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Krol, Jonathan Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2023
High school students often complain of boredom and are disengaged from learning. This qualitative action research study sought to make improvements in teachers' understanding of Kolb's experiential learning cycle, in particular, opportunities for student reflection, and how to increase usage of both constructs in high school classrooms to engage…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Reflection, Learner Engagement, Public Schools
Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Biomedical engineering (BME) undergraduate students take courses that allow them to develop skills in multiple disciplinary areas (e.g., biology, medicine, chemical, mechanical, electrical engineering) and as such, have a wide array of career opportunities available to them upon graduation. While their broad curricular exposure lends itself to…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Extracurricular Activities, Biomedicine, Engineering Education
Tracey Dowling – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The increasing shift for higher education institutions to recognize career readiness as an institutional priority (Cruzvergara et al., 2018) is leading the need to identify ways to scale student engagement in at least one high-impact practice (HIP), such as experiential learning opportunities, prior to graduation (Huang et al., 2018).…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Experiential Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, State Universities
Dominic Swayne – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid survey instrument that would prove useful in identifying faculty with the capacity and inclination to succeed in team-taught, hands-on, transdisciplinary course programming. Using an exploratory, mixed-methods design, the qualitative component consisted of semi-structured interviews of…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Faculty Development, Capacity Building, Team Teaching
Debra Domres – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Charrettes have a long history of use in medical, architectural, and planning professions. An extensive literature search found little application of the charrette model implemented to advance, support, and identify transdisciplinarity (TD) research, transdisciplinary teaming models (TDM), transdisciplinary learning (TDL) supporting transformative…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Cooperative Learning, Cooperative Planning, Teamwork
Donnelley Smith, Ariella Rachel – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to identify the self-efficacy of early childhood teachers toward STEM subjects as measured on the Teacher Efficacy and Attitudes toward STEM Survey (T-STEM) and to explore factors that influence this confidence. Methodology. A quantitative approach with two open-ended items was selected for this study, seeking to…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education, STEM Education
Miller, Kurtis D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Higher education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) faces a number of challenges. There are many calls for STEM education to make significant changes moving forward, including calls for competency-based learning and greater integration of the humanities. These efforts require systemic change. Systemic change has significant…
Descriptors: Ambiguity (Context), Educational Change, Competency Based Education, Communication Research
Petrosino, Krista Laurel – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Many of the previous ways of understanding disciplinary knowledge outside of discipline-specific contexts, most frequently metaphors and tropes, are useful when working within abstract, theorized concepts, but do not fare well when a practical application such as collaboration, and specifically transdisciplinary collaboration, is the goal. Rather,…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Composition, Experiential Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach
Holmes, Keeta M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines are attracting increased attention in education. The iSTEM 2017 conference was a professional development program designed to acquaint pre-service teachers with interdisciplinary, research-based STEM instructional strategies that can transform traditional classroom instruction…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Faculty Development, Conferences (Gatherings), Preservice Teachers
Hardrict-Ewing, Gloria – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines are attracting increased attention in education. The iSTEM 2017 conference was a professional development program designed to acquaint pre-service teachers with interdisciplinary, research-based STEM instructional strategies that can transform traditional classroom instruction…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Faculty Development, Conferences (Gatherings), Preservice Teachers
Hughes, Christina W. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines are attracting increased attention in education. The iSTEM 2017 conference was a professional development program designed to acquaint pre-service teachers with interdisciplinary, research-based STEM instructional strategies that can transform traditional classroom instruction…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Faculty Development, Conferences (Gatherings), Preservice Teachers
Atkinson-Hamilton, Pamela – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines are attracting increased attention in education. The iSTEM 2017 conference was a professional development program designed to acquaint pre-service teachers with interdisciplinary, research-based STEM instructional strategies that can transform traditional classroom instruction…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Faculty Development, Conferences (Gatherings), Preservice Teachers
Koh, Ming Wei – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study evaluates the effects of an interdisciplinary standards-based school garden-based education program on student learning. The objective of the program is to help students learn to be self-directed learners, community contributors, complex thinkers, quality producers, effective communicators, and effective/ethical users of technology. For…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Gardening, Elementary School Students, Focus Groups
Saunders, Kimberly – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This qualitative study provided a lens into the context of a senior capstone experience in an Integrative Studies degree program. The primary aim of this case study was to explore the use of capstone portfolio pedagogy as a reflection tool to demonstrate how students engage with authentic diversity competencies in an Integrative Studies degree…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Experiential Learning, Interaction, Student Diversity