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Ma, Xiaoyan; Han, Zhongdong; Ma, Hua – Higher Education Studies, 2015
This article aims at clarifying the strategic significance of developing medical informatics, conducting SWOT analysis on this discipline and hence establishing the strategic objectives and focal points for its development.
Descriptors: Medical Education, Information Systems, Systems Development, Strategic Planning
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McIntyre, Julie Guay; Grout, Leslie A.; Jennings, Sybillyn; Poppei, Jean E. – Teaching of Psychology, 2001
Offers six strategies that can be used in human development courses to promote student understanding of the research practice relationship: (1) observation; (2) priming; (3) clarification of tacit assumptions; (4) a life span perspective; (5) the meanings of diversity; and (6) theory as process. (CMK)
Descriptors: Child Development, Course Content, Developmental Psychology, Educational Strategies
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Mayer, Lawrence – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2002
Contends that in order to make political science scientifically based, people within the discipline must reach a consensus on what a scientifically based discipline is, and communicate that information to the students. States that teaching about the scientific method may focus on a set of principles within the grasp of undergraduate students. (CMK)
Descriptors: Course Content, Epistemology, Higher Education, Inquiry
Chepaitis, Elia – 1997
This paper discusses the multiple rewards of teaching information systems (IS) abroad, drawing on the experience of an IS professor who has been awarded three Fulbright scholarships in the 1990s. The author draws extensively upon personal experiences in Russia to illustrate the challenges and benefits of teaching in foreign institutions. The…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Economic Development
Cuseo, Joseph B. – 1991
This report provides a conceptual framework for guiding decisions regarding the administrative delivery and course content of the freshman orientation seminar. The proposed framework relies heavily on empirical evidence generated by college-level research in the areas of student retention, student learning and academic achievement, and student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), College Freshmen, Coping
Raths, James; Ruchkin, Judith – 1984
A study investigated the differences in the teaching of methods courses in Research and Development (R & D) institutions and in other teacher education programs. The study's major interest was in discerning the emphasis given to "research" in methods courses offered in institutions having an R & D emphasis and comparing it with the emphasis found…
Descriptors: Course Content, Education Majors, Educational Research, Higher Education
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Funk, Gary D.; Funk, Hal D. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1991
Research and theory on teaching the writing process is not being widely implemented in public school classrooms. Changes such as a greater emphasis on process in college composition classes and language arts methodology courses as well as careful selection of supervising teachers, inservice programs, and revamping of writing evaluation are needed.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperating Teachers, Course Content, Elementary Secondary Education