students experience when they attempt to interact with civil and professional society without the skills necessary to succeed. General education liberal arts courses were designed to teach students these foundational skills. However, many students who take
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Getting medieval on education
Integrating classical theory and medieval pedagogy in modern liberal arts classes
Jonathan Klauke
In Learning and Teaching
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2019
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 68–88 (21 total)
Don’t know much about NAFTA
The continued importance of a global issues general education course
Carol D. Miller
At the beginning of the semester, 42.6 per cent of undergraduates enrolled in a lower division, general education global studies course at a comprehensive state university in the Midwestern United States reported that they ‘didn’t know’ what the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was, and 85 per cent believed that, in general, trade with other countries created jobs. Analyses of data show that those who did not rely on TV or radio for their news sources were less likely to know what NAFTA was, but their knowledge transformed by the end of the semester. Results demonstrated the necessity for general education courses focused on global issues in an era when students do not rely on traditional sources for news information.
In Learning and Teaching
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2018
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 63–79 (17 total)
Gen Ed Girlhood
Artifact-centric Approach Invites New Students to Girlhood Studies
Jen Almjeld
Girlhood is a four-week intensive online summer course that satisfies three of the nine hours needed for our Arts and Humanities Cluster Two general education requirement for undergraduates. The course attracts students of all genders and ages. While most
In Girlhood Studies
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2022
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 99–112 (14 total)
Penny Welch and Susan Wright
In this issue of Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, academics from Sweden, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom offer insights into a number of features of undergraduate study – independent study projects, the development of political attitudes, the graduate attributes agenda, general education courses in global studies and the attainment gap between students with different types of entry qualifications.
Penny Welch and Susan Wright
medieval educational methods into contemporary pedagogic practice. Teaching the skills of grammar, logic, rhetoric and self-learning can be particularly useful in general education liberal arts courses. He recounts how quizzes, analysis of documents and
Alena Vasilievna Ivanova
introduced by numerous others (see, for example, those covered in Lin 2008 and Morgan 2004 172–188 ). The research efforts of many Russian scholars have focused on issues of identity construction in the domain of general education: E. M. Arutiunova (2017
Penny Welch and Susan Wright
, and Cary Speck explore the value of including an experiential assignment on an elective general education course taken by students from across the university. The teaching team responded to problems with the structure of the course, ‘Culture through
Migration Destination Choice as a Criterion of Self-Identification
The Case of Young People Leaving Noril’sk and Dudinka
Nadezhda Zamyatina
Laruelle . London : Routledge . Zapoliarnaia Pravda . 2016 . “ Dostat’ do neba ” [To Reach the Sky]. 28 October . http://gazetazp.ru/2016/173/1/ . Abbreviations Short names for Noril’sk schools: L-1: Municipal budgetary general education
Individualization and Ethnopedagogy at Small Elementary Schools
Components of Vocational Training for University Tutors
Nikolai Neustroev, Anna Neustroeva, Tuyaara Shergina, and Jenanne K. Ferguson
with the new educational standards. The second-generation federal state educational standard of primary general education, based on a competence approach, was approved in 2009, and implemented throughout Russia in 2011. In this regard, over the past few
Anthony Rausch
) overcoming prefectural depopulation, (2) improving prefectural health and longevity and (3) promoting prefectural foods and products. The three-part University Action Plan focused on the following areas: Education: – general education for practical
In Learning and Teaching
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2019
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 34–52 (19 total)