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Roschelle, Jeremy; Burke, Quinn – Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2019
In this commentary on Interest-Driven Creator (IDC) theory, the authors reflect on the proposed three-step cycles of (i) sparking students' interest, (ii) fostering individual creativity, and (iii) inculcating lifelong learning habits. Each component of IDC theory pulls together a wide span of prior research and emphasizes active roles for…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Creativity, Lifelong Learning, Habit Formation
Hardy, Mat; Totman, Sally – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2021
The Middle East Study Tour (MEST) is a capstone elective unit that stands alone as a credit module towards an undergraduate degree. The tour has the dual purposes of exposing students to the Middle East region's political challenges and better illuminating potential career paths for life after university. But is one student's personal discovery…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Travel, Elective Courses, Units of Study
Almaden, Abdullah; Ku, Heng-Yu – Educational Media International, 2017
The purpose of this study was to analyze on-campus and online PhD programs in educational technology-related fields in the United States. In particular, it sought to evaluate the most common program titles; core, elective, and research courses based on program curricula. The research design was quantitative content analysis and data were collected…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, College Curriculum, Educational Technology, Core Curriculum
Galarza, Sualyneth; Perry, Sarah; Peyton, Shelly – Chemical Engineering Education, 2017
Textbooks are expensive, updated infrequently, and rarely used effectively by students. We discuss here a way for students to create the textbook for the course, helping them feel ownership over the course material. This Wiki-based, student-created textbook is online free for use, widely accessible by all, and editable during the course of and as…
Descriptors: Textbook Publication, Textbook Preparation, Electronic Publishing, Student Developed Materials
Davis, Summer; Zhu, Xihe; Haegele, Justin – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2018
This exploratory study sought to describe the meaning high school girls in the mid-Atlantic region of the USA ascribe to their physical education (PE) experiences, inquire about the factors influencing their enrolment in elective PE, and to explore desired changes to PE. Sixteen girls aged 15-17 years participated in semi-structured focus group…
Descriptors: High School Students, Females, Enrollment Influences, Elective Courses
Fugate, James – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2018
A project-based course is where students engage in a series of projects, which help lead students to a defined level of skill as specified in the course goals. Unlike a traditional lecture course where students are given examinations to assess the level of student knowledge and understanding, a project-based course may not include any formal…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Student Evaluation
Karatas, Erinç – Online Submission, 2018
This is an action research study which attempts to solve some issues using gamification in learning environments. This study focuses on motivations of prospective teachers regarding courses rather the course content itself. During 2012-2013 academic year, gamification in education was practiced in the elective course "Innovative…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Learning Activities, Student Motivation, Student Satisfaction
Arslan, Yasin; Albay, Faruk – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
This study aims to examine the views of students who take or do not take outdoor sports as undergraduate elective course at different departments of Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University on environmental sensitivity. The study group consists of 288 undergraduate students with a mean age of 20.9 ± 2.19 studying at the Faculty of Education, Vocational…
Descriptors: Athletics, Undergraduate Students, Elective Courses, Conservation (Environment)
Teixeira, Renato da Costa; Magalhaes, Atila Barros; Palacios, Vera Regina; Teixeira, Madacilina de Melo – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
According to the National Curricular Guidelines for the undergraduate-level course in physical therapy, the curriculum must promote the training of a generalist, humanist, critical, and reflective professional to develop skills focused on decision-making, communication, leadership, etc. Several methodologies are used in the teaching-learning…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teamwork, Student Evaluation, Physical Therapy
Akbay, Ahu; Cesur, Kürsat – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2019
Turkish Council of Higher Education (CoHE) has updated the curriculums of teaching programmes recently by increasing the percentage of the elective courses. This change became the focus of this study. The study aims to find out the four most preferred General Knowledge (GK) elective courses among English language teachers and the criteria that…
Descriptors: Elective Courses, English (Second Language), Course Descriptions, Preservice Teacher Education
Sahin, Idris; Kesik, Fatma – Education as Change, 2019
This study presents a critical review of religious education policies and practices from the perspective of inclusion. In this sense, it raises the problematics of compulsory and optional religious education courses and Imam Hatip schools, which have an important place in state-religion relationships in Turkey as an inclusive education issue.…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
Gao, Niu; Johnson, Hans; Lafortune, Julien; Dalton, Anthony – Public Policy Institute of California, 2019
In an effort to align its college admission requirements with the new K-12 science standards, the University of California (UC) recently proposed to increase its high school science admissions eligibility requirement--known as area D--from two to three years. UC's new policy has the potential of improving student science learning and readiness for…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Universities, College Admission, College Science
Simmons, Marcus – Industry and Higher Education, 2021
This account of practice describes an experiential learning approach used for enterprise and entrepreneurship education in a UK higher education setting. Module design and delivery insights are drawn from the methods employed by an entrepreneur turned educator to facilitate learning via pop-up shop/event activities financed by a £50 seed fund.…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Learning Experience, Teaching Methods, Business Administration Education
Almeida, Maria Strecht; Quintanilha, Alexandre – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2017
We explore the integration of societal issues in undergraduate training within the life sciences. Skills in thinking about science, scientific knowledge production and the place of science in society are crucial in the context of the idea of responsible research and innovation. This idea became institutionalized and it is currently well-present in…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Biological Sciences, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Study
Zavhorodnia, Vladyslava M.; Slavko, Anna S.; Degtyarev, Sergey I.; Polyakova, Lybov G. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2019
This paper explores the potential for implementing a value-oriented approach in legal education. The authors share their findings from a pedagogical study conducted at Sumy State University, which was designed to test a set of learning methodologies aimed at cultivating in law students a set of skills of critical, value-oriented thinking and legal…
Descriptors: Values Education, Legal Education (Professions), Curriculum Implementation, Foreign Countries