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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Bruehler, Bart B. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
Both adult and traditional students at Indiana Wesleyan University take an introductory New Testament course in conventional, compressed, and accelerated formats and through online and onsite settings. This wide variety of demographics and modalities raises the issues of if and how the various incarnations of this course facilitate the achievement…
Descriptors: Christianity, Religious Education, Biblical Literature, Introductory Courses
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Davis, Hope Smith – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
This essay examines areas where literacy researchers in secondary and postsecondary contexts have explored the use of classroom discussion for extending critical thinking and content comprehension among students. It provides an argument for the use of strategic conversations in postsecondary classrooms and outlines specific methods for planning…
Descriptors: Researchers, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education
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West, Jane – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
In this reflective essay, a teacher educator describes her own transformation that occurred as a result of studying adult learning theory along with a group of doctoral students. In examining her habits of course design, she realized that her practices had departed from her ideals and that her course planning was guided as much by pragmatic…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Learning Theories, Theory Practice Relationship, Transformative Learning
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Meretsky, Vicky J.; Woods, Teresa A. N. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
A joint student and professional practitioner seminar used distance technology to allow remote experts to present to, and remote practitioners to participate in, a university-based learning experience. Participants were professional practitioners from the US Fish and Wildlife Service who were mandated to receive training and on-campus graduate…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Blended Learning, Seminars, Professional Training
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Turner, Susan A. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2010
This description of a teaching self-study focuses on a graduate research course for classroom teachers in which two issues central to improving teaching practice were addressed. First, it details the process of examining course design and curriculum in search of the most effective strategies for training classroom teachers to do research. Second,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teacher Researchers, Research Skills, Training
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Hood, John D.; Poulson, Ronald L.; Mason, Sylvia A.; Walker, Tyrone C.; Dixon, John, Jr. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2009
The present study was designed to empirically examine how traditional and nontraditional students varied in their perceptions of and appreciation for "Transformational" versus "Transactional Leadership" Styles as indicated by their survey responses. An "accidental" sample of 150 participants from the general student population at a college in the…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Transformational Leadership, Leadership Styles, Student Surveys
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Allison, Audrey Wilson – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2008
Public relations curriculum often incorporates professional experience for progressive skill development. In the traditional public relations (PR) campaigns course, students typically research, develop, and implement a strategic campaign for a community organization as the client. Service learning is an effective pedagogical approach for the PR…
Descriptors: Public Relations, Service Learning, Skill Development, Best Practices