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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
We welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2014, taking place in Madrid, Spain, from 28 to 30 of June, 2014. Education, as an important right in our contemporary world, began since we exist. Knowledge and skills were passed by adults to the young, and cultures began to extend their experiences through various…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Trends, Educational Change
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Renzulli, Joseph S. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1999
This response by the original author to critiques of his review of his own work in gifted education suggests possible new directions for the field. These include: the relationship between general and gifted education, the under representation of minority students as the "time bomb" of gifted education, achieving a balance between…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disproportionate Representation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Borland, James H., Ed. – 2003
The 15 essays in this collection examine and challenge the assumptions and beliefs underlying the theory and practice of gifted education today. Essays are grouped into three sections which consider first, reconceptualizations of giftedness; second, gifted education and equity; and third, the practice of gifted education (identification,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Curriculum Development, Definitions, Educational Change
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Bliss, Ian – European Journal of Teacher Education, 1990
Discusses in-service teacher training in England, proposing alternative models of professional knowledge which could change and improve teachers and teaching. The article considers alternative models derived from work with teachers and students in England and explains how such models can help in establishing intercultural education courses for…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Arciniega, Tomas A. – 1977
One of the principal obstacles to equalizing educational opportunities in the public schools has been the difficulty in achieving consensus among educational leaders on what is meant by "equal educational opportunity". This shortcoming is critical because how one defines equality determines and shapes the approaches used to attack the problems…
Descriptors: Accountability, Competency Based Teacher Education, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development
Rubenstein, Rheta N., Ed.; Bright, George W., Ed. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2004
Teaching is a complex, ongoing endeavor that involves a myriad of decisions. NCTM's Sixty-Sixth Yearbook is organized around three aspects of teaching: foundations for teaching, the enactment of teaching, and the support of teaching nurtured in preservice education and strengthened throughout a teacher's career. The accompanying professional…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Education, Teaching Models, Educational Change