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Finley, Fred N.; Nam, Younkeyong; Oughton, John – Science Education, 2011
Earth Systems Science (ESS) is emerging rapidly as a discipline and is being used to replace the older earth science education that has been taught as unrelated disciplines--geology, meteorology, astronomy, and oceanography. ESS is complex and is based on the idea that the earth can be understood as a set of interacting natural and social systems.…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Earth Science, Intellectual Disciplines, Concept Teaching
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Mentzer, Nathan – Journal of STEM Teacher Education, 2011
This study contextualized the use of the engineering design process by providing descriptions of how each element in a design process was integrated in an eleventh grade industry and engineering systems course. The guiding research question for this inquiry was: How do students engage in the engineering design process in a course where technology…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Engineering Education, Instructional Design, Barriers
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Feret, Alice J.; Smith, Judith J. – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2010
Art educators have a unique opportunity to develop and strengthen a cross-curricular foundation in literacy through art education. Enrolled in a content area reading course, pre-service teachers in art education at one, large southeastern university discovered that using language skills as a lens sharpened their observations of student performance…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Preservice Teachers, Content Area Reading, Art Education
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Ostergaard, Edvin; Lieblein, Geir; Breland, Tor Arvid; Francis, Charles – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2010
Preparing students for a complex and dynamic future is a challenge for educators. This article explores three crucial issues related to agroecological education and learning: (1) the phenomenological foundation for learning agroecology in higher education; (2) the process of students' interactions with a wide range of various learners within and…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Learning Processes, Phenomenology, Experiential Learning
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Caudill, Lester; Hill, April; Hoke, Kathy; Lipan, Ovidiu – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
Funded by innovative programs at the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Richmond faculty in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and computer science teamed up to offer first- and second-year students the opportunity to contribute to vibrant, interdisciplinary research projects. The result was…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
Hodges, Hillary Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Technology in every form has become an important part of everyday life. In business, it is a necessity for success and survival. Many authors (Kotrlik & Redmann, 2009; Ma & Runyon (2004), among others) in the arena of higher education have pointed out the need for truly integrated business and technology programs at the graduate level, but…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Instructional Design
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Krikas, Vangelis – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2009
The role of curriculum in the official educational process is widely recognized by the international scientific community. Beginning in the 19th century, and perhaps even earlier, curriculum research began, not only to be systematized, but to also constitute an autonomous field of study. On the other hand, curriculum evaluation has captured the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Curriculum Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Compulsory Education
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Reiss, Michael J. – Science & Education, 2009
This article begins by examining whether "science" and "religion" can better be seen as distinct or related worldviews, focusing particularly on scientific and religious understandings of biodiversity. I then explore how people can see the natural world, depending on their worldview, by looking at two contrasting treatments of penguin behaviour,…
Descriptors: World Views, Biodiversity, Science Teachers, Science Education
Fullerton, Ann; Ruben, Barbara J.; McBride, Stephanie; Bert, Susan – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2011
If classroom teachers are among the greatest determinant of student learning, then teacher preparation programs have a role to play improving educational outcomes for struggling learners. There are currently three established teacher preparation program models: (1) "discrete"; (2) "integrated"; and (3) "merged." In the "discrete" model, which is…
Descriptors: Program Design, Secondary Education, Models, Program Evaluation
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Frysztacki, Krzysztof – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2008
Addresses teaching in social work on the basis of two different theories related to social work and social science, noting crucial aspects of each. Notes deep differences between theoretical and applied sciences and discusses ways in which a dynamic complementarity can be achieved in teaching the theoretical and the professional. Applies the major…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Social Work, Sociology, Unified Studies Curriculum
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Albrecht, Conan C.; Romney, Marshall; Lowry, Paul Benjamin; Moody, Greg – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2009
This paper describes an innovative, integrated implementation of the core Information Systems courses. While the published IS curriculum provides standards on course "content", it gives little direction on the "implementation" of the courses. At Brigham Young University, we have reengineered the traditional topics of analysis,…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Information Systems, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Implementation
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Bennett, Robert B., Jr. – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2009
In this article, the author discusses the "Law and Culture" course that he developed to teach in the Butler University Honors Program. The course looks at some landmark periods or events in legal history and explores how those events were the product of their culture, and how they affected their culture. Among the events or periods that the author…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Court Litigation, Legal Education (Professions), Historical Interpretation
Ewert, Doreen E. – Journal of Basic Writing (CUNY), 2011
The early success of the revised ESL literacy development curriculum for international undergraduates at a large Midwestern university suggests that a curriculum which integrates reading and writing activity around meaning-making tasks with texts and focuses on fluency before accuracy is preferable to a skill-based curriculum. Support for this…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Clark, Aaron C.; Ernst, Jeremy V. – Technology Teacher, 2009
The authors have devoted a considerable amount of time evaluating the role that gaming and game development plays in the form of curricula integration and as a future career focus for students interested in this field. From the research conducted through the completed National Science Foundation (NSF) project, VisTE: Visualization in Technology…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Technology Education, Integrated Curriculum, Unified Studies Curriculum
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Moulin, Dan – British Journal of Religious Education, 2009
This paper proposes that the ideas of political philosopher John Rawls could be adapted to offer a new starting point for a pedagogy of religious education (RE) in the non-denominational sector. It is argued that contemporary approaches to RE may infringe the liberal principle of freedom of belief by favouring certain methods of interpreting…
Descriptors: Ideology, Religious Education, Unified Studies Curriculum, Political Attitudes
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