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Natkin, Lisa Watts – Journal of General Education, 2016
Higher education institutions are increasingly interested in infusing sustainability content into their curricula. This can be accomplished through general education programs, which the University of Vermont recently established. The implementation of this new requirement created a unique opportunity to investigate sustainability- related teaching…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainability, General Education, Teaching Methods
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Gomez, Kimberley; Lee, Ung-Sang – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
John Seely Brown suggested that learning environments should be spaces in which all work is public, is subject to iterative critique by instructors and peers, and in which social interaction is primary. In such spaces, students and teachers engage in a situated cognition approach to teaching and learning where "cognitive accomplishments rely…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Interaction, Social Influences, Educational Environment
Place, Janice Becker – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate what happened when grade 11 high school honors students blogged about their summer reading under the monitoring of a teacher during vacation. I proposed that an educational blog might serve as an effective tool during summer vacation to help students retain skills or learning while at a physical…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Grade 11, High School Students
Floor, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Adolescent suicide is a growing phenomenon that is not adequately addressed in graduate education. Students and clinicians who experience a patient suicide respond negatively which in turn affects perceived competence. As a result, education in adolescent suicide is warranted. Therefore, this dissertation is a graduate level course on adolescent…
Descriptors: Intervention, Suicide, Graduate Study, Legal Problems