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Download full textGenthon, Michele; Joscelyn, Mary K., Ed. – 1989
This paper explores the course-planning activities of faculty teaching introductory undergraduate courses, in order to assess influences on the process of curriculum revision. The findings of a survey of 2,311 faculty members in 97 institutions of higher education are previewed here, prior to publication. The study found that faculty from…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Committees, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Peer reviewedUlbrich, Holley H. – Academe, 1992
Just as academic departments must balance the need for diversity and specialization in teaching and research interests, they must also acknowledge the potential contributions of the different personal styles and abilities of their faculty. Inner-directed (research-oriented) faculty and other-directed, client-centered faculty enrich the classroom…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Attitudes, Higher Education, Individual Differences
Lynch, Mervin D., Ed.; Harris, Carole Ruth, Ed. – 2001
This book identifies strategies for use by classroom teachers in grades K-8 to nurture the development of creativity. Section 1 offers general strategies to stimulate productive thinking. Section 2 examines personality, creative thinking, and appropriate teaching strategies. Section 3 is dedicated to teaching special groups. Section 4 focuses on…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Educational Environment
Direct linkDougherty, B. Christopher; Fantaske, Patti – New Directions for Higher Education, 1996
Gives an overview of the components of the problem-solving process, emphasizing its iterative, not linear, character. Describes how individual characteristics influence problem solving choices and outcomes, and discusses ways in which understanding of problem-solving informs some innovative teaching techniques, with examples from individual…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Cognitive Psychology, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1990
The document describes desirable practices for the education of gifted early adolescents in Virginia. It contains recommendations to assist in implementing a comprehensive plan for gifted middle-grade students compatible with state plans for overall middle school education. Research on students this age and on gifted students is cited to support…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Education, Classroom Techniques, College Preparation
Breivik, Patricia Senn – 1998
This book discusses resource-based learning in higher education. One premise of resource-based learning is that as students become able to select their own learning materials from information resources, they become active, independent learners, while professors become learning facilitators in cooperation with librarians and other information…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Administrator Role, Change Strategies, College Faculty
