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Arzu Saldiray – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2025
Alevi students' longstanding discontentment regarding compulsory religious education has become an important human rights issue in Türkiye. Although many theologists, political scientists, and legal scholars have conducted research on this subject, studies addressing the issue through curriculum and teaching practices are limited. This study seeks…
Descriptors: Ethics, Religion Studies, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes
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Kirzner, Rachel Shapiro; Alter, Theodore; Hughes, Caleigh A. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2021
Social work students are required to take research methods courses because research-informed practice and practice-informed research are essential to professional practice. However, these students are often reluctant to take a research course and can be difficult to engage in the classroom. We used a mixed methods survey-based design to evaluate…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Race, Ethnicity
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Jia, Chengyuan; Hew, Khe Foon Timothy – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Lower-level processes have long been overlooked in EFL listening pedagogy. To address this pervasive problem, in this study, a program was designed that integrated WeChat, the most popular mobile instant messaging app in China, into dictation practice. Students in two classes studying a compulsory university EFL course were selected as…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Atar, Cihat; Kir-Cullen, Elif; Denkci-Akkas, Ferdane – Online Submission, 2020
At Turkish universities, schools of foreign languages provide compulsory and voluntary language education for college students before they start their programs. This study aims to evaluate the program implemented for the English preparatory classes at Istanbul Medeniyet University, School of Foreign Languages during 2016-2017 academic year. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Zahorec, Jan; Haskova, Alena – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
Branches of science and technical/engineering study have for a long time been the less favoured disciplines and students have not been interested in studying them. Informatics/computer education, based on its character, belongs to these disciplines, but on the contrary it belongs rather to the group of popular school subjects. The paper presents…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Science, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes
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Aina, Samuel Ayobami; Sofowora, Alaba Olaniyi – Higher Education Studies, 2013
This study discussed how the Department of Teacher Education, University of Ibadan utilized Web-Quest as a motivating and creative tool to teach a compulsory and large pre-service teachers' Course (TEE 304) The study also investigated the attitude and perception of pre-service teachers to the use of Web-Quest. The results showed that the sample…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Student Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Levine, Mark F.; Guy, Paul W. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2007
The present study investigates pre-business students' reaction to Activity Based Learning in a lower division core required course entitled Introduction to Global Business in the business curriculum at California State University Chico. The study investigates students' preference for Activity Based Learning in comparison to a more traditional…
Descriptors: Required Courses, Business Education, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Zirkel, Perry A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2008
This article presents questions regarding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) and its 2006 regulations. The author's answers to these questions are presented.
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education