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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
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Abramovitz, A. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
This paper suggests a pedagogical approach to teaching the subject of average modeling of PWM switch-mode power electronics systems through simulation by general-purpose electronic circuit simulators. The paper discusses the derivation of PSPICE/ORCAD-compatible average models of the switch-mode power stages, their software implementation, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Energy, Models, Electronics
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Liu, Y. A. – Chemical Engineering Education, 1980
Presents a detailed outline of topics and lectures and references for a survey course on process synthesis at Auburn University, Alabama. (JN)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Energy
Long, R. L.; And Others – Engineering Education, 1975
Describes a course in the technology of nuclear energy which responds to the immediate concerns of students in areas such as environmental effects, weapons effects, national energy needs, and medical and forensic applications. Includes a course outline and description of appropriate textbooks, (GS)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Energy
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Anderson, Richard J. – Journal of Geological Education, 1975
Surveys present energy demands and available sources. Proposes an outline of a geology of fuels course. (CP)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Energy
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Butt, John B.; Petersen, E. E. – Chemical Engineering Education, 1978
Compares the content of some undergraduate and graduate courses in chemical kinetics and chemical reactor engineering. (BB)
Descriptors: Course Content, Energy, Engineering Education, Graduate Study
Visich, Marian, Jr. – Weaver of Information and Perspectives on Technological Literacy, 1984
Discusses strategies used in a course for nonengineering students which consists of case studies of such sociotechnological problems as automobile safety, water pollution, and energy. Solutions to the problems are classified according to three approaches: education, government regulation, and technological fix. (BC)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Course Content, Energy, Engineering Education
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Gupta, Gian – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1983
Describes a course designed to familiarize students with alternative sources of energy, with emphasis on problem-solving strategies. Includes list of major topics/subtopics addressed and list of textbooks and recommended readings on alternative energy sources. (JN)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Energy
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Cheek, William Edward – 1975
The purpose of this study was to show that societal problems such as energy and pollution should be included as a central and underlying theme in a college chemistry course. A questionnaire was administered to 156 college students in science and technology to determine whether the students felt that they would be more highly motivated in chemistry…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Course Content, Curriculum
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Joyner, Christopher C. – Social Studies, 1979
Describes a college-level course on "the politics of energy" which explored the nature of the energy crisis, the role of energy in world politics, and possible solutions to the crisis. (AV)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Energy, Global Approach
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Perlmutter, D. D. – Chemical Engineering Education, 1978
This course uses stability as a central theme around which to organize a wide range of reactor concerns. This approach brings together the subject matter of catalyst particles with that of well-stirred vessels and tubular reactor geometry. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Course Content, Curriculum
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Wheelock, T. D. – Chemical Engineering Education, 1978
This course introduces graduate students and advanced undergraduates to coal science and technology. Topics include: (1) the nature and occurrence of coal, (2) its chemical and physical characteristics, (3) methods of cleaning and preparing coal, and (4) processes for converting coal into clean solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels, as well as coke.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Course Content, Curriculum, Earth Science
Maxwell, Eugene L. – 1972
Presented is a portion of a research project which developed materials for teaching remote sensing of natural resources on an interdisciplinary basis at the graduate level. This volume contains notes developed for a course in active remote sensing. It is concerned with those methods or systems which generate the electromagnetic energy…
Descriptors: College Science, Course Content, Energy, Environmental Education
Shanebrook, J. Richard – 1997
This document describes a course designed to acquaint students with the many societal and technological problems facing the United States and the world due to the increasing demand for energy. The course begins with a writing assignment that involves readings on the environmental philosophy of Native Americans and the Chernobyl catastrophe.…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Content, Ecology, Energy
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Summers, Mike; Kruger, Colin – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1994
Reports the results of a two-year longitudinal study that examined the development of primary teachers' understanding of force and energy following inservice education. The approach used constructivist strategies and analogical reasoning to promote qualitative learning of science concepts. Interviews, questionnaires, and drawing tasks indicated…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Course Content, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
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