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Fauzi, Muhammad Ashraf; Abdul Rahman, Abdul Rahimi; Lee, Chia Kuang – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to provide the current and future state of United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the higher education institutions (HEIs). Since the SDGs' proliferation, HEIs have played a crucial part in meeting the goals. Despite the central role of HEIs in accomplishing the SDGs, there has been little attention in…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Sustainable Development, Higher Education, Objectives
Zapp, Mike – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2019
Much recent research stresses the increasing relevance of international organisations (IOs) for national education policymaking. Yet, IOs' curriculum recommendations have remained largely out of scope, although they provide a forceful example of 'soft' governance. Based on a content analysis of 83 documents from 42 inter/-nongovernmental, global…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Curriculum Development, Personal Autonomy, Student Empowerment
Wraga, William G. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2016
Historical representations of the National Society for the Study of Education's Committee on Curriculum-Making typically recount that the purpose of the committee was to assemble representatives from competing curriculum camps to achieve consensus on curriculum principles, depict the committee's work as important, cast doubt on the consensus the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Curriculum Development, National Organizations, Committees
da Silva, Rui; dos Santos, Júlio Gonçalves; Pacheco, José Augusto – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2015
This article focuses on education in Guinea-Bissau in the context of globalisations, examining the concept of globalisation and its relation to education and the curriculum. It focuses on the relatively neglected area of national education policies in Guinea-Bissau, comparing differences and common points of interference/influence of multilateral…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy
Maarman, Gerald J.; Lamont-Mbawuli, Kim – Africa Education Review, 2017
Despite many positive developments in South Africa (SA), the education system and educational outcome face many challenges and require further improvement. This is reflected by elevated school dropout rates and suboptimal annual pass rates in various grades (Grades 7-12). Over the years, a plethora of studies has identified methods through which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Educational Development, Educational Improvement
Ríos, Cristina – International Research and Review, 2015
Accreditation has become an important issue in Spain. This paper presents an overview of Spain's accreditation system; a system which is relatively new and has evolved rapidly, fostered by legislative mandates which established accreditation bodies to regulate the quality of higher education institutions. One of the initial challenges faced by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Quality Assurance, Accreditation (Institutions)
Hartocollis, Lina; Cnaan, Ram A.; Ledwith, Kate – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
This article provides a systematic review of the emerging practice doctorate in social work. Based on the experience of the first such Doctor of Social Work (DSW) program, we provide information regarding the program origins and rationale, development, current structure, and future direction. Such information will enrich the discussion on the role…
Descriptors: Social Work, Doctoral Programs, Educational Practices, Educational Development
Straubhaar, Rolf – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2015
While the anglophone academic literature has long engaged in analysis of the role of privilege in the work of educators in the Global North, this article represents an initial foray into such analysis in non-formal educational settings in the Global South. Through a cultural-textual document analysis of 12?months of personal journal entries…
Descriptors: Nonformal Education, Journal Writing, Social Influences, Social Bias
Straubhaar, Rolf – Critical Studies in Education, 2013
As nonprofit adult literacy programs are often the only options for low-income Latin American immigrants in North America, problems accompanying these programs affect the ability of immigrants to benefit from them. North American nonprofit adult literacy programs often struggle due to the difficulties inherent in using volunteer instructors (often…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Hispanic Americans, Low Income, Literacy Education
Barnett, Sharon Anne – Online Submission, 2009
Compelling evidence illustrates place-based education (PBE) as a catalyst for inspiring teachers to create dynamic curricula that energizes the student. PBE curriculum typically encompasses all traditional subjects and entails hands-on classroom and field studies utilizing the natural world and local community. The purpose of this literature…
Descriptors: Education, Literature Reviews, Elementary School Science, Ornithology
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
Hansen, Kenneth H. – 1989
Restructuring the American education system has become perhaps the leading popular proposal for remedying what has been identified as the sorry state of the nation's schools. This term suggests a thorough, even radical, overhaul and redirection of the entire system. But the intent of these proposed strategies is the restructuring--not the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Curriculum Development
Chaffee, Ellen Earle – 1986
Patterns that emerged from reviewing 26 syllabi for courses on organization and administration in higher education are discussed, and six sample syllabi are presented. The syllabi focused more on organization than administration. Of the 26 syllabi, 19 dealt with organization and administration generally; 5 with administration in a specific…
Descriptors: College Administration, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Organization

Elmore, Richard F. – Harvard Educational Review, 1996
School organization and incentive structures help thwart large-scale adoption of innovative educational practices. Evidence from the progressive movement and past curriculum reform efforts suggest that wide-scale reforms are ineffective under current conditions. Change requires external normative structures, organizations that focus intrinsic…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Toohey, Susan – 1999
This guide is intended for teachers who want to learn more about educational design of college courses. Chapter 1 identifies various pressures for change in designing courses and urges creation of conditions that foster deep learning. Chapter 2 examines various models of the course design process. Chapter 3 discusses beliefs, values and ideologies…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives