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Direct linkReilly, Kevin P. – Liberal Education, 2020
You can acquire knowledge, understanding, and habits of mind by studying James Joyce that are invaluable in a variety of ways and that many employers would like to see in their employees. What multinational organization, for instance, does not want professionals who, blending accepted wisdom with forward thinking, can critically assess business…
Descriptors: Authors, Twentieth Century Literature, Undergraduate Students, Student Development
Peer reviewedElizabeth L. Day; Steven J. Petritis; Hunter McFall-Boegeman; Jacob Starkie; Mengqi Zhang; Melanie M. Cooper – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Green and sustainable chemistry (GSC) will become ever more central to the study of chemistry. This is demonstrated by commitments from the American Chemical Society, particularly the Committee on Professional Training and the Green Chemistry Institute, and the United Nations (UN Sustainable Development Goals), which underscore the urgent need for…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Education, Sustainability, Ecology
Banja, John – Journal of Character Education, 2021
Although there is no end of ethics courses offered at colleges and universities, many believe that neither the professoriate nor their institutional leaders has ever been collectively and authentically committed to shaping the moral formation of students. A considerable literature has emerged over the last decade alleging a widespread…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, College Faculty, Ethics, Moral Values
Davies, Paul – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2016
This article advances the thinking of Thompson, Conaway and Dolan's "Undergraduate students' development of social, cultural, and human capital in a network research experience". Set against a background of change in the biosciences, and participation, it firstly explores ideas of what it means to be a scientist, then challenges the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Scientific Research, Undergraduate Students, Biological Sciences
Download full textFreddi, Maria – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This chapter is a reflective account of the author's experience as a teacher of English at the University of Pavia during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. It considers the design and delivery of an English for architecture and construction engineering course as well as the assessment stage of a text analysis course. It proceeds by…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pandemics
Marbach-Ad, Gili; McAdams, Katherine C.; Benson, Spencer; Briken, Volker; Cathcart, Laura; Chase, Michael; El-Sayed, Najib M.; Frauwirth, Kenneth; Fredericksen, Brenda; Joseph, Sam W.; Lee, Vincent; McIver, Kevin S.; Mosser, David; Quimby, B. Booth; Shields, Patricia; Song, Wenxia; Stein, Daniel C.; Stewart, Richard; Thompson, Katerina V.; Smith, Ann C. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
This essay describes how the use of a concept inventory has enhanced professional development and curriculum reform efforts of a faculty teaching community. The Host Pathogen Interactions (HPI) teaching team is composed of research and teaching faculty with expertise in HPI who share the goal of improving the learning experience of students in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Microbiology, Educational Change, Learning Experience
O'Shea, Joseph – Journal of College and Character, 2012
A growing number of universities have implemented community-based research pedagogy into their undergraduate education. Integrating academic training with community engagement has the potential to engage students in a way volunteering may not. This interview with Trisha Thorme, an anthropologist and assistant director of Princeton University's…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Development, Learner Engagement, Student Research
Palfreyman, David – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2013
The accountants Grant Thornton (GT) do a welcome and nice piece of pro bono work by analysing the annual accounts of the UK's 160 (sic) HEIs and compiling a report on "The Financial Health of the Higher Education Sector"--this year entitled "The calm before the storm"! GT duly note that, if the US Department of Education's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Financial Exigency, Financial Problems, Higher Education
Lanci, John R. – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2013
Undergraduate students today often enroll in introductory religious studies or theology classes because they want the time and space to reflect on their personal spiritual questions. Such a motivation can clash with the faculty's desire to introduce students to rigorous academic study of their field. Barbara Walvoord has proposed four "voices"…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Philosophy, Undergraduate Students
Yang, Andrew S. – Liberal Education, 2012
As far as the foundational education of artists and designers is concerned, there is a sense that the natural sciences are of marginal importance, that they deal primarily with matters of material fact rather than the concerns of critical thought or cultural discourse. The author contends that the natural sciences can be quintessential liberal…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Natural Sciences, Science Teachers, Graduate Students
Kissel, Adam – Academic Questions, 2010
What's wrong with the sustainability movement, the author contends, is the uncritical homogenization of humanity. Sustainability advocates inevitably seek to homogenize people's deepest values, because their goal is to save Earth from ecological, economic, and social disaster. Everyone must participate--everyone must share the same key values and…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Authoritarianism
Fechter, Sharon Ahern – Hispania, 2010
Two recent reports offer some paradigm-shifting proposals regarding the teaching of world languages in general at the undergraduate level. The Modern Language Association's (MLA's) "Foreign Languages and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World" and "Report to the Teagle Foundation on the Undergraduate Major in Language and Literature"…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Students, Community Colleges, Educational Change
Hanson, Lori; Harms, Sheila; Plamondon, Katrina – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2011
The authors argue that attempts to establish more placements to meet the growing demands of undergraduate medical students in North America for international experiences may be outweighing critical reflection on the ethical issues, curricular content, and pedagogical strategies necessary to support equitable engagements with countries of the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Medical Education, Study Abroad
Payne, Carla – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2008
In this brief response, Carla Payne comments on Karen Hornsby's "Developing and Assessing Undergraduate Students' Moral Reasoning Skills" (EJ1137006). Payne agrees with Hornsby's statement that the development of "moral reasoning skills" is a very desirable outcome for an ethics course, yet takes issue with Hornsby not sticking…
Descriptors: Reader Response, Thinking Skills, Undergraduate Students, Moral Values
Moran, Dominique; Round, John – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2010
In the 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, teaching post-socialist transition to undergraduate students has become increasingly challenging. This paper relates the development, planning and operation of a fieldwork module in Moscow, for Year Three geography undergraduates. It argues that "on-street" teaching and imaginative use…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Geography Instruction, Field Experience Programs
