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Schultz, Brian D., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
This book embraces the idea of listening to and learning from students. Although many educational theorists have long argued that incorporating children's perspectives about teaching and curriculum has the potential for increasing students' interest and participation in learning, their radical perspectives are still ignored or dismissed in theory…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Teaching (Occupation), School Activities, Educational Research
Shamoon, Linda K., Ed.; Howard, Rebecca Moore, Ed.; Jamieson, Sandra, Ed.; Schwegler, Robert A., Ed. – 2000
Part book, part CD-ROM, this publication offers new ideas for transforming advanced writing courses. The 33 essays in the publication describe and offer concrete examples of curriculum that incorporates discipline-based theory and history, that situates writers in public discourse, and that fully prepares students for careers as writers. The…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Brubaker, David C., Ed.; Ostroff, Joel H., Ed. – 2000
This volume is the 18th in a series of monographs on service learning and the academic disciplines. The articles in this volume provide an array of service learning courses in biology that demonstrate active student participation in thoughtfully organized service experiences that meet real community needs and are integrated with the students'…
Descriptors: Biology, College Students, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Payne, Barbara, Ed.; Brewer, Earl D. C., Ed. – 1989
This collection reports on the Gerontology in Theological Education (GITE) project developed at the Gerontology Center of Georgia State University, which was designed to introduce curriculum on aging into theological education. Part 1 presents an introduction to the project and the results of a survey of 113 seminaries designed to find out what…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Church Related Colleges, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Franco, Robert W., Ed.; Shimabukuro, James N., Ed. – 1992
Part of a four-volume set in which community college educators discuss their efforts to internationalize the educational experience of the students and communities they serve, volume I in this series highlights seven different but easily integrated strategies for adding an Asian-Pacific emphasis to the curriculum. Volume I includes: (1)…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Crookes, Graham, Ed.; Gass, Susan M., Ed. – 1993
These six essays discuss the use of tasks as pedagogical tools in second language instruction, particularly in the contexts of curriculum and syllabus design. The essays are: (1) "Units of Analysis in Syllabus Design: The Case for Task" (Michael H. Long and Graham Crookes); (2) "Task-Based Syllabus Design: Selecting, Grading and Sequencing Tasks"…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Sypris, Theo, Ed. – 1993
Prepared as a resource for community college practitioners seeking to internationalize their courses, this report presents 50 internationalized course modules in 22 subject areas developed as part of curriculum development project undertaken at Michigan's Kalamazoo Valley Community College. The 50 modules are presented in the areas of accounting,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Cross Cultural Studies
Fiol-Matta, Liza, Ed.; Chamberlain, Mariam K., Ed. – 1994
This volume documents the Ford Foundation's Mainstreaming Minority Women's Studies program to encourage curriculum transformation by concentrating on the issues, learning, research, and achievements of women of color in the United States. Part 1 is on faculty development and begins with two essays: "Shifting Models, Creating Visions: Process…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development
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Kansanen, Pertti, Ed. – 1987
This international research report consists of five papers discussing five different topics in education. "Views on the Implementation of the Curriculum--Experiences of the Finnish Practice" (P. Kansanen) analyzes research results regarding the national curriculum for the Finnish comprehensive school system and compares them with a…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Course Descriptions, Creative Thinking, Curriculum Development
Atreya, B. D.; And Others – 1985
The International Environmental Education Programme (IEEP) of UNESCO has developed a series of modules dealing with teacher training in environmental education. This module provides the contents of an experimental teacher training course in environmental education for the in-service training of elementary school teachers and administrators. The…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Ecology
Adams, J. Q., Ed.; Welsch, Janice R., Ed. – 1997
Focusing on multicultural issues, this collection presents essays and syllabi for courses in the fields of teacher education, composition, psychology, music, public health, and counselor education/college student personnel designed to prompt educators to make those courses more inclusive in both content and methodology. The essays and syllabi…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Course Descriptions, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Christie, Frances; Rothery, Joan – 1979
Five articles explore ideas about the nature and kinds of courses dealing with language and education that should be developed in teacher education programs in the Australian school curriculum, specifically where English as mother tongue is used. They include: "Some Recent Developments in Mother Tongue English Teaching in Australia"…
Descriptors: Child Language, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Teachers
Mason, Mary; Chew, Martha – 1983
Two papers explore feminist strategies for adapting traditional humanities and English courses to the needs of nontraditional and professional students. The first paper, "A Feminist Approach to Teaching Humanities to Non-Traditional Students" by Mary Mason, discusses a "public humanities" course, that is, a course for returning students who hope…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Displaced Homemakers