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Bowen, Ryan S.; Flaherty, Aishling A.; Cooper, Melanie M. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Within chemistry education, there are various curricular and pedagogical approaches that aim to improve teaching and learning in chemistry. Efforts to characterize these transformations have primarily focused on student reasoning and performance, and little work has been done to explore student perceptions of curricular and pedagogical…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Instruction, Transformative Learning, Teaching Methods
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Kezar, Adrianna; Gehrke, Sean; Bernstein-Sierra, Samantha – Journal of Higher Education, 2018
The purpose of this article is to describe a new variation of communities of practice: communities of transformation. We define communities of transformation as communities that create and foster innovative spaces that envision a new future. This article is based on research examining four undergraduate STEM faculty communities of practice…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, STEM Education, College Faculty, Educational Policy
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Salvador, Karen; Paetz, Allison M.; Tippetts, Matthew M. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate processes that led practicing music educators in a graduate course to examine their beliefs and practices regarding inclusion, responsiveness, equity, and justice. Using Charmaz's constructivist approach to grounded theory, we interviewed 22 participants from MUS 8XX: Philosophy of Music Education.…
Descriptors: Music Education, Graduate Students, Grounded Theory, Educational Philosophy
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Palma, Lisiane Celia; Pedrozo, Eugênio Ávila – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2015
Several papers propose analytical methods relating to the inclusion of sustainability in courses and universities. However, as sustainability is a complex subject, methodological proposals on the topic must avoid making disjointed analyses which focus exclusively on curricula or on organisational strategy, as often seen in the literature.…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Guidelines, Transformative Learning, Periodicals
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Mutegi, Jomo W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
"Science for All" is a mantra that has guided science education reform and practice for the past 20 years or so. Unfortunately, after 20 years of "Science for All" guided policy, research, professional development, and curricula African Americans continue to participate in the scientific enterprise in numbers that are staggeringly low. What is…
Descriptors: African American Students, Scientific Enterprise, Educational Change, Science Education
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Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed.; Avoseh, Mejai, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2016
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Independent Study, Undergraduate Students