Reviews the benchmark statements of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education in the United Kingdom. Examines the various sections within the benchmark. States that in terms of emphasizing the positive attributes of the geography discipline the statements have wide utility and applicability. (CMK)

Describes a law-related training program at Eastern Kentucky University that focuses on changing elementary student teachers' perceptions of social studies. Identifies six factors upon which the program is based. Results of this program indicate that links among all participants in the student teaching experience should be strengthened. (KO)

Discusses the family night concert as a way to involve family members in music education, where they can participate in the orchestra or as part of a family act. Describes how to create the family concert. Includes a sample invitation and a program to a family night performance. (CMK)

Describes molding students into positive change agents. Includes a model that links change agent skills to civic engagement. Presents two projects that include positive change agent skills in the context of civic engagement. States that positive change agent skills prepare students for career success. (CMK)

Explains a Martin-Luther-University at Halle research project that aims to learn about the effects of restructuring and transformation following the political change in the new Bundeslaender on the professional and biographically determined convictions and structures of pedagogical practice of male and female teachers in Sachsen-Anhalt (Germany).…

Addresses the National History Day 2000-2001 competition topic "Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas," which encourages analysis of how frontiers develop and their impact on human life. Describes different approaches to the topic, what is expected of students, and the competition itself. (CMK)

Discusses current technology standards for teacher preparation programs. Describes the standards, performance profile, and statement of basic principles/actions developed by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE). Addresses the program standards developed by…

Discusses the philosophy of Core Knowledge that was developed by E. D. Hirsch and provides a description of the Core Knowledge curriculum sequence. Examines the history and language arts Core Knowledge curricula that foster civic virtue and the relationship between Core Knowledge and character education. Describes one program focusing on character…

Discusses PRESTIGE, the project funded by the European Commission within its Training and Mobility Researchers program, describing the research design of the Oxford part of the project. Describes a comparative study of the implementation of the 'European Dimension' in education in England, Scotland, and Wales. Considers the methodological and…

Provides a case for teaching children about local architecture. Describes a specific example called the Kentucky Project as a humanist approach to built environmental education that enabled middle and high school students to study their architectural heritage through a program of videos and related teaching materials. (CMK)

Discusses research on the effectiveness of service learning. Reviews the work of John Dewey and C. Wright Mills, indicating how their philosophies serve as a springboard to service learning. Presents potential problems with service learning and discusses service learning at Millikin University (Illinois). (CMK)

Effective meaningful relationships in schools that are grounded in the common purpose of student achievement and progress result in effective teaching and learning. Such relationships require personalized environments. Schools large and small must purposefully create conditions that enable students and teachers to come to know and be known well by…

Vision and mission statements are the foundation for the types of undergraduate degrees departments confer as well as other types of academic programs such as pre-major, certificate, and distance education curricula. Critical to each department should be careful administration of course selections and offerings and management of academic majors,…

This guide to implementation is intended to support the Japanese Language and Culture 10-3Y, 20-3Y, 30-3Y Program of Studies. It was developed primarily for teachers, yet it includes information that may be useful for administrators and other stakeholders in their efforts to plan for and implement the new Japanese program of studies. Familiarity…

The Education Improvement Act of 1984 provided for the establishment of a teacher incentive program to reward teachers who demonstrate superior performance and productivity. Three incentive program models were developed by school districts in South Carolina and approved program models were pilot-tested. Each school district in South Carolina…