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Mikser, Rain; Kärner, Anita; Krull, Edgar – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2016
Teachers' curriculum ownership is increasingly gaining attention in many countries. It is particularly important that under the conditions of centralized curriculum-making, teachers as final implementers of curricular ideas identify themselves with these ideas. This study investigates Estonian upper secondary school teachers' views on the impact…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Teacher Leadership, Teacher Empowerment
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Marsh, C. J.; Carter, D. – Australian Journal of Education, 1980
Three models of diffusion of information applied during the formative phases of an Australian curriculum development project are compared: the research, development, and diffusion model; social interaction model; and problem-solver model. Advantages and disadvantages of each model and problems in their application to this project are discussed.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Diffusion, Elementary Secondary Education
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Cawthon, S. W. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2005
The author investigated the alignment of reading instruction to Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Reading, grades 1-4 (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 1998a). Teachers in 18 hearing-only, 10 mixed (hearing and deaf students), and 8 deaf-only classrooms were study participants. Teacher groups demonstrated equal alignment to the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Reading Instruction, Academic Standards, Hearing Impairments
Gardner, David C.; Beatty, Grace Joely – 1979
A pilot study was conducted to investigate the relationship between preferred incentives for participation in curriculum projects and the change orientation of teachers. The subjects were 96 teachers from a Northern New England community. The "Teacher Opinion Survey" on preferred incentives was found to have a test-retest reliability of .98 and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Berg, Donna Lee – 1978
This report focuses on the British concept of teachers' centers. Emphasis has been placed on the literature that analyzes the effect of political, social, economic, and cultural factors on the development of centers. Part 1 of the report discusses British teachers' centers in some detail. Part 2 presents an overview of United States centers set up…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
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Ward, Kelly – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1996
A study examined how five colleges and universities with stated commitments to public service incorporate volunteerism and service-learning into organizational structures. Results suggest that institutions that make centralized decisions and share governance are more apt to institutionalize service-learning than are more loosely coupled systems.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Attitudes, Centralization, College Administration