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Olcay, Zeynep F.; Temur, Sertaç; Sakalli, Ahmet E. – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
The safety culture plays an important role in reducing deaths and injuries in many sectors and educational institutions in developing countries. In this study, it was aimed to determine the occupational health and safety (OHS) course, which is taught as a compulsory course in Istanbul Aydin University before taking the course at the beginning of…
Descriptors: Occupational Safety and Health, Required Courses, Higher Education, Knowledge Level
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Sturmer, Kathleen; Konings, Karen D.; Seidel, Tina – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Background: Teachers' professional vision includes the ability to apply general pedagogical knowledge about components of effective teaching and learning to reason about significant features of classroom practice. It requires teachers to (a) describe, (b) explain, and (c) predict classroom situations. Although the acquisition of underling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Required Courses
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Lester, Emile; Roberts, Patrick S. – British Journal of Religious Education, 2009
Despite a growing consensus among scholars and activists about the importance of religion, proposals for teaching about it have often been a source of division rather than unity in American public school districts. Faced with familiar cultural conflicts, Modesto, California, chose to become the first public school district in the USA to require…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Religious Cultural Groups, Religion, World Affairs
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Moody, Gwyneth; Alkaff, Huda; Garrison, Dawn; Golley, Frank – Journal of Environmental Education, 2005
The University of Georgia (UGA) is one of the first universities in the United States to require that every undergraduate student complete an environmental literacy requirement (ELR). The ELR has been in place since 1993. Three students examined the ELR through formal and informal studies and surveys. Their results showed that students were…
Descriptors: Universities, Environmental Education, Program Effectiveness, Required Courses
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Adams, Thomas M., II; Graves, Marla M.; Adams, Harriette J. – Physical Educator, 2006
The purpose of this study was to determine the immediate and long-term effectiveness of a university level conceptually-based health-related (CBHR) fitness course on health-related fitness (HRF) knowledge. Two hundred and seventy-seven students served as subjects. Subjects were grouped according to the following criteria. Group 1 represented…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Multiple Choice Tests, Student Attitudes, Health Related Fitness
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Stewart, Susan; Mitchell, Murray – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2003
The physical education curriculum in the state of South Carolina is representative of a trend towards increasing instruction in health-related fitness concepts. In 1994 the South Carolina state legislature mandated that the required physical education course in high school include one semester of lifetime fitness and one semester of personal…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Health Related Fitness, Teacher Effectiveness, National Standards