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Direct linkMelissa Braaten – American Journal of Education, 2024
Purpose: This study investigates how the practice of dividing students and coursework into leveled categories persists in science education despite decades of efforts aimed at reducing inequities. This study makes underlying logics visible through an empirical analysis of how science educators attempt to reconcile an egalitarian vision of science…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Ethnography, Honors Curriculum, High School Students
Download full textScott, Richard I.; Smith, Patricia J. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2016
As the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) celebrates its fiftieth year, the organization has an excellent opportunity to reflect on how honors education has spread during its history. Tracking growth in the number of institutions delivering honors education outside of its membership has not been a priority for NCHC or for researchers in…
Descriptors: Demography, Honors Curriculum, Institutional Characteristics, Diversity (Institutional)
Cognard-Black, Andrew J.; Savage, Hallie – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2016
When a well-developed honors curriculum is paired with co-curricular opportunities, it serves to distinguish an institution's honors education. Together, these curricular and co-curricular experiences are described as best practices in the National Collegiate Honors Council's (NCHC's) "Basic Characteristics of a Fully Developed Honors…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Institutional Characteristics, Best Practices, Guidelines
Andrews, Matthew – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2016
This paper examines the introduction at Oxford Brookes University of a Grade Point Average (GPA) scheme alongside the traditional honours degree classification. It considers the reasons for the introduction of GPA, the way in which the scheme was implemented, and offers an insight into the impact of GPA at Brookes. Finally, the paper considers…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Classification, Honors Curriculum, Program Implementation
Scott, Richard I.; Smith, Patricia J.; Cognard-Black, Andrew J. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2017
Beginning in 2013 and spanning four research articles, we have implemented an empirical analysis protocol for honors education that is rooted in demography (Scott; Scott and Smith; Smith and Scott "Growth"; Smith and Scott, "Demography"). The goal of this protocol is to describe the structure and distribution of the honors…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, College Faculty, College Students, Two Year Colleges
Barefoot, Helen; Oliver, Martin; Mellar, Harvey – Quality in Higher Education, 2016
This paper explores the ways in which information about course pedagogy has been represented to potential students through national descriptors and specifications such as the United Kingdom's Key Information Set. It examines the extent to which such descriptors provide helpful information about pedagogy, for example innovative uses of technology.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Honors Curriculum
