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Harris, Jessica C. – Journal of College Student Development, 2020
Higher education and student affairs (HESA) faculty members who teach student development theory (SDT) courses are integral to socializing future professionals to SDT and to the organizational culture, or the norms, behaviors, and values, of HESA. Although faculty members are important socializing agents, how they teach SDT courses and the ways…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Personnel Workers, College Faculty, Socialization
Reid, Lynn – Journal of Basic Writing, 2018
Though practitioners in Basic Writing studies often refer to "the politics of remediation," there are few pedagogical models that address how to teach this facet of professional life to graduate students and emerging professionals. Most often, this knowledge is transmitted through storytelling, namely narrative-based accounts of Basic…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Remedial Programs, Graduate Study, Reading Assignments
Floor, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Adolescent suicide is a growing phenomenon that is not adequately addressed in graduate education. Students and clinicians who experience a patient suicide respond negatively which in turn affects perceived competence. As a result, education in adolescent suicide is warranted. Therefore, this dissertation is a graduate level course on adolescent…
Descriptors: Intervention, Suicide, Graduate Study, Legal Problems
Gilton, Donna L. – 1993
This document presents the syllabus for Library Instruction at the University of Rhode Island. The course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of bibliographic instruction and concentrates in the following areas: the history, philosophy, and structure of library education; cognitive aspects of library instruction; forms of library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Assignments, Bibliographies, Class Activities
Dewett, Todd; Gruys, Melissa L. – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2007
We describe an MBA course focusing on creativity and innovation in organizations. Drawing on the creativity literature and experiential learning theory, the theoretical foundations of the course are discussed. Core aspects of the course include reading articles from academic journals and business periodicals, engaging a wide variety of…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Creativity, Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning

Sumara, Dennis J. – JCT: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1996
Describes how a college professor incorporates "commonplace books" into his courses, with reading and writing the focal practices in curriculum studies classrooms. He defines commonplace books as collecting places for various writings related to the courses. The books represent fragments of a variety of experiences in a variety of…
Descriptors: Books, College Students, Graduate Study, Hermeneutics
Steward, Frances Ann; Hebert, Sandra; Cheek, Earl H., Jr. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
The purposes of this study are to discuss the visionary instructional planning through the social process as school wide faculty collaboration and prepare teachers through their identity connections of graduate reading application. The discussion exemplifies four collaborative instructional teams from Honduras Elementary School, Houma, Louisiana,…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Cooperative Planning, Professional Identity, Teamwork

Benson, Malcolm J. – English for Specific Purposes, 1991
The aim of this study is to (1) examine, from a sociological perspective, the content of the reading required in a master's course in a U.S. university; (2) investigate the text types found; and (3) assess the learning achieved from the readings by an English-as-a-Second-Language student. (35 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, English (Second Language), Graduate Study, Higher Education
Baghban, Marcia – 1998
This paper describes a graduate course using biographical materials for teachers to work through their understandings of reading and writing as personal, valuable processes. The course consists of three parts; each session begins with the reading of a children's picture book that deals with reading and writing; next, the class reads the…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Education

Perricone, Catherine R. – Hispania, 1985
Discusses the findings of a questionnaire sent to 20 representative universities in the South Atlantic Modern Language Association to determine the content and utilization of reading lists for graduate students of Spanish. Discusses considerations to be made in preparing or revising the reading lists. (SED)
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Graduate Study, Reading Assignments, Reading Material Selection
Stapleton, Laura M.; Leite, Walter L. – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
With increases in the use of structural equation modeling (SEM) in the social sciences, graduate course offerings in this statistical technique can be expected to increase. Knowledge of the content of current SEM course offerings may provide ideas to instructors developing new courses or enhancing current courses. This article discusses results…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Content, Social Sciences, Structural Equation Models
Cammack, Dana – E-Learning, 2005
This article challenges some accepted binaries in literacy and technology research in order to explore the complex, multifaceted nature of literacy practices using a hypertextual multimedia study environment (MSE). Binary distinctions like literacy/illiteracy or online/offline are "wrinkled" or complicated by introducing findings from an…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Ethnography, Literacy, Speech Communication
Pallante, James J. – 1974
The course outline describes the practical and theoretical postures of educational administration as they interface with the concept of career education. It was developed for the specific purpose of training individuals from diverse backgrounds to assume administrative responsibility for career education programs. The course contains both a…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Career Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1982
An article on graduate liberal studies (GLS) and descriptions of GLS programs are presented. In "The Concept of Graduate Liberal Studies," Allie M. Frazier considers GLS curricular offerings, characteristics of students pursuing these studies, and the future of GLS. GLS degree programs allow adults to pursue a liberal education, which is…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Books, Cultural Education, Degree Requirements
Belknap, Robert L.; Kuhns, Richard – 1977
Curriculum development efforts at Columbia University occurring as a result of social changes and four years of seminar discussions are analyzed, and the seminar transactions and resulting programs discussed. A detailed description is given of Columbia's General Education Program, established after World War I. It is shown how and why the original…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides