This paper theorises a curriculum model containing four features. We use these features as criteria to analyse and evaluate two distinctive curriculum design types: '21st Century Learning' and 'Powerful Knowledge'. The four features are: (i) the underpinning theory of knowledge in each curriculum design type; (ii) the knowledge structures used to…

In a perfect academic world, every college course would be reviewed and analyzed by its instructor, perhaps in conjunction with an instructional supervisor, upon completion of each semester to determine which techniques and strategies were most useful in helping students to learn course content. Those activities and strategies that were successful…

This study assesses the current state of the television news capstone experience in accredited journalism and mass communication programs in the United States. Specifically, the authors employed a mixed-methods approach, interviewing 20 television news capstone instructors and conducting an analysis of broadcast journalism curriculum information…

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…

Previous work has concentrated on the epistemological foundation of comparative and international education (CIE) graduate programs. This study focuses on programmatic size, philosophy, methodology, and pedagogy. It begins by reviewing previous studies. It then provides a theoretical framework and describes the size, relevance, content, and…

Discussions on history teaching in Turkey indicate that the previous versions of the history curriculum and the pedagogy of history in the country bear many problems and deficiencies. The problems of Turkish history curriculum mainly arise from the perspectives it takes and the selection of its content. Since 2003, there have been extensive…

Examined are the ongoing and proposed approaches to curriculum research. Individual research approaches are classified according to six general foci that explicate the characteristics of each curriculum research approach and identify the variants, limitations, and references of each approach. (SI)

Another in a series of articles summarizing results of a study sponsored by the National Science Foundation, discusses the minimal impact of curriculum revision due to the extraordinary social complexity of schools and systems. (Author/MLF)

This research concerned two problems: (1) the development of economical procedures that any English department could use to examine the emphases on each area of English; (2) when the procedures were used to collect data in two schools, determining from the findings whether the criticism of elective programs was warranted. The methodology used was…

This report of the Florida Commission on Social Studies Education reviews the status of social studies education in Florida public schools and makes recommendations for improving instruction to meet the needs of Florida students in grades K-12. In reviewing the status of social studies in Florida, the Commission concluded that there was no single,…

Presents Rugg's educational philosophy and his materials in a descriptive overview; discusses his designs for a new social studies field; examines the process of curriculum development practiced by Rugg and his team of educators and authors; and draws parallels between the Rugg product and the projects of the 1960's. (Author/JK)

Characteristics of school curricula developed at the provincial level in Canada were studied. About 100 documents explaining science, history, English, and family studies curricula were reviewed for content and quality, which varied widely. Curricula were usually developed by professional educators, and evaluation issues were rarely discussed in…

Surveys in 1972 and 1977 of colleges and universities in New York state were used to judge advances and declines in black literature course offerings, course enrollment, course content, and instructor preparation. In 1972, 76 of the responding registrars said that their schools were offering black literature courses, while only 36 registrars made…

This study reveals that the state of the art is not yet well developed and perhaps too narrow an approach to allied health training programs at this time would be premature. (Author)

Applying a qualitative research design and using questionnaires, interviews, observation, focus groups, and debate, this study examines the phenomena and implications of change on LIS curricula, the stakeholders' perception of the current curriculum, the processes of curriculum design and review, and the impact of social, economic, political and…