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Castañeda, Linda; Prendes, Paz – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2013
In this paper we are trying to present a model of analysis that includes a comprehensive perspective of the state of the art in the specialized literature about curriculum development. From this theoretical approach, we get a complete curriculum overview. Including insights into: what are the curriculum principal elements, what we already know…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Implementation, Information Technology
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Brew, Angela – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2013
This article critically examines existing models and different ways of understanding undergraduate research to argue that there is a need for a coherent framework for student research that can contribute to curricular and pedagogical decision-making. A framework derived from analysing and integrating models of undergraduate research within the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Models, Decision Making
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Guthrie, Kathy L.; Bovio, Becka – Journal of College and Character, 2014
In working to develop undergraduate student leadership capacity, Florida State University created the Undergraduate Certificate in Leadership Studies. This program, grounded in leadership theory and framed by a seamless learning model, has been influential in development of student leadership perceptions and capacity. This article addresses the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Leadership Training, Student Leadership
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Hyter, Yvette D. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2014
The field of speech-language pathology needs a conceptual framework to guide the provision of services in a globalized world. Proposed in this article is a conceptual framework designed to facilitate responsive global engagement for professionals such as speech-language pathologists, who are increasingly serving diverse populations around the…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Global Approach, Models, Allied Health Personnel
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Leask, Betty; Bridge, Christopher – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
Internationalisation and internationalisation of the curriculum in higher education are not new concepts, but they are much debated and diversely interpreted. Studies of the higher education curriculum have been scarce. Studies of internationalisation of the curriculum in higher education are even rarer and, with a few exceptions, are focused on a…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Intellectual Disciplines, Universities, Foreign Countries
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You, Di; Bebeau, Muriel J. – Ethics and Education, 2013
Rest's hypothesis that the components of morality (i.e., sensitivity, reasoning, motivation, and implementation) are distinct from one another was tested using evidence from a dental ethics curriculum that uses well-validated measures of each component. Archival data from five cohorts ("n" = 385) included the following: (1) transcribed…
Descriptors: Ethics, Dentistry, College Curriculum, Ethical Instruction
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Oxley, Rebecca – Library Quarterly, 2013
New homegrown groups such as iDiversity call attention to the important and essential role that student-based groups play in promoting cultural competency within their own institutions and the profession at large. The iDiversity story outlines (1) how student engagement can be transformed into leadership and action by diversity focus within the…
Descriptors: Library Education, Information Science Education, Student Organizations, Diversity (Institutional)
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Haspel, Carol; Motoike, Howard K.; Lenchner, Erez – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2014
After a considerable amount of research and experimentation, cat dissection was replaced with rat dissection and clay modeling in the human anatomy and physiology laboratory curricula at La Guardia Community College (LAGCC), a large urban community college of the City University of New York (CUNY). This article describes the challenges faculty…
Descriptors: Laboratory Procedures, Animals, Models, Anatomy
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Barnhardt, Cassie L. – Journal of Higher Education, 2015
Proponents of civic engagement extol the virtues of the college experience for enhancing students' capacities for democratic participation, yet few studies have examined the organizational contexts of such actions. This article applies theory regarding social movements in organizations to highlight the relationship between campus curricular…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Activism
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Brust, Peter; Jayakumar, Vivekanand – Journal of Economic Education, 2012
Global imbalances and the sustainability of large U.S. current account deficits have dominated international macroeconomics of late. Pedagogically, a clear disconnect exists between graduate-level open-economy macroeconomics that emphasizes intertemporal current account models and net foreign asset adjustment featuring valuation effects, and,…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Macroeconomics, Undergraduate Study, Models
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Gluga, R.; Kay, J.; Lever, T. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2013
It is important, but very challenging, to design degree programs, so that the sequence of learning activities, topics, and assessments over three to five years give an effective progression in learning of generic skills, discipline-specific learning goals and accreditation competencies. Our CUSP (Course and Unit of Study Portal) system tackles…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Objectives, Academic Degrees
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Manthey, Seth; Brewe, Eric – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
University Modeling Instruction (UMI) is an approach to curriculum and pedagogy that focuses instruction on engaging students in building, validating, and deploying scientific models. Modeling Instruction has been successfully implemented in both high school and university physics courses. Studies within the physics education research (PER)…
Descriptors: Physics, Self Efficacy, Curriculum Design, Biology
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Toto, Roxanne; Colledge, Thomas; Frederick, David; Pung, Wik Hung – Advances in Engineering Education, 2014
Reflective of current trends in industry, engineering design professionals are expected to have knowledge of 3D modeling software. Responding to this need, engineering curricula seek to effectively prepare students for the workforce by requiring instruction in the use of 3D parametric solid modeling. Recent literature contains many examples that…
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Education, Computer Software, College Curriculum
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Kellam, Nadia; Walther, Joachim; Costantino, Tracie; Cramond, Bonnie – Advances in Engineering Education, 2013
Traditional curricular approaches within engineering education tend to be fragmented, with opportunities for content- and meta-level synthesis being mostly limited to freshman and senior year design courses. In this paper, we are proposing a curricular model, the Synthesis and Design Studio, to combat the tendency towards fragmented curricula. The…
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Education, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Camilleri, Anthony F.; Delplace, Stefan; Frankowicz, Marek; Hudak, Raimund; Tannhäuser, Anne-Christin – Online Submission, 2014
Chapter 1 starts out with a short historical view on "academisation" and "professionalisation," illustrating how much professional higher education (PHE) in Europe has been in flux in the past years. With examples from France and Ireland, the chapter argues how a new spectrum of missions, differences in national organization of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Education, Higher Education, Differences
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