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Sexton, Matt; Downton, Ann – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
The mathematics curriculum leader plays an important role in leading the mathematics curriculum in primary schools. They experience successes and face challenges associated with this leadership role. The perceptions that 25 mathematics leaders held about the successes and challenges they experienced whilst participating in a school mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Instructional Leadership, Success, Teacher Attitudes
Feliciano, Josephine S.; Mandapat, Louie Carl R.; Khan, Concepcion L. – Online Submission, 2013
This paper presents the open learning initiatives of the Science Education Institute of the Department of Science and Technology to overcome certain barriers, such as enabling access, cost of replication, timely feedback, monitoring and continuous improvement of learning modules. Using an open-education model, like MIT's (Massachusetts Institute…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Modules, Science Course Improvement Projects, Open Source Technology
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Collins, Jill – Education in Science, 2011
In 2008, the Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University teamed up with VT Enterprise (now Babcock International) in their submission of a successful bid to deliver the national STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Subject Choice and Careers Project. An integral part of the bid was the promotion of equality and…
Descriptors: Careers, Science Course Improvement Projects, Program Descriptions, Barriers
Kralina, Linda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Extracurricular activities (ECA) are informal settings offering free-choice experiences that are generally voluntary, open-ended, non-sequential, self-directed, hands-on, and evaluation-free. This mixed methods study investigates participation in a high school science ECA by collecting the memories of former student members for their perceptions…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Informal Education, Science Education, Learner Engagement