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Yoshida, Hiroki – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2010
The first Japanese "curriculum standards" for educational media/ICT in-service teacher training was announced by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture in April 1973. Since then, the "curriculum standards" has been revised twice. The last revision was made in March 2006, based on the results of a preliminary study that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Academic Standards
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Ahlberg, Mauri; Aanismaa, Pirjo; Dillon, Patrick – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2005
A 4-year-long action research project involving curriculum development in education for sustainable living as part of home economics in a university teacher education course is described and analysed. Design experiments were used to develop the curriculum and promote learning. The design experiments emphasised an integrating approach to action…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Education Courses, Curriculum Development, Home Economics
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Jackling, Noel; And Others – Higher Education Research and Development, 1990
It is proposed that algorithms and heuristics are useful in improving professional problem-solving abilities when contextualized within the academic discipline. A basic algorithm applied to problem solving in undergraduate engineering education and a similar algorithm applicable to legal problems are used as examples. Problem complexity and…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Curriculum Development
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Valli, Linda; Rennert-Ariev, Peter – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2002
Curriculum transformation was examined at seven higher education institutions in the USA that were developing "performance-based" teacher-education programmes. A heuristic was created to differentiate the contemporary performance standards-based assessment movement from its historical predecessor, competency- or performance-based teacher…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Teacher Education Curriculum, Heuristics, Educational Change