This study examines the ways in which Saudi teachers have responded or are responding to the challenges posed by a new curriculum. It also deals with issues relating to workload demands which affect teachers' performance when they apply a new curriculum in a Saudi Arabian secondary school. In addition, problems such as scheduling and sharing space…

The present small-scale study aimed to investigate teacher agency from the perspective of in-service language teachers in relation to their perceived professional space. It specifically aimed to have an understanding of factors contributing to teacher agency positively and negatively. To this end, eight Turkish EFL teachers working at private and…

The role of a principal's curriculum leadership has become an educational issue in Taiwan's early childhood education. This study represents a pioneering attempt in adopting a target school interview, fuzzy Delphi, and analytic hierarchy process for constructing preschool principal's curriculum leadership indicators. Fifteen experts and…

Fully updated to reflect current issues in the field of art education. Checklists embedded in charts allow users to indicate where their school or district stands in relation to the criteria--which has been expanded to include district wide, elementary, middle, high school, and superior standards. The criteria within the checklists reflect…

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, it caused a devastating impact on the Crescent City's public education system. The devastating storm and its aftermath completely wiped out the educational infrastructure of the New Orleans Public Schools, making one of the country's largest metropolitan school districts virtually disappear. Two…

Stresses the importance of including at least the principles of word processing in the business curriculum. Failure to teach word processing because of lack of equipment is a costly mistake for students as well as for the business community. (JOW)

Discusses microcomputer instruction as an addition to the accounting curriculum and various elements to consider: equipment configuration needed, instructor training, adapting the microcomputer to the classroom, and outcomes of microcomputer use. (CT)

The author describes the different features of the mulit-vendor lab teaching environment for word processing and the single-vendor lab. He then presents a number of concerns that educators should consider when contemplating the establishment of a word processing curriculum. (CT)

Digital technology is changing the environment of media production education. This exploratory study assesses the changes that computers bring to this learning atmosphere. The findings allow video production educators to focus on the salient issues they face as they make the transition to the digital era. Qualitative research methods were used,…

This state curriculum guide is for use by industrial arts personnel in grades seven through 12. It was developed by 15 area groups and two summer workshops in a series of steps including proposed outlines, discussion meetings, content and method listings for each grade, and teaching unit development. The contents are organized by grades under…

Article describes the coordinated program of London's Holland Park School camera club and photography course, including the evening classes for adults. Links with the art, technical and science departments are planned. Teachers are encouraged to use the photography department equipment after school hours. (PD)

This discussion of educational changes needed for conversion to the metric system includes ways in which the local curriculum committee can efficiently facilitate the changeover in teaching and in materials. (TA)

Constitutes a guide to software, hardware, and multimedia learning programs. Aims to assist school board members, superintendents, and school principals with the comparative use and usefulness of today's curriculum commodities. (Author/WM)

This activity book provides a list of varied resources available to students as they work through the instructional objectives at the Fort Lincoln school. Items listed include equipment and supplies ordered for the school, books, selected offerings from the metropolitan community, selected programs provided by the D.C. Public Schools, science and…

Content of business education, middle school philosophy, legislation, technological growth and improvement, and types of learning are discussed as forces challenging instructional practices in business education. These challenges, the author says, have caused the development of a comprehensive business curriculum. (MF)