The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), established in 2004, is a network of 25 universities at the postgraduate level in 15 countries in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa. RUFORUM's mission is to strengthen the capacity of universities to foster innovations responsive to demands of smallholder farmers…

The Los Angeles Community College District's Core Curriculum Development Laboratory (CCDL), a task force of faculty members and resource staff, was established to identify successful teaching practices and programs within the district, sponsor curricular projects, assist in designing new instructional models, and make recommendations to promote…

In December 2001 a meeting of interested parties from fifteen four-year IT programs from the US along with representatives from IEEE, ACM, and ABET (CITC-1) began work on the formalization of Information Technology as an accredited academic discipline. The effort has evolved into SIGITE, the ACM SIG for Information Technology Education. During…

In this article, we explore the potential of the computer to support curriculum materials development within the context of secondary level science and mathematics education in southern Africa. During the four-year course of the study, a computer program was developed named CASCADE-SEA, which stands for Computer Assisted Curriculum Analysis,…

This resource guide contains descriptions of 47 projects and 13 professional growth activities conducted between 1982 and 1984 under the auspices of the Wisconsin Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (WBVTAE) Leadership Identification Program. Included among those projects described are efforts related to the following areas:…

This paper identifies curriculum and instructional issues in secondary school programs for students with mild disabilities, describes some promising lines of ongoing research, and recommends long and short term research, development, and demonstration activities for support by the federal Office of Special Education Programs. The first section…

This document summarizes 161 research and development activities in agricultural education that were completed between July 1, 1982, and June 30, 1983. The projects, which are listed by state, represent research and development efforts undertaken at 34 institutions in 30 states and include 78 master's studies or theses, 37 doctoral dissertations,…

This document summarizes 174 research and development activities in agricultural education that were completed between July 1, 1983, and June 30, 1984. The projects, which are listed by state, represent research and development efforts undertaken at 33 institutions in 30 states and include 86 master's studies or theses, 39 doctoral dissertations,…