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Florina Matu – NECTFL Review, 2025
This article articulates how the instructor of a French for the Professions course at the U.S. Air Force Academy designed her course by using students' inputs, in particular in the area of assessment. It highlights students' perspectives and contributions, as well as the instructor's deliberate actions to incorporate their voices as expressed in…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Languages for Special Purposes
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Raymer, Steven D.; Dobbs, James; Kelley, Christopher P.; Lindsay, Douglas R. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2018
This paper examines the evolution of the core academic leader development course at the United States Air Force Academy. The course serves as a key part of student leadership development integrated into all four years of a student's education and their roles within the organization. The curriculum focuses on skills, character, and critical…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Educational Theories, Military Schools, Military Training
Williams, Jeremy Lloyd – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study of perceptions of campus climate for Personal and Social Responsibility (PSR) evaluated the extent to which observable differences existed among campuses that had or did not have military cadets as their primary student population. Specifically, it looked at civilian colleges and universities and collegiate military academies such as…
Descriptors: Integrity, Ethics, Student Attitudes, Armed Forces
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Hughes, Haning – Applied Language Learning, 2018
Students at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) are required to study a foreign language. In order to place students into appropriate language courses, especially less commonly taught languages defined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), effective language placement policies are essential. The author…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Armed Forces, Student Placement, Second Language Instruction
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Samuels, Steven M.; Lindsay, Douglas R.; Watola, Daniel J.; Walliser, James C.; Reimer, Robert D. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2013
In this commentary, the authors suggest that education should focus on better preparing our leaders using a broad survey framework instead of a single leadership approach as the only basis for their development. The modern environment in which leaders operate is complex, dynamic, and ambiguous. In such contexts, it is better to have a full toolbox…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Teaching Methods, Leadership Qualities, Educational Theories
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Uribe, Daniel; LeLoup, Jean W.; Haverluk, Terrence W. – NECTFL Review, 2014
The purpose of this study is to explore and assess the improvement in intercultural competence of USAF Academy cadets using indirect measures (e.g., questions in end-of-course critiques and institutional surveys) and a direct measure--specifically the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI). Data gathered from several groups of subjects at…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Improvement