This case study both shines a light on the flipped classroom paradigm and exemplifies successful faculty-librarian collaboration. The co-authors leveraged an existing collegial relationship into a productive partnership to create a multi-faceted flipped classroom module. The module, developed over the course of three and a half years, was designed…

Part of an eight-module, graduate level, competency-based curriculum to prepare specialists in vocational education curriculum, this introductory module provides prerequisite knowledge for the remaining seven modules. The learning activities provide an overview of several different approaches to curriculum design and comprise a study of curriculum…

This course aims to give experienced practitioners additional knowledge and skill in relation to the following: changing contexts of national policy and delivery practices in adult literacy and basic education; current theories, issues, and concerns informing practice in the field; and their own practice in light of these reviews. It is intended…

Part of an eight-module, graduate level, competency-based curriculum to prepare specialists in vocational education curriculum development, this module provides information, activities, and experienced designed to develop expertise in writing goal statements, performance and instructional objectives, and in developing instructional plans. Preceded…

Part of an eight-module, graduate level, competency-based curriculum to prepare specialists in vocational education curriculum, this module provides information and experiences to enable the curriculum specialist to coordinate evaluation in the development and implementation of vocational curriculums. The module is divided into two parts. Part 1…

Part of an eight-module, graduate level, competency-based curriculum to prepare specialists in vocational education curriculum, this module provides information, activities, and experiences to enable the learner to select, design, produce, and disseminate instructional materials. The strategy used takes the learner in a sequence of five…

Part of an eight-module, graduate level, competency-based curriculum to prepare specialists in vocational education curriculum, this module provides descriptions and activities associated with different instructional approaches. The learning activities are designed to take the learner from comprehension through demonstration of 10 teaching…

Part of an eight-module, graduate level, competency-based curriculum to prepare specialists in vocational education curriculum, this module provides information, activities, and experiences to develop the abilities needed to plan and enact curriculum change. The module emphasizes change--the nature of changes in vocational education, the process…

Part of an eight-module, graduate level, competency-based curriculum to prepare specialists in vocational education curriculum, this module provides information and experiences to enable the curriculum specialist to organize and operate a staff development program to improve vocational educators' ability to develop and use curriculum plans and…

The report describes a model competency-based, graduate level, administrator education project designed to produce career education leaders at all educational levels whose expertise is based on competencies earned rather than on hours spent in a classroom. The first chapter of the report identifies four means of securing competency (prior…

Part of an eight-module, graduate level, competency-based curriculum to prepare specialists in vocational education curriculum, this module provides information, activities, and experiences to assist in planning and implementing an assessment of curriculum development needs as the initial step in vocational program planning. Pretest, posttest, and…

These resource materials are designed to help instructors prepare their business students to work with older employees. The materials can be used in undergraduate and graduate courses in management, organizational behavior, human resource management, business policy, and business and society. The materials include lecture guides, discussion…