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Pietarinen, Janne; Pyhältö, Kirsi; Soini, Tiina – Curriculum Journal, 2017
The study aims to gain a better understanding of the national large-scale curriculum process in terms of the used implementation strategies, the function of the reform, and the curriculum coherence perceived by the stakeholders accountable in constructing the national core curriculum in Finland. A large body of school reform literature has shown…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Curriculum Implementation, Educational Strategies
Potsi, Autoanneta – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2016
This book explores the Capability Approach (CA) as an alternative critical lens through which to regard early childhood education (ECE) curricula. The CA framework is a counter narrative to the narrow instrumentalism that reduces education to a mere process of academic skills acquisition for a future workplace. Primarily the book draws on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Ability, Curriculum Design
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Hunter, Thelma; Walsh, Glenda – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2014
As more countries align their curricular frameworks with play-based and experiential pedagogies, this paper provides a critical insight into the benefits and challenges that arise in practice when a play-based approach to learning and teaching becomes a political directive in Northern Ireland primary schools. Drawing on socio-constructivist and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Classroom Environment, Elementary Schools
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Monks, Alan – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2010
Use was made of adapted problem-based learning (PBL) practical exercises to address the disengagement of apprentices with the existing assembly-style electronic laboratory programme. Apprentices perceived the traditional routines as having little real-world relevance. This detracted from the value and benefit to them of the practical component of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Methodology, Problem Based Learning, Learning Experience
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Fatima, Jabeen; Naseer Ud Din, Muhammad – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2010
The study was aimed at evaluating the MA Education Programme of teacher education in Pakistan. Post-graduate teacher's training institutes in Pakistan grant the Master of Education (MA/M.Ed.), Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) post-graduate degrees in the field of education to enhance the careers and accelerate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Masters Programs, Teacher Education Programs
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Yorke, Mantz; Knight, Peter – Teaching in Higher Education, 2007
Claims are frequently made that practice should be based on evidence. However, the nature of what should count as "evidence" depends on purpose and context. In the case of curriculum development, decisions may rest on local and provisional evidence. This article takes an area of contemporary political interest--enhancing student…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Instruction
Deal, Nancy; Beaver, John F. – 1989
To assess the value of professional writing internships, a pilot study at Michigan State University will administer pre- and post-tests to students involved in internships, as well as to control groups composed of professional writing majors who do not participate in internships, and other English majors following a traditional curriculum of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English Curriculum, Higher Education, Internship Programs
Hansen, Henning; Hlawatsch, Sylke; Lucken, Markus – Online Submission, 2007
Trying to implement interdisciplinary geoscience curriculum materials in geography and science education we asked how they fit into teachers' existing practices, their needs for support and strategies to plan instruction. The focus of our case study has been the identification of the goals teachers pursue with the materials, of strategies for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Earth Science, Science Curriculum, Foreign Countries
Pickard, Patricia W. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1993
Discusses the role of school library media specialists as instructional consultants and the gap between theory and practice in the roles of curriculum support and instructional design. A study of school media specialists in DeKalb County (Georgia) Public Schools is described that investigated the theory-practice gap. (23 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Design, Learning Resources Centers
VanTassel-Baska, Joyce – 1998
This digest addresses principles of planning science programs for high ability learners. It notes various evaluation reports that have reviewed needs in science learning and teaching, identified essential science concepts and processes, and evaluated teacher enhancement programs and curricula. Research on gifted learners in science is briefly…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Check Lists, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
Evers, Frederick T.; Rush, James C.; Berdrow, Iris – 1998
This book, which is intended primarily for instructional development specialists, academic leaders, and faculty members in all types of postsecondary institutions, explains what skills and competencies students need to succeed in today's workplace and details how colleges and universities can strengthen the curriculum to cultivate those skills in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Case Studies, Competence, Competency Based Education