This study examines policies of English language teacher recruitment in Iran as part of broader education policies reflected in official national documents, and briefly investigates the implementation of these policies in selected educational institutions. Seven major documents are scrutinised using qualitative content analysis revealing three…

Building on a study conducted by the authors, this article provides strategies for teaching data literacy and outlines the case-based teaching method as an effective way of developing data-literate teachers.

This article concerns the contribution that feedback makes to valid classroom assessment of the writing of young learners (YLs), defined here as approximately 9-13 years old. It shows that a scale of descriptors adapted from the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" (CEFR; Council of Europe, 2001) can play a central role…

This paper presents a case study based on the experiences surrounding a distance-learning module in the area of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that includes a creative multimedia component as an integral part of its teaching and assessment. The module requires that students engage in multimedia production to articulate their…

This report details the outcome of the "Build capacity of ODL Practitioners in the area of Design, Development and the Management of Study Materials - Lesotho" workshop undertaken by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) from 25 August to 5 September 2005 in Maseru, Lesotho. The purpose of this training was to provide training to ODL…

An instructional product review process is conceived and analyzed from a generic and systemic viewpoint. (Author)

A discussion of whether pilot testing or a panel review is the most effective way to evaluate curriculum materials. (HB)

Reviews formative evaluation and presents a model for instructional material development and revision. The model can be used for curriculum development efforts and is designed to be helpful in a variety of instructional efforts. (CT)

An instructional development model is described that provides for evaluation of the feasibility of a project, evaluation during the formative design and development phases, summative evaluation prior to dissemination, and continued evaluation after implementation. These guidelines view evaluation as an integral part of development; before the…

The purpose of this article is to present a framework appropriate for discussing and organizing formative evaluation studies in product development. (JB)

Presented is a model for special education instructional materials development, research, and evaluation. (CB)

Textbooks and other printed materials will be ever present, in the foreseeable future, as major aids for teaching and learning processes. New textbooks imply new guidelines for teachers, and the ways to handle such guidelines demand teacher training. This paper explains some links between inservice teacher training programs and the development of…