The Interconnected Model of Professional Growth (Clarke & Hollingsworth, 2002) was used to identify processes of teacher learning during the collaborative design of curriculum materials in the context of curriculum innovation. Nine published studies from six different countries about teachers' collaborative curriculum design were analyzed to…

For the thirty-ninth time, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes.…

To support the review of the National Curriculum, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) was commissioned by the Department for Education in the spring of 2011 to produce a report detailing curricular arrangements in a number of high-performing educational jurisdictions. The principal source of information for this report has been…

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) can bring a wide range of benefits--for children, parents and society at large. However, these benefits are conditional on "quality". Expanding access to services without attention to quality will not deliver good outcomes for children or long-term productivity benefits for society. This new publication…

This conference record is organized according to the kinds of sessions that were held: general sessions, which include the keynote speech and the banquet speech; discussion groups, which were divided according to four topics--priorities, processes, products, and problems; the French group; and the annual banquet and business session. An appendix…

Since this background paper is concerned with the formative decision makers, the humanities project is presented through the public statements of the project team in order to convey the nature and quality of the project. Three major decision points provide a framework for curriculum development. First is adoption of an input model that focuses on…

Reaction to a February 19, 1972 recommendation of the Konferenz der Romanischen Seminare der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und West-Berlins in Deutschen Romanistenverband'' (Conference of Romance Seminars of the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin of the German Association of Romance Philologists) to discontinue the Latin prerequisite for…

Summarizes the discussions at the conference under the topics, Objective Criteria for the Future" and Teaching Concepts Basic to Nuclear Engineering." Includes comments from personnel representing universities, industries, and government laboratories. (TS)

This report describes activities and presents working-group reports and resolutions from a seminar on environmental education conducted June 20 to July 11, 1970 at Foresta Institute, Carson City, Nevada. Attended by representatives from 14 countries, the seminar had the following aims: 1) to bring together specialists responsible for curricula…

Presented is another document in the Technical Report series produced at the Science Education Center of the University of Iowa. This publication emphasizes curriculum evaluation. Material is presented in three sections: an introductory section in which the components of curriculum are identified and described; a second section in which these…

In this conference report the functions, problems and directions of ethnic studies in the University of Wisconsin system are addressed. Brief papers and discussions by conference participants focus on the history of the task force charged with developing American ethnic studies programs, a perceptual approach to ethnic studies, defining Afro…

Sixteen mathematicians from universities, schools and industries met for five days in 1966 to plan a "second round" curriculum which would place greater emphasis on the relevance of mathematics to problems of the real world. Their deliberations are reported in this document. The three main recommendations were that the curriculum should…

Rapid and radical changes taking place in the scientific, technological, educational, and societal context are affecting the education and training of engineers. To ensure that engineers keep pace with change, reappraisal and revision of the curricula is considered necessary. Unesco established and sponsored the International Working Group on…

The goals of the conference on off-campus education were designed to review (1) the continuing and integrative nature of education for all persons involved in the partnership of learning; (2) the uniqueness of off-campus education; (3) the place of off-campus education; and (4) criteria for evaluating the learning that occurs. Trends in…

A preliminary instructional model suitable for lesson preparation for a Computerized Training System is described. Topics discussed include general course architecture, general course structure, and the training decision process. Guidelines for the design of the model are presented and information is provided on the adaptation of the model to…