate efforts by the Rocky Mountain Teacher Education Collaborative (RMTEC) to reform and revise curriculum for preservice educators. Activities are organized by content areas: mathematics; geology,…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Smiles, Robin, Ed. – Education Sector, 2009
This third edition of the "ES Review" brings together, in one setting, some of the best work from 2008-09. It features: (1) K-12 Accountability (Measuring Skills for the 21st Century (Elena Silva); Beyond the Bubble: Technology and the Future of Student Assessment (Bill Tucker); Testing the Limits (Bill Tucker); Changing the Game: The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Academic Achievement, Educational Technology, Student Evaluation
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
Ciofalo, Andrew, Ed. – 1992
The 31 papers in this book ar grouped into 5 sections, of which the first consists of an introductory essay by A. Ciofalo, "What Every Professor and Worksite Supervisor Should Know about Internships." Section 2, on learning from experience, contains "Perspectives on Learning in Internships" (D. T. Moore); "Integrating the Traditions of…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Internship Programs
Boyer, Ernest L.; And Others – 1992
This volume contains the text of six speeches selected from approximately 125 plenary talks that have been given over the past few years at more than 40 Freshman Year Experience Conferences by leading educators concerned about improving the first year undergraduate experience. In the first speech, "The Undergraduate Experience: Critical…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Freshmen, College Instruction, Cultural Pluralism
