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Kaya, Mehmet Fatih; Ulutas, Mustafa – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2022
The main idea skill presents a structure that is the basis of all kinds of understanding and narration activities. In this respect, while it covers all language skills, it also lays the groundwork for all learning levels and lessons because people communicate through meaning transfer. Therefore, the importance of main idea teaching is not limited…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Transfer of Training, Learning Processes, Research Reports
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Haigwood, Laura – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2012
"The voice of women needs to be heard" because "when we truly take their lives seriously it changes our whole understanding of who we are and what we are called to become" (Chilcote 10). The revolutionary impact of feminist theory and practice in all areas of contemporary culture illustrates the world-transforming potential of…
Descriptors: General Education, Womens Studies, Womens Education, Theory Practice Relationship
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Buckley, Charles A. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2011
The research-teaching nexus is central to higher education as well as students' intellectual development. Staff identity can be developed by departments focussing on the nexus. In the context of an increasing interest in developing firmer relationships between research and teaching, there has been an acknowledgement that understanding students'…
Descriptors: Evidence, Student Attitudes, Intellectual Development, Teacher Attitudes
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Masiello, Lea; Skipper, Tracy L. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2013
Surveys of employers continually highlight the need for better communication skills among recent college graduates. Yet, writing instruction in higher education serves far more than a transactional purpose. Writing facilitates learning, helps students gain skills in analysis and synthesis, and supports a range of other personal and intellectual…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Communication Skills, Writing Instruction, College Seniors
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Hodges, Linda C.; Stanton, Katherine – Innovative Higher Education, 2007
Written comments on student evaluations often seem idiosyncratic, lacking the power of numerical statistical data. These statements, however, may sometimes reveal intellectual challenges common to novice learners in our disciplines. Instructors can use these insights as part of a scholarly approach to teaching, making meaningful adjustments to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Statistical Data, Student Evaluation, Intellectual Development
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Magolda, Marcia B. Baxter – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2007
Innovative educational practice reveals the secrets to enabling complex learning and self-authorship.
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Theory Practice Relationship, Higher Education, Self Actualization
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Baxter Magolda, Marcia B. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2006
College educators share a common goal: to guide college students as they develop mature ways of making informed judgments. Moving away from uncritical acceptance of knowledge to critically constructing one's own perspective, however, is more complex than learning a skill set. The evolution from viewing knowledge as certain and possessed by…
Descriptors: Intellectual Development, Higher Education, Epistemology, Educational Practices
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Higbee, Jeanne L.; Arendale, David R.; Lundell, Dana Britt – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2005
This chapter summarizes theoretical perspectives and research findings on developmental education, and emphasizes the importance of considering students' voices and experiences in determining how best to facilitate growth and development in college.
Descriptors: Student Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Student Experience, Community Colleges