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Paul-Binyamin, Ilana; Gindi, Shahar – British Journal of Religious Education, 2017
This study investigated the tension that exists between promoting an educational agenda and practising an educational approach which emphasises autonomy within the framework of religious education. Our main thesis is that every educational deed contains a dialectical tension between endorsing an educational agenda and the promotion of autonomy.…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Educational Change, Personal Autonomy, Foreign Countries
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Chuchalin, Alexander; Malmqvist, Johan; Tayurskaya, Marina – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
The paper presents the approach to complex training of managers and faculty staff for system modernisation of Russian engineering education. As a methodological basis of design and implementation of the faculty development programme, the CDIO (Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate) Approach was chosen due to compliance of its concept to the purposes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Professional Development, Faculty Development
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Wegner, Claas; Janzen, Nadeshda; Zehne, Carolin – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2015
With decreasing numbers of students pursuing a career in science (OECD, 2008), the call for educational reforms building a basis for an interest in science is great. Cooperation between schools and universities are an important aspect of these reforms, as they aim at sparking an interest in science (Robert Bosch Foundation, 2005). The Ministry of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Correlation
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Grunefeld, Hetty; van Tartwijk, Jan; Jongen, Havva; Wubbels, Theo – International Journal for Academic Development, 2015
This article describes and assesses the design and effects of one of the first academic development programmes on Leadership for Educational Change. The participants are senior academics, involved in leadership of teaching and learning. We report on an evaluation using a mixed-method approach employing a self-report questionnaire administered to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Leadership Training, Instructional Development, Instructional Design
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Dongman, Cai; Wenzhong, Zhu – English Language Teaching, 2016
Accommodating to the development of globalization, China witnesses a mounting demand for international business talents who are proficient in both foreign languages and business knowledge and adept at international cooperation and competition in business context. In order to meet this need, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, taking advantage…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Teaching Methods
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Yavuz, Aysun; Zehir Topkaya, Ece – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2013
This study explored the perceptions of teacher educators regarding the changes in the English Language Teacher Education Program introduced by the Turkish Higher Education Council (HEC) in 2006. Employing a qualitative design, open-ended questionnaires were administered to 18 lecturers working at five different state universities. The analysis of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), Program Evaluation
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Wheeling, Barbara M.; Miller, Donald S.; Slocombe, Thomas E. – Journal of Education for Business, 2015
The purpose of this research was to document the extent to which Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)-accredited business schools have implemented strategies to improve students' ability to achieve program learning objectives. Assessment of academic programs is increasingly important at AACSB schools. Compliance with…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Improvement Programs, Academic Ability, Behavioral Objectives
Travis, Michael G. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Children today are born into a world with endless amounts of information at their fingertips, the ability to instantly connect with others, and smartphones with an app for virtually everything. It is a world that is vastly different than that of their parents or grandparents. As these students sit in classrooms all over the world, their teachers…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Educational Change, Instruction, High Schools
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Susinos, Teresa; Haya, Ignacio – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2014
This article describes a case study that is part of a broader research project in which schools set up processes of school improvement inspired by the proposals put forward by students. The project furthers the initiatives of the student voice movement and seeks to implement more participative pedagogical models. This as a whole represents a novel…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Participation
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Karagiorgi, Yiasemina; Nicolaidou, Maria; Yiasemis, Christos; Georghiades, Petros – Improving Schools, 2015
This article aims to illustrate a school self-evaluation project implemented in three Cyprus primary schools. The project adopted three theoretical assumptions, namely, an orientation towards school improvement, a participatory school-level approach allowing support from a critical friend and a focus on effective teaching. In line with a…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Groups), Educational Improvement, Effective Schools Research, Data
Davis, John McE. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation investigated the extent to which accreditation-mandated assessment capacity contributes to assessment use in tertiary foreign language (FL) programs. Four research questions were posed to pursue this concern: What is the nature and extent of assessment capacity in college FL programs? Which assessment uses are occurring in…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Governance, College Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning
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Jonsson, Anders; Lundahl, Christian; Holmgren, Anders – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2015
This study reports on a large-scale implementation of Assessment for Learning (AfL) in a Swedish municipality. The implementation was founded on two principles: (1) teaching should be informed by educational research; (2) to be successful teachers' professional development needs to be based in everyday classroom practice. From these principles,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Educational Research, Instructional Innovation
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Stewart, Donald – Health Education, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of an Australian health promoting schools (HPS) project to identify key features of the concept of resilience and how it can be used in a school setting to develop and strengthen protective factors in young people, as a mechanism for improving social functioning and reducing involvement in…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Comprehensive School Health Education, Literature Reviews, Grade 3
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Binterová, Helena; Komínková, Olga – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2013
The main purpose of the work is to present a successful implementation of CLIL method in Mathematics lessons in elementary schools. Nowadays at all types of schools (elementary schools, high schools and universities) all over the world every school subject tends to be taught in a foreign language. In 2003, a document called Action plan for…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Mathematics, Curriculum Implementation
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Cosgrove, Cornelius – College Composition and Communication, 2010
This article argues for and models an approach to writing program assessment that relies on study of the writing practices of program graduates as a way to inform revisions in curriculum and teaching practices. The article also examines how conducting such assessments can help nondisciplinary publics understand the nature of composition …
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, College Graduates, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change
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