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Hardy, Mat; Totman, Sally – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2021
The Middle East Study Tour (MEST) is a capstone elective unit that stands alone as a credit module towards an undergraduate degree. The tour has the dual purposes of exposing students to the Middle East region's political challenges and better illuminating potential career paths for life after university. But is one student's personal discovery…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Travel, Elective Courses, Units of Study
Sunshine Sullivan; Tim Clarke – English Journal, 2017
Rural teachers are keenly aware that their learners come to school with varied personal and cultural resources. They are actively seeking critical social practices to support their students' movement across the personal and social boundaries that exist in their classrooms. Teacher educators want to create a sustainable change in professional…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Faculty Development, Workshops, Writing (Composition)
Meehlhause, Kellie – Communications in Information Literacy, 2016
For almost 40 years, the Minute Paper has been a quick and easy means of learning assessment, both in the college classroom and in library instruction. More recently, the use of social media, particularly selfies, has gained popularity by connecting with students through the technology with which they are most familiar. This article makes the case…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Student Evaluation, College Students, Library Instruction
Werner, Courtney L. – CEA Forum, 2013
In this article, the author explains how a writing center can be a potential host for housing writing instruction across the disciplines. She recommends writing centers act as hosts for various faculty development opportunities throughout the semester, and states that these centers can also hold faculty development resources and collaborative…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Laboratories, Faculty Development, College Faculty

Francis, Joan – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1990
Describes an experiential learning activity in which a Connecticut fifth grade class designated a new holiday, Friendship Day, through an essay-writing contest. The class pursued legalizing the holiday through the state legislative process, and Friendship Day is now celebrated on the fourth Sunday in April in Connecticut. Shows how the class…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Class Activities, Elementary Education

Jorgensen-Esmaili, Karen – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1990
Suggests incorporating reading, writing, and social studies within the context of literature. Includes reading lists and activities for teaching about the Victorian period in a two-month social studies unit that incorporates science fiction, mysteries, and fairy tales. Children discuss old photographs, examine artifacts, visit a Victorian mansion,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Creative Writing, Elementary Education