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Galan, Berta; Muñoz, Iciar; Viguri, Javier R. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
This paper shows the planning, the teaching activities and the evaluation of the learning and teaching process implemented in the Chemical Process Design course at the University of Cantabria, Spain. Educational methods to address the knowledge, skills and attitudes that students who complete the course are expected to acquire are proposed and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation, Curriculum Implementation, Chemical Engineering
Siegal, Brittany; Kagan, Sarah H. – Educational Gerontology, 2012
Matters of development and generation may create barriers in teaching millennial undergraduates psychological and social gerontology. We introduce strategy to mitigate these barriers by teaching psychological and social gerontology as undergraduate honors courses, augmented with the use of social networking tools. We detail honors programming,…
Descriptors: Gerontology, Psychology, Psychological Studies, Social Services
Ye, Zhaohui; Hua, Chengying – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2012
Programmable system-on-chip (PSoC), which provides a microprocessor and programmable analog and digital peripheral functions in a single chip, is very convenient for mixed-signal electronic system design. This paper presents the experience of teaching contemporary mixed-signal electronic system design with PSoC in the Department of Automation,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Course Objectives
Erlandson, Karen Thea – Communication Teacher, 2012
A fundamental concept in Intercultural Communication is developing an understanding of different cultural patterns. Understanding different value dimensions such as collectivism, power distance, and high versus low context cultures are important steps to gaining a facility in communicating cross-culturally. This article presents an activity that…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Differences, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Hart, Steven M.; Bennett, Stephanie M. – Teacher Education and Practice, 2013
The paradigm of content area literacy instruction is shifting from a view of literacy as generalizable across the curriculum to a disciplinary perspective of literacies specific to the specialized language, text structures, and habits of thinking within particular subject areas. Preservice STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Preservice Teachers, Literacy, Content Area Reading
Goldey, Ellen S.; Abercrombie, Clarence L.; Ivy, Tracie M.; Kusher, Dave I.; Moeller, John F.; Rayner, Doug A.; Smith, Charles F.; Spivey, Natalie W. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2012
We transformed our first-year curriculum in biology with a new course, Biological Inquiry, in which greater than 50% of all incoming, first-year students enroll. The course replaced a traditional, content-driven course that relied on outdated approaches to teaching and learning. We diversified pedagogical practices by adopting guided inquiry in…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Teaching Methods, Biology, Undergraduate Study
Hampton, Nan Zhang; Olney, Marjorie F. – Rehabilitation Education, 2008
In 2007, we offered an innovative blended graduate level rehabilitation counseling course. The course was delivered online and in Hong Kong. It included readings, PowerPoint presentations and discussion board features on Blackboard, as well as face-to-face lectures and guest speakers in a classroom context at the City University of Hong Kong.…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Instructional Innovation, Foreign Countries
Kurzel, Frank; Slay, Jill; Rath, Michelle; Chau, Yenha – 2002
This paper describes the development of an adaptive multimedia learning environment that utilizes multimedia presentation techniques in its interface while still providing Internet connectivity for management and delivery purposes. The system supports the WWW as its addressing space but uses the local client areas to store media items expensive in…
Descriptors: Course Content, Distance Education, Educational Media, Educational Technology

Parker, Angie; Farrelly, Deg – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1994
Presents a series of incremental changes that were made to an existing course at Arizona State University West to assure that preservice teachers were proficient in the use of interactive video and its incorporation into daily lesson delivery. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Course Content, Educational Change
Patrick, John J. – 1987
This document addresses the questions of what teachers have achieved during the U. S. Constitution Bicentennial celebration in the areas of curriculum development and instruction and whether or not the celebration has been accompanied by educational renewal and improvement in secondary schools. Persistent problems in teaching and learning about…
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development

Khazzaka, Joseph – Social Education, 1997
Discusses the "flashback" method of history instruction that begins with analyzing specific, current conditions and then traces their historical evolution. This method allows students to feel connected to the subject while participating in its historical investigation. Compares the "flashback" and the traditional chronological…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Course Content, Course Organization, Current Events

VanSledright, Bruce A. – Social Education, 1997
Contrasts two approaches to achieving depth in an 8th grade U.S. history class. One presents a detailed and chronological approach, the other a discipline-based matrix structure with chronological and regional evolutions as a backdrop. Favors stressing major principles and generalizations while focusing in depth on prototypical examples. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Colonial History (United States), Course Content, Course Organization