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Achieving the Dream, 2018
In this comprehensive practitioner guidebook, the Northeast Resiliency Consortium colleges have shared their work and have collaborated to develop a competency model, along with a rich and robust set of principles, strategies, resources, and guidelines for helping students develop strong resiliency. The Resiliency Competency Model outlines the…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Integrated Curriculum, Competence, Models
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Min, Mina – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Understanding teachers' concerns about integrating new technology to their curricular practices is essential for the improvement of pedagogical practices. Using in-depth interviews, this study aims (1) to explore and describe concerns of teachers who attempted to initiate ebook-integrated curriculum independently in a higher education setting, and…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Books, Technology Integration, Interviews
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Nordquist, Jonas; Fisher, Kenn – Understanding Teaching-Learning Practice, 2018
This chapter addresses the topic of aligning physical learning spaces with contemporary curricula in medicine and health professions education on university campuses. It is argued that the design of physical learning spaces is more important than ever at a time of an increased use of virtual learning approaches and a rapidly changing health…
Descriptors: School Space, Blended Learning, Medical Education, Allied Health Occupations Education
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Chen, Chung-Yang; Chang, Huiju; Hsu, Wen-Chin; Sheen, Gwo-Ji – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
This paper proposes a training model for raters, with the goal to improve the intra- and inter-consistency of evaluation quality for higher education curricula. The model, termed the learning, behaviour and reaction (LBR) circular training model, is an interdisciplinary application from the business and organisational training domain. The…
Descriptors: Training, Models, Evaluation Methods, Quality Control
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Rios-Font, Wadda C. – Hispania, 2017
This article analyzes the growing trend among US higher education institutions to replace four-semester, proficiency-oriented language requirement models with shorter exposure-oriented sequences frequently restricting exemptions and aimed at bringing languages into distribution requirement structures. By contrasting the history, strengths, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, International Education, Second Language Instruction, Curriculum Development
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Groth, Terrie R. – Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2015
For some decades, students and scholars of Political Science have debated methodological differences, paradigmatic differences, and policy differences as they relate to curricula. Today, the real challenges facing the teaching of Political Science have less to do with content and much more to do with form and process. The next transformation in…
Descriptors: Political Science, Competency Based Education, Undergraduate Study, Foreign Countries
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Kobulnicky, Henry A.; Dale, Daniel A. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2016
This article describes a community mentoring model for UREs that avoids some of the common pitfalls of the traditional paradigm while harnessing the power of learning communities to provide young scholars a stimulating collaborative STEM research experience.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Education, Mentors, Higher Education
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Richardson, John T. E. – Educational Psychology Review, 2017
This commentary begins by summarizing the five contributions to this special issue and briefly recapping the background to the topic of student learning in higher education. Narrative and systematic reviews are compared, and the relative value of different bibliographic databases in the context of systematic reviews is assessed. The importance of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Agnew, Melanie; Kahn, Hilary E. – Metropolitan Universities, 2014
This paper explores Internationalization-at-Home (IaH) as a comprehensive model for preparing every student with the needed global competencies for today's interconnected and diverse society. The authors show how the goal of IaH is to redefine classrooms and campuses into common spaces that intentionally promote intercultural, international, and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Multicultural Education, Models, College Curriculum
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Waguespack, Leslie J. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2015
Recent IS curriculum guidelines compress software development pedagogy into smaller and smaller pockets of course syllabi. Where undergraduate IS students once may have practiced modeling in analysis, design, and implementation across six or more courses in a curriculum using a variety of languages and tools they commonly now experience modeling…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Design, Computer Software, Models
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Pitt-Catsouphes, Marcie; Cosner Berzin, Stephanie – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
The practice of social innovation offers promising approaches for addressing social issues. Although many social innovation strategies are congruent with macro social work theory and practice, some of the insights and tactics that have emerged in the social innovation field have the potential to strengthen current macro practice. Based on our…
Descriptors: Social Work, Professional Education, Innovation, Social Problems
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Mahajan, Ritika; Agrawal, Rajat; Sharma, Vinay; Nangia, Vinay – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify challenges for management education in India and explain their nature, significance and interrelations using total interpretive structural modelling (TISM), an innovative version of Warfield's interpretive structural modelling (ISM). Design/methodology/approach: The challenges have been drawn from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, Models, Barriers
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Ma, Yan – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2015
This article examines visual literacy education and research for library and information science profession to educate the information professionals who will be able to execute and implement the ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) Visual Literacy Competency Standards successfully. It is a continuing call for inclusion of visual…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Library Education, Information Science Education, Competence
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Addison, Nicholas – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2014
Learning Outcomes models, particularly constructive alignment, are the default 'theoretical' tool underpinning HE curriculum design in the UK despite continuing doubts as to their efficacy. With reference to the literature, this article summarises the history of the Learning Outcomes movement and charts the perceived benefits and deficits of…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Higher Education, Curriculum Design, College Curriculum
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Russell, Jack; Russell, Barbara – Information Systems Education Journal, 2015
The goal is to provide a robust and challenging problem statement for a capstone, advanced systems analysis and design course for CIS/MIS/CS majors. In addition to the problem narrative, a representative solution for much of the business modeling deliverables is presented using the UML paradigm. A structured analysis deliverable will be the topic…
Descriptors: Systems Analysis, Case Studies, College Curriculum, Systems Development
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