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Baldassar, Loretta; McKenzie, Lara – Teaching Sociology, 2016
Study-abroad and international-student programs are commonly understood to transform their participants into "global citizens" possessing "cross-cultural competencies." Similar benefits are anticipated from "internationalization at home"--defined as any on-campus, internationally related activity--whereby…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Students, Qualitative Research, Research Projects
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Willis, Evan; Burns, Edgar – Teaching Sociology, 2011
An informal research project with high local relevance was developed for a first-year sociology course at an Australian rural university campus. The project developed students' sociological insight by challenging them to investigate "truths" about their own region, rather than immediately pushing them to comprehend new and different…
Descriptors: Sociology, Learning Experience, Social Theories, Rural Urban Differences
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Yorke-Barber, Phil; Ghiculescu, Cristina; Possin, Gisela – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2009
RefWorks is ideally suited for undergraduate students with team-based research projects as part of their course assessment. The Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library at the University of Queensland taught students from three engineering courses how to use RefWorks to manage project references and to create team-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bibliographies, Computer Software, Citations (References)
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Loughran, J. John – Australian Journal of Education, 2004
Student teachers' learning about teaching can be substantially enhanced through teacher preparation if a student teacher as researcher stance is adopted. Through this approach, student teachers can develop more meaningful and sustained ways of focusing on their learning about teaching by extending reflection into more systematic inquiries into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Researchers, Teaching Methods, Teacher Student Relationship