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Tomat, Elisa – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
Service-learning college courses and service-learning components of traditional courses combine discipline-specific learning objectives with service activities in the community. "Chemistry Discovery" is a one-unit service-learning course focused on chemistry outreach at the University of Arizona. In a collaborative learning environment,…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Middle School Students, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
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Boylan, Brandon M.; Ehrlander, Mary F.; Bouffard, Troy J. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
Challenges to the Arctic region abound and intersect. Warming, ice and permafrost melting, and pollution jeopardize health and food security of Indigenous and other Northern communities. Problems related to natural resource extraction and shipping are developing. Because these issues cross sovereign boundaries, they must be addressed…
Descriptors: Governance, Interdisciplinary Approach, Natural Resources, Teamwork
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Jose Ignacio Priego-Quesada; Andresa M. C. Germano; Daniel Schmidt; Alberto Encarnacion-Martínez; Andressa L. Lemos; Carlos Sendra-Perez; Conrado T. Laett; Emmanuel S. da Rocha; Falk Zaumseil; Fran Oficial-Casado; Inaê de Oliveira; Inmaculada Aparicio-Aparicio; Jesús A. Escalona-Navarro; Joaquín Martín Marzano-Felisatti; Marina Gil-Calvo; Ignacio Catalá-Vilaplana; Niclas Masuch; Pedro Pérez-Soriano; Roberto Sanchis-Sanchis; Felipe P. Carpes – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Internationalization in higher education is essential, and although active learning methodologies are increasing and allow students to develop transversal skills, most still have a very local scope. In this context, the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) methodology is an interesting approach to benefit the students' development.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Science Education, Biomechanics, International Education
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Buus, Lillian; Georgsen, Marianne – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2018
Over the past 5 years, teaching staff at the School of Continuing Education, VIA University College, Denmark, has been designing digitally supported teaching within diploma programmes and tailor-made courses in the fields of health, education, social sciences and management. More and more of these programmes and courses are designed as blended…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Continuing Education, Teacher Role, Foreign Countries
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Davidoff, Paula; Hunt, Carolyn – Teaching Artist Journal, 2015
Teaching artists know that many of the children they teach are being deprived of essential human experiences. Poverty, violence, and ineffective education have left them with little hope of emotional or material success, and a student's connection to an artist can change his or her life in little and big ways. Paula Davidoff and Carolyn Hunt are…
Descriptors: Females, Artists, Art Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Burden, Robert; Taylor, William – School Psychology International, 2014
This article describes the evaluation of a project designed to provide in-service training for teachers in rural schools in Outer Mongolia in techniques of independent and co-operative learning. Difficulties faced by Mongolian teachers in implementing a new national standards based curriculum were identified by the Mongolian State Education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Psychology, Inservice Teacher Education, Rural Schools
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Bauer, Ciarán; Devitt, Ann; Tangney, Brendan – Research-publishing.net, 2015
This paper explores the intersection of learning methodologies to promote the development of 21st century skills with the use of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) tools to enhance language learning among adolescent learners. Today, technology offers a greater range of affordances in the teaching and learning of second languages while research…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Workshops, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Jenkins, Kathy; Jenkins, Bertram – Journal of Peace Education, 2010
Bougainville is a post-conflict society where armed violence ceased in 2001. For Bougainville to sustain a peaceful future, its development must be based upon politically, economically, socially and ecologically just practices. A peace education curriculum is one way through which this goal could be achieved. Consequently this paper describes how…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Professional Development, Cooperative Learning, Peace
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Vavoula, Giasemi N.; Sharples, Mike – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2007
We describe the future technology workshop (FTW), a method whereby people with everyday knowledge or experience in a specific area of technology use (such as using digital cameras) envision and design the interactions between current and future technology and activity. Through a series of structured workshop sessions, participants collaborate to…
Descriptors: Workshops, Program Descriptions, Futures (of Society), Science and Society
Burton, Larry – 1997
This paper describes a 1996-97 faculty development program conducted for the social work department at Andrews University (Michigan). The training included the presentation of instructional theory, demonstration of instructional techniques, practice of the techniques by the participants, feedback on these practice sessions, and on-going support…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Faculty Development
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Abdullah, Maria; Jacobs, George – TESL-EJ, 2004
This article describes a four-step programme designed to promote the use of cooperative learning among teachers at a Singapore primary school. In the initial step in the programme, teachers at the school were asked if they would like to participate in the programme. Six came forward. In the second step, an outside consultant did a brief workshop…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
Asera, Rose – College Entrance Examination Board, 2001
Commissioned by the College Board's National Task Force on Minority High Achievement, this report presents a history of the Emerging Scholars Program, a proven strategy for increasing the number of underrepresented minority students who achieve at high levels in freshman calculus (and in initial freshman courses in several of the sciences,…
Descriptors: Calculus, High Achievement, Minority Group Students, Educational History
Wan, Yee – 1996
A workshop for language teachers focusing on cooperative learning techniques is described. First, an example of the effectiveness of cooperative learning is demonstrated using a simple classroom game requiring interaction to solve a problem. The activity provides an opportunity for learners to practice questioning techniques in an authentic…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education