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Moffat, Barbara M.; Haines-Saah, Rebecca J.; Johnson, Joy L. – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2017
Aims: In most countries, cannabis use rates are highest among young people. Efforts invested in cannabis prevention programmes have had limited success. In part, this may be attributed to a dearth of meaningful discussion in classroom settings on the topic and scarcity of credible resources. Although young people want opportunities to engage in…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Marijuana, Decision Making, Curriculum Development
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Pring-Valdez, Anacleta – Online Submission, 2012
Curriculum is a crucial component of any educational process. Curriculum development and instructional management serve as effective tools for meeting the present and future needs of the local and national communities. In trying to strengthen the quality assurance system in Philippine higher education, institutions of higher learning were mandated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Allied Health Occupations Education
Department for Education, 2011
To support the review of the National Curriculum, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) was commissioned by the Department for Education in the spring of 2011 to produce a report detailing curricular arrangements in a number of high-performing educational jurisdictions. The principal source of information for this report has been…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Educational Research, Research Reports, Foreign Countries
Lorimer, Rowland – 1984
Concentration on the role of educators in curriculum development has ignored the power of the producer/publishers. Canada's elhi (elementary/high school) publishing is dominated by very large multinational publishers. Learning materials in language arts, social studies, and science reflect the business interests of the multinational publishers in…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Begoray, Deborah L.; Kniskern, Julie Ann – Canadian Children, 2000
Discusses the strengths and shortcomings of "A Foundation for Implementation," a document written by early childhood teachers from Manitoba, Canada, to guide literacy and language arts instruction. Notes the importance of teacher empowerment in creating the curriculum and of developmentally appropriate practices as a foundation. (JPB)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Heyman, Richard D. – 1979
School subjects do not hold an equally secure position in any educational system. Some subjects are required of all children, some are required of only some children, and some are not required at all. It is the task of this paper to show how people talk about subjects with respect to their place in the school curriculum. The social valuing of…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Guides