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Nav R. Ghimire; Vikram Koundinya; Anil Kumar Chaudhary; John M. Diaz; Jon Hogge – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2023
Improving the quality of educational programs and the demand for accountability have put the professional development of Extension educators high on Cooperative Extension's agenda. Effective professional development facilitates improved program design and implementation, which, in turn, translates into higher clientele satisfaction. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Adult Educators, Adult Education, Professional Development
Stevenson, Joseph Martin; Stevenson, Karen Wilson – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2021
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are often the center of discussion among faculty in higher education during discourse about curriculum conceptualization, design, planning development, and implementation. This commentary offers a functionally-centered framework that places faculty feasibility, fluidity, freedom, and flexibility around a core…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Higher Education, College Curriculum, Alignment (Education)
Matthew D. Gromlich – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The goal of this study was to design and implement curricula in the Adult Basic Education classroom that aligned to the Critical Mathematics Pedagogical Framework. Specifically, this study assessed if ABE students' mathematics anxiety and mathematics self-efficacy ware affected by curricula that aligns to the Critical Mathematics Pedagogical…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Mathematics Instruction, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Implementation
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Elliott, John; Austin, Lucy – Educational Action Research, 2019
This paper tells a story about the design, development and impact of a post-graduate Masters-level module aimed at (1) enabling groups of teachers within schools to develop innovative approaches to teaching and learning on the basis of their own Lesson Studies and (2) creating a school network of excellence for Lesson Study in the area as a…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Masters Programs, Instructional Design, Instructional Innovation
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Epp, Jordan; McKee, Jeanette – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2015
This report of practice describes a five-year process to establish and implement quality standards for a substantial portfolio of distance delivered courses at the Centre for Continuing and Distance Education, University of Saskatchewan. The report describes an analysis of the issues and the solutions found that led to our current curriculum…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Distance Education, Postsecondary Education, Curriculum Design
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De Paepe, Liesbeth; Zhu, Chang; Depryck, Koen – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
This study examines educators' and providers' perceptions of constraints and critical success factors of the development and implementation of online L2 learning. The focus is on Dutch L2 learning in adult education in Flanders. Semi-structured interviews with seven educators (shaping pedagogies/curricula) and six providers (organizing/offering…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Online Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Strohschen, Gabriele I. E., Ed.; Lewis, Kim, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Education for adults ought to consider a both-and mindset when it comes to selecting approaches, values, and program models in today's multi-sector, multi-diverse, and cross-cultural environments of teaching and learning. Experiences from educational professionals can lead to recommendations for these instruction and mentoring approaches of adults…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Situated Learning, Active Learning
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Ananyeva, Maria – TESOL Journal, 2014
This article introduces the concept of a learning curriculum that places adult English as a second language (ESL) students' needs in the center and encourages the engagement of ESL learners in curriculum design. The study is based on contemporary research in the field of adult ESL program planning. It summarizes key components of a learning…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teacher Role
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Nelson, Erik – International Journal on E-Learning, 2010
Problem-based learning, or PBL, is a student-centered instructional approach that is derived from constructivist epistemology. It is based upon ill-structured real-world problems with the goal of strengthening and developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills in learners. Initially utilized in medical schools to strengthen diagnostic…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Asynchronous Communication, Curriculum Implementation
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Virtue, David C.; Wilson, Jennifer L.; Ingram, Nikki – Middle School Journal (J1), 2009
The process through which teachers transform the curriculum over time is best explained by incremental change theories. Teachers will tinker at the margins of the curriculum, effecting incremental change, until they begin to feel comfortable with the dissolution of disciplinary boundaries, and they are willing to cede control of some curricular…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Integrated Curriculum
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Stolk, Machiel J.; Bulte, Astrid M. W.; de Jong, Onno; Pilot, Albert – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2009
The aim of this study is to develop a framework for professional development programmes that empowers chemistry teachers to teach and design context-based chemistry curricula. Firstly, teachers' involvement, their concerns and their professional development in several context-based curriculum innovations is discussed. Secondly, to develop such a…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Education, Professional Development, Science Teachers
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Michaelsen, Larry K.; Sweet, Michael – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2008
Team-based learning (TBL) may rely on small group interaction more heavily than any other commonly used instructional strategy in postsecondary education. This conclusion is based on three facts: (1) Group work with TBL is central to exposing students to and improving their ability to apply course content; (2) Majority of class time with TBL is…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Cooperative Learning, Course Content, Group Dynamics
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Kreuger, Elizabeth – Ontario Action Researcher, 2005
In the fall of 2003, the Eastern Townships School Board grades 5 & 6 teachers were faced with implementing a one-to-one laptop initiative, a new provincial curriculum, a balanced literacy framework and a language initiative whereby the students would receive more of their instruction time in a second language. To guard against Initiative…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Consultation Programs, Integrated Curriculum, Curriculum Design