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Davis, Hannah P.; Biddle, Katherine S.; Hall, Molly R. – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2020
Prior research suggests that Academic Program Review (APR) is most effective when it is a systematic process that supports program improvement. One potential way to increase faculty involvement in comprehensive APR processes is by engaging faculty members as internal peer reviewers (IPRs). This qualitative study investigated faculty members'…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, College Faculty
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Hundley, Stephen P. – Assessment Update, 2019
This issue of "Assessment Update" presents the following articles: (1) Organizing for Learning Improvement: What It Takes (Andrea M. Pope and Keston H. Fulcher); (2) Editor's Notes: The Leadership Imperatives for Assessment Excellence -- Imperative #2, Attracting and Retaining Talent to Support Assessment Excellence (Stephen P. Hundley);…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
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Brandon M. Butler; Stephen R. Burgin; Mark M. Diacopoulos; William J. McConnell – Action in Teacher Education, 2025
Teaching controversial issues poses challenges for teacher candidates, stemming from apprehensions about potential backlash and gaps in content and pedagogical knowledge. The prevailing emphasis on tested subjects such as mathematics and reading/writing in elementary school education often sidelines social studies and science, limiting…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
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La Croix, Leslie; Kidd, Julie K.; Walter, Heather; Stone, Deborah; Ferguson, Daniel; Fisher-Maltese, Carley; Steen, Bweikia; Vesely, Colleen – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2023
Early childhood and early childhood special education programs have predominantly been separate teacher preparation programs that prepare novice teachers for general or special education settings. However, with a growing shift toward inclusion, as well as a shortage of educators with training to teach all children, there is a need for teacher…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education
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Payne, Brian K.; Mayes, Lisa; Paredes, Tisha; Smith, Elizabeth; Wu, Hongyi; Xin, ChunSheng – Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2021
The Center for Cybersecurity Education and Research at Old Dominion University has expanded its use of high impact practices in the university's undergraduate cybersecurity degree program. Strategies developed to promote student learning included learning communities, undergraduate research, a robust internship program, service learning, and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Information Security, Computer Security, Information Science Education
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Ludwig, Meredith Jane; Mengli, Song; Kouyate-Tate, Akua; Cooper, Jennifer E.; Phillips, Lori; Greenbaum, Sarah – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2014
In 2010, the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, was awarded an Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination (AEMDD) grant to develop, implement, and disseminate a research-based program of professional development (PD) that equips prekindergarten and kindergarten teachers to infuse…
Descriptors: Art Education, Mathematics Instruction, Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers
Aspen Institute, 2018
Ideal for faculty and administrators looking to blend business education and the liberal arts, this toolkit combines exemplary syllabi from 26 leading institutions with step-by-step strategies to advocate successfully for curricular innovation. Conceived with comprehensiveness in mind, these resources cover both inspiration and implementation for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Business Administration Education, Humanities, Liberal Arts
Fletcher, Carla; Webster, Jeff; Klepfer, Kasey; Fernandez, Chris – TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2015
Borrowing student loans can be confusing and intimidating, enough so that these feelings can influence how students go to college or whether they even enroll at all. Colleges have a responsibility to provide loan counseling to federal student loan borrowers--which, when done intently, can produce a potentially clarifying and empowering experience.…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Colleges, School Counseling, Program Improvement
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Loveless, Douglas J.; Sturm, Debbie C.; Guo, Chengqi; Tanaka, Kimiko; Zha, Shenghua; Berkeley, Elizabeth V. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2013
Grounded as a self-study using arts-based inquiry to explore the experiences of six university faculty members participating in a cross-disciplinary faculty development program, the purpose of this paper is to (1) describe the Madison Research Fellows (MRF) program, and (2) explore the impact of the MRF program. Participating members included…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Educational Research, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teacher Collaboration
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Alger, Jonathan – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
Jonathan Alger, president of James Madison University, reflects on his experience as a student who searched for an honors program in which it was "cool" for students to develop close mentoring relationships with faculty and where students were encouraged to seek both breadth and depth in their education. He realized he was seeking a…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Mentors, Teacher Student Relationship, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Moyer, Lisa; Klopfer, Michelle; Ernst, Jeremy V. – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2018
Linux Laptop Orchestra (L2Ork), founded in 2009 in the Virginia Tech Music Department's Digital and Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio, "explores the power of gesture, communal interaction, and the multidimensionality of arts, as well as technology's potential to seamlessly integrate arts and sciences with particular focus on K-12…
Descriptors: Art, At Risk Students, Music, Music Education
Crowe, Meagan – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2019
This report examines how technology and automation are changing the job market -- and what states can do to prepare adults for the new workplace. It analyzes shifts from low- to middle-skills jobs, details current education levels, and offers recommendations for retooling adult education programs.
Descriptors: Information Technology, Automation, Labor Market, Job Skills
Bickerstaff, Sarah; Raufman, Julia – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2017
This paper documents the perceptions and experiences of faculty members in the midst of statewide reform efforts in Virginia and North Carolina to integrate developmental reading and writing courses. Using interview and focus group data from 161 faculty and administrators in both states (combined) as well as three detailed case studies of faculty…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Reading, Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction
Mazzocca, Ann E.; Finn, John C.; Goetz, Evan; Gibson, Lisa – Geography Teacher, 2015
The first workshop in this series of institutes exploring the legacies of slavery in Virginia sponsored by the Virginia Geographic Alliance took place in Richmond, Virginia, and explored Africanist aesthetic legacies in contemporary culture and performance. In this workshop, the authors were specifically interested in pursuing the intersecting…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Music Activities, Dance, African American Culture
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Tucker, Virginia M. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2012
Distance writing programs still struggle with assessment strategies that can evaluate student writing as well as their ability to communicate about that writing with peers at a distance. This article uses Kim, Smith and Maeng's 2008 distance education program assessment scheme to evaluate a single distance writing program at Old Dominion…
Descriptors: Tests, Evaluation Methods, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Distance Education
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