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Burgess-Van Aken, Barbara – College Teaching, 2017
A literature review on approaches to a final course session reveals a dearth of attention to the issue. Options for last-day activities fall into three categories: professor-centered, activity-focused, and student-driven. Using the criterion that meaningful course closure calls for last-day activities that engage students in reflection not only…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Lesson Plans, Learning Activities, Behavioral Objectives
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Russo-Zimet, Gila – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
Studies have examined the assumption that teachers have previous perceptions, beliefs and knowledge about learning (Cochran-Smith & Villegas, 2015). This study presented the In-Action Mental Model of twenty leading artist-teachers while teaching Visual Arts in three Israeli art institutions of higher Education. Data was collected in two…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Artists, Teaching Models, Teaching Methods
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Hanson, Chad – Thought & Action, 2008
In this article, the author explains how the work of a growing number of educators is changing as a result of initiatives designed to manage the practice of college teaching. Specifically, the author presents the case of the Worldwide Instructional Design System (WIDS) to demonstrate how the work of college teachers is undergoing a deskilling…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Practices, Instructional Design, Lesson Plans
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Calderón Pachón, Jennifer Paola; Jiménez Vargas, Milena Patricia – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2009
Seeking the best pedagogical practices for bilingual higher education and guided by the principles of the sheltered instruction observation protocol (SIOP), we describe a sub-study of the Sheltered Instruction Research Project (SIRP) which deals with how professors at ÚNICA college in Bogotá, Colombia implement one of the components of the model:…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Bilingual Education, Teaching Methods, Teaching Models
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Caropreso, Edward J.; Haggerty, Mark – College Teaching, 2000
Describes an alternative approach to introductory economics based on a cooperative learning model, "Learning Together." Discussion of issues in economics education and cooperative learning in higher education leads to explanation of how to adapt the Learning Together Model to lesson planning in economics. A flow chart illustrates the process for a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Economics, Higher Education
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Curran, Charles – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1998
Sixty-one library and information science (LIS) teachers, identified as "superior," speak in behavioral terms about the way they plan, teach, and deal with students. Then six veteran observers of LIS teaching participate in a listserv discussion and reveal their views about superior LIS teaching, remediation for poor teachers, and adult learner…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Higher Education, Information Science Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Gradowksi, Gail, Ed.; Snavely, Loanne, Ed.; Dempsey, Paula, Ed. – 1998
A total of 54 designs for successful active learning strategies for library instruction in the classroom are presented in this sourcebook. These librarian-authored strategies have been developed and used successfully in instruction. The lesson designs are divided into five sections: Basic Library Instruction; Searching Indexes and Online Catalogs;…
Descriptors: Active Learning, High Schools, Higher Education, Information Literacy
Main, Robert G. – 1992
This study begins with a definition of the affective domain and its importance to learning, outlining its impact both in achieving affective behaviors and in facilitating cognitive and psychomotor objectives. The study then develops a model of instructional design that incorporates the affective domain as an integral component. The model combines…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Objectives, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Creek, Roy J.; Vollmer, Marian L. – 1991
Out of the school reform movement of the eighties have come recommendations for professional development schools, site-based management, and teacher empowerment. Such initiatives can be implemented only in environments where continuing pursuit of new knowledge exists at every level. There is a pressing need for educational models that strive to…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Educational Objectives, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1983
This module, one in a series of 127 performance-based teacher education (PBTE) learning packages, focuses on specific professional competencies of vocational teachers. The competencies upon which these modules are based were identified and verified through research as being important to successful vocational teaching at both the secondary and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Competence, Competency Based Education, Demonstrations (Educational)
Nagel, Nancy G. – 1996
This book is based on the idea that curriculum development projects focused on integrated or interdisciplinary teaching within the context of real-world problem solving creates dynamics and meaningful learning experiences for students. The real-world, problem-solving units presented in this book were created by four intern teachers, their mentor…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education
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Brookhart, Susan M.; Rusnak, Timothy G. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1993
Three Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) universities and the Pittsburgh school district collaborated in the preparation of urban secondary teachers. A study of exemplary teachers' characteristics regarding successful lessons indicated that these teachers planned thoroughly and were concerned about making lessons relevant but not influenced by social and…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Higher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Lesson Plans
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Lonning, Robert A.; DeFranco, Thomas C. – School Science and Mathematics, 1994
An integrated mathematics/science elementary methods course was developed as part of Connecticut's statewide systemic initiative. Considers: (1) What does integration mean? (2) What content should be taught? and (3) How should it be taught? Implementation team included an exemplary elementary teacher. Appendix presents a sample integrated lesson.…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education