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Kotsonis, Alkis – Journal of Moral Education, 2022
My aim in this paper is to examine the epistemic habits that agents develop through frequent social media usage. I point out that extensive social media usage is conducive to the development of closed-mindedness and unreflective thinking and accordingly argue that social media act as inadvertent educators of epistemic vices. I contend that…
Descriptors: Social Media, Epistemology, Social Attitudes, Barriers
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Carla Briffett-Aktas; Ji Ying; Koon Lin Wong – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2024
Humility, in a variety of forms, has been examined in educational contexts in recent years. However, its association with a particular pedagogical method remains an unexplored area of inquiry. Likewise, social justice and student voice are a concern in international education arenas, including in higher education, but are not usually connected to…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Intellectual Development, Student Attitudes, Student Participation
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Alexandra Vuyk; Maureen Montania; Liz Barrios; Montserrat Lobo – Cogent Education, 2024
The objective of this study is to examine the educational experiences of gifted students in Paraguay through the lens of the Actiotope Model of Giftedness, which provides a comprehensive framework for analyzing the interplay between environmental and individual factors in the development of giftedness. In Paraguay, the approach to gifted education…
Descriptors: Gifted Education, Learning Experience, Foreign Countries, Educational Experience
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Lawless, Brandi; Rudick, C. Kyle; Golsan, Kathryn – Communication Education, 2019
Given the political Right's attacks on U.S. academics as too liberal, we broach questions about knowledge production and curriculum development. We first explore how the Right has used arguments for freedom of speech and ideological diversity to undermine higher education's mission in the hope of polluting the public sphere with ideas that are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Academic Freedom, Ideology, Institutional Mission
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Ozolinš, Janis – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2013
The place of physical education has been contested in recent times and it has been argued that its justification as part of school curricula seems to be marginal at best. Such justifications as have been offered, propose that physical education is justified because of its contribution to moral development or because it is capable of being studied…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Education, Human Body, Educational Philosophy
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Barton, Andrew; Donahue, Christiane – Journal of General Education, 2009
First-year seminars have become common at liberal arts and other colleges across the United States. An accumulating body of research appears to demonstrate that this curricular element is associated with increased retention of students and is positively correlated with graduation rates, student adjustment and involvement, student satisfaction,…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Graduation Rate, Student Adjustment, Program Effectiveness
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Howley, Craig B. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1989
The assumptions of career education for intellectually and academically gifted students are examined with reference to new research about the characteristics of these students. It is suggested changes in career education in gifted programs are warranted. Discussion relates four initiatives for changes to the issues of careerism and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Gifted
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Wiggins, Grant – Educational Leadership, 1989
The problem of student ignorance is really about adult ignorance of how to achieve thoughtful and long-lasting understanding. We will not escape our predominantly medieval view of curriculum, premised on knowledge as static and finite, until education learns the lessons of modern intellectual inquiry. Curricula should be organized around essential…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
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Allen, D. Ian; White, Richard T. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1980
Describing key instructional elements in each of Gagne's five categories of learning objectives, this article outlines numerous teaching strategies drawing illustrations from the social studies area. Also outlined are 10 steps to achieve multiple objectives and reduce problems of matching objectives, learning modes, and teaching strategies. (SB)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Objectives, Classification, Cognitive Processes
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Marable, Manning – Black Scholar, 1992
Advocates a framework for African-American development and awareness in which African-American studies will play a decisive role in debate surrounding multiculturalism. Multiculturalism and African-American studies must be articulated within a general theory of educational democracy. African-American studies must also become a projection of what…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Studies, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development
Hunter, Madeline – 1976
Current teacher education is criticized, and suggestions are made for improvement. It is pointed out that an essential factor is missing from teacher education curriculum. This factor is the systematic translation of what is now known about human learning into teacher and learner behavior in the classroom. While the results of abundant research in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Educational Television, Generalization
Swick, Herbert M.; And Others – 1991
During the decade of the 1980s, rapid changes in the nature of medical practice and in patterns of health care delivery confronted medical educators with many challenges. At the Medical College of Wisconsin these challenges led to the design and implementation of the 2-year longitudinal experience called the Profession of Medicine Program (POMP)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Decision Making, Evaluative Thinking
Eisner, Elliot W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Our minds are shaped by youthful learning opportunities. Different forms of cultural representation (art, poetry, or mathematics) influence the processes and products of thinking, develop different cognitive skills, influence perceptions, can be combined to provide enriching experiences, and call on different skills and forms of thinking.…
Descriptors: American Dream, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development
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Asante, Molefi Kete – Black Scholar, 1992
Discusses the maintenance and future of African-American studies within the context of contemporary intellectual ideas. The institutionalization of African-American studies and the creation of the first doctoral program in African-American studies at Temple University in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) marked the flowering of the discipline. (SLD)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black History, Black Studies
Duckworth, Eleanor – 1978
The philosophy underlying the African Primary Science Program, according to the author, is that the essence of science is not merely the statement of principles; it involves the struggle to find out about the material world. This program sought to develop the intellectual alertness of the children, and improve their questioning, and problem…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education