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Dickinson, Amber R. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2018
When approached about working with colleagues to develop a new course revolving around the inner-workings of a political campaign, one thing was obvious to me: We had to give the course the unique element of making it as closely mimic real-world campaign activities as possible. If we were going to attempt to actually prepare students for work on a…
Descriptors: Political Campaigns, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Program Development
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Nguyen, Nhu – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2015
Low motivation to participate in traditional or team sports, apathy toward competitive environments, and a low rate of transfer of skills to lifetime activities and wellness can be barriers for student pursuits of lifelong fitness. Adding an outdoor component can be a solution for some of these problems, while still accomplishing the National…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Outdoor Education, Integrated Curriculum, Curriculum Enrichment
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Sanyal, Chandana; Rigg, Clare – Journal of Management Education, 2021
In this article, we illustrate how ideas and practices of mindfulness can be integrated into management education, drawing from our work on postgraduate programs run with working managers. Our purpose is particularly to show how mindfulness can be introduced into the curriculum in a way that is acceptable for participants and clients, and brings…
Descriptors: Management Development, Leadership Training, Metacognition, Teaching Methods
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Cherow-O'Leary, Renee – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2014
This essay is a personal reflection on the implementation of "Creating Critical Viewers," a national media literacy program sponsored by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), an industry association, in 1995. The television industry's decision to develop a media literacy curriculum in the 1990s was a powerful…
Descriptors: Essays, Media Literacy, Curriculum Development, Critical Viewing
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Chandransu, Nantida – International Journal of Music Education, 2019
This article reflects on various challenges encountered during a pilot action-based research "Integrating Multicultural Music Education into the Elementary School Curricula of Public Schools in Thailand." This project was set up to develop lesson plans, activities, teaching tools and evaluation methods for music teachers. As a…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Music Education, Foreign Countries, Barriers
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Andrade, Maureen Snow – Open Praxis, 2014
This paper describes an embedded approach to learner support in online English language courses. The support model is based on language acquisition, transactional distance, and self-regulated learning theories. Based on these theories, courses were designed to provide the interaction necessary for academic English language gains, decrease the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Online Courses, Curriculum Enrichment, Program Descriptions
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Bloom, Diane S.; Ehoff, Clemense, Jr. – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
This second paper describes how the Internet was used to modernize a graduate accounting capstone course to enhance student interest and learning, and is an extension of an earlier paper that examined a similar approach with an undergraduate accounting capstone course. Course content was developed from contemporary issues and cases obtained from…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Internet, Accounting
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Austin, M. Jill; Rust, Dianna Zeh – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2015
College and University faculty members have increasingly adopted experiential learning teaching methods that are designed to engage students in the learning process. Experiential learning is simply defined as "hands-on" learning and may involve any of the following activities: service learning, applied learning in the discipline,…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Program Development, Performance Factors, Teaching Methods
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Humphries, Charlotte A.; Bidner, Sara; Edwards, Cheryl – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2011
Integrated learning is well established in education, primarily in the classroom subjects. This article describes settings and ways for extending integrated instruction to physical education and music. Benefits of these connections include reinforcing content and better meeting the needs of students whose intelligences include the bodily…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Music Education, Integrated Activities, Learning Activities
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Ioannou, Soula; Kouta, Christiana; Andreou, Angeliki – Health Education, 2015
Purpose: Health promotion can fall into a victim blaming approach and put social pressure on particular students who could be marginalized due to their personal, economical, cultural, social or ethnic characteristics, for example, students who are obese, drug users or HIV carriers. The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss ways in which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Education, Curriculum Development, Victims
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Provident, Ingrid; Salls, Joyce; Dolhi, Cathy; Schreiber, Jodi; Mattila, Amy; Eckel, Emily – Online Learning, 2015
Written reflections of 113 occupational therapy clinical doctoral students who graduated from an online program between 2007 and 2013 were analyzed for themes which reflected transformative learning and characteristics of curricular design which promoted transformative learning. Qualitative analyses of written reflections were performed. Several…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Curriculum Design, Transformative Learning, Doctoral Programs
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Ijichi, Nobuko – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
Japanese is a popular choice amongst higher education students on IWLPs (Institution-Wide Language Programmes), but the language presents challenges for many learners. Students on university elective programmes begin their courses with enthusiasm but often become discouraged and drop out at the post-beginner stage. Thus Japanese elective…
Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Higher Education
Aucoin, P. J. – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2011
Over the past three decades, environmental issues have been on the global forefront and continue to affect people's daily lives. Although the need for environmental attention is at an all-time high, outdoor and environmental education (OEE) plays an insufficient role in school systems. As technology continues to contribute to advancements in every…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Place Based Education, Outdoor Education, Environmental Education
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Scarlatos, Tony – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2013
Exploring the Solar System in the elementary school curriculum has traditionally involved activities, such as building scale models, to help students visualize the vastness of space and the relative size of the planets and their orbits. Today, numerous websites provide a wealth of information about the sun and the planets, combining text, photos,…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Simulation, Educational Games
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Lineback, Jennifer Evarts – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2015
Responsive teaching occurs when teachers take up and "respond" to their students' ideas during instruction (J. L. Pierson, 2008). Although responsive teaching is gaining recognition as an effective strategy for encouraging student learning, few methods of analysis are capable of characterizing the different ways in which teachers take up…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Discourse Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Discourse Modes
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