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Darling-Hammond, Linda, Ed.; Lieberman, Ann, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Teachers are the most important single element of the education system but what does it take to create high quality teachers in today's world? Around the world, countries are struggling to understand how to change their schools to meet global demands. International comparisons have shown that schools in Finland lead the league tables, but why is…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Free Enterprise System
van Vught, Frans A., Ed. – 1989
This book examines the influences of governmental regulation on the behavior of higher education institutions in several nations with respect to designing and implementing innovations in curricula. Part I contains theoretical and empirical analyses in four chapters while Part II presents case studies of three nations, the Netherlands, West Germany…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developed Nations, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
2000
Three presentations are provided from Symposium 13, Knowledge and Intellectual Capital, of the Academy of Human Resource Development (HRD) 2000 Conference proceedings. "Human Capital Measurement" (Joanne Provo) begins with a literature review that provides a context for understanding how investments in human capital add value to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness
Laur-Ernst, Ute; Kunzmann, Margaret; Hoene, Bernd – 2000
An extension of the 1999 Manual, "Development of Standards in Vocational Education and Training," this second volume presents the key terms and attitudes, reports on experience and knowledge in standards development collected in recent years on the basis of questions raised during the process, and suggests how to deal with the problems…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Jafari, Ali, Ed.; Kaufman, Catherine, Ed. – Idea Group Publishing, 2006
The "Handbook of Research on ePortfolios" is the single source for comprehensive coverage of the major themes of ePortfolios, addressing all of the major issues, from concept to technology to implementation. It is the first reference publication to provide a complete investigation on a variety of ePortfolio uses through case studies and…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Portfolios (Background Materials), Case Studies, Educational Technology