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Bamber, Veronica; Stefani, Lorraine – International Journal for Academic Development, 2016
Measurable targets, key performance indicators, value for money--whatever we may think of the "impact agenda," it looks like it is here to stay. Are we trapped in a positivist, new managerialist spiral of demonstrating the value of our work, or can we take the lead in reframing the discourse on how educational development proves its…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Development, Evidence, Value Judgment
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2018
The most important components of an academic institution are the educational programs it offers. California Education Code and accreditation standards emphasize the essential nature of a college's educational programs to that college's existence, and often a college's programs reflect the individual personality of the college and the uniqueness of…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Program Development, Educational Practices, Curriculum Development
Meizlish, Deborah S.; Wright, Mary C.; Howard, Joseph; Kaplan, Matthew L. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2018
This paper presents a quasi-experimental evaluation of a required, teaching-focused, new faculty program at a large research university. The study makes use of institutional data, including student evaluations of teaching and faculty participation in educational development activities, which are available on many campuses yet rarely used in…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, School Statistics, Beginning Teachers
Baggaley, Jon – Distance Education, 2013
In 2012-2013, the massive open online course (MOOC) approach has been accepted by universities around the world, and outsourcing companies have been launched to provide the infrastructure for it. Current press and blog coverage of the MOOC trend is examined and the range of reactions to it, most of them enthusiastic. MOOCs vary in their…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Education, Distance Education, Program Descriptions
Martirosian, B. P.; Rubtsova, N. E.; Shapovalova, I. A. – Russian Education and Society, 2014
The article presents a review of the experience of practical testing (based in 385 experimental sites of the Russian Academy of Education) of current achievements of scientific academic schools that are developing the traditions of education. The organization of the innovative scientific and practical activity of the experimental sites of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Educational Development, Pilot Projects
Stoloff, Michael; McCarthy, Maureen; Keller, Lizbeth; Varfolomeeva, Veronika; Lynch, Joanna; Makara, Kara; Simmons, Samantha; Smiley, Whitney – Teaching of Psychology, 2010
Early study of the curriculum focused on the ideal array of experiences that should comprise the psychology major. We developed a standardized coding scheme to identify common curricula and course titles across institutions and current implementation of the curriculum. We compared psychology major programs in 2005 to programs described a decade…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Psychology, Majors (Students), Curriculum Implementation
American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2009
The American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC) Plus 50 Initiative is a three-year initiative launched in June 2008 and funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. It was created to support a pilot group of two-year institutions to develop or expand campus programs that engage plus 50 learners. The initiative focuses on three types of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Participant Satisfaction, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
Alvarez-Mendiola, German – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2008
In Mexico there is no policy of lifelong learning; however, the idea of focusing on students and learning--especially on appropriate knowledge-acquisition skills at various points in one's life--is spreading through post-secondary education. Since about ten years ago, institutions of higher learning, mostly universities, have initiated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Higher Education, Models
American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2009
The American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC) Plus 50 Initiative is a three-year initiative launched in June 2008 and funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. It was created to support a pilot group of two-year institutions to develop or expand campus programs that engage plus 50 learners. The initiative focuses on three types of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Participant Satisfaction, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
Findlay, Ian – Forum for the Discussion of New Trends in Education, 1974
Author reviewed the evolution of comprehensives in Scotland. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Practices

Anderson, C. Arnold – Comparative Education Review, 1977
Drawing upon some organizing principles for comparative education is the basis for this discussion of its development over the past quarter century. Emphasizes parallels between education and other people-serving programs and underlines the potential gains from a combined cross-cultural and cross-program comparison. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Development, Educational Practices, Educational Research

Gottesman, Alexander M. – NASSP Bulletin, 1974
Appropriate as the final article in this look at junior high, middle, and intermediate schools claiming exemplary programs is a summary that points out where we are, what we have missed, and where we ought to be going in the Seventies. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Practices, Intermediate Administrative Units

Ellwood, Caroline – International Schools Journal, 1999
Discusses two programmes for international schools that have emerged in the past several years: the IGCSE and the IB Middle Years Programme. Describes the differences between a two-year programme of discrete subjects undertaken in preparation for externally assessed formal examinations, and the five-year holistic programme which is internally…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, International Programs
Olsen, John D.; Vaughn, Joseph – Momentum, 1975
Article concentrated on efforts in the area of teacher education, specifically PBTE, and offered applications and extensions of PBTE. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Catholics, Competency Based Teacher Education, Critical Thinking, Educational Development
Gue, Leslie R. – 1972
The Comprehensive School Project, the benchmark in the steady trend toward diversification of the Thailand secondary school curriculum, is the focus of this paper. In the first part three stages of educational development are examined and discussed, followed by education in the present period, the 1960 national scheme of education, and the…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Development, Educational History
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