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Ethics Centers' Activities and Role in Promoting Ethics in Universities
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Safatly, Lise; Itani, Hiba; El-Hajj, Ali; Salem, Dania – Ethics and Education, 2017
In modern and well-structured universities, ethics centers are playing a key role in hosting, organizing, and managing activities to enrich and guide students' ethical thinking and analysis. This paper presents a comprehensive survey of the goals, activities, and administration of ethics centers, as well as their role in promoting ethical thinking…
Descriptors: College Role, Ethics, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods
Creating an Effective Online Instructor Presence
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Jaggars, Shanna Smith; Edgecombe, Nikki; Stacey, Georgia West – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2013
Student outcomes in online courses trail considerably behind those in face-to-face courses. In order to gain insight into why this might be, the Community College Research Center (CCRC) undertook a series of studies that examined 23 high-demand, entry-level online courses at two community colleges in one state. CCRC researchers observed the online…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Community Colleges, College Faculty, Teacher Student Relationship
What We Say and What We Do: Self-Reported Teaching Behavior versus Performances in Written Simulations among Medical School Faculty.
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Hartman, Sandee L.; Nelson, Marc S. – Academic Medicine, 1992
A study of 47 clinical medical faculty teaching behaviors had teachers report their teaching behaviors in four areas: interactive skills; knowledge or abilities important for students to develop; factors influencing curriculum development; and sources of pedagogical assistance. Subjects' written simulations on teaching techniques, curriculum…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
The Art of Teaching.
Wilkinson, James – Innovation Abstracts, 1983
College teachers can act as intermediaries between a class and a body of knowledge by making three important contributions: structure, evaluation, and support. The teacher's task is to keep the student's initial drive and enthusiasm intact while thwarting the desire to be content with easy answers. Teachers need to encourage a critical outlook and…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Role, College Students, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Teaching Assistant Training. A Guide for Developing Departmental TA Training Programs.
California Univ., Los Angeles. Office of Instructional Development. – 1987
A guide for developing a departmentally-based teaching assistant (TA) training program is presented. At the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) part-time teaching assistant consultants who are experienced TAs have been employed to help with TA training programs. The following criteria are used to evaluate departmental proposals to hire…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Ancillary School Services, College Instruction, Departments
Helping Nonmajors Find Out What's So Interesting about Biology.
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Bierzychudek, Paulette; Reiness, C. Gary – Bioscience, 1992
Describes a course entitled "DNA and Evolution" in which students develop an appreciation for what science is and how it is practiced as well as an understanding of how some of the most central ideas in biology were developed and tested. Discusses the design of the course, the lecture and discussion topics, and the results and their…
Descriptors: Biology, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Discussion (Teaching Technique)