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The State of Play: How Commensurate Are BTECs and A-Levels in Sport and Physical Education
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Spence, Steven; MacNamara, Aine – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2018
The somewhat forever-changing landscape of education in England has recently challenged the post-16 sector in new ways, with funding and a knowledge-based curriculum just some of the new initiatives institutions must acclimatise to. Sport provision, a generic term used in this paper to encompass level three sport and physical education programmes,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Semi Structured Interviews, High Schools
What's in a Name? That Which We Call a Crisis? A Commentary on Michael Young's Article "Overcoming the Crisis in Curriculum Theory"
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Lundgren, Ulf P. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2015
Michael Young's article "Overcoming the crisis in curriculum theory: a knowledge-based approach" ("JCS, 45", 2) is discussed from the starting point that the claimed crisis is constructed from a decisive solution, that is the solution determines what is a crisis. But curriculum research and curriculum theory are in need of…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Research
Defining "Knowledge" in Vocational Education Qualifications in England: An Analysis of Key Stakeholders and Their Constructions of Knowledge, Purposes and Content
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Bathmaker, Ann-Marie – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
What is meant by "knowledge" in vocational education qualifications and who decides? These are significant questions in a context where "skill" is the prevailing discourse. This paper reports on a research project, undertaken in 2010-2011, which investigated the role of national stakeholders in defining knowledge in vocational…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Qualifications, Stakeholders
What Are Students Learning about Sustainability?
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Yousey-Elsener, Kimberly; Keith, Diana Richter; Ripkey, Staci Lynne – About Campus, 2010
Going green? For many, this phrase has a definitive ending, such as an "!" or a strong "." For the authors, the journey began with the questions: (1) What should students be "learning" about sustainability?; and (2) How do we know that they "are" learning? Their journey to understand the relationship between student learning and sustainability…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Sustainability, Knowledge Level, College Outcomes Assessment
The Ohio Cooperative Extension Service as Perceived by Resource Development Committee Representatives.
Jenkins, David Dwight – 1964
This study investigated perceptions of resource development committee representatives regarding organizational and program aspects of the Ohio Cooperative Extension Service, and factors associated with the perceptions. Four rating systems were used to measure dimensions of 95 statements on intensity of involvement, knowledge of the organization,…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Objectives, Investigations
The NCSS Curriculum Guidelines and Large-Scale Assessment in Social Studies.
Moore, Jerry R. – 1978
The paper reports on a study of social studies tests and their relationship to National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) curriculum guidelines. The study had two objectives: (1) derive learning objectives based upon the NCSS Curriculum Guidelines (1971) and the NCSS Curriculum Guidelines for Multiethnic Education (1976), and (2) acquire a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives