North American Universities and Socioecological Transformation

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Satterwhite
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
American Universities

SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.Rod Ellis. (Oxford Introductions to Language Study, H. G. Widdowson, Series Ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. x + 147. $10.95 paper.

1998 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 438-439
Author(s):  
Lynn Eubank
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
North American ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Language Study ◽  
Oxford University Press

Imagine my surprise when I received an SLA textbook by Rod Ellis to review, and it turned out to be a paperback weighing only 7 ½ ounces! Something must be different, and indeed it is: This new volume is intended for the novice student (or for others without academic engagement in linguistics). For such an audience, the volume opens up a fresh niche for SLA classes, one that is not all that common, at least at North American universities.

scholarly journals Grading Scientific Translation: What’s a New Teacher to Do?

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 376-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Clifford
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
North American ◽  
New Teacher ◽  
Classroom Observations ◽  
Demographic Changes ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Actual Grade ◽  
Scoring Rubric ◽  
Student Competencies

Abstract The author of this article outlines the development of a scoring rubric to grade scientific translations. The article begins by enumerating the assumptions that shaped his teaching initially, before demonstrating how classroom observations eventually led the author to understand that his assumptions were faulty. The experience leads to a deeper understanding of student competencies, which are used to create an instrument that helps to describe student achievement and assign it an actual grade. The author argues that the rubric plays a part in overall student learning, and he describes the development of the rubric within the context of demographic changes taking place in North American universities.

Professional Course Reforms According North American University Teaching

2014 ◽  
Vol 889-890 ◽  
pp. 1684-1687
Author(s):  
Ling Yan Hu ◽  
Yong Xin ◽  
Yan Ni Zou ◽  
Chun Quan Li ◽  
Shao Ping Xu
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
University Education ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
American University ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Teaching Reform ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Teaching Efficiency

At present, there is a big gap between education level of Chinese universities and that of North American universities, especially compare with US universities. The paper studied the key factors for the success of North American university education according the authors experience and analyzed the problems existing in Chinese university education. Taking the curriculum of Data Structure as an example, the paper developed a teaching reform scheme focusing on cultivating students abilities. Two years practical teaching results showed that the teaching reforms proposed in this paper can stimulated the students initiative to learn. The students were able to apply the theoretical knowledge to solve the practical problems. Accordingly teaching efficiency has been improved significantly.

scholarly journals Bergfelder, Tim, Lisa Shaw, and João Luiz Vieira, editors. Stars and Stardom in Brazilian Cinema. Bergahn, 2017.

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesar Braga-Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
North American ◽  
Film Studies ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Brazilian Cinema ◽  
Brazilian Film

Film studies have come to occupy a central part of the curriculum in literature and culture departments, particularly in Anglophone universities. This trend is reflected in the growing number of monographs and edited volumes on Brazilian cinema that have appeared over the last decade. Whereas the indisputable pioneers and authorities (namely, Randall Johnson and Robert Stam) are based in North American universities, it is interesting that much of the recent work on Brazilian film (in English) is authored by scholars based in British universities.

scholarly journals An investigation on the anatomy education at dental faculties in European and North American universities

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alican Pamay ◽  
Mete Büyükertan ◽  
Hüseyin Avni Balcıoğlu
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Anatomy Education ◽  
American Universities

The Long ’68

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-314
Author(s):  
Isaac Kamola
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Political Protest ◽  
University System ◽  
Student Protests ◽  
American Universities ◽  
The World ◽  
May 68 ◽  
A Site ◽  
The University

The decade-long revolution known as May ’68 is commonly framed as a political protest radiating out from European and North American universities. However, much is gained by instead viewing May ’68 within the context of both anticolonial struggle and the emergence of what Wallerstein terms “the world university system.” Understanding student protests within the context of anticolonial struggle, including within African universities, reveals the extent to which the neoliberal university we inhabit today is the product of a profound counterrevolution designed to undermine the promise of the university as a site of radical and anticolonial transformation.

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