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Lee, Nicolette – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
System models are commonly used in tertiary education as a mechanism for describing the interacting components of educational phenomena, but have hitherto been uncritically accepted. This paper provides a critical review of existing systems models, including the 3P model defined Biggs, and outlines their conceptual challenges. A revised model…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Systems Approach, Models, Curriculum Research
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Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville. – 1984
This syllabus outlines a course of study in integrated regional resources management based on the experience of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The course has been developed for resource practitioners, in developing countries, who have responsibilities related to topics addressed in the course's 14 instructional modules. These topics are:…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Development, Course Descriptions, Developing Nations
Schatz, Mona Struhsaker; Glenn, David – 1991
This module is part of a training program for foster parents and foster care workers offered at Colorado State University. The module's learning objectives address: (1) the organization of a social services foster care system; (2) the functioning of human systems and the rules governing their operation; and (3) the difficulties complex systems…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Caseworkers, Course Descriptions, Family Attitudes
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McGarry, Kevin J. – Education for Information, 1986
Description of undergraduate program at the School of Librarianship and Information Studies, Polytechnic of North London, focuses on course objectives, the teaching sequence, and conceptual relationships between the major curriculum elements. Problems of integrating diverse teaching approaches and of forming a taxonomy of objectives in…
Descriptors: Classification, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
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Venkatasubramanian, V. – Chemical Engineering Education, 1986
Describes a course on artificial intelligence (AI) in process engineering taught at Columbia University to chemical engineering students, using an AI methodology known as Knowledge-Based Expert Systems (KBES). Provides a description of the course, the lecture topics, and a synopsis of some of the student projects. (TW)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Chemical Engineering, College Science, Computer Uses in Education
Berns, Robert G.; Bailey, Dora L. – 2001
This document is intended to assist organizers of professional development activities for arts and sciences faculty members of preservice teacher education programs at Ohio colleges and universities. The following materials are included: (1) a decision matrix to organize the decisions made by facilitators of professional development activities;…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Beginning Teacher Induction, College Faculty
Berns, Robert G.; Bailey, Dora L. – 2001
This document is intended to assist organizers of professional development activities for education faculty members of preservice teacher education programs at Ohio colleges and universities. The following materials are included: (1) a decision matrix to organize the decisions made by facilitators of professional development activities; (2) a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Beginning Teacher Induction, College Faculty