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Gastreich, Karin R.; Milakovic, Amy E. – Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education, 2021
Complex global challenges and declining scientific literacy demand novel approaches to engaging students with science and the natural world. While evidence supports integrating creative and scientific modes of inquiry, these approaches are often separated in undergraduate education. We designed Ecology Through the Writer's Lens (ETWL) to allow…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Ecology, Undergraduate Study, Field Experience Programs
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Cohen, Judy; Robinson, Catherine – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2018
Through the lens of implementing team-based learning (TBL), this paper unpacks elements of 'excellence' and investigates the influence of individual belief systems, the learning environment and institutional context in influencing perceptions of 'excellence'. We analyse the adoption of a student-centred approach to teaching and explore the…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Instructional Effectiveness, Cooperative Learning, Beliefs
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Cornell, Collin; LeMon, Joel M. – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2016
This study identifies the dominant modes of biblical interpretation being taught in introductory Bible courses through a qualitative analysis of course syllabi from three institutional contexts: evangelical Christian colleges, private colleges, and public universities. Despite a proliferation of methods and scholarly approaches to the Bible, this…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Biblical Literature, Religion Studies, Religious Education
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Ludy, Mary-Jon; Brackenbury, Tim; Folkins, John Wm; Peet, Susan H.; Langendorfer, Stephen J.; Beining, Kari – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
This study compared student impressions of a text-rich contractual syllabus to a graphic-rich engaging syllabus. Students enrolled in sections of an undergraduate introductory nutrition course viewed either a contractual or engaging syllabus and completed a survey regarding their perceptions of the course and instructor. Students perceived both…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Course Evaluation, Course Organization, Undergraduate Students
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Maurer, Trent W.; Keim, Cassidy – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
This study presents a three-year replication and extension of Maurer's (2013) evaluation of a classroom activity to reduce prejudice and discrimination. Students in six sections of an introductory family science course were assigned to one of three conditions and one of two target marginalized groups for a 3x2 design. Results differed…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Social Bias, Social Discrimination, Social Distance
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Yakavets, Natallia; Bridges, David; Shamatov, Duishon – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2017
This paper examines the understandings ("constructs") of teachers' professional knowledge and its sources that underpin current practice in initial teacher education in Kazakhstan and in particular the way in which pedagogika contributes to these. Drawing on empirical data collected over four years, the paper illustrates the ways in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge