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Walford, Nigel – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2017
The arrival of the term Geographical Information System (GIS) in the 1960s soon created a demand for training and education in the use of this specialist hardware and software. Initially the main focus was on training people to use GIS, formal named degree programmes leading to postgraduate and undergraduate qualifications arrived later. This…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Geographic Information Systems, Computer Software, Teaching Methods
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Ransdell, Gary A. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
Honors colleges and programs often evolve in response to a mandate from boards of regents or trustees. Such mandates can lead to new or accelerated change within the institution, change that in many cases is linked to and represented by honors. Such has been the case at Western Kentucky University (WKU), where the honors program has played a key…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Educational Change, Institutional Advancement, Recognition (Achievement)
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Jarvis, Joy; Dickerson, Claire; Thomas, Kit; Graham, Sally – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
This article presents the Action--Reflection--Modelling (ARM) pedagogical approach for teacher education developed during a Malaysia-UK collaborative project to construct a Bachelor of Education (Honours) degree programme in Primary Mathematics, with English and Health and Physical Education as minor subjects. The degree programme was written…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Teacher Education, Honors Curriculum
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Pierre, Percy A.; Adams, Elaine P. – Educational Record, 1987
In 1983, the Texas Board of Regents charged Prairie View A and M to become nationally renowned. The lack of high caliber students because of confused messages about courses (university vs. vocational/technical school), sub-standard library, and neglected campus buildings is discussed, and the creation of an honors college within is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Black Colleges, Black Students, Brain Drain
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1983
The theme of this journal issue is "Institutional Renewal." Projects designed to address the issues of the 1980s at 18 colleges are described, and 15 definitions of institutional renewal are presented. Participating colleges were provided expert advice through the Association of American College's (AAC) Project Lodestar (renamed…
Descriptors: College Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Consultation Programs, Core Curriculum