This paper shows the planning, the teaching activities and the evaluation of the learning and teaching process implemented in the Chemical Process Design course at the University of Cantabria, Spain. Educational methods to address the knowledge, skills and attitudes that students who complete the course are expected to acquire are proposed and…

Academic development is one means of reorientating education within higher education (HE) to include sustainability principles. This paper identifies the requirements of academic development programmes that will provide educators with the skills to engage students in the ideas of sustainability and sustainable development. In order to determine…

Instructional design (ID) is systematic way of suggesting a structure and giving meaning to an instructional problem by helping to visualize the problem and breaking into discrete and manageable units. In addition, ID is a systematic reflective process of applying instructional principles into plans by material, activity, resources and evaluation…

For more than 50 years, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) has been instrumental in developing an analytical model for understanding the relationships between educational policy (the intended curriculum), classroom and instructional practices (the implemented curriculum), and educational learning…

Literature on globalisation claims that changed global patterns of production and industrial organisation have intensified international economic competition, prompting nations globally to restructure their education systems in an attempt to position themselves favourably in an increasingly competitive economic environment. This is an environment…

Described is the Unified Programming Procedure, a system to coordinate the planning, implementation, and evaluation of individual program plans for mentally retarded residents and day students. (CL)

Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE) proposes changes in the traditional teacher education system, which include establishing behavioral objectives for student teachers and modifying basic teaching tools that all students must learn to master. CBTE also proposes that teachers colleges be conducted without failure. Critics of CBTE question the…

The potential undermining effects of a reinforcement program were examined in two studies with kindergarten-first grade children. The procedures were designed to provide an analog to typical classroom incentive programs. The subjects' initial interest was low in one study and high in the other. (Author)

An introduction to the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) and its use in engineering education. (BB)

The Masters level Opportunities and Technological Innovation in Vocational Teacher Education project (project site: http://motivate.tmpk.bmf.hu/) aims to develop the use and management of virtual learning environments in the area of vocational teacher training, drawing on a well established international partnership of institutions providing both…

The author discusses three types of instructional modes and offers some suggestions on how concord might prevail in tomorrow's schooling. (Author)

Behavior analysis for changing behavior in mentally retarded and educationally handicapped children involves the classroom teacher in four tasks. (CL)

For the purpose of developing a diagnostic and prescriptive program for children with learning problems in mathematics, task analysis is employed to develop a hierarchy of skills which identifies a terminal task and prerequisite skills. (Author/DB)

Considered is the application of applied behavior analysis to specific areas (reading, spelling, penmanship, writing, arithmetic and pupil management) of importance to learning disabled children. (Author/DB)