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Yonezawa, Akiyoshi; Hammond, Christopher D.; Brotherhood, Thomas; Kitamura, Miwako; Kitagawa, Fumi – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2020
This paper examines shifts in the knowledge production policy agenda at Japanese research universities -- a transition from discipline-based academic tradition towards interdisciplinary forms of knowledge production -- through a case study of a leading interdisciplinary research institute. We examine this transition through the case of Tohoku…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Interdisciplinary Approach, Natural Disasters, Research Universities
Levermann, Thomas W. – 1992
This paper, written by an official in the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, describes that status of Environmental Education (EE) in the United States. An introduction presents some background considerations and philosophies in EE. The second section presents emerging trends in science education. Some of these trends are in part drawn from the…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education

Baird, Donald G.; Wilkes, Garth L. – Chemical Engineering Education, 1982
Discusses educational offerings in polymers within the Chemical Engineering Department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, including research programs, undergraduate and graduate courses offered, and sources of support for research projects. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Course Descriptions, Engineering, Engineering Education
Dearing, James W. – Metropolitan Universities, 2006
One of the benefits of an applied research funding program such as those within the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Education and Human Resources is the reading and referencing across fields of study and application of ideas from diverse literatures for common social good such as STEM teaching and learning. This benefit resonates…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Financial Support, Interdisciplinary Approach, Evidence

Gutierrez-Vazquez, J. M. – Environmentalist, 1983
Examines problems of science and technology (S/T) education in Mexico, indicating that a proposed project will create a pilot, experimental center designed to systematically improve the teaching of S/T at all educational levels. Discusses project objectives, financial aspects, and role of environmental education. (JN)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Turner, Jeannine – 1994
The Science Academy of Austin (Texas) was given a 4-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant beginning in 1990-91. This evaluation report covers the third year of implementation. The grant provides a vehicle for linking the public and private sectors in Austin with the school system, providing in-depth partnerships for creating a thinking…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
Hora, Matthew T.; Millar, Susan B. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2009
This qualitative case study reports on processes and outcomes of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded System-Wide Change for All Learners and Educators (SCALE) project at the California State University, Northridge (CSUN). It addresses a critical challenge in studying systemic reform in complex organizations: the lack of methodologies that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Organizational Culture, Organizational Change, Educational Change
Spector, Barbara S., Comp. – 1979
This document is a summary account of the proceedings of the first in a series of informal meetings convened by the Office of Sea Grant (OSG) to further marine education in the United States. The document should assist educators participating in future meetings by making it possible to avoid the necessity to re-define basic concepts and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
QED: Final Report on the NSF Grant to the Science Academy of Austin, 1994. Publication Number 94.04.
Turner, Jeannine – 1996
The Science Academy of Austin, part of the Austin Independent School District (Texas), was given a 4-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant beginning in 1990-91 to link public and private sectors to create a "thinking curriculum." This evaluation report covers the fourth, and last, year of the grant's implementation. The new…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support