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Developing Students' Ability to Engage Critically with Science in the News: Identifying Elements of the "Media Awareness" Dimension
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Jarman, Ruth; McClune, Billy – Curriculum Journal, 2010
Worldwide, science education reform movements are stressing the need to promote "scientific literacy" among young people. Increasingly, this is taken to include empowering students to engage critically with science-related news reporting. Despite this requirement now featuring in statutory curricula throughout the UK, there has, to date,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy, Science Education
The Significance of Theory in the Implementation of Curriculum Change in Religious Education
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Buchanan, Michael T.; Engebretson, Kath – British Journal of Religious Education, 2009
A new study in Melbourne, Australia, has investigated curriculum change in religious education against the background of literature on curriculum change in education in general. Amongst its several findings, it was ascertained that clear information and theoretical understanding about a curriculum change in religious education is just as important…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Curriculum Implementation
Towards a Viable Curriculum: A Comparative Study of Curricula at the East African School of Library and Information Science and the Departments of Library and Information Studies of the Universities of Wales, Botswana, and Capetown
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Kigongo-Bukenya, I. M. N. – Education for Information, 2003
Applying a qualitative research design and using questionnaires, interviews, observation, focus groups, and debate, this study examines the phenomena and implications of change on LIS curricula, the stakeholders' perception of the current curriculum, the processes of curriculum design and review, and the impact of social, economic, political and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries, Information Science Education, Comparative Education
"Living Values: An Educational Program"--From Initiative to Uptake
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Arweck, Elisabeth; Nesbitt, Eleanor – British Journal of Religious Education, 2004
This article is concerned with the connection between religions and education. It explores the case of one particular values education programme, "Living Values: an educational program", and its link with the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (BKWSU) to show how the programme originated and developed, which individuals and…
Descriptors: Values Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Research
The Evaluation of Arts in Education Demonstration Sites in Indiana.
Smith, Victor A. – 1979
The evaluation design and findings for nine demonstration school participating in the Indiana Comprehensive Plan for the Arts in Education are reviewed. Each school developed a quality arts education curriculum and shared their approaches with affiliated schools in their networks. The program evaluation design focused on program implementation and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Art Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
K-12 Urban Career Education Infusion Project. Final Evaluation
Denton, William T.; Kleck, Wil – 1977
The K-12 Urban Career Education Infusion Project of the Dallas (Texas) Independent School District focused on fourteen schools located in the East Oak Cliff Subdistrict, a predominantly (98%) black community. Conducted in two phases, the project attempted to demonstrate that through infusing career education into the existing curriculum, trained…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Career Education, Community Attitudes