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Download full textRodin, Jennifer – Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 2019
Evidence shows that marginalized students reach higher levels of success and empowerment in mathematics courses when role models from their own cultural communities participate in the classroom experience. Discourse, respect, and collaboration are highly valued in Lakota culture, so it is natural to include these protocols in the normative culture…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Mathematics Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Culturally Relevant Education
Direct linkCooper, Katelyn M.; Auerbach, Anna Jo J.; Bader, Jordan D.; Beadles-Bohling, Amy S.; Brashears, Jacqueline A.; Cline, Erica; Eddy, Sarah L.; Elliott, Deanna B.; Farley, Elijah; Fuselier, Linda; Heinz, Heather M.; Irving, Madison; Josek, Tanya; Lane, A. Kelly; Lo, Stanley M.; Maloy, Jeffrey; Nugent, Michelle; Offerdahl, Erika; Palacios-Moreno, Juan; Ramos, Jorge; Reid, Joshua W.; Sparks, Rachel A.; Waring, Ashley L.; Wilton, Mike; Gormally, Cara; Brownell, Sara E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and otherwise nonstraight and/or non-cisgender (LGBTQ+) have often not felt welcome or represented in the biology community. Additionally, biology can present unique challenges for LGBTQ+ students because of the relationship between certain biology topics and their LGBTQ+…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, At Risk Students, Science Instruction, Biology
Seegmiller Renner, Amy – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The development of empathy in the healthcare setting is integral to high-quality patient care as empathy provides the ability to connect with patients to gain a better understanding of their emotions and experiences. Empathetic education is a component of medical education and nursing education; however, it is not a required curricular component…
Descriptors: Empathy, Health Services, Laboratory Training, Medical Education
Bradley, Sally; Kirby, Emma; Madriaga, Manuel – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2015
Evidence presented here stems from an analysis of student comments derived from a student-nominated inspirational teaching awards scheme at a large university in the United Kingdom (UK). There is a plethora of literature on teaching excellence and the scholarship of teaching, frequently based upon portfolios or personal claims of excellence, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Awards, Student Attitudes
Gartland, Clare – Trentham Books, 2014
More skilled young people are urgently needed in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the UK. This book indicates how policy can be developed to encourage young people to consider STEM careers. It challenges widely held assumptions about how role models help raise aspirations and support progression to Higher Education and asks…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Christensen, M. Candace – NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, 2015
This study explores the experiences of male college students who participated in a theatre-based, peer-education, sexual assault prevention presentation. The program was established through the use of Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Theatre of the Oppressed, as well as multicultural feminist theory and approaches. These models emphasize subverting…
Descriptors: Males, College Students, Violence, Prevention
Koglbauer, René; Andersen, Elizabeth; Stewart, Sophie – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This case study introduces a final year undergraduate module in the School of Modern Languages at Newcastle University. The module offers a model for embedding careers in modern languages teaching into the curriculum, and thereby enhancing student employability. The case study gives an insight into the various strands of activity undertaken by the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Modern Languages, Teaching Methods
Shelley, Mack, Ed.; Akerson, Valarie, Ed. – Online Submission, 2019
"Proceedings of International Conference on Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES) which took place at the Holiday Inn & Suites Denver Tech Center-Centennial on October 7-10, 2019 in Denver, CO, USA. The aim of the conference is to offer…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Education, Hispanic Americans, Racial Composition
Freeman, Greta G.; Wash, Pamela D. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2013
Teaching in the digital age has become increasingly challenging for college and university faculty. Application, relevance, and active engagement rather than traditional PowerPoint slide show lectures are what our technology-savvy, socially networked students crave and need to keep their attention and interest levels high. Using a combination of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Brain, Learner Engagement
Bashan, Bilha; Holsblat, Rachel – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2012
In this article, a unique model of instruction based on co-teaching carried out in the framework of the practice teaching program intended for third year college students is presented. The program incorporated principles of modeling based on processes of mentoring, instruction, and discussion, showing the students the pedagogical importance of…
Descriptors: Expertise, Student Teaching, Qualitative Research, General Education
Lancor, Rachael; Schiebel, Amy – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2008
In this project, introductory college physics students (noneducation majors) were asked to teach simple machines to a class of second graders. This nontraditional activity proved to be a successful way to encourage college students to think critically about physics and how it applied to their everyday lives. The noneducation majors benefited by…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Role Models, Physics, Cooperative Learning
Fleming, Lorraine; Ledbetter, Sislena; Williams, Dawn; McCain, Janice – Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (NJ1), 2008
Diversity has taken on many meanings, depending on the context in which it is used and the person using it. Today's engineering students have come to embody diversity as an extension of their home, academic and social environments. The result is a group of students that often show indifference to diversity (however defined) and the impact it will…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Racial Identification
Chamany, Katayoun – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2006
Incorporating social justice into science curricula can attract and maintain the interest of students who shy away from science because of a lack of immediate relevance or role models, and permits them to make connections between what they learn in the classroom and what is portrayed in their everyday lives. (Contains 9 resources.)
Descriptors: Role Models, Justice, Science Curriculum, Case Studies
Calvert, Sandra L.; Strouse, Gabrielle A.; Murray, Katherine J. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2006
Male and female high school and college students viewed a DVD about a love story. Youth who more readily empathized with media characters were more likely to perceive same-sex characters as role models and were better able to understand the story content. The findings suggest that fantasy empathy, in which viewers become deeply involved in…
Descriptors: Empathy, Adolescents, Role Models, High School Students
Chisholm, Linda – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2007
In this article, Linda Chisholm discusses the potential of ee-learning to address some of the endemic problems of college campuses. In an era of large campuses and large classes, students are removed from the positive examples once provided by faculty who lived in the campus community. The result is as evident in the woeful skills of some college…
Descriptors: College Students, Campuses, Role Models, Drinking
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