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WestEd, 2024
In 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom established the Governor's Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education (the Council) to assess and improve education about the Holocaust and other genocides (Holocaust and genocide education) in California schools. In response to declining youth awareness of these issues and events and to rising hate incidents, the…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Death, Homicide, Racism
Wicks, Matthew – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2010
The fact that online learning has been successful for many schools across the country does not mean that it has been free of challenges. Indeed, there are numerous issues and challenges in online learning. Few policymakers anticipated that any space time, any space place learning was possible when most education laws were authored over the past 50…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Ekoot, Banjamin Rarakit Oluk – 1982
This paper begins with a discussion of reasons why the Uganda College of Commerce was established and how the curriculum for the Uganda Diploma in Business Studies (UDBS) was developed. A historical survey of the course development is presented, focusing on the course objectives. The achievements and non-achievements of the UDBS are analyzed,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Business Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development
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Tannock, James D. T. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1991
Examines practical applications for the suitability of two different approaches to quality management within engineering education. One utilizes quality systems standards as typified by a specific industrial process that ensures an effective production system. The other applies the notion of total quality management emphasizing a process of…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Quality, Engineering Education
Sherman, Renee Z.; And Others – 1991
This report is designed as a guide for policymakers and practitioners interested in designing more effective staff development practices. It provides information about elements of effective staff development practices identified through a review of research and site visits to nine staff development programs identified as providing effective…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Course Content, Delivery Systems
Watson, John F. – North American Council for Online Learning, 2007
Online learning is growing rapidly across the United States within all levels of education, as more and more students and educators become familiar with the benefits of learning unconstrained by time and place. Across most states and all grade levels, students are finding increased opportunity, flexibility, and convenience through online learning.…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Resources, Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment