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Download full textMeyer, Rex – 1975
The purpose of this monograph is to discuss the minicourse as a model for the continuing education of teachers. The first section defines the minicourse and describes its evolution. The second section discusses the characteristics of the minicourses at the Centre for Advancement of Teaching (CAT) at Macquarie University, New South Wales,…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Education Courses, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Smith, Kenneth – Engineering Education, 1976
Discusses the key aspects of developing special-interest, non-credit short courses directed specifically to those already employed in a particular field of engineering or engineering technology. (MLH)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Engineering, Engineering Education, Engineering Technology
Peer reviewedBrown, G. A. – Studies in Higher Education, 1982
The development, evaluation and underlying rationale of a two-day course on explaining and lecturing is described. It is argued that since lecturing is the major method of teaching in universities it is important to help lecturers improve their technique and make them aware of their strengths and weaknesses. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Duly, Leslie C.; Wadlow, Joan K. – 1981
This paper describes the audio-tutorial short course as a method for introducing high quality instruction about new problems in international studies (IS) at the college level. The basic equipment to the audio-tutorial approach to learning is a booth with a tape recorder, a study guide, and a notebook with extra readings. Students listen to the…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Case Studies, Conflict, Course Evaluation
Slavin, Gerald M., Ed.; Colahan, Clark A., Ed. – Occasional Papers Series in International Education, 1981
Perspectives concerning the overall process of providing international education are considered in three articles. In "The Development of an International Commitment: A Case Study," Earl L. Backman describes the successful implementation of an international program at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. The Program for…
Descriptors: College Programs, Cross Cultural Training, Foreign Nationals, Foreign Students
Calvert, Steven L. – 1987
The role of colleges in providing lifelong education for alumni is considered. The book traces 75 years of alumni continuing education, with special attention to the years between 1956 and 1966, the beginning of the modern alumni continuing education era. Guidelines are offered for organizing and planning an alumni lifelong education program, and…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Alumni Education, Case Studies, College Graduates
Jarvis, Gilbert A., Ed. – 1976
This volume on foreign language teaching and learning concerns the following topics: lifelong learning, small-group learning, the minicourse, student attitudes toward foreign languages, problems in secondary schools, humanistic education, curricula in uncommonly taught languages, foreign languages in elementary and adolescent-centered education,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, FLES
