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Kaya, Sibel; Yuksel, Dogan; Curle, Samantha – Journal of Engineering Education, 2023
Background: Mindsets are based on two basic assumptions: some people think that their intellectual abilities can be developed through hard work and instruction (i.e., a growth mindset), whereas others believe that nothing can change their level of intellectual ability (i.e., a fixed mindset). The association between mindsets and academic…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Sierra, Lauren K. – Religious Education, 2021
A phenomenological study was conducted to understand how secular, Generation Z, college students have experienced Christian rhetoric. The study's findings revealed Christian rhetorical praxis lacked intellectual vulnerability, empathetic imagination and a willingness to engage in steeped embodied discourse. This article contends these elements are…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Age Groups, College Students, Christianity
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Finney, Sara – L2 Journal, 2019
Recent scholarship has highlighted the importance of increasing the intellectual viability of lower-level foreign language (FL) study while facilitating connections between academic practice, learners' lives, and global communities. This article reports on a content-based role-immersion simulation (RIS) designed to incite a critical orientation…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Curriculum Design, Intellectual Development
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Norton, Cole; Martini, Tanya – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
Canadian university students tend to endorse employment-related reasons for attending university ahead of other reasons such as personal satisfaction or intellectual growth. In the present study, first- and fourth-year students from a mid-sized Canadian university reported on the benefits they expected to receive from their degree and rated their…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Higher Education, Intellectual Development, Foreign Countries
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Walker, Elizabeth – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2012
This study reports the impact of a professional development course on experienced, highly qualified secondary school teachers of English as a foreign language in preparation for their becoming paid assessors of student teachers on practicum. The course concerned a literacy-oriented pedagogy informed by literacy pedagogical content knowledge…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Practicums, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Feedback (Response)
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McKeown, Joshua S. – SUNY Press, 2009
Study abroad programs on American college and university campuses are booming, with a national goal of sending abroad one million students within ten years. In this timely and thought-provoking look at the benefits of studying abroad, Joshua S. McKeown moves beyond the acknowledged cultural and linguistic benefits to focus on how it promotes…
Descriptors: College Students, Study Abroad, Intellectual Development, Role of Education