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Why Are Liberal Education's Friends Of So Little Help?, Marshall W. Gregory
Why Are Liberal Education's Friends Of So Little Help?, Marshall W. Gregory
Marshall W. Gregory
Emphasizes the need for college teachers to apply diligence in improving teaching methods towards the achievement of liberal education goals. Potential for teachers to advance knowledge and awareness on liberal education; Factors that can be attributed to the failure of colleges and universities in the U.S. to make progress in their liberal programs and aims; Ways to address liberal education issues.
Drinking From The Fountain Of Knowledge: Student Incentive To Study And Learn-Externalities, Information Problems And Peer Pressure, John H. Bishop
Drinking From The Fountain Of Knowledge: Student Incentive To Study And Learn-Externalities, Information Problems And Peer Pressure, John H. Bishop
John H Bishop
Students face four decision margins: (a) How many years to spend in school, (b) What to study. (c) How much effort to devote to learning per year and (d) Whether to disrupt or assist the learning of classmates. This paper reviews an emerging economic literature on the effects of and determinants of student effort and cooperativeness (c and d above) and how putting student motivation and behavior at center of one’s theoretical framework changes one’s view of how schools operate and how they might be made more effective. In this new framework students have a dual role. They are both …
Learning And Teaching : Aims, Goals And Objectives, John Wade
Learning And Teaching : Aims, Goals And Objectives, John Wade
John Wade
[Extract] AIM – to think critically about the concepts of educational ‘AIMS’. GOAL – to be able to write aims, goals and objectives of courses at different levels of specificity and to understand the historic advantages and disadvantages of this process. OBJECTIVE – for each participant to write; within the next week; a list of at least 10 aims, goals, and objectives, ranging from general to very specific, and distribute it, and discuss it, for at least 15 minutes with students in the next course taught.
Goals, Motivation, And Identities Of Three Students Writing In English, Tae-Young Kim Dr., Baba Kyoko Dr., Alister Cumming Dr.
Goals, Motivation, And Identities Of Three Students Writing In English, Tae-Young Kim Dr., Baba Kyoko Dr., Alister Cumming Dr.
Dr. Tae-Young Kim (김태영, 金兌英)
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