Academic study has become a more significant part of a conservatoire education in recent times, but it has not always informed performance as effectively as it might. There is a need for further development of an academic curriculum that is specifically relevant to performers, in which the links between theory and practice are made explicit rather than expecting students to construct these for ...

PURPOSE This study examined preschool teachers' fidelity to the language-focused curriculum (LFC; B. Bunce, 1995), a comprehensive classroom curriculum designed to improve at-risk children's language outcomes through targeted improvements to a classroom's activity contexts (e.g., dramatic play, art, storybook reading) and instructional processes (e.g., teacher use of open-ended questions, recas...

OBJECTIVE To review the literature on studies comparing all aspects of problem-based learning with the conventional mode of teaching. DATA SOURCES Medline literature search (1980 through 1999) and the references cited in retrieved articles. DATA SELECTION Studies and meta-analyses that compared the newer problem-based learning curriculum and the conventional lecture-based mode of teaching u...

BACKGROUND There are few weight gain prevention interventions aimed at new immigrants. Live Well, a community-based participatory research (CBPR) study, was designed to address this gap. OBJECTIVE The goal of this paper is to describe the development of the Live Well nutrition and physical activity curriculum. METHODS The curriculum draws on behavioral theory and popular education and was c...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to examine possible associations between students' self-reported behaviors and opinions towards academic dishonesty, and their attitudes towards curriculum, assessment, and teaching within the pharmacy program. METHODS A questionnaire was developed and distributed to undergraduate (pre-licensure) students at 4 schools of pharmacy in Canada, including...

In this qualitative pilot study, the authors report on curriculum field trials within a personal learning environment (PLE) designed by a collaboration of academic researchers and nonprofit volunteers working together in the virtual world of Second Life. The purpose of the PLE is to provide learners less likely to have access to educational opportunities with a means to create a ‘new life’ in t...

ASSESSMENT IS A POWERFUL DRIVER OF STUDENT LEARNING: it gives a message to learners about what they should be learning, what the learning organisation believes to be important, and how they should go about learning. Assessment tools allow measurement of student achievement and thereby give teachers insight into their students' learning, and enable teachers to make systematic judgements about pr...

The Academic Foundation Programme (AFP) provides many opportunities in clinical placements for foundation trainees to develop research, teaching and leadership skills.1 These AFP posts are integrated within Foundation Year training schemes and may be part of Foundation Year 1 (FY1) or Year 2 (FY2) rotations. The generic academic skills are developed in addition to competencies within the core F...

This paper describes the experiences of introducing agile methods in four different academic programs (Diploma, Applied Bachelor’s, Bachelor’s and Master’s) in two institutions during two academic years. It contains suggestions and techniques for bringing agile methods into curriculum. Based on overwhelmingly positive students’ experiences this report should encourage other academics that are c...

ACES (Art, Chaos, Ethics, and Science) is a curriculum developed by 2 residents and a faculty mentor at the Denver Health Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program. The goal of the ACES curriculum is 2-fold: (1) to discuss areas of clinical consequence typically outside the scope of the regular academic curriculum, such as ethical dilemmas and the challenges of professionalism; and (2...