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Direct linkShaver, Denise – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2017
Do you find it challenging to have discussions with instructors about designing online courses and best practices in teaching? This article will highlight key components to conducting effective Learning Design meetings. It outlines techniques used by this institution that inspires faculty to design coherent courses that lead to meaningful learning…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Instructional Design, Meetings, Online Courses
Peer reviewedMesserschmitt, Dorothy; Hafernik, Johnnie Johnson; Vandrick, Stephanie – TESOL Journal, 1997
Discusses gift-giving patterns in different cultures, particularly in relation to teacher-student interactions in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction. Situations in which gift-giving can raise ethical questions and how to teach culturally diverse students about this issue are highlighted. Script theory provides a theoretical basis for…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, English (Second Language), Ethics, Expectation
Bergsten, Urban – Adult Education, 1980
In examining the interest in adult education among persons with little formal education, researchers found a correlation existed between passivity and lack of satisfaction in the work situation and low motivation for adult education. Educational interest was related to leisure habits that already consisted of highly organized activities. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Benefits, Expectation
Download full textCahalan, Margaret W.; Ingels, Steven J.; Burns, Laura J.; Planty, Michael; Daniel, Bruce – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
This report presents information on similarities and differences between U.S. high school sophomores as studied at three points in time over the past 22 years, with a focus on cohort demographics, academic programs and performance, extracurricular activities, life values, and educational/occupational aspirations. It provides an update to the…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Occupational Aspiration, Extracurricular Activities, High School Students
Merron, Keith; Torbert, William R. – 1983
Since 1980, Loevinger's Sentence Completion Test has been used to explore the relationship between ego development and managerial effectiveness in the context of Boston College's Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program. According to the theory of ego development developed by Loevinger and others, most adults either inhabit one of four…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Behavior, Beliefs
McCoy, John J. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1997
Engineering education will be profoundly affected by changes in the U.S. corporate culture, career aspirations of entering college students, research funding sources, and the globalization of engineering design. The engineering school's dean must interpret these strong social pressures for change in curriculum content and operations and serve as…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Careers, Change Agents
