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Sabri Güngör – World Journal of Education, 2024
Universities have been at the center of educational debates since their inception. Their functions, aims and products have been questioned in the context of social, cultural, economic and technological changes. In this context, the aim of this study is to critically examine university education from the perspectives of undergraduate students. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Higher Education
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French, Sarah; Kennedy, Gregor – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
This paper discusses the role of the lecture in contemporary higher education. Moving beyond the polarised perspectives that characterise recent debates on the subject, it considers both the potential problems and possible pedagogical, practical and social benefits of the lecture as a mode of teaching and learning. Through an examination of…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Relevance (Education), Higher Education, Teaching Methods
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Macalalag, Augusto Z., Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed.; Johnson, Joseph, Ed.; Bicer, Ali, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
For many years the need to educate and support our teachers to implement science and mathematics education has been ongoing throughout the world (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2019; Mundry et al., 2009). In more recent years, this call has extended to include teaching through integrated science, technology,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Special Education, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities
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Hassen, Mohammed Motuma; Akmel, Mesud Mohammed – Educational Research and Reviews, 2018
Fx grading system is a newly incorporated grading system in the Ethiopian higher education curriculum. The system started to apply in 2013, as an element of the modular curriculum, with the intention to a give second chance for students. Currently, this grading system is being implemented in Samara University, Afar, Ethiopia. This study has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grading, Higher Education, College Faculty
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Macalalag, Augusto Z., Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed.; Johnson, Joseph, Ed.; Bicer, Ali, Ed. – Online Submission, 2022
For many years the need to educate and support our teachers to implement science and mathematics education has been ongoing throughout the world (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2019; Mundry et al., 2009). In more recent years, this call has extended to include teaching through integrated science, technology,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Special Education, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities
French, Sarah; Kennedy, Gregor – Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, 2016
Over the past few years the question of whether the lecture is an effective teaching method has been one of the most heatedly debated topics in the field of higher education. While research on the effectiveness of lectures has been carried out since at least the 1960s, the value of the lecture has been increasingly questioned recently for a number…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Relevance (Education), Educational Quality, Instructional Effectiveness
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Shand, Rory; Howell, Kerry E. – Teaching Public Administration, 2015
This article intends to raise a number of issues regarding teaching public administration in the higher education sector and the value it has for individuals and society. The article explores the issue of value with reference to the teaching and learning of Public Administration as a discipline in the wider societal context. The article argues…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Value Judgment
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Bunn, Michael – College Composition and Communication, 2013
Teaching reading in terms of its connections to writing can motivate students to read and increase the likelihood that they find success in both activities. It can lead students to value reading as an integral aspect of learning to write. It can help students develop their understanding of writerly strategies and techniques. Drawing on qualitative…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Freshman Composition, Writing Instruction, Reading Instruction
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Staddon, Elizabeth; Standish, Paul – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2012
Shifts in funding and a worldwide trend towards marketising higher education have led to a new emphasis on the quality of the student experience. In the UK this trend finds its strongest expression in recent policy proposals to simultaneously increase student fees and student choice so that students themselves become the drivers of higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Commercialization, Student Experience
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Mack Shelley Ed.; Mevlut Unal Ed.; Sabri Turgut Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
The aim of the International Society for Technology, Education, and Science (iHSES) conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, discuss theoretical and practical issues, and connect with the leaders in the fields of "humanities," "education" and "social sciences." It is organized for: (1) faculty members in…
Descriptors: Television, Race, Anxiety, Athletics
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Scott, Joel H. – New Directions for Student Services, 2012
For the better part of the past 100 years, John Dewey, Ernest Boyer, and other higher education reform advocates have challenged universities to hold true to their civic roots and responsibilities by promoting teaching and scholarship in the context of the real world. In response, service-learning has evolved into a viable pedagogy to encourage…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Moral Development, Service Learning, Social Responsibility
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Serrat, Nuria; Rubio, Anna – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
This article reflects on how some values, interests, and particularities of 2.0 culture enter on higher and postgraduate education institutions. Through the identification of the features of 2.0, this document visualizes some of the resistances, obstacles, possibilities, and opportunities detected in these institutions, many of them focusing on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Informal Education, Web 2.0 Technologies, Influence of Technology
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Wilson, Carroll – Journalism Educator, 1983
The use of an invented criminal justice story can serve as a "soap opera" designed to help teach beginning journalism students a few things about news values, news writing, and reporting. (HOD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Journalism Education, Learning Activities, News Reporting
Fawkes, Don – Performance and Instruction, 1992
Argues that students have a moral right to be provided with behavioral objectives for assignments before they are required to complete them; to be tested only on those objectives; to be provided with explicit grading standards; to be active participants in learning; to have frequent opportunities for grading and feedback; that courses be assessed…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Higher Education, Moral Issues
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Hample, Dale – Communication Education, 1985
Describes the rationale for teaching the cognitive context of argument and argumentation, presents an example of an approach to value argument, and discusses the role of the unconscious in argument. (PD)
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse
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