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Newble, David; Cannon, Robert – 1995
This volume offers practical suggestions to teachers on how to improve teaching methods at the higher education level. Suggestions span various types of teaching tasks and settings. Chapter 1 is on teaching in large groups and includes lecture preparation, what to do when things go wrong, evaluating a lecture, and related topics. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Curriculum Design, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Assessment
Higgs, Bettie, Ed.; McCarthy, Marian, Ed. – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2008
This book presents a wide selection of issues currently of interest and concern in higher education institutions in Ireland. The chapters are snapshots of the intersection between theory, practice and research in particular settings; they are not meant to be comprehensive. Nevertheless, they present practice approaches, new theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Curriculum Design
Brazil, Robert D. – 1988
The Paideia Program is an integrated liberal arts curriculum implemented in elementary and secondary Chicago, Illinois, public schools. This report highlights its operation in Sullivan High School. Program components include the following: (1) didactic teaching; (2) coaching; and (3) Socratic questioning of guided discussion. Students must acquire…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Jordan, R. R. – 1997
This guide is designed to provide teachers of English for academic purposes (EAP) with background information and tools to design and conduct courses for students who are either native speakers or non-native speakers of English. Chapter topics include: definition and scope of EAP and related study skills; assessment of student needs, by case study…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Classroom Research, Cognitive Style, Course Content