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Developing an Appreciative Peer Mentorship Curriculum in a Cooperative Education Program
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Annie Kelly; Chris Cooper; Vladimir Miskovic – New Directions for Student Services, 2023
Appreciative Advising is applied in the creation and delivery of an "Appreciative Mentorship" course for University of Cincinnati undergraduate peer mentors. The article explores course content, learning activities, and assignments. A former peer mentor shares examples of applying the phases when mentoring pre-professional engineering…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mentors, Peer Relationship, Engineering Education
Constructing Popular Music Programs at Higher Music Education Institutions across Europe
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Coppes, Wessel; Berkers, Pauwke – International Journal of Music Education, 2023
There has been a steady increase in popular music programs at Higher Music Education Institutions (HMEIs) across Europe. However, what students actually are supposed to learn at popular music bachelor/master programs has remained largely understudied. Based on 12 in-depth interviews with leaders in higher popular music education, this paper…
Descriptors: Program Development, Music Education, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students
Planning a Gender Fair as a Semester-Long Final Project
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Enck, Suzanne Marie – Communication Teacher, 2015
This semester-long activity for a "Gender Fair" project helps undergraduate students gain an appreciation of gender as a social, historical, and cultural construction that is constituted intersectionally (with race-class-sexuality, at minimum) and fundamentally through communication practices. Specifically, upon completing this project,…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Gender Issues, Exhibits, Undergraduate Students
Developing a Dynamics and Vibrations Course for Civil Engineering Students Based on Fundamental-Principles
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Barroso, Luciana R.; Morgan, James R. – Advances in Engineering Education, 2012
This paper describes the creation and evolution of an undergraduate dynamics and vibrations course for civil engineering students. Incorporating vibrations into the course allows students to see and study "real" civil engineering applications of the course content. This connection of academic principles to real life situations is in…
Descriptors: Civil Engineering, Undergraduate Study, Program Development, Undergraduate Students
Peer Educators in Critical Campus Discourse
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Voorhees, Rhondie; Petkas, Steven N. – New Directions for Student Services, 2011
The Common Ground Multicultural Dialogue program in the Department of Resident Life at the University of Maryland is an innovative peer education program designed to teach skills for engagement through exploration of contemporary multicultural societal dilemmas. The Common Ground Dialogue Program was launched in 2000 to provide undergraduate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Peer Teaching, Multicultural Education, Student Leadership
Planning and Developing Cross-Platform Interactive Multimedia Library Instruction.
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Thomas, Nancy R. – College & Undergraduate Libraries, 1997
Describes the planning process that took place at the College of DuPage (Illinois) in the development of a cross-platform interactive multimedia instruction program designed to be accessible to undergraduate students with diverse information literacy skills. Several authoring software packages are reviewed, and project proposal and content outline…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), College Libraries, Computer Software, Course Content