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Huber, Stephan; Tulowitzki, Pierre; Hameyer, Uwe – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2017
This article looks at the role of school leadership vis-à-vis the curriculum. First, it offers a brief overview of school leadership in Germany. Next, curriculum development and curriculum research in Germany is briefly recapped. We present empirical data on school leadership preferences, strain experience, and practices as to curriculum work.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Administration, Leadership Role, Curriculum Development
Froese, Elmer E. – 1988
Canada's national educational system elicits diverse curricular demands and requires discreet, sensitive responses. In spite of perennial funding shortfalls, Canada's schools have been remarkably successful in meeting those demands. During and after the 1960s, educational change came as a result of two very strong sets of expectations. One broad…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Demand, Educational Objectives
Bartel, Carl R. – 1976
The preparation of appropriate and relevant instructional materials is essential to effective instruction. Instructional materials, usually in the form of a comprehensive course of study or training plan, should be based on a carefully planned, organized, and conducted analysis procedure. This analysis procedure may be used for the identification…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Massey, D.; And Others – 1977
The document presents a formative evaluation of the program development process used to produce the 13 kits in the Canadian Content Project. The objective is to recommend whether similar development models should be used in the future. The study is presented in three sections. Section I examines and compares three approaches to local program…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Adams, Robert D. – 1977
This is a position paper which deals with learning and reading difficulties of students in urban schools. The program upon which this paper is based is a learning and reading readiness classroom system that uses the Informational Process Model. This system acts as the basic construct for matching learners' needs based on the assessment data, with…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Hall, Maud C. – 1977
The study was an evaluation of the planning processes and the products of a curriculum engineering system in a school district. The primary objective was to determine the relationship between the quality of group planning effort exerted by curriculum committees and the quality of curriculum products produced by them. A systems analysis model was…
Descriptors: Committees, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Haas, John D. – 1980
This guide is designed to help elementary and secondary school teachers and curriculum developers plan units on the future. It is presented in five sections. Section I discusses the origins of the modern futures movement and the concepts of future studies, time dimensions, global approach, self-fulfilling and self-defeating forecasts, and types of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Blanchard, B. Everard – 1975
A review of the literature on the American educational system as well as results from the author's national survey on curriculum articulation provide the basis for a proposal that would restructure elementary, secondary, and higher education in the United States. The proposed system would offer all American citizens two free years of college level…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Accrediting Agencies, Adult Education
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1976
This curriculum guide was developed to assist teachers (K-12) in developing comprehensive industrial education programs, establish individual courses, or plan instruction integrated with other academic areas. This booklet's content is presented in eight sections. The first, an introduction for teachers, explains the purpose of the guide. The next…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Development, Career Exploration, Communication Skills
Bohannan, Paul; And Others – 1973
A conference, sponsored jointly by the Institute of International Studies (IIS) and the Social Science Education Consortium (SSEC), was held in June 1972 to achieve some convergence of thinking on desirable programs for implementing the intercultural dimension in general education in grades K-14 and in the preparation of school personnel. This…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education
Beare, Hedley – 1989
An analysis of deficiencies of recent curriculum reform efforts in Australia and recommendations for improvement are presented in this paper. Despite criticisms that have been levelled at the educational system, a conclusion is that educators are well prepared to meet the demands for restructuring. What is needed is not merely restructuring, but a…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Buddhism, Community Cooperation, Conservation (Environment)
Wildman, Louis, Ed. – 1997
This "Yearbook" is a compilation of 34 articles that represent "state-of-the-art" thought in educational administration as of 1997. The yearbook is organized in accordance with a knowledge-base outline that was developed through repeated surveys of professors of educational administration and practicing administrators. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Educational Finance