This interview and response explores the functionalities of the digital platforms Digital Theatre+ (DT+), Drama Online and Cambridge University Press as represented by the interviewees, with a focus on Robert Delamere's DT+. Delamere discusses the history of DT+, and his vision for it to become a site where students can create 'remixes' of DT+…

This "Guide" describes the macro need for [technical and vocational education and training] (TVET) reform in conformity with the Sustainable Development Goals, the Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), and other United Nations, UNESCO and national initiatives. The "Guide" also provides…

Experts Bernhardt and Hébert's latest book demonstrates strategies to ensure your entire staff works together to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate a schoolwide prevention system with integrity and fidelity. Each step in this important resource is designed to help administrators, teachers, and other educators improve the learning of every…

In pursuit of enhanced employability of university graduates, along with their increased mobility in a rapidly globalizing economy, colleges and universities in the world today participate in regional alliances and partnerships in which shared targets with mutually recognized degrees and curricula are sought across boundaries through transnational…

This article provides a broad overview of the history of career-focused education in the United States and the reauthorization of the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006. The Perkins act required that the recipients of its funding offer at least one program of study, and this reauthorization included four…

A theoretical framework for designing, implementing and researching students' engagement, learning, and personal development in e-portfolios is described in this article. After providing an overview of the research on e-portfolios in education, the paper analyses the theoretical foundations of e-portfolio learning. Following it proposes a…

Describes the dissemination program for the Geography 16-19 Project. Typical conference agenda and list of program objectives are included. One project aim is to involve teachers in reconsidering geography objectives, and by means of this involvement, to help them appreciate their role as curriculum developers. (JN)

A study of 44 teachers who had experience in implementing problem-solving activities in technology education classes concluded that problem-solving activities are becoming an integral part of technology education. The outcomes of such activities depend on the processes and thinking techniques taught and applied. (JOW)

Presents annotations of 12 conference papers and journal articles (published in 1990 or 1991) in the ERIC database that deal with implementation, evaluation, and continuance of writing across the curriculum programs. (RS)

The problems facing vocational-technical education in Russia are similar to those in the United States. Entrepreneurshp and better shcool-to-work transition can help solve some of those probelms. (JOW)

The concept of secondary teacher training as a partnership between schools and higher education was formalized in Great Britain during the early 1990s. This paper considers how aspects of this new policy are working in the context of the Post Graduate Certificate of Education course, highlighting the partnership concept and individual…

Quality Implementation in Transition is a framework designed to guide transition specialists and administrators in the implementation of total quality management. The framework uses the tenets set forth by W. Edwards Deming and is intended to help professionals facilitate change within transition programs. (Author/JOW)

Teaching secondary students the basics of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) results in a variety of benefits. Conventional secondary educational programs are enhanced, and high school students are provided an opportunity to experience a rapidly expanding field as they plan for college and their professional future. For such projects, stipends…

The William and Mary Mentorship program for gifted and talented students in grades 8 through 11 matches student interests with selected college students for 1 semester. The program is in its fifth year of operation and has been evaluated through analysis of formative and summative data. Recommendations for implementing such a program are included.…

Discusses the design and implementation of programs to prepare the technology education teacher of the future. Teacher educators can review and implement trends in the philosophical and curricular development of the profession and move into meeting the trends of curriculum innovation in secondary schools. (JOW)