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Direct linkLucia Kovácová; Lubomír Held; Katarína Kotuláková – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2025
The greenhouse effect poses a significant environmental challenge to humanity today. Research shows that many students lack adequate knowledge about this phenomenon. To address this issue, we have developed educational materials that utilize various instructional approaches to improve primary school students' understanding and attitudes toward the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Climate, Environmental Education, Logical Thinking
Hardy, John G.; Sdepanian, Stephanie; Stowell, Alison F.; Aljohani, Amal D.; Allen, Michael J.; Anwar, Ayaz; Barton, Dik; Baum, John V.; Bird, David; Blaney, Adam; Brewster, Liz; Cheneler, David; Efremova, Olga; Entwistle, Michael; Esfahani, Reza N.; Firlak, Melike; Foito, Alex; Forciniti, Leandro; Geissler, Sydney A.; Guo, Feng; Hathout, Rania M.; Jiang, Richard; Kevin, Punarja; Leese, David; Low, Wan Li; Mayes, Sarah; Mozafari, Masoud; Murphy, Samuel T.; Nguyen, Hieu; Ntola, Chifundo N. M.; Okafo, George; Partington, Adam; Prescott, Thomas A. K.; Price, Stephen P.; Soliman, Sherif; Sutar, Papri; Townsend, David; Trotter, Patrick; Wright, Karen L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
For some professionally, vocationally, or technically oriented careers, curricula delivered in higher education establishments may focus on teaching material related to a single discipline. By contrast, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary teaching(MITT) results in improved affective and cognitive learning and critical…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Higher Education
Michael K. Seery; Hendra Y. Agustian; Frederik V. Christiansen; Bente Gammelgaard; Rie H. Malm – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
Laboratory work in chemistry has been extensively researched in the last decade but the gap between research and practice is still broad. This "Perspective" shares 10 guiding principles relating to university laboratory education, drawing on research over the last decade. Written with an audience of practitioners in mind, the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Laboratories, Chemistry, College Science
Download full textAl-Mutawah, Masooma Ali; Alghazo, Yazan M.; Mahmoud, Enaz Yousef; Preji, Nisha; Thomas, Ruby – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2021
The significant global interest in 21st century skills and their incorporation into school curricula inspired the researchers of the current study to develop a new educational approach of designing curricula that incorporates science, mathematics, technology, arts and engineering (STEAM). In this study, the researchers reviewed several relevant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, 21st Century Skills, STEM Education, Art Education
Waring, Scott M. – Teachers College Press, 2021
Learn how to integrate and evaluate primary and secondary sources by using the SOURCES framework. SOURCES is an acronym for an approach that educators can use with student in all grades and content areas: Scrutinize the fundamental source, Organize thoughts, Understand the context, Read between the lines, Corroborate and refute, Establish a…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Evaluation Methods, Critical Reading, Evaluative Thinking
Lili Yan; Breanne K. Litts; Melissa Tehee; Stuart Baggaley; Jennifer Jenkins – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2025
Although education is framed as a future-oriented enterprise, we often fail to serve the diverse futurities of youth, particularly in formal learning environments. The cultural norms of formal learning environments are rooted in dominant ways of being and knowing and this shapes how learning environments and learning technologies can be designed.…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Cultural Awareness, Multimedia Materials, Design
Mark Frydenberg; David J. Yates; Andre Noonan – Information Systems Education Journal, 2024
This paper explores the course design and implementation of a first-year discovery seminar on "Living in the Metaverse" offered at a business university. Integrated with standardized college-readiness topics, the course combines hands-on activities with collaborative assignments and class discussions to present a multidisciplinary…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy, Interdisciplinary Approach, First Year Seminars
Palilonis, Jennifer; Watt, Tiffany – International Journal on E-Learning, 2019
To be digitally literate, an individual must be able to effectively make and share meaning in different modes and formats, effectively create, collaborate, and communicate in digital environments, and understand how and when technology can support these processes. However, K-5 teachers lack resources that adequately support their digital literacy…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Technology Integration, Curriculum Design, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Witte, Anne E. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2017
Free online survey tools provide a practical learning-by-induction platform for business communication instructors interested in trying out an advanced multidisciplinary survey activity coupled with an innovative teaching design. More than just building skills in marketing, survey projects marshal a wider set of thinking and doing activities that…
Descriptors: Online Surveys, Business Communication, Interdisciplinary Approach, Marketing
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
Two Year Community: Design and Components of a Two-Year College Interdisciplinary Field-Study Course
Wolfe, Benjamin A.; Martin, Todd C. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2013
Interdisciplinary field study courses at 2-year colleges can provide an opportunity to enhance student learning. The authors present here an 11-day interdisciplinary field-study course designed for nonscience majors at a 2-year college. Using a theoretical learning framework that emphasizes cognitive and metacognitive gains, the field study…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Two Year Colleges, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design
Dempster, Jacqueline A.; Benfield, Greg; Francis, Richard – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2012
This paper outlines an academic development process based around a two- or three-day workshop programme called a Course Design Intensive (CDI). The CDI process aims to foster collaboration and peer support in curriculum development and bring about pedagogic innovation and positive experiences for both tutors and learners. Bringing participants…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design, Models
Lohani, Vinod K.; Wolfe, Mary Leigh; Wildman, Terry; Mallikarjunan, Kumar; Connor, Jeffrey – Advances in Engineering Education, 2011
In 2004, a group of engineering and education faculty at Virginia Tech received a major curriculum reform and engineering education research grant under the department-level reform (DLR) program of the NSF. This DLR project laid the foundation of sponsored research in engineering education in the Department of Engineering Education. The DLR…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Educational Change, Spiral Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Garbowsky, Maryanne M.; Raabe, Dennis D. – Instructor, 1985
A classroom stamp collection can be used to motivate students in social studies, language arts, science, art, and geography. Tips on how to obtain stamps and develop a curriculum that focuses on many subjects are offered. (DF)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, Hobbies, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedKing, Sherry P. – Educational Leadership, 1988
Describes an interdisciplinary pilot program for ninth graders at Bronxville (New York) High School using three teachers (representing social studies, English, and art) to teach an ancient history unit. The varied learning activities were based on the Coalition for Essential Schools' driving forces: personalization, the student as worker,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Grade 9, High Schools, History
