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Silvia-Jessica Mostacedo-Marasovic; Cory T. Forbes – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: A faculty development program (FDP) introduced postsecondary instructors to a module focused on the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus, a socio-hydrologic issue (SHI) and a sustainability challenge. This study aims to examine factors influencing faculty interest in adopting the instructional resources and faculty experience with the FDP,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Learning Modules, Program Evaluation, Program Attitudes
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Bell, Sarah; Chilvers, Andrew; Jones, Liz; Badstuber, Nicole – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2019
This study explored if it is possible for liberal arts students to develop engineering professional competencies without detailed engagement with the engineering sciences. Students on a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences programme were compared with their undergraduate peers in Civil Engineering. A new method for evaluating such competencies was…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Liberal Arts, Competence
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Drury, Sara A. Mehltretter; Stucker, Kyle; Douglas, Anthony; Rush, Ryan A.; Novak, Walter R. P.; Wysocki, Laura M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
A central goal of nonmajors chemistry courses is to instill within students the sense that chemistry does not occur in a vacuum but rather permeates everyday life. To encourage students to consider chemistry within the broader context of society and public policy, a week-long module in a survey course for nonmajors was designed to connect…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Nonmajors, College Science, Science Instruction
Espy, John; And Others – 1979
A project was conducted to field test selected first- and second-year courses in a postsecondary nuclear quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) technician curriculum and to develop the teaching/learning modules for seven technical specialty courses remaining in the QA/QC technician curriculum. The field testing phase of the project involved the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Energy
Technical Education Research Center, Waco, TX. – 1978
To evolve a new methodology and system for teaching physics to students aspiring to become (or to become more competent as) technicians in a variety of technologies, this research and development effort was initiated. The project's thesis stemmed from a notion that the study of physics would be more accepted and assimilated by students if concepts…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Educational Research, Electromechanical Technology, Energy
Edington, Everett; And Others – 1977
The energy manpower research project was established to review the process used to identify skills needed in emerging energy sources and to discover any new occupations for which additional post-high school, vocational/technical training would be needed. A supplemental part of the project was the development of a solar energy instructional module.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives