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Ferrini-Mundy, Joan, Ed.; Schram, Thomas, Ed. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1997
This monograph presents findings from the Recognizing and Recording Reform in Mathematics Education (R3M) project, a study designed to assess the influence of, depth of knowledge about, and interpretation of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) standards documents in several school and district sites. In R3M, a team of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement
Newmann, Fred M.; Clune, William H. – 1992
The relationship between two educational improvement initiatives--school restructuring and systemic curriculum reform--is examined in this bulletin. School restructuring tends to focus on process in schools and curriculum reform concentrates more directly on content and curriculum across a range of schools. The main features, their promises and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Change
New Things Considered, 1990
"New Things Considered" reports on emerging trends and issues in education to policymakers and participants in SEDL-SCAN, an emerging issues tracking system being pilot tested by the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory's Policy Information Service and the State of New Mexico. This issue presents brief summaries of the thinking…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY. – 1994
These papers are the work of scholars who received support as post-secondary fellows in 1992-93 in the Elementary and Secondary Schools Teacher Curriculum Development Project. The project seeks to familiarize teachers with current developments in the humanities, support their development of curricular materials based on their studies, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction
Svingby, Gunilla – School Research Newsletter, 1981
Preliminary results of this study of the preconditions for pedagogical change in Swedish schools indicate that national curricular emphases have changed, but that accompanying changes in teaching methods may conceal wide variation in content and import. The study's objective was to identify the factors conducive or hostile to change in the…
Descriptors: Background, Class Organization, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Golden, Nancy; Lane, Marilyn – OSSC Bulletin, 1998
The University of Oregon (UO) and Captain Robert Gray Elementary School formed a partnership where UO students used the elementary school as a case study for curriculum research. This document gives an overview of the 7-step process the students used to align the school's curriculum with Oregon's content and performance standards. The text opens…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Kiernan, Henry, Ed.; Pyne, John, Ed. – Docket, Journal of the New Jersey Council for the Social Studies, 1993
This theme issue of "The Docket" is devoted to national standards and their effects on education reform. National standards may provide the first real opportunity for schools to address the issues of student assessment and achievement. As the touchstone for educational equity, they may be the first real opportunity for teachers to…
Descriptors: Civics, Curriculum Development, Economics, Educational Assessment
Mayville, William V. – 1978
The many forms of interdisciplinarity in higher education institutions and the various ways it has been used to advance curricular changes are examined. Definitions of interdisciplinarity and its variants (multi-, pluri-, and transdisciplinarity) provide a conceptual framework for the examination. In this study, interdisciplinarity is understood…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Malcolm, Heather; Byrne, Michel – 1995
Between 1991 and 1995, the Scottish Office Education and Industry Department funded a national evaluation of the implementation of the 5-14 Development Programme based on information gathered from both primary and secondary schools. This interchange is concerned with the primary school perspective alone. Data were gathered from a questionnaire of…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Education
Simpson, Mary; And Others – 1995
Between 1991 and 1995, the Scottish Office Education and Industry Department funded a national evaluation of the implementation of the 5-14 Development Programme based on information gathered from both primary and secondary schools. This Interchange is concerned with secondary school perspective alone. Data were gathered from a nationwide…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, English Instruction
Latimore, Sonja, Ed. – ESR Journal, 1992
The ESR Journal presents educational frameworks that promote divergent viewpoints, stimulate critical thinking about controversial issues, teach creative and productive ways of dealing with differences, promote cooperative problem solving, and foster informed decision making. The theme of this particular issue is: "Educating for Democracy." The 8…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Democracy
Lenze, Lisa Firing – NEA Higher Education Research Center Update, 1997
This report introduces the issues to be addressed in the establishment of a teaching center. The history of teaching centers in the United States dates to the early 1970's. Teaching centers were developed in response to student demands for relevant teaching and in response to the influx of non-traditional students. The most useful information to…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change
Brown, Peggy Ann, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1984
Ways that colleges and universities are responding to the new scholarship on women are described. First, an essay by Peggy McIntosh, "The Study of Women: Processes of Personal and Curricular Re-vision," considers stresses for the ego and challenges to the intellect that women's studies work brings to faculty members in traditional…
Descriptors: College Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Feminism
Harlen, Wynne – 1995
The 5-14 Development Programme was a major reform encompassing the whole of the curriculum, assessment, national testing and reporting for students aged 5 to 14 years in Scotland. Between 1989 and 1993 national guidelines were developed for five curricular areas--English language, mathematics, environmental studies, expressive arts, and…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Shoemaker, Betty Jean Eklund – OSSC Bulletin, 1989
There is increasing interest in integrated studies or the integrated curriculum at all levels of schooling. Integrated approaches reveal wide differences in interpretation of what integration actually means and how it can be accomplished within the school setting. Chapter 1 discusses the various meanings of integration and some approaches taken to…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change