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Direct linkHoward, Jay R. – Teaching Sociology, 2010
The teaching and learning movement in sociology in general and within the American Sociological Association specifically has a surprisingly long history. This history can be divided into three periods of activity: early efforts (1905 to 1960), innovation and implementation (1960 to 1980), and the institutionalization of gains (1980 to 2009).…
Descriptors: Sociology, Educational Development, Educational History, Introductory Courses
Download full textVan Til, William, Ed. – 1986
Nine past presidents, the current president, and the executive director of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) contributed a chapter each to this history of ASCD and the fields it has represented since its founding in 1943. The book's editor, William Van Til, provides an introductory overview of the organization's…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational History, Educational Research, Ethnic Groups
Cowley, W. H. – 1976
The study of education in general is discussed by the first David Jacks Professor of Higher Education, followed by a review of the concept of the study of higher education. The author's own introductory course on American Higher Education at Stanford University is described, which includes criticisms of higher education, the history of higher…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Education Courses
Gardner, Marjorie H. – 1977
Beginning with the decade of the 50's, continuing through the 60's and midway into the 70's, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Office of Education, and, most recently, the National Institute of Education have become involved in curriculum development on a national basis. The climate of the 1950's and early 60's witnessed the upgrading and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational History, Educational Trends
Shapiro, Bernard J.; Shapiro, Harold T. – 1994
This paper offers an examination of the transformation of higher education over the last century with a focus on some current tensions and some ideas for responding to the rapidly changing environment. Early sections of the paper describe the "massification" of higher education in which 40 to 50 percent of the population participate in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Makdisi, George – 1981
The typology of institutions of learning in Islam is examined with concentration on a particular institution of learning, the Muslim college, especially in its madrasa form, and on the scholastic method that was its product. Chapter 1, "Institutions," examines the rise of the schools of law, typology of learning and the law of waqf as it…
Descriptors: Classification, College Administration, College Faculty, College Students
