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Bailie, John W.; Adamson, Craig W. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2016
This chapter discusses key findings from two recent studies that examine transformative learning experiences in a restorative practices-based graduate program at the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP). Restorative practices is a new interdisciplinary social science that studies the development and maintenance of relationships…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Graduate Study, Interdisciplinary Approach, Social Studies
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Gantogtokh, Orkhon; Quinlan, Kathleen M. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
This study, based on case study analyses of two interdisciplinary programmes in a research-intensive university in the UK, focuses on the challenges involved in designing, coordinating, and leading interdisciplinary postgraduate curricula, including workload, student heterogeneity, and difficulties in achieving coherence. Solutions and approaches…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Curriculum Design, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Little, Timothy H. – Michigan Social Studies Journal, 1989
Profiles a law-related education (LRE) specialization as part of Michigan State University's Master's degree in social studies instruction. Develops a course of study using upper division and Master's of Arts level law-focused courses. Outlines course objectives of two LRE graduate seminars. Considers future implications for LRE training given…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Content, Graduate Study, Higher Education
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Wall, Kenneth – Environmental Professional, 1987
Describes one of the various environmental studies programs offered at the University of Montana. Focuses on the school of forestry's Wilderness Institute which deals with wilderness preservation and management. Deals with the institute's responses to changes in wilderness issues, student interests, and information technology. (TW)
Descriptors: College Science, Economics, Environmental Education, Field Studies
Lamy, Steven L. – 1980
This paper presents models for integrating themes and concepts of international studies into an educational program for elementary and secondary teachers. The interdisciplinary program can be taken as preservice or inservice training. It was developed in response to the need for colleges to provide classroom teachers and administrators with new…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies
McAllister, Deborah A., Ed.; Bothman, Susan M., Ed – Online Submission, 2005
As a part of the teacher licensure program at the graduate level at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), the M.Ed. Licensure candidate is required to complete an action research project during a 3-semester-hour course that coincides with the 9-semester-hour student teaching experience. This course, Education 590 Culminating…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Action Research, Graduate Study, Teacher Certification