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Transforming Curriculum: A Process for Implementing Problem-Based Learning in a College-Level Course
Download full textMorgan Robertson; Marla K. Robertson – Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence, 2022
Transforming curriculum by implementing Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in the college-level classroom helps students internalize the concepts of a course, improve their critical and reflective thinking skills, learn to problem-solve using questioning, and ultimately construct a better understanding of course concepts in a personally relevant way.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Problem Based Learning, Relevance (Education), Active Learning
Direct linkBartholomay, Daniel J. – Teaching Sociology, 2018
Scholarship examining the educational potential of semester-long research projects in non-methods undergraduate sociology courses is limited. To address this gap in knowledge, I drew from active learning and problem-based learning literatures to develop a term research project in two sections of an undergraduate sociology course at a large public…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Student Research, Sociology, Undergraduate Students
Leibiger, Carol A. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2011
Googlitis, the overreliance on search engines for research and the resulting development of poor searching skills, is a recognized problem among today's students. Google is not an effective research tool because, in addition to encouraging keyword searching at the expense of more powerful subject searching, it only accesses the Surface Web and is…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Information Literacy, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Problem Based Learning
Campbell, Jackie – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss the use of specifically-developed, inquiry-based learning materials for Computing and Forensic Computing students. Small applications have been developed which require investigation in order to de-bug code, analyse data issues and discover "illegal" behaviour. The applications…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Software, Inquiry, Active Learning
Loveless, Douglas J., Ed.; Griffith, Bryant, Ed.; Bérci, Margaret E., Ed.; Ortlieb, Evan, Ed.; Sullivan, Pamela, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
While incorporating digital technologies into the classroom has offered new ways of teaching and learning into educational processes, it is essential to take a look at how the digital shift impacts teachers, school administration, and curriculum development. "Academic Knowledge Construction and Multimodal Curriculum Development" presents…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Technology Uses in Education, Technological Literacy, Teacher Attitudes
Del Mar Marin Sanchez, Ma; Ronco, Alicia Mateos – Online Submission, 2010
The Spanish educational system will require certain changes in order to achieve the Bologna objectives for the European Higher Education Area, including a more professional profile, with new activities and roles for both students and teachers, who must assume new skills that will affect concepts and attitudes related to the teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning, Learning Processes
Murphy, Jennifer, Ed.; Griffin, Carrie, Ed.; Higgs, Bettie, Ed. – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2010
The third annual conference of the National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) was held at Trinity College Dublin on 11-12 November 2009, and was attended by over 300 delegates. The theme--"Research-Teaching Linkages: Practice and Policy"--was timely and generated some fascinating papers, workshops and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Health Promotion, Evidence, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedForan, John – Thought & Action, 2001
Describes using the case method of teaching in a sociology class. The case method is a student-centered, highly interactive pedagogy that changes the classroom process into a collaborative search for an analysis and solution to a specific problem based on a case (a text that provides information about a situation without analyzing it). (EV)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Case Method (Teaching Technique), College Instruction, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPincus, Karen V. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1995
A new approach to introductory accounting at the University of Southern California teaches students to view issues from varied perspectives, broadens exposure to unstructured problems with more than one solution approach, and places accounting in real-world context. It has increased enrollment and persistence and attracted new students to the…
Descriptors: Accounting, Active Learning, College Instruction, Course Descriptions
Peer reviewedShepherd, Anne; Cosgriff, Bryna – Journal of Planning Education and Research, 1998
Details the process of implementing problem-based learning in the classroom, illustrated by a planning course. Problem-based learning is a promising method that helps students acquire the skills and knowledge to be more effective practitioners by tackling real-world problems. The instructor, as cognitive coach, ensures that students are active,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Administrator Education, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction
Walker, Doris McEwen – 1995
Indiana University South Bend (IUSB) School Leadership Project has adopted as a central educational strategy, problem based learning and its sub-model, problems of practice, in its program to prepare school leaders. Problems of practice is an active learning model that involves students in taking responsibility for their learning by immersing…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Administrator Education, Certification, College Instruction
Peer reviewedAllen, Deborah E.; And Others – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1996
In its use of complex, real-world problems to introduce concepts and motivate learning in an active and cooperative learning environment, problem-based learning is a powerful alternative to the passive lecture in introductory college science. Use of technology and multimedia instruction, focus on large classes, and use of interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, College Science
Chambers, Jack A., Ed. – 1993
This collection of 18 papers covers four broad areas of teaching and learning in higher education: innovative college teaching/learning strategies; effective classroom research/assessment activities; advanced classroom technology; and developing teaching and learning centers. Titles include: (1) "Changing Teaching Styles When Technology Becomes…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Art Education, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
