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Flatt, Candace – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2019
Forty years ago, Alan Peshkin began his study of fundamental independent Baptist Christian schools. With time, further insight can be gained on the outcomes of the students from these schools. Despite possessing employer-desired character traits, fundamental Christian school students were expected to earn few academic or career achievements. The…
Descriptors: Career Development, Christianity, Religious Education, Private Schools
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Lewis, Gena D.; Liace, Kathleen F.; Braun, Patricia A. – World Journal of Education, 2019
Teachers present their perceptions when designing and mapping curriculum to implement standards-based instruction and assessment. It appears that teachers are willing but not always able to make curriculum and instructional decisions. Participation of teachers varies from district to district. When curriculum is given to teachers as part of their…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Academic Standards, Instruction, Curriculum Implementation
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Hunzicker, Jana; Mcconnaughay, Kelly; Burge, Jennifer Gruening – Journal of General Education, 2016
Professional development in higher education is traditionally viewed as occurring through participation in workshops, attending conferences, and completing learning modules. But sometimes professional learning occurs in informal and unintended ways. This article contributes to the collective understanding of informal professional learning in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Faculty Development, College Faculty, Core Curriculum
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Edgar, Scott N. – Journal of Music Teacher Education, 2016
In 2012, a committee at a small Midwestern liberal arts college, Lake Forest College, embarked on a journey to create a music education teacher licensure major. Drawing from narrative inquiry, this article reports how the dean of faculty, education department chair, music department chair, and assistant professor of music/music education…
Descriptors: Campuses, Liberal Arts, Music Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
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Burke, Megan M.; Gandolfi, William R. – American Journal of Business Education, 2014
This study looks to answer the question, "Does the current accounting educational system in the United States focus too heavily on the requirements of large (and SEC registered) companies at the expense of small companies and individuals who comprise the primary clientele of most practicing CPAs?" This investigation surveys CPAs…
Descriptors: Accounting, Small Businesses, Curriculum Design, Questionnaires
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Westbury, Ian – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2016
Previous papers in this issue of "JCS" have presented case studies of the state-based curriculum commissions that developed the "Illinois Learning Standards" of 1997 and Norway's "Laereplanverket 1997" ("L97") (1997). The studies were developed using as a framework a body of German research that sees…
Descriptors: Case Studies, State Curriculum Guides, Reflection, National Curriculum
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Westbury, Ian – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2016
This case study of the development of the "Illinois Learning Standards" of 1997 parallels a study of the development of the Norwegian compulsory school curriculum of 1997, "Laereplanverket 1997." The pair of case studies is designed to explore the administration of state-based curriculum-making and, in particular, the use of…
Descriptors: State Curriculum Guides, State Standards, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Truong, Natalie – iNACOL, 2017
"Next Generation Learning Models for English Language Learners" seeks to highlight the promising practices and trends in new designs to advance learning for English language learner (ELL) students. This paper is designed for practitioners, including educators and education leaders, who want to advance next generation learning models to…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Second Language Instruction, Educational Practices, Individualized Instruction
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Ragland, Rachel G.; Rosenstein, Daniel – Social Studies, 2014
This article addresses how far educational institutions have come in designing authentic and meaningful curricula for teaching the Holocaust at the secondary level. Examined in this article are the historical development of Holocaust education in the United States, with a focus on the state of Illinois as a case study, what contributes to the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational History
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Makol, Suzanne – Teaching Artist Journal, 2012
In 2011, the author made the transition from teaching assistant to teaching artist. From 2007 to 2011 she was an assistant teacher at Marwen, an organization that provides free art classes for middle and high school students in the Chicago area. It was there that she began to realize how much she enjoyed helping people as a teacher, whether…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Artists, Faculty Development
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Scroggs, Lori E.; Sattler, Joan L.; McMillan, Brad – Journal of Leadership Education, 2009
Leadership educators must decide upon the theoretical paradigms and curricular approaches in which to locate their leadership programs and inform their practice. This application article features the mosaic approach adopted by Bradley University which places many and divergent pieces together to allow students to experience different conceptual…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Leadership Training, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design
Lishawa, Shane; Schubel, Adam; Varty, Alison; Tuchman, Nancy – Metropolitan Universities, 2010
Universities are uniquely positioned to lead society toward sustainability and their collaborations with community organizations are essential to this transition. The Biodiesel Program at Loyola University at Chicago Center for Urban Environmental Research and Policy provides a case study of course-based service learning projects facilitating…
Descriptors: Environmental Research, Service Learning, Community Organizations, Sustainable Development
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Hawkes, Mark – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2007
Using collaborative critical reflection as an index, this study examines the asynchronous and face-to-face discourse of 28 suburban Chicago elementary teachers developing problem based learning (PBL) curriculum. Statistical analysis of the corpus produced by the 2 mediums shows that the asynchronous online network emerges as the medium of choice…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Curriculum Design, Online Courses, Problem Based Learning
Bartnick, Diana; And Others – 1978
The paper presents information on curricular material of the Macomb (Illinois) 0-3 Regional Project for rural handicapped and high risk infants and toddlers as it is cross referenced with items in the project's test battery. The cross referencing technique is said to help determine whether the activities a child experiences relate to the test…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Guidelines
Northern Illinois Univ., De Kalb. Center for Minority Studies. – 1976
This study reports on a survey conducted during the Spring and Summer months of 1976 to determine the amount and kind of black and other ethnic studies programs offered in the state of Illinois. It was hypothesized that the majority of identifiable black studies courses were offered after grade six and, therefore, this study samples programs in…
Descriptors: Black Studies, Blacks, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
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