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DuBois, Bryce; Krasny, Marianne E.; Russ, Alex – Environmental Education Research, 2019
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) offer opportunities for professional development of environmental educators globally, yet we lack understanding of participants™ cognitive and social learning processes and of how instructors can enhance these processes. Based on the Community of Inquiry framework, we used a survey and coded participant…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods
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Pipes, Randolph B.; Westefeld, John S. – Counseling Psychologist, 1987
Provides brief description of how a list of questions about professional issues in counseling psychology is used as an adjunct to a seminar taught at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. Rationale for a seminar in professional issues is given. Four representative questions for each of several topical areas are listed. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Counselor Training, Higher Education, Models
Oregon Department of Education, 2005
The purpose of this science education document is to provide resources and advice for teachers, professional development personnel, and teacher educators to help them implement state standards in Oregon's schools. To move all students to these standards, educators must have an environment where several things occur: (a) all teachers are informed…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Academic Standards, State Standards, Professional Development
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Stokes, David; Cranshaw, Bruce – The Environmentalist, 1986
Examines some of the purposes of environmental education and suggests teaching strategies related to these purposes. Identifies four target groups of professionals who have different needs within a tertiary education setting. Discusses the defining characteristic, major learning outcomes, useful teaching methods, and overall teaching strategies…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Environmental Education, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
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Ruopp, Richard – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1993
Describes the LabNet project that has three interrelated goals: (1) encouraging the use of student projects to enhance science learning, (2) building a professional community of practice among high school science teachers, and (3) exploiting the potential of today's new technologies. (PR)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, High Schools, Professional Development, Science Education
Chang, Ching-Kuch – 1998
An investigation-based course on teaching strategies for in-service science and mathematics teachers has been developed. The purpose of this course was to learn how to teach science or mathematics from the constructivist perspective. The course development was based on constructivism, especially social constructivism. Major adjustments concerning…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning, Course Descriptions, Elementary Secondary Education
Lyman, Linda L. – 1993
This paper reports on an evaluation of the effectiveness of a graduate seminar on "Women and Leadership" attended by 18 participants during the 1992 winter interim at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois. The course was based on theoretical assumptions from the literature about leadership and about women's development. The three major…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education