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Peterson, Patti McGill – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Comparative research on higher education in developing and transitional countries is often focused on such issues as access, finance, student mobility and the impact of globalization, but there has been little attention to curriculum and the forces that shape it. Confronting Challenges to the Liberal Arts Curriculum fills an important gap in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Liberal Arts, Undergraduate Study, Curriculum Development
Larkin, Joseph M., Ed.; Sleeter, Christine E., Ed. – 1995
This book has been developed in response to the need for teacher education programs to reconsider how they prepare beginning teachers to contribute more affirmatively to the struggle for educational equity in the schools. It begins by discussing issues involved in preparing a predominantly white preservice teacher education population for…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Course Content, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development
Nelson, Michael – 2000
Based on thirteen examples of humanities programs across the U.S., this book attempts to address the question of what an effective core humanities curriculum should include. It looks at issues such as course requirements, standardized versus more flexible programs of learning, and the question of how responsive such programs should be to current…
Descriptors: Colleges, Core Curriculum, Course Content, Curriculum
Sypris, Theo, Ed. – 1993
Prepared as a resource for community college practitioners seeking to internationalize their courses, this report presents 50 internationalized course modules in 22 subject areas developed as part of curriculum development project undertaken at Michigan's Kalamazoo Valley Community College. The 50 modules are presented in the areas of accounting,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Cross Cultural Studies
Green, Ronni, Ed.; Slater, Marsha, Ed. – 1988
The content and organization of nine courses taught at LaGuardia Community College's International High School are described by members of the faculty. The courses offer the limited-English-speaking school population an opportunity to learn English intensively through content area instruction. The subjects of the courses described include research…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Computer Science
Riordan, Tim, Ed.; Roth, James, Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2004
Creating ways to make a discipline come alive for those who are not experts--even for students who may not take more than one or two courses in the disciplines they study--requires rigorous thought about what really matters in a field and how to engage students in the practice of it. Faculty from Alverno College representing a range of liberal…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Faculty Development, Cognitive Processes