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R. Bud McKendree; Aaron J. McKim – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2021
In this case study, we explored an innovative Professional Development (PD) approach where teachers were positioned as experts and drivers of change. Simplified as Participatory PD, Michigan State University Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR) Education faculty constructed an experience for Michigan AFNR Educators following the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Faculty Development, Extension Education, Grounded Theory
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Ferreira, Maria M.; Grueber, David; Yarema, Sandra – School Community Journal, 2012
Today's children spend less and less time in the outdoors, leading Richard Louv in 2008 to coin the term "nature deficit disorder." Louv pointed out that experiences with nature are essential to a child's physical and emotional development and that the lack of these types of experiences has led to an increase in child obesity, attention…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Educational Environment, Partnerships in Education, Elementary School Students
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Carver, Cynthia L. – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
Recent state legislation in Michigan mandates that all graduating seniors successfully pass algebra I and II. Numerous initiatives have been enacted to help mathematics teachers meet this challenge, yet school principals have had little preparation for the necessary curricular and instructional changes. To address this unmet need, university-based…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Mathematics Education, State Legislation, Mathematics Teachers
BARBOUR, HENRY O.; HOLLANDSWORTH, HELEN L. – 1966
A 3-WEEK WORKSHOP WAS CONDUCTED FOR 14 TEACHERS OF FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP INCLUDED (1) ANALYZING THE NATURE OF FOOD SERVICE OCCUPATIONS AND RECOGNIZING THE COMPETENCIES EXPECTED OF WORKERS IN FOOD PRODUCTION, SALES, AND SERVICES, (2) DEVELOPING INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDES AND MATERIALS FOR SELECTED OCCUPATIONS IN THE FOOD…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foods Instruction, Instructional Materials, Service Occupations
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Weber, Alan; Ingvarsson, Martha – Middle School Journal, 1996
Presents a collaborative, writing-across-the curriculum staff development training model developed by Central Michigan University and a rural school district. Details the following: (1) the need, commitment, and delivery system; (2) team selection; (3) team training; (4) development of workshop schedules, content and formats; (5) implementation;…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Middle Schools, Staff Development
MARBURGER, CARL; RASSCHAERT, WILLIAM M. – 1962
SEVERAL WAYS TO PLAN REALISTICALLY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CURRICULUM IN THE DETROIT GREAT CITIES PROJECT ARE OUTLINED--CURRICULUM COUNCILS, DEPARTMENTAL CURRICULUM COMMITTEES, SCHOOL GROUPS, TEACHERS' MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, AND RELEASED TIME FOR CURRICULUM WORK. TECHNIQUES TO BE USED IN ANY SPECIFIC SITUATION SHOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE PRESENT…
Descriptors: Conferences, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Improvement
Flint Board of Education, MI. – 1964
DESIGNED TO HELP THE INNER-CITY CHILD BECOME A MORE EFFECTIVE CITIZEN, BOTH EDUCATIONALLY AND SOCIALLY, THROUGH THE USE OF ADDITIONAL HUMAN AND MATERIAL RESOURCES AND A REALISTIC CURRICULUM, THE PROGRAM INVOLVED RAISING AND IMPROVING STUDENT SELF-IMAGE AND PERFORMANCE. THE PROGRAM CONCENTRATED IN SIX MAJOR AREAS--A PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Health Programs, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials
BRIGGS, LARRY; AND OTHERS – 1965
ONE-PAGE REPORTS ARE PRESENTED, SUMMARIZING EACH OF THE PROJECTS IN THE MOTT PROGRAM FOR THE FLINT PUBLIC SCHOOLS--WORKSHOPS AND VISITATIONS, ADULT EDUCATION, GRADUATE TRAINING, YOUTH PROGRAMS, THE MOTT CAMP, RECREATION, A BETTER TOMORROW FOR THE URBAN CHILD, THE PERSONALIZED CURRICULUM PROGRAM, MEDICAL-DENTAL HEALTH, INTERUNIVERSITY CLINICAL…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Graduate Study, Health Services
Michigan Ethnic Heritage Studies Center, Detroit. – 1975
The Ethnic Heritage Experience, atraining program for educators and other persons who are interested in the development of new curriculum, interpersonal relationships, and increased cultural awareness that may be gained through Ethnic Studies, was developed by the Michigan Ethnic Heritage Studies Center under a Title IX, Ethnic Studies grant, and…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Resources, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development
Javid, Sue – 1981
Funded under the Nutrition Education and Training Program, Michigan's Project SNACK (Sharing Nutritional Awareness through Curriculum for Kids, K-6) is an adaptable model of nutrition education that focuses on staff development (trainer of trainers) involving the infusion of nutrition education into the regular classroom curriculum. During the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Information Dissemination
Center for New Work of Flint, MI. – 1987
The Future of Work project grew out of an essay of the same title by Frithjof Bergmann, a philosophy professor at the University of Michigan. In spring 1983, Professor Bergmann and a colleague, Richard Gull, founded the Center for New Work of Flint in Michigan, where the problems besieging the U.S. auto industry were focusing attention on the…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Demand Occupations
Quimper, Barry E.; And Others – 1978
The second year of the three-district, cooperative program was only partially successful. The City of Saginaw, Michigan, was the Local Educational Agency (LEA) for the program designed for grades K-8 with funding of about $60,000. The project had three broad objectives. Only the first, to provide a program of cultural enrichment using local Indian…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Change Agents, Cooperative Programs
ASHWORTH, MARGARET L.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A MULTIFACETED PROJECT TO PROVIDE INTERRACIAL SCHOOL EXPERIENCES TO WHITE AND NEGRO PUPILS IN THREE RACIALLY UNBALANCED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN AND AROUND DETROIT, MICHIGAN. AS PART OF A "PEN PAL" PROGRAM PUPILS IN AN INNER-CITY SCHOOL EXCHANGED LETTERS WITH PUPILS IN TWO PREDOMINANTLY WHITE SUBURBAN SCHOOLS. FIELD…
Descriptors: Black Students, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Elementary Schools