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Hussain, Sadiq; Albarwani, Thuwayba – Management in Education, 2015
This study explores leadership in higher education institutions in Oman where education for sustainability issues are a high priority. The Vice-chancellor of the premier university Sultan Qaboos University, Qaboos Sultanate of Oman, and his four senior management team members answer the following question: What are the concrete steps which have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Higher Education, Educational Practices
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Parker, Jan – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2007
Humanities-based speakers and delegates to the European Commission conference on "Social Sciences and Humanities in Europe: New Challenges, New Opportunities" gathered at the end of the meeting to develop a proactive Humanities special interest group. The result was a round-table conference organized by the Humanities Higher Education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Humanities, Research Reports
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Memon, Qurban A. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2007
Electrical engineering (EE) curricula in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region have gone through an evolutionary process, and are now approaching a maturity level. In order to address academic and local industrial needs in a unified way, a need has been felt to investigate EE curricula in a way that highlights theoretical understanding, design…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Engineering, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Evaluation
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1982
This volume, the first of three produced by a study group of experts from Australia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, reviews their experiences in developing distance learning materials. Each country's experience is discussed in the context of problems it faced with special reference to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Followup Studies
Fothergill, Richard; Coates, R. C. – 1983
This document consists of two separate papers, by different authors, that discuss (often duplicating each other) the Microelectronics Education Program (MEP), a program which was designed to help children understand new technology and its effects on society and to encourage teachers to use the new technology in improving their teaching…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
Brown, Gerald R.; Halliday, Joseph – 1994
Interviews were conducted with educational leaders in seven of the Caribbean islands during August and September 1994 concerning the development of a regional Curriculum Development and Materials Production and Equipment Centre (CAMPAEC). Visits to several sites, reading of background documents, and additional research were also completed. The…
Descriptors: Costs, Courseware, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration
Robottom, Ian; Sauvee, Lucie – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2003
We reflect on methodological issues arising in two of our own research projects as a form of practice, as a way of engaging in a praxis of project research. The projects chosen for this purpose are themselves concerned with teacher education and curriculum development in environmental education: they include participatory "reflective…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Participatory Research, Informal Education, Environmental Education