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Bombaerts, Gunter; Spahn, Andreas – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2021
A course on ethics and history of technology, taught to 1886 first-year engineering students of 14 engineering departments was redesigned using Self-Determination Theory (SDT) by adapting many course elements at the same time. We applied the situational level of Vallerand's hierarchical model, analysing how the elements of this ethics and history…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Educational Theories, Curriculum Development, Ethics
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Stamov Roßnagel, Christian; Fitzallen, Noleine; Lo Baido, Katrin – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
The constructive alignment (CA) of university teaching has received considerable attention from a policy-making perspective, but much less so from a student perspective. Against this background, we explored the relationships between CA and student motivation, and between CA and perceived learning demands. Fifty-six students from two second-year…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Undergraduate Students, Learning Strategies, Difficulty Level
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Masoumpanah, Zahra; Tahririan, Mohammad Hassan; Afzali, Katayoon; Alibabaee, Ahmad – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2019
This study was an attempt to evaluate practicum courses at Farhangian University. Since practicum is a significant component of teacher education which links theory to practice and prepares student-teachers for their work, this study was intended to explore the extent to which (1) the practicum objectives stated in the 'Curriculum Document of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Course Evaluation, Practicums, Preservice Teacher Education
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Parvaresh, Shahrzad; Pirnajmuddin, Hossein; Hesabi, Akbar – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2019
While enacting innovative learner-centered practices has been reported to instigate, at least initially, student negative responses in diverse contexts, studies in translation education adhering to teaching approaches informed by social-constructivism have paid no great attention to student resistance, as one potential threatening factor, in…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Teaching Methods, Translation, Constructivism (Learning)
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Petkovska, Viktorija – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Teaching creatively in ESP might in certain cases present some appropriate solutions to the teaching situation and, more importantly, boost students' confidence and motivation towards achieving some of the course objectives. Based on a case study, this paper displays some of the results obtained through a limited scope research conducted with…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, English for Special Purposes, Course Objectives, Case Studies
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Harvey, Christine J. – Language Learning Journal, 1997
Reports on the success of a second-language learning program designed to develop a European awareness in students in a school in England in the hope that it will serve as an inspiring example to promoters of similar programs. Notes that the effort in setting up a European program of development offers the advantages of working closely with…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Change Strategies, Course Objectives, Foreign Countries
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Bell, Meaghan; Lambart, Angela – Babel: Australia, 1997
Emphasizes five aspects important to a primary school second-language program in Australia: a program rationale; timing of program initiation; teaching milieu; frequency and length of lessons; and locus for the lessons. The article argues that a new language program must be set up for success and a recurrent budget allowing for print materials,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cognitive Processes, Course Content, Course Objectives
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Asher, Colin; And Others – Language Learning Journal, 1995
Describes an effort to teach French to boys with emotional and behavioral difficulties. The teaching used was based on lexical chunks of language rather than grammatical structures in order to create motivation and maintain interest in the short time available each week. The students greeted the lessons with enthusiasm and grew in self-esteem and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Disorders, Course Content, Course Objectives
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Johns, Janice; And Others – Mathematics in School, 1987
Describes the development of a new mathematics course in a school district in Great Britain which was designed for low achieving high school students. Provides the course design including aims, objectives, levels of attainment, and assessment exercises. Discusses the mathematics achievement certificate created as a result of the course. (TW)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Course Organization
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Pierce, Colin – Language Learning Journal, 1995
Describes a learning system developed at Wirral Metropolitan College (UK) for self-access language provision, linked to a competence accreditation scheme. The competency-based approach is suited to languages because it offers a measure of built-in accountability. Flexible workshop provision is an effective means of delivering languages to a broad…
Descriptors: Accountability, Competency Based Education, Course Objectives, Distance Education
Wildsmith, R. – 1982
An intensive case study in learning a second foreign language, which is part of an applied linguistics course for teachers/teacher trainees offered at the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) is described. Attention is directed to: case study rationale and objectives; student orientation and preparation; and areas of focus and the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Case Studies, Course Content, Course Objectives