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Direct linkMerrill, M. David – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
A first-class syllabus can help promote effective, efficient and engaging learning, but traditional syllabi too often fail to attain this purpose. This paper describes and illustrates a syllabus review check-list that was designed to assist faculty at a major university to adopt a problem-centered approach to their courses. The check-list enables…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Check Lists, Problem Based Learning, Universities
Isuster, Marcela Y.; Langille, Donna – College & Research Libraries, 2023
Library and librarian involvement in digital humanities (DH) has grown over the past few years. However, it is unclear whether current library and information studies (LIS) programs are properly preparing students for this type of work. This study analyzed course offerings at Canadian ALA-accredited LIS programs. While Canadian ALA-accredited LIS…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Education, Course Descriptions, Humanities
Awaah, Fred; Okebukola, Peter; Shabani, Juma; Arkorful, Helen – Cogent Education, 2023
Studies on reasons accounting for the difficulties in learning public administration is relatively new in the public administration literature though many findings exist regarding students' difficulties in the study of different subject areas. This paper examines whether the perceived reasons in other subjects are real in the study of public…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Undergraduate Students, Course Descriptions, Concept Formation
Tsiane, Mahlompho Retselisitsoe; Motebang, Bonane – Cogent Education, 2023
The purpose of this study is to gain insight into teachers' interpretation of the accounting syllabus key components so that the alignment with the syllabus design orientation meant to address the accounting curriculum goals can be deciphered. The theory of curriculum orientation was employed as a lens through which the data were generated and…
Descriptors: Accounting, Course Descriptions, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Design
Lockard, Joe; Goggin, Peter – Science & Education, 2023
The paper describes an upper-division university course in Mars literature taught online since Fall 2013. The course readings comprise six novels relating to Mars. Authors include H.G. Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ray Bradbury, Phillip K. Dick, Greg Bear, and Kim Stanley Robinson. After an introduction, sections of the paper discuss course…
Descriptors: College Science, Astronomy, Space Sciences, Science Instruction
Lydia Horne; Amanda Manzanares; Nicholas Babin; Emily A. Royse; Lee Arakawa; Eunice Blavascunas; Lisa Doner; Daniel Druckenbrod; Ennea Fairchild; Meghann Jarchow; Barry R. Muchnick; Prajjwal Panday; Denielle Perry; Rebecca Thomas; Anne Toomey; Brian H. Tucker; Camille Washington-Ottombre; Shirley Vincent; Steven W. Anderson; Chelsie Romulo – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2024
Interdisciplinary environmental and sustainability (IES) programs are different from other fields because they focus on a complex integration of humanities, social, and natural sciences concepts centered on the interactions of coupled human and natural systems. The interdisciplinary nature of IES programs does not lend itself to traditional…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Environmental Education, Sustainability, Higher Education
Alberto Arnal-Bailera – PRIMUS, 2024
This article presents a reflection on a teaching experience involving the use of the Brügner tangram, an interesting but little-known manipulative material. It details an activity conducted as part of an undergraduate mathematics education course for prospective primary school teachers. The main objective of this paper is to present the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mathematics Instruction, Graphs, Teaching Methods
Sarah Rose Fitzgerald; Christine Turner; Anne Graham – College & Research Libraries, 2024
This study investigates how instructors consider resource cost and availability when compiling assignments in their course syllabi. It uses the academic planning model from Lattuca and Stark to frame the influences on instructional material selection. It employs a critical incident technique method, asking instructors to take into account one…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Costs, Instructional Materials, Educational Resources
Graham F. Hunter – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2024
Utilizing interviews with 44 full-time HESA faculty members, this study explores how they describe planning for individual courses. Findings suggest a model of course planning in which faculty members enter the process with particular beliefs and then make decisions as they consider existing syllabi, course objectives, course content, and student…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Courses, Course Descriptions, Course Content
Michael Simonson – Distance Learning, 2024
Building on Thomas Jefferson's famous words, 'I cannot live without books,' distance education thrives on the power of the written word and the compelling nature of the visual image. This article re-examines ways to include a level of power in what we write and an attempt at communicating ideas visually. Printed materials in distance education…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Distance Education, Writing (Composition), Teaching Methods
Faheem Hussain Sabzali; Farid Panjwani – British Journal of Religious Education, 2024
In the article, 'Agreed Syllabi and Un-Agreed Values: Religious Education and Missed Opportunities for Fostering Social Cohesion', Panjwani (2005) presented a case study of Muslim representation in the selected agreed syllabi and RE textbooks in England and Wales. The present article aims to provide a rear-mirror view, reviewing the representation…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Textbooks, Muslims, Islam
Alethea Cassandra de Villiers; Robert Gillmer – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: The aim of the article is to develop a framework for assessment for contemporary commercial music (CCM) in a music department that is still organised in a traditional way. Assessment of CCM in tertiary institutions and external graded music exams were described and analysed, followed by the presentation of an assessment framework.…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Universities, Foreign Countries, Music
Emily C. Marshall; Anthony Underwood; Abigail Hyde – Journal of Economic Education, 2024
The undergraduate economics curricula for most of the 793 U.S. colleges and universities that conferred an economics bachelor's degree in 2019 are described in this article. Besides updating the prevalence of the economics major core requirements and their differences by institution type, the authors record new information on requirement…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Economics Education, Curriculum Design, Course Descriptions
Paris, Britt; Reynolds, Rebecca; Marcello, Gina – Information and Learning Sciences, 2022
Purpose: This paper aims to address some limitations in existing approaches to the study of mis- and dis-information and offers what the authors propose as a more comprehensive approach to framing and studying these issues, geared toward the undergraduate level of learner. In doing so, the authors prioritize social shaping of technology and…
Descriptors: Misinformation, Information Literacy, Undergraduate Students, Media Literacy
André Coners; Benjamin Matthies; Carolin Vollenberg; Julian Koch – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2025
The proficient handling of data can undoubtedly be regarded as a key skill for the future. However, the need for data competencies is not limited to traditional professions in the information technology environment but is rather necessary across industries and work fields. Consequently, there is a call to integrate such Data Literacy and Data…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Higher Education, Information Science Education, Computer Science Education
