Co-operatives for learning in higher education: experiences of undergraduate students from environmental sciences

Learning Experiences of Higher Education Students: Approaches to Learning as Measures of Quality of Learning Outcomes

Learning environment is a vast area and varies from time to time and place to place. In the broader spectrum, a learning environment may be teacher-centered or student-centered. The teacher-centered learning environment lacks active participation of students in the teaching learning process, and lecturing is a predominant mode of instruction. Here, there is considerably less interaction among s...

A Literature Review: Experiences & Outcomes Amongst Undergraduate Health Professional Higher Education Students With Protected Characteristics

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Higher Education in Environmental Sciences : The Effects of Incorporating Expert

In 1987, the curriculum of Environmental Sciences was introduced at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ([Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich], ETHZ). The curriculum was motivated by demands and pressures that characterize our post-industrial age, particularly the necessity to understand complex environmental problems and assess their long term impacts from an interdisciplinary...

Collaborative learning experiences for nursing students in environmental health.

Recognition that the environment is a determinant of health is deeply rooted in the heritage of nursing. Environmental hazards and their effects on health rarely have simple solutions that can be managed by one discipline alone. Environmental health issues are complex in nature and the science is developing rapidly. Primary prevention strategies often involve the participation of professionals ...

Social Software in Higher Education: The Diversity of Applications and Their Contributions to Students' Learning Experiences