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After the Workshop: A Case Study of Post-Workshop Implementation of Active Learning in an Electrical Engineering Course
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Shekhar, Prateek; Maura Borrego – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2017
Engineering education research has empirically validated the effectiveness of active learning over traditional instructional methods. However, the dissemination of education research into instructional practice has been slow. Faculty workshops for current and future instructors offer a solution to promote the widespread adoption of active learning…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Engineering Education, Program Implementation, Teacher Workshops
Mathematical Challenge in the Eyes of the Beholder: Mathematics Teachers' Views
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Applebaum, Mark; Leikin, Roza – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2014
This study is based on our belief that mathematics should be challenging in any classroom and that mathematical challenge is among the central factors that determine the quality of mathematics lessons. Choosing challenging mathematical problem for the students is central in teachers' work while their conception of mathematical challenge can…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Experienced Teachers, Definitions
Changing the Face of Coach Education: Using Ethno-Drama to Depict Lived Realities
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Morgan, Kevin; Jones, Robyn L.; Gilbourne, David; Llewellyn, David – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Coaching holistically and viewing coaching as interdisciplinary, where different knowledges meet, interconnect and dissect, has increasingly gained recognition. In an effort to engage more effectively with this agenda and to educate coaches to meet the integrated, fluid nature of their work, Jones and Turner advocated a problem-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletic Coaches, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving
Tools for Achieving TQE.
Latta, Raymond F.; Downey, Carolyn J. – 1994
This book presents a wide array of sophisticated problem-solving tools and shows how to use them in a humanizing way that involves all stakeholders in the process. Chapter 1 develops the rationale for educational stakeholders to consider quality tools. Chapter 2 highlights three quality group-process tools--brainstorming, the nominal group…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Diagrams, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Recruiting Minority Trustees to Independent College and University Governing Boards. AGB Special Report.
Grigsby, J. Eugene, III; Galloway, Sylvia W. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1996
The report combines survey findings and data from interviews and focus-group sessions on recruiting minority group members for the private college or university governing board. It discusses real and perceived obstacles and recommends resources to assist institutions. Recommendations are based on two premises: (1) more minorities are needed on…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Planning, College Role
Savvy Decision Making: An Administrator's Guide to Using Focus Groups in Schools.
Jayanthi, Madhavi; Nelson, Janet S. – 2002
This book is a guide is for school practitioners who want to know more about planning and conducting focus groups as an aid to decision-making. It emphasizes practical and cost-effective ways to ensure accurate results. After defining the focus group, chapter 1 offers ways focus groups can be used in schools and reasons for using them. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Decision Making, Discussion Groups, Elementary Secondary Education