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Direct linkTurner, Charles C.; Thies, Cameron G. – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2009
Self-reflective political scientists have extensively reviewed the history of the discipline and argued over its future, but to date there has been little effort to systematically survey undergraduate scope and methods courses (for an exception see Thies and Hogan 2005). This lack of data leaves the discipline unable to assess how much we are…
Descriptors: Political Science, Intellectual Disciplines, Assignments, National Surveys
Recker, Jan; Alter, Steven – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2012
Recent surveys of information technology management professionals show that understanding business domains in terms of business productivity and cost reduction potential, knowledge of different vertical industry segments and their information requirements, understanding of business processes and client-facing skills are more critical for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Information Systems, Information Technology
Jakobsen, Arne; Bucciarelli, Louis L. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2007
An essential difficulty in solving practical problems that are not like the ones a student has solved before is discerning the core of the problem. It is claimed that discernment has to be trained by variation--by varying the context of the assignments in which students have to identify and grasp their "underlying form". A decisive…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, College Curriculum, Theory Practice Relationship, Interdisciplinary Approach
Download full textHowell-Carter, Marya, Ed.; Gonder, Jennifer, Ed.; Mushtaq, Zahra, Ed. – Online Submission, 2012
Included herein is the conference proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology: Ideas and Innovations, sponsored by the Psychology Department of the State University of New York at Farmingdale. The conference theme for 2012 was: The value of an undergraduate degree in psychology: Why psychology--Why now?. The Conference…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Psychology, Bachelors Degrees, Majors (Students)
Peer reviewedNewell, William H. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1994
A step-by-step guide to designing interdisciplinary courses is presented. Underlying theoretical rationales and expected educational outcomes are explored, and concrete suggestions and examples are offered. Steps include assembling an interdisciplinary team, selecting a topic, identifying disciplines for inclusion, developing the issues underlying…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Curriculum, College Instruction, Course Content
Peer reviewedMcCourtie, Lena; Miller, Peter – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1997
Describes a team-taught college course designed to develop philosophical literacy among students as groundwork for future humanities courses. Unifying motif was "dialog" between faculty from different areas of expertise; the concept of philosophy as dialog; and the student-teacher relationship as dialog. Discusses course design, lessons learned,…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Instruction
