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Paulo Roberto Weingärtner-Junior; Natalia Piedemonte-Antoniassi; Vitor Ferreira-Bindo; Guilherme Frederico Bernardo-Lenz e Silva – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2024
To meet a Brazilian guideline for engineering courses, which advocates the use of active learning in applied disciplines, this research studies new students entering an Engineering course at an important university in Brazil. It was applied to them a traditional MTBI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) questionary with the aim of finding out if there is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Engineering Education, Self Concept
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Claro, Priscila Borin; Esteves, Nathalia Ramajo – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: This paper aims to discuss how educators can teach sustainability-oriented capabilities (SOCs) using an active learning approach. Design/methodology/approach: Using a case study methodology centered on a Brazilian business school, this research combines qualitative analysis of content, such as teacher notes and student work, with…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Sustainability, Case Studies, Business Schools
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Triboni, Eduardo; Weber, Gabriel – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
Recently there has been a renewed interest in the development and use of pedagogical games, as they provide an interesting approach to the appropriation of knowledge in the context of active learning. However, most didactic games fail to completely implement a cycle of reflection and action, thereby fostering mostly lower-order thinking skills and…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Educational Games, Teaching Methods, Active Learning
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Kalin, Jana, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2016
Papers from the proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society was submitted in two volumes. Volume 1 contains papers submitted at the conference held in Sofia, Bulgaria, June 14-17, 2016. Volume 2 contains papers submitted at the 4th International Partner Conference of the International Research Centre…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Conferences (Gatherings), Comparative Education, Educational History
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Sobral, Dejano T. – Medical Teacher, 1998
A self-help group approach was used to enhance medical students' cooperative skills within an elective course. The task profile envisaged included team building, cooperative information search and problem-solving skills, and providing and receiving constructive feedback. Findings suggest that training for productive cooperative learning is useful…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Anatomy, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development