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Kidwai, Huma; Chen, Dandan – World Bank, 2016
This report presents the latest analysis of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs and policies that affect young children in the People's Republic of China and poses overall recommendations to move forward. Shanghai, being a model for several developmental issues in China, is used as an example to help elucidate viewpoints whenever…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Government Role, Child Development
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Holaday, Bonnie; Weaver, Kenneth A.; Nilson, Linda B. – College Teaching, 2007
Revisioning graduate professional-development programs is critical to enhancing graduate education. Both graduate students and employers have expressed a desire for an educational experience that better prepares students for their professional roles. This article describes the revisioning of a graduate professional-development program using a…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Professional Development, Teaching Skills
McBeath, Ron J. – 1984
The definition of educational technology has shifted from a focus on the organization and use of hardware and software items as a delivery system to recognizing that the introduction of technology into educational systems demands a systematic approach to enhance learning and human development. In the first definition, curriculum is the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Definitions, Design Requirements, Distance Education
Robbins, W. L. – Canadian Training Methods, 1976
In a recent experience in the Manitoba provincial government, an active, varied, and largely homegrown system-wide "open systems" approach for the design and delivery of staff development and training became operational in only 18 months. The development and implementation of the strategy and some significant results are recounted.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Employees, Individual Development, Open Education