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Elise J. Cain; Mete Akcaoglu; Kristen Wright; Alexandria Dobson; Taylor Elkins – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2022
Despite its increasing importance in today's society, STEM learning opportunities in rural areas are limited. Factors such as limited learning resources and experiences may negatively impact students in rural areas in developing interest for STEM subjects, and eventually STEM careers. In this qualitative study, our purpose was to understand how…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, STEM Education, Science Interests, Majors (Students)
Brookfield, Katherine – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2022
Accumulating evidence suggests that a range of benefits might accrue from conducting teaching and learning outside in natural environments, and more broadly, from incorporating some kind of contact with nature into teaching and learning activities. Although this evidence does not stem from studies that have focused on geographical higher…
Descriptors: Environment, Teaching Methods, Geography Instruction, Higher Education
Simmons, Marcus – Industry and Higher Education, 2021
This account of practice describes an experiential learning approach used for enterprise and entrepreneurship education in a UK higher education setting. Module design and delivery insights are drawn from the methods employed by an entrepreneur turned educator to facilitate learning via pop-up shop/event activities financed by a £50 seed fund.…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Learning Experience, Teaching Methods, Business Administration Education
Beaven, Ana; Golubeva, Irina – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2016
Higher education (HE) student mobility offers the opportunity to acquire, among other things, intercultural experience. Nevertheless, it is crucial to prepare students and give them the tools to reflect on their experiences before, during and after study abroad. In this pedagogical paper, we present and discuss "Perceptions of self and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intercultural Communication, Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness

King, Kathleen P. – International Journal of University Adult Education, 1997
A learning activities survey was completed by 422 of 737 adults in evening classes. Perspective transformation experiences were reported by 37.3%. Learning activities that most influenced perspective transformation included reflection, teacher challenge, discussion and reading, critical thinking, personal interaction, and active participation. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Individual Development
Lafrenz, Lu Ann; Murray, Bernadine – College Quarterly, 2005
Educational programs are continually seeking ways to encourage students' independence, personal growth, and self-directed learning. Graduates should enter the fashion industry with the ability to engage in lifelong learning in order to ensure competence in professional practice. Competition experiences help students to achieve these goals. The…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Lifelong Learning, Clothing, Individual Development

Dodd, David K. – Teaching of Psychology, 1986
Reveals the need for departments to offer course instruction in behavioral self-change. Describes a self-change course which offers students an opportunity to apply proven psychological principles to their own lives and thus meets the need for personal relevance of education. Provides suggestions for implementation of a self-change course.…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Individual Development, Instructional Improvement

Ericson, Katharine – Change, 1984
The early apprentice, his work regime, and his directive to travel are discussed. Apprentices had both a learning and a working relationship with their masters and they performed tasks that often brought them into contact with the adult world. The wanderjahre, the practice of requiring apprentices to wander, is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Higher Education, History, Individual Development
McKellar, Nancy A. – 1984
An experiment was conducted to determine whether tutoring is a learning activity from which the tutor, as well as the tutee, gains cognitively. Undergraduate students (N=80) participated in the study. Half of the subjects studied selected material to tutor another subject. The other half studied material to prepare for a test that they would take.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Higher Education
Thayer, Lou – Humanist Educator, 1977
The experiential approach brings the trainees into a systematic training process that emphasizes their personal experiencing. Simulation materials bring the learning process exposure to many varied aspects of the counseling situation and enable counselor trainees to learn one counseling skill at a time and receive immediate feedback on their…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Feedback, Higher Education, Individual Development

Kay, Jerald – Journal of Medical Education, 1981
A component of a freshman psychiatry course in which students are permitted to pursue independent study in any aspect of the human life cycle is described. Examination of student topics over a three-year period revealed that many chose areas of study relating to significant past personal experiences. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Independent Study, Individual Development, Learning Activities
Martin, Joan – 1978
This module on staff development is one of a set of eight on administration and supervision and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules constituting a core curriculum intended for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial education. Following the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Core Curriculum, Higher Education, Individual Development
Roid, G. H. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1971
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Concept Teaching, Critical Thinking, Decision Making Skills

Brick, Allan – College English, 1981
Argues in favor of teaching thesis and the forms of exposition by means of assignments such as personal narrative, autobiography, and observation out of direct experience. Describes one such assignment. (RL)
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, Expository Writing, Higher Education

Snow, Linda J. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1981
Describes a group counseling program with four basic goals: (1) to provide a comfortable atmosphere for college women to discuss sexual issues and concerns; (2) to provide understanding of the physical aspects of female sexual functioning; (3) to confront attitudes and myths; and (4) to encourage a positive self-concept. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Females, Group Counseling, Group Instruction