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Watt, Michael G. – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent, to which factors in the process of decision making involved in curriculum development in Australia, have determined the quality of curriculum documents. Searches on web sites of education organisations and electronic databases of educational literature were conducted to identify source documents…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Influences, Curriculum Development, Academic Standards
American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA. – 1991
The instructional techniques currently in use in many classrooms across the country were developed to teach children the "basics" and to instill good working habits adaptable to the industrial age. Although the term "learning style" first appeared in research literature in the 1950s, it did not burst upon the education scene significantly until…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education
National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA. – 1989
In this monograph, certain viewpoints, strategies, and policy tips have been separated from the main text. These "notebooks" of information, taken together, comprise a useful handbook for school officials who want to recognize censorship, put it in perspective, and prepare for consequent controversy. The purpose is to provide workable strategies…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Censorship, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Development
NASSP Curriculum Report, 1985
Efforts are currently underway to adjust the focus of industrial arts instruction to concentrate more on the study and understanding of technology and its role in our lives. For many years industrial arts programs have been industry-based; however, many professionals support a curriculum that will relate industrial arts instruction more closely to…
Descriptors: Charts, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives
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Dorn, Charles M. – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Discusses problems in evaluating artistic ability, changing views on the appropriate content and methods for art education, and new research that reveals relationships between artistic and other intellectual abilities; briefly notes several studies on art programs for the gifted and talented. (MCG)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Art Education, Creativity, Curriculum Development
Kurshan, Barbara – 1986
This review of the literature begins by exploring the development of computer literacy as a discipline since its introduction in colleges and universities around 1965 and in economically privileged high schools around 1970. The impact of a conference sponsored by the National Science Foundation and Human Resources Research Organization in 1980 on…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Courseware, Curriculum Development
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Warner, Robert M. – Journal of Library Administration, 1986
Discusses the historical backgrounds of and differences between the library and archival professions, common problems linking the two professions today, and the feasibility of a common education stressing information science as the basis of the two professions. (CLB)
Descriptors: Archives, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, Interprofessional Relationship
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Boardman, Eunice – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1990
Focuses on the types of research needed in general music education and the reasons for this research. Defines the place of general music in the curriculum, and examines influential constituencies for such education. Analyzes the state of general music in the schools, and assesses needed changes in the curriculum. (RW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Wright, Ruth L. – 1987
Forced teaching reassignment combined with curriculum implementation may have detrimental results. This negative effect is due mostly to the reassigned teachers' views of themselves. For instance, it is held that teachers are less motivated by the teaching act because their new work is unfamiliar; their damaged self-esteem makes curricular change…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Turnover
Boyles, Lyle E. – 1985
The purpose of this paper is to define a rationale for use in the refinements of daily curriculum operations in a school district, and establish a general understanding about policy and non-policy matters in curriculum. It is concluded that the area of curriculum should be guided by written policies which demonstrate that appropriate attention has…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Board of Education Policy, Curriculum Development
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Anderson, Sara F. – NASSP Bulletin, 1991
Science/Technology/Society (STS) education can become an integral part of the existing social studies curriculum. Explains ways to introduce STS into the curriculum and offers suggestions for administrative support. (MLF)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
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White, Richard T. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1992
Discusses changes in educational research methods over recent decades. Explores changing views of teaching and learning and what the changes mean for assessment and the content and delivery of the curriculum. Concludes that, to be effective, educational research must be relevant to education and perceived as such by educators. (SG)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Research Utilization
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Tyler, Ken – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1992
Examines the impact at the primary level of efforts to introduce a national curriculum in Great Britain. Contends that the biggest obstacle is confusion about the definition and implementation of an integrated curriculum approach. Warns that effective cross-curricular programs already in operation may be replaced with highly differentiated and…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
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Virgilio, Stephen J.; Virgilio, Irene R. – Education, 1984
The principal coordinates curriculum change in the public schools. Critical features of effective curriculum implementation are open communication, a strong staff development program, and daily encouragement and support of faculty members. Planning and organization, financial support, and human support are among the principal's significant…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Organizational Communication
Arani, Mohammad Reza Sarkar; Alagamandan, Jafar; Tourani, Heidar – Online Submission, 2004
The work-based learning model of human resource development has captured a great deal of attention and has gained increasing importance in higher education in recent years. Work-based learning is a powerful phenomenon that attempts to help policy-makers, managers and curriculum developers improve the quality of the decision and organizational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Human Resources, Educational Research
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