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Direct linkAlana Hoare; Catharine Dishke Hondzel; Shannon Wagner; Shelley Church – Discover Education, 2024
External program review is often considered the "gold standard" approach to evaluating academic programs in higher education. Despite the importance of program review, skepticism persists regarding its ability to meaningfully engage faculty and have sustaining impact on program improvement. This paper builds on the academic Program…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Learning Modules
Esquibel, Joseph; Rook, Deborah L.; LoRe, Sondra M.; Starnes, John H.; Miller, Jillian M.; Buntz, Jennifer G.; Hugo, Alys; Nieuwsma, Christianne B.; Seitz, Heather; Bissell, Ahrash; Gross, Louis; Kiser, Stacey; Lenhart, Suzanne; Mills, Michael A.; Neuhauser, Claudia; Corriette, Irene; Prescott, Sarah; Jenkins, Kristin P.; Karpakakunjaram, Vedham – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Mastery of quantitative skills is increasingly critical for student success in life sciences, but few curricula adequately incorporate quantitative skills. Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges (QB@CC) is designed to address this need by building a grassroots consortium of community college faculty to (1) engage in interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, College Science, Community Colleges
Download full textCoppens, Tom; Pineda, Andrés Felipe Valderrama; Henao, Kelly; Rybels, Stijn; Samoilovich, Daniel; De Jonghe, Nina; Camacho, Heilyn – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2020
This article discusses the challenges and opportunities identified in the implementation of the Citylab project in Latin America during the period of 2015-2018. The project was funded by the Erasmus+ Key action 2 programme of the European Union. The project aims to innovate teaching for sustainability in higher education institutions through…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Urban Renewal, Urban Areas, Problem Based Learning
Bozalek, Vivienne; Zembylas, Michalinos – Education as Change, 2017
Internationally there has been some interest in how critical pedagogies might be enabled in higher education to support transformative social agendas. Few writers, however, have theorised the ethico-political aspects of this effort from a feminist new materialist perspective. By focusing on the analysis of an inter-institutional collaborative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Critical Theory, Social Change
Walker, Caroline; Gleaves, Alan – Irish Educational Studies, 2008
The article reports on and discusses findings from a project to investigate students' perceptions and understandings of creativity as an assessment criterion within a specific context within the higher education curriculum. The study found that, although students were familiar with creativity as a requirement of course assessments across a great…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Creativity, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness
PDF pending restorationAnsorge, Charles J.; And Others – 1981
An interdisciplinary, team-taught, modularized series of courses was designed and implemented at Teachers College of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to teach educational research methodology to graduate students. The course is composed of seven one-semester-hour modules. All doctoral students are required to take Foundations of Research (an…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Organization, Curriculum Design, Graduate Study
Peer reviewedDubowsky, Nathan; Hartman, Elliott M., Jr. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1981
Briefly describes a module on the origin of life formulated for inclusion in introductory biology, geology, and astronomy courses. The authors are preparing a concise monograph on the topic to complement the three-week module. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Biology, College Science, Course Descriptions
Stevenson, R. D. – 1979
This module is part of a series designed to be used by life science students for instruction in the application of physical theory to ecosystem operation. Most modules contain computer programs which are built around a particular application of a physical process. This module describes heat transfer processes involved in the exchange of heat…
Descriptors: Biophysics, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Ecology
Pearson, Nolan E. – 1979
This module is part of a series designed to be used by life science students for instruction in the application of physical theory to ecosystem operation. Most modules contain computer programs which are built around a particular application of a physical process. This module is one of two units on the foundations of physical theory and the…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biophysics, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction
Peer reviewedDavis, William E., Jr.; Richter, Peyton E. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1981
Describes an interdisciplinary science and humanities curriculum for sophomores developed by the faculty at Boston University's College of Basic Studies. Three core courses (science, social studies, and humanities) are integrated into a year-long course which is team taught. The format includes both lecture and modular teaching approaches. (DS)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Humanities
Williams, Elmer; Dalton, Don – 1984
This 12-hour module of instruction is designed to help undergraduates in social studies methods courses integrate economics education into the elementary school social studies curriculum. The major purposes of the module are to (1) demonstrate how economics concepts can be integrated into social studies instruction, (2) reinforce or extend teacher…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Williams, Elmer; Dalton, Don – 1984
This 12-hour module of instruction is designed to help undergraduates in social studies methods courses integrate economics education into the secondary school social studies curriculum. The major purposes of the module are to (1) reinforce or extend teacher education students' understanding of selected basic economic concepts, (2) develop an…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Interdisciplinary Approach
Cowan, Christina E. – 1977
This module is part of a series designed to be used by life science students for instruction in the application of physical theory to ecosystem operation. Most modules contain computer programs which are built around a particular application of a physical process. This module deals specifically with concepts that are basic to fluid flow and…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biophysics, College Science, Ecology
Peer reviewedCohen, Kenneth – College Teaching, 1991
The development and structure of 6 interdisciplinary world civilization courses by 14 faculty at San Jose State University are described. The curriculum provides a framework for investigation of common problems facing all cultures, analysis and assessment of attempted solutions, successful and unsuccessful, and evaluation of contemporary attempts…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Organization, Curriculum Development, General Education
Carey, Karen; Glander, C. Lynn – 1996
The University of South Carolina is using assessment to bring about academic change in general education at several levels: the individual student; system-wide courses; and the entire general education program. The approach uses both qualitative and quantitative data, and has enabled faculty to collaborate both across disciplines and all eight…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Core Curriculum, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development
