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Zume, Joseph T. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Quantitative reasoning and interdisciplinary skills are central to real-world environmental problem solving. Enhancing those skills for students in environmental programs will help them succeed as future environmental professionals. This paper describes an approach that uses an applied geophysical imaging course to enhance quantitative reasoning…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Geographic Information Systems, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving
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Boyle-Baise, Marilynne; Brown, Rhondalynn; Hsu, Ming-Chu; Jones, Denisha; Prakash, Ambica; Rausch, Michelle; Vitols, Shelley; Wahlquist, Zach – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2006
Presently, service learning is utilized as a tool for learning about something other than service, such as: gaining civic dispositions, learning subject matter, practicing inquiry techniques, or questioning inequality. What might happen if, instead, an exploration of service itself grounded classroom studies and field work, fostering explicit…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Higher Education, Civics, Citizenship Responsibility
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Peters, Theodore; McHugh, Mary Ann; Sendall, Patricia – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2006
With businesses struggling for resources during economic downturns, traditional business student internships were becoming more difficult to develop. One business school extended its experiential learning opportunities with specific management projects in community small business, healthcare, education, and non-profit organizations. The on-campus…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Economic Climate, Business Administration Education, Human Resources