At our University we developed a course for further training and professional education in landscape and environmental planning, developed in 2001 [1]. The main content are Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Data Management Systems, and Visualisation. We introduce relevant software, but apply and teach them from a landscape planning point of view. The course has three weeks of joint traini...

OBJECTIVE To examine the use of a systematic approach and theoretical framework to develop an inquiry-based, garden-enhanced nutrition curriculum for the Shaping Healthy Choices Program. METHODS Curriculum development occurred in 3 steps: identification of learning objectives, determination of evidence of learning, and activity development. Curriculum activities were further refined through p...

In the academic year 2000-2001, the faculty of Huxley College of the Environment moved to revise its core curriculum, placing a new emphasis on problem-solving, interdisciplinary integration of subject matter, and creating a learning community among students and faculty. Explorations in Environmental Studies (Estu/Esci 301) was created to serve as an entry-quarter core experience, to be followe...

This article explores the theories of Self-Determination, Cognitive Evaluation, and Intrinsic Motivation as it applies to home education. According to Self-Determination Theory, intrinsic motivation is innate. However, the maintenance and enhancement of intrinsic motivation depends upon the social and environmental conditions surrounding the individual. Deci and Ryan’s Cognitive Evaluation Theo...

Curriculum evaluation is a many-sided concept. It links two comprehensive and well-established domains in the field of education, which is illustrated by the fact that each has its own separate volume of The International Encyclopedia of Education (Lewy, 1990; Walberg & Haertel, 1990). The many sides of curriculum evaluation are also reflected by the multitude of curriculum evaluation models pr...

INTRODUCTION Despite the importance of curriculum analysis for internal refinement of a programme, the approach for such a step in under-described in the literature. This article describes the analysis of the medical curriculum at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira (FMUG). This analysis is crucial in the era of innovative medical education since introducing new curricula and curricul...

english is an important language in hong kong, an international city located on the southern coast of the people’s republic of china that, for over 150 years to 1997, was a british colony. this paper describes and analyses changes in teaching methodologies in the english language curriculum formally proposed for hong kong junior secondary schools from 1975 to the present day, to study how the c...

Neoliberal discourse often conceptualizes nature in relation to its market utility and economic development. This article will address the role of metaphors in shaping neoliberal discourse in business education. The aim of this article is to reveal reasoning patterns about environmental problems and economic development in students of sustainable business minor. The case study described in this...

Atopic Dermatitis (AD) is a complex inflammatory cutaneous disorder characterized by immune mediated inflammation and epidermal barrier dysfunction. Arising from a complex interplay between environmental and genetic factors, the definitive etiology of AD is perplexing and controversial. Advances in molecular medicine are radically transforming our understanding of AD pathogenesis. Increasing kn...

The intent of this article is to examine current taxonomies used to design and deliver Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (i.e., STEM) curriculum in an effort to attract a greater variety of students to the STEM field of study in the K-12 public school environment. I analyzed specific aspects of STEM-based programs to compare STEM education components to traditional college-prepa...