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Jagielski, Donna Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2016
While attempting to provide real world experiences in STEM, educators face numerous challenges including adhering to curriculum requirements and working with potentially limited resources. The purpose of this action research study was to examine how the addition of authentic learning modules to the existing University of Arizona Middle School…
Descriptors: Learning Modules, STEM Education, Action Research, Active Learning
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McPhail, Graham – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2018
This paper considers curriculum integration in the secondary school context and investigates the claims made that it can enhance learning outcomes for students. I argue that curriculum integration should be utilized not as a main means of curricular delivery but as a supplementary opportunity to put disciplinary knowledge to use in certain,…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum, Case Studies, National Competency Tests
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Mostert, Linda Ann; Townsend, Rodwell – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2018
This paper lends support to the argument that students require a variety of teaching strategies to help them improve their academic writing. The study described here took place in 2014 in the context of embedding the teaching of academic writing into anthropology modules. The strategies implemented were microthemes, peer feedback, annotated…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Anthropology, Lecture Method, Teaching Methods
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O'Neill, Geraldine; Donnelly, Roisin; Fitzmaurice, Marian – International Journal for Academic Development, 2014
Curriculum sequencing is central to promoting a coherent student experience. Yet in the higher education context, the concept and practice of curriculum sequencing have not been fully explored. This research examined how seven programme teams approached the issue of sequencing across two Irish higher education institutions. A phenomenological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Design, Sequential Approach, Higher Education
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Brown, Zeta; Edwards, Tracey; Perkins, Helen – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2017
This study investigated changes made to the Childhood Studies placement journey of one post-1992 University in England. The Childhood Studies degree includes "practitioner options" that requires students to complete 200 h placement experience, including 50 h in year one. In 2014, the participant university responded to this expectation…
Descriptors: Learning Modules, Student Placement, Professional Identity, Professional Development
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Makokha, George L.; Mutisya, Dorothy N. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study was to assess the status of e-learning in public universities in Kenya. Data were collected using questionnaires administered to both students and lecturers randomly sampled from seven public universities. Questionnaire responses were triangulated with interviews from key informants and focus group discussions (FGDs).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Public Colleges, Universities
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Vine, Michelle M.; Chiappetta-Swanson, Catherine; Maclachlan, John; Brodeur, Jason J.; Bagg, Julianne – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
The objectives of this research study were to examine local level factors shaping the implementation of a blended pedagogical approach for geospatial- and information-literacy, and to understand implementer satisfaction. As such, we addressed the following research questions: What local-level factors shape the implementation of the blended…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Blended Learning, Information Literacy
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To, Jessica – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2016
Exploring students' perspective on feedback is high on the research agenda following the comparatively lower satisfaction scores for assessment and feedback in the National Student Survey. However, limited research examines how teachers and students perceive the same feedback events in the post-secondary context. This case study fills the gap by…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Beliefs, Postsecondary Education, Conflict
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Nicolaou, Anna; Sevilla-Pavón, Ana – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This paper examines university students' views about a Cypriot-Spanish telecollaboration project through which participants used Google+ Communities for intercultural exchange over the course of one semester. The project was established through the UNICollaboration platform and it involved first-year students at the Cyprus University of Technology…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication, Student Projects, Student Exchange Programs
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Shreeve, Sue; Chelin, Jacqueline – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2014
The research aimed to discover the perceived impact and to identify the value of four information skills teaching interventions within the curriculum in three faculties at the University of the West of England. Faculty and library staff interviews and student focus groups were used to gather evidence about the perceived impact of the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Skill Development, Learning Modules, Information Literacy
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Hashim, Abdul Talib; Samah, Noor Azlinda Abu; Osman, Rosma; Mamat, Nordin; Razali, Abdul Rahim; Bakar, Noor Insyiraah Abu – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The education development and changes that have taken place either within the country or globally has made Civic and Citizenship Education (CCE) in the school system becomes important. However, often times this subject has been taken lightly by students as well as teachers and deemed as not important because this is a nonexamination subject. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civics, Citizenship Education, Art Education
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Sweeney, Catherine; O'Sullivan, Eleanor; McCarthy, Marian – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
Palliative care is a complex area of healthcare best delivered by an interdisciplinary team approach. Breaking bad news is an inherent part of caring for people with life-limiting conditions. This study aims to explore an interdisciplinary breaking bad news role-play in a palliative care module. Participants were undergraduate medical and nursing…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Role Playing, Integrated Activities, Caring
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Butt, Rosemary; Lowe, Kaye – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2012
Research has shown that teaching assistants (TAs) working in mainstream classrooms with special needs students in Australia are being required to perform quite complex tasks such as curriculum modification and differentiation yet they are not required to have any formal qualifications nor training in these tasks. In the United Kingdom, TAs are not…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Focus Groups, Interviews, Learning Modules
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Weissmann, Elke – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
This article examines the student experience for a particular cohort, namely the joint honours students, at a post-1992 university in the United Kingdom. These students are enrolled in degree courses that combine two subjects at one university. Little attention has so far been given to such students whose experience is decidedly different from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Interviews, Questionnaires
Burdge, Maryjane C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Students with disabilities are less likely than their peers to access or succeed in postsecondary education settings. In one county, students with disabilities are taught within inclusive high school environments where deficits in reading skills, self-determination attributes, and study skills are not included in the curriculum. In place of these…
Descriptors: Mild Disabilities, High School Graduates, High Schools, Postsecondary Education
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