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Biology in Context: Teachers' Professional Development in Learning Communities
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Elster, Doris – Journal of Biological Education, 2009
Biology in Context ("bik") is a project that aims to improve biology teaching in lower secondary schools in Germany. Based on a theoretical framework derived from the National Educational Standards, four competence areas should be fostered in biology education: subject knowledge; inquiry acquisition; subject-related communication; and…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Interviews, Biology, Foreign Countries
Accountability through Curriculum.
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Harbeck, Mary Blatt – Science and Children, 1978
Reports on the District of Columbia school system's competency-based curriculum plan for education accountability. (BB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Evaluation
A Competency-Based Science Education Program for Third Through Sixth Grade Level Elementary Teachers Utilizing Training Modules with SCIS Environmental Education Materials in an Urban University-School Cooperative Field Project: A Final Report.
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Freedman, Allan, Ed.; Maben, Jerrold William, Ed. – 1973
This paper incorporates the work of several authors and presents a project focused on the competency training of teachers in environmental education. Draft competency lists included: (1) scientific knowledge for elementary school teachers; (2) processes in science for the elementary school teacher; and (3) teaching science to elementary school age…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Environmental Education