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Direct linkWald, Navé; Harland, Tony – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2021
This article examines how much 'complex knowledge' is assessed during a university degree and the extent to which a student has the opportunity to develop this. We conceptualise complex knowledge as any type of assessment that requires students to create and evaluate knowledge, and for which they may receive formative feedback. Such activities are…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Evaluation, Thinking Skills, Formative Evaluation
Download full textEdiger, Marlow – 1989
Arguing that great ideas from the past possess intrinsic value and provide students with the knowledge and attitudes essential in developing the liberated mind, this paper identifies the world's significant thinkers from Plato (427-347 B.C.) to Bertrand Russell (1873-1971). Structural ideas from each philosopher are discussed in an effort to…
Descriptors: Course Content, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
von Schmidt, Wolff – 1997
A discussion of the status of German second language instruction, particularly at the postsecondary level, focuses on the role of standards, curriculum, and testing in increasing interest in and support for foreign language education. A substantial decline in German enrollments in the first half of the 1990s is noted, and possible reasons are…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Design, Enrollment Influences, German
Johnston, Joseph S., Jr.; And Others – 1988
The results of several studies of the humanities and social sciences in undergraduate engineering education are presented and discussed. The first chapter explains the value of humanities and social sciences coursework and describes briefly some of the obstacles confronting efforts to improve it. The second chapter summarizes the findings of two…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Educational Innovation
Peer reviewedGillespie, Patti P. – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1990
Discusses theater education in the areas of curriculum, production, and criticism, as proposals in E. D. Hirsch's, "Cultural Literacy" might affect it. Explains context, cultural literacy, and contextual criticism in theater education. Traces interwoven history of education and theater. Explores how embracing Hirsch's proposal would…
Descriptors: Criticism, Cultural Activities, Cultural Education, Curriculum Design
Galambos, Eva C. – 1979
The state of undergraduate general education is examined with particular emphasis on the trend toward providing a common core curriculum for college students. A decline in the number of degrees awarded in the traditional liberal arts fields is noted with a corresponding increase in recent years in the number of degrees awarded in…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Students, Competence, Core Curriculum
