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Howlett, Cathy; Ferreira, Jo-Anne; Blomfield, Jessica – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to argue that substantive changes are required in both curricula and pedagogical practice in higher education institutions to challenge dominant epistemologies and discourses and to unsettle current ways of thinking about, and acting in relation to, the environment. Central to such a shift, it is argued, is the need for…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods, Transformative Learning, Sustainable Development
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Boring, John R.; Nutter, Donald O. – Journal of Medical Education, 1984
Describes a course titled Analytic Medicine which is intended to provide the opportunity and the necessary skills, through a problem-oriented approach, for medical students to learn to reason scientifically and to utilize analytic processes, including computers, in making clinical decisions. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation
Takona, James P. ole – 1999
This study analyzes examination questions and papers in 12 academic departments and seven faculties at a Kenyan (Africa) state university between the 1989-1990 and the 1994-1995 academic years, charging that the findings reveal impoverished university training. The paper argues that the emphasis in most examinations is on the lower mental skills,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Course Evaluation, Critical Thinking
Baptista Nunes, Miguel, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2014, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Lisbon, Portugal July 15-19, 2014). The e-Learning 2014 conference aims to address the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education