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Nancy Leigh Jenkins – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study is an inquiry into how school leaders influence the integration of sustainable practices within their schools. This multiple case study explores and describes how five Green Ribbon Schools integrated sustainability literacy in their curriculum, modeled best management practices within their school facilities, and created healthy and…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Leadership, Educational Practices, Curriculum Development
Ratna Malar Selvaratnam; Steven Warburton; Dominique Parrish; Suzanne Crew – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2024
As education and training providers grapple with increasing demand for micro-credentials, guidance on how to improve providers' capacity and capability to deliver a high standard of learning along with profitable outcomes is needed. This study sought to develop a maturity model that could assist higher education providers in distinguishing their…
Descriptors: Microcredentials, Models, Curriculum Development, Educational Practices
Polikoff, Morgan – Harvard Education Press, 2021
"Beyond Standards" highlights the structural conditions that have undermined the success of the standards movement and challenges us to confront them. The book offers an impassioned argument about the ways that our decentralized educational systems undermine the pursuit of educational equity and excellence. Morgan Polikoff applies a wide…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Equal Education, Administrative Organization, Educational Quality
Walton-Fisette, Jennifer L.; Richards, K. Andrew R.; Centeio, Erin E.; Pennington, Todd R.; Hopper, Tim – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2019
Although there has been forward movement in identifying and addressing diverse learning needs, social justice education is not a significant part of the current standards for beginning teachers or K-12 students in the U.S. Throughout our standards-based history, social justice has been more of a hidden curriculum. To attain the 50 Million Strong…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Educational Research, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Linda Darling-Hammond; Matt Alexander; Laura E. Hernández – Learning Policy Institute, 2024
Too many students still experience the factory model evident in most U.S. high schools, which were designed to put young people on a conveyor belt and move them from one overloaded teacher to the next, in 45-minute increments, to be stamped with separate, disconnected lessons 7 or 8 times a day. While these factory-model designs may have worked…
Descriptors: High School Students, Educational History, Student Needs, Thinking Skills
Laxton, Katherine E. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation takes a close look at how district-level instructional coaches support teachers in learning to shifting their instructional practice, related to the Next Generation Science Standards. This dissertation aims to address how re-structuring professional development to a job-embedded coaching model supports individual teacher learning…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Academic Standards, Science Education, Coaching (Performance)
Milne, Annari; Mhlolo, Mike – South African Journal of Education, 2021
Since 1999 South African learners have participated in various international studies but sadly the learners have continued to perform dismally, which brings to question the quality of their education. Meanwhile, Singaporean students have been among the top achievers in all these competitions. Many comparative studies have been done between…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
Seeber, Kevin P. – Communications in Information Literacy, 2015
The development of the ACRL "Framework for Information Literacy" has sparked an immense amount of conversation among academic librarians, though the profession is still far from consensus with regards to if, when, or how the document should be implemented. This essay argues that despite debates over various points within the text, the…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Academic Libraries, Library Associations, Academic Standards
Mooney, Carol Garhart – Redleaf Press, 2015
As an educator, you care deeply about working with young children and strive for quality in your program. This book explains why learning about foundational theory supports the ways you care for and teach children. With stories, anecdotes, and a discussion about the strong connection between theory and best practices, this guide will help you…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Educational Theories, Foundations of Education
Alismail, Halah Ahmed; McGuire, Patrick – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The integration of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and 21st century skills in the curriculum is not only beneficial to students and teachers, but also necessary to prepare our youth for their future careers. In an age of education where standardized tests determine the success of our schools, it is important to allow students the creativity and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Practices, Educational Trends, Academic Standards
Nasser, Ramzi – Open Review of Educational Research, 2017
Until the late 1990s, Qatar's educational system used the intrinsic-nationalistic and cultural traditions of Arabic schools. The Qatari leadership and stakeholder was outdated; hence, they approached the RAND Corporation to examine and analyze the existing educational system and recommend options for building a new educational system. The RAND…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Faculty Development, Educational Practices
Breault, Rick – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2014
State and national standards, taken as is, can limit the potential of the curriculum and skilled teachers. The ideas presented here suggest ways in which we might better scrutinize standards for their potential richness and limitations in order to enrich our instruction.
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies, Performance Factors
Çakir, Hasan; Bichelmeyer, Barbara A. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Use of different teaching materials and curriculum for the same subjects is always a confounding factor in studies investigating teacher characteristics and student achievement. The purpose of this study is to understand the effects of different teacher qualities on student achievement in high schools with a standards-based curriculum delivered…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Blended Learning, Academic Standards
OECD Publishing, 2016
Thailand's education system stands at a crossroads. Significant investment has widened access to education and the country performs relatively well in international assessments compared with its peers. But the benefits have not been universally distributed and Thailand has not received the return on its spending on education that it might have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Public Policy, Educational Practices
Hammond, Michael – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
This paper provides a critical perspective on the attempts to promote the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching and learning in England. It describes the rationale given for the introduction of ICT in terms of its potential to impact on educational standards to contribute to developing a curriculum which has more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Information Technology, Technology Integration