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Gal, Adiv – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to examine the perceptions of undergraduate students studying early childhood education who took an academic course in which transformative pedagogy is adopted as part of a holistic approach designed to create transformative change and strengthen the students' self-efficacy for sustainability, and thus, help reduce the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Early Childhood Education, Student Attitudes, Sustainability
Silander, Charlotte; Stigmar, Martin – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
This article investigates how professional development courses for university teachers are viewed by different stakeholders, specifically students, university teachers, central university management, and the government. The particular focus of the investigation is on the relationship of theory and practice, disciplinary content, and forms of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Course Content, Faculty Development
Elsa Camargo; Leslie Jo Shelton; Charles J. Thompson – College Student Affairs Journal, 2023
This study uses a critical consciousness framework to understand the experiences of higher education and student affairs (HESA) graduate students in an elective Diversity in HIED course. We drew from narrative inquiry to analyze data from selected student coursework in online discussion board conversations and journal entries. Students…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Personnel Services, Course Content, Diversity (Institutional)
Jacob, Anupama; Bentley, Kia J. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2023
The long-recognized disconnect between research and practice is reflected by social work students who often report significant apprehension about their research classes, likely at least in part because of a poor understanding of the research-practice interface and an unfamiliarity with larger professional social change initiatives like the Grand…
Descriptors: College Students, Social Work, Professional Education, Bachelors Degrees
Wahler, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2019
A long-standing disconnect between social work practice and research exists that begins with our current education model. When taught separately, students often think they are distinctly different areas of social work that do not have to coexist. This conceptualization of research and practice as separate could contribute to the dearth of research…
Descriptors: Social Work, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Anxiety
Jamison, Kimberly; Clayton, Jennifer K.; Tekleselassie, Abebayehu Aemero – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2018
This qualitative study, situated within a larger interdisciplinary effort by a graduate school of education and human development at a large private university on the east coast, documents the perspectives of administrative interns on the significance of their experiences engaged in clinical practice. Semi-structured interview data from 20…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Instructional Leadership, Course Content, Mentors
Griffith, Mary – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is as full of challenges as it is of possibilities. We will explore the challenges while seeking realistic solutions as eight Computer Science professors teach their subjects through English for the first time. We hope to gain insights into the bilingual classroom at the university level where…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Language of Instruction, Course Content
Quennerstedt, Mikael; Öhman, Marie; Armour, Kathleen – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
One important challenge ahead for sport and exercise pedagogy (SEP) researchers is to consider afresh questions about learning. Learning in the fields of sport, physical activity and physical education (PE) is a particularly complex business. Most existing theories of learning are defined cognitively, yet learning in sport and physical activity…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Learning Theories
Petrarca, Diana; Bullock, Shawn Michael – Professional Development in Education, 2014
This qualitative study explored how two early-career teacher educators analysed and challenged pedagogical approaches within their curriculum methods courses via the collaborative self-study methodology. Our critical friendship revealed similar problems of enactment and tensions in our pedagogies of teacher education, despite the differences in…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Educators
Hunt, Emily M.; Lockwood-Cooke, Pamela; Kelley, Judy – American Journal of Engineering Education, 2010
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a problem-centered teaching method with exciting potential in engineering education for motivating and enhancing student learning. Implementation of PBL in engineering education has the potential to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Two common problems are encountered when attempting to integrate PBL into…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Engineering Education, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction
Grossman, Pam; Hammerness, Karen M.; McDonald, Morva; Ronfeldt, Matt – Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
In this article, the authors focus on the concept of coherence, a relatively underexplored concept in teacher education. They investigate the relationship between students' perceptions of coherence and a number of structural features of teacher education programs to help develop a stronger definition of one important dimension of coherence--the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Attitudes, Education Courses, Field Experience Programs

Carey, Linda; Fowler, Lois Josephs – College Composition and Communication, 1986
Describes the "Strategies for Writing" course for freshmen at Carnegie-Mellon University, which possesses the twin goals of stimulating students' enthusiasm and giving them quality instruction. Notes that this course has proved more effective than traditional composition or literature based writing courses, and discusses the reasons why.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Content, Higher Education, Student Attitudes
Anderson, Marc H. – Journal of Management Education, 2007
Management educators teaching topics such as motivation and leadership face the challenge of clearly explaining why so many diverse theories exist and why each represents a useful tool worth learning. The large number of "core" theories in these and other management domains often frustrates students, who see the lack of a single, comprehensive…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Motivation, Organizational Theories, Class Activities

Rabinowitz, Celia – Research Strategies, 1996
Discussion of the theory-practice gap focuses on a course for education students that integrates instruction on conducting both theoretical and practical research. The dual approach illustrates the value of theoretical research to students' practice as teachers. Highlights include a literature review, course objectives and assignments, course…
Descriptors: Assignments, Course Content, Course Objectives, Higher Education
McClaren, Adrian W. – 1987
Students are faced with many subjects related to death in their everyday lives--war, euthanasia, disease, teenage suicide. A unit on death that focuses on literary and artistic conceptions of death, as well as historical trends concerning beliefs about death and burial, can help students express their feelings about death coherently and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Creativity, Death, Drama
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