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Starr, Joshua P. – Harvard Education Press, 2022
With a visionary approach to school improvement, "Equity-Based Leadership" proposes a framework to support system leaders seeking to organize change and achieve more equitable education. In this ambitious yet pragmatic work, Joshua P. Starr makes the case that intentional and attentive district leadership can bring about continuous…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Educational Improvement
Foster, Brian L., Ed.; Graham, Steven W., Ed.; Donaldson, Joe F., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2021
The rapid change that higher education is undergoing is impacting all of the core mission elements: teaching and learning, research, service, and engagement with the external world (e.g., community engagement and health care delivery). Navigating this environment requires understanding of the underlying dynamics, with particular attention to how…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Institutional Mission, Teaching Methods
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2012
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students, Learner Engagement
Dubitsky, Barbara – 1984
Some basic concerns about the proliferation of computers in schools are stated: (1) Educational goals for children should be established as a first priority, then what computers can do to help achieve those goals should be examined; (2) Very few pieces of software are useful in schools, and teacher education programs should explore what is needed…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Creativity, Educational Objectives
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Hudson, Kenneth – European Education, 1993
Contends that there has been a movement in Europe away from the concept of didactic or teaching museums to include emotional and intellectual appeals to patrons. Concludes that long-term research is necessary to determine whether people who visit museums as students continue to do so as adults. (CFR)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Exhibits
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Pahl, Ronald H. – Social Studies, 1992
Comments on Kenneth Boulding's address to the 1991 Social Science Education Consortium Conference. Compares Boulding's approach to knowledge to the scientific community's correction of errors. Suggests that social studies might do better for the future by focusing on multicultural understanding with the realization that all people share many of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Educational Objectives, Futures (of Society)
Lewis, Catherine C. – 1986
This report addresses the relationship between education and creativity in Japan, with a focus on four issues. First, the definition and measurement of creativity is discussed. Approaches to the measurement of creativity are presented and criticized, and different meanings of creativity (i.e., originality, deviation from the group,…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Creativity, Cultural Traits
Consultive Committee on the Curriculum, Dundee (Scotland). – 1986
This report proposes a curriculum model for education of students in the age group of 10 to 14 years in Scotland. It also proposes a policy of autonomy within guidelines so that secondary schools and their associated primary schools can develop new partnerships for collaborative planning of curriculum, pupil care, learning support, assessment,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment, Educational Cooperation
Dioh, Sylvester N.; Standa, Everett M. – 1983
This course book provides a broad view of the theoretical aspects of instructional media. It is designed to acquaint students with the variety of instructional media that are available, from the simple to the more complex, and their uses in the educational system. The course's purpose is to develop the knowledge and skills which a curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Educational Media, Educational Objectives
Carroll, Joseph M. – 1987
The Copernican Plan is a way to organize high schools on the basis of research and experience concerning more effective and efficient instruction. Research indicates that large-block scheduling has proven to be very successful. In the plan, each student will enroll in one class at a time for about 4 hours each day for a period of 30 days. An…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Class Organization, Educational Change