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Carla Briffett-Aktas; Ji Ying; Koon Lin Wong – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2024
Humility, in a variety of forms, has been examined in educational contexts in recent years. However, its association with a particular pedagogical method remains an unexplored area of inquiry. Likewise, social justice and student voice are a concern in international education arenas, including in higher education, but are not usually connected to…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Intellectual Development, Student Attitudes, Student Participation
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Winstead, Ann S.; Adams, Barbara L.; Sillah, Marion Rogers – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
Today's business climate requires that management recruits not only know the technical aspects of their jobs, but also possess communication, teambuilding and leadership skills. Most business school curricula, however, focus only on technical skills, and do not address the "soft skills" in a formal setting or on a consistent basis. As…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Basic Skills, Skill Development, Business Administration Education
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Zhou, Yu; Smith, Bruce W.; Spinelli, Joseph G. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1999
Explores the connection between U.S. college students' increased career orientation and the growth of geographic information systems (GIS) and experiential education in the curricula of U.S. geography programs. Maintains that the discipline should not focus only on the technical aspects of geography but beware also of neglecting the general…
Descriptors: Careers, College Students, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Swick, Herbert M.; And Others – 1991
During the decade of the 1980s, rapid changes in the nature of medical practice and in patterns of health care delivery confronted medical educators with many challenges. At the Medical College of Wisconsin these challenges led to the design and implementation of the 2-year longitudinal experience called the Profession of Medicine Program (POMP)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Decision Making, Evaluative Thinking
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Magolda, Marcia B. Baxter – Review of Higher Education, 1994
A longitudinal study of 101 college students investigated the ways in which their college and postcollege experiences fostered development of complexity in their assumptions about knowledge, by emphasizing independent functioning, collaboration, direct involvement in learning, and subjective decisionmaking. Results suggest these experiences be…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Freshmen, College Graduates, College Students