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Davidson, Ashley B.; Addison, Christopher J.; Charbonneau, James – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2022
Universities are recognizing the need to prepare graduates to think conceptually and have the ability to take on complex, real-world problems. Strategies to assess conceptual knowledge are limited and often require more time and effort to complete than is accessible for most undergraduate courses. Card sorting is a very broad technique for…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Task Analysis, College Freshmen, Scientific Concepts
Siekmann, Gitta – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 35 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. The Organisation for works with countries to develop skills strategies tailored to specific needs and contexts. The Organisation prepared a global…
Descriptors: International Studies, Position Papers, Case Studies, Job Skills
Bell, Stephanie; Lewis, J. P. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2015
Traditionally in Canada, attention to political or civic education has been at the primary- or secondary-school level. This study focuses on the place of civic engagement in introductory Canadian politics and government university courses in Canada by surveying instructors on their attitudes and approaches to civic engagement in the classroom.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Introductory Courses, Citizen Participation
Siekmann, Gitta; Fowler, Craig – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
The digital revolution and automation are accelerating changes in the labour market and in workplace skills, changes that are further affected by fluctuations in international and regional economic cycles and employment opportunity. These factors pose a universal policy challenge for all advanced economies and governments. In the workplace, people…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Skill Development, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
Clarkson, Lorraine; And Others – 1983
This two-dimensional, action-oriented curriculum model for teaching geography at the secondary school level provides a rationale for implementing a student-structured, process-oriented curriculum. Two diagrammed models, which are general enough to represent any learning process, illustrate the ideas developed in the rationale and accompany each of…
Descriptors: Classification, Curriculum Development, Experiential Learning, Geography Instruction

Smith, Murray R. – Journal of American Indian Education, 1982
Science is an "approach in process development." Native American students have well-developed processes which can be best utilized by teaching science using activities which capitalize on students' processes. This article discusses processes first, then applies the content in a cultural framework to enhance science for Native American…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Archaeology, Astronomy

Dobson, John R. A. – 1980
A study isolated and examined the words most frequently used by voluntary organizations in Atlantic Canada to describe their goals (what), learning objectives and activities (how), and conditions (who/for whom). Research methodology involved (1) administering a questionnaire for identification of goals, learning objectives and activities, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agency Role, Classification