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Hyer, Lee; Leventhal, Gerald; Gartenberg, Melissa – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2005
The profession of psychology is responding to this culture's rapidly changing problems related to an aging population. A central theme regarding the training of clinical geropsychologists has been that education should be sequentially organized across levels, from undergraduate, to graduate, internship, postdoctoral, and continuing education for…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Models, Psychologists, Doctoral Programs
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Davis, Claire; Wilcock, Elizabeth – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2005
The use of case studies to teach materials science undergraduates is an exciting and interesting educational approach. As well as helping learners to connect theory and practice, the case method is also useful for creating an active learning environment, developing key skills and catering for a range of different learning styles. This paper…
Descriptors: Metallurgy, Active Learning, Case Studies, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
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Lindblom-Ylanne, Sari; Hamalainen, Kauko – International Journal for Academic Development, 2004
In Finland, as in other European countries, the Bologna Declaration is having a profound impact on the structure of degrees, and consequently on teaching and learning. Until now, most graduates in Finland completed a Master's without having to take a Bachelor's degree first. The Ministry of Education has set a high objective for the reform of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Regional Planning
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Verhesschen, Piet; Verburgh, An – International Journal for Academic Development, 2004
This case study has two storylines. We describe the implementation of the Bachelor-Master's (BaMa) structure at the K.U.Leuven with an emphasis on opportunities for faculty development. We also focus on the meaning of this operation for the Educational Support Office. While the introduction of the BaMa structure at the K.U.Leuven resulted in an…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Case Studies, Curriculum Implementation, Educational Opportunities
Hertberg-Davis, Holly; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Kyburg, Robin M. – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2006
Although limited research exists on the appropriateness of Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) Programs for gifted secondary learners, these courses serve as the primary methods of meeting the needs of gifted students in most high schools. This qualitative study employed a grounded theory approach to investigate how…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Honors Curriculum, High Schools, Advanced Placement
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Schuttloffel, Merylann J.; Thompson, Joan; Pickert, Sarah – Journal of School Public Relations, 2004
This article focuses on a model for incorporating academic service learning into a teacher preparation program intended to enable preservice teachers to develop an understanding of social justice and diversity through school and community relationships. Linked to the theme of knowledge construction, diffusion, and transformation, this article…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Theory Practice Relationship, Service Learning, Reflective Teaching
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Grierson, Arlene L.; Woloshyn, Vera E. – Ontario Action Researcher, 2005
Researchers and educators acknowledge that early reading instruction is of critical importance, with interventions and remedial programming most effective in the primary grades. Integral to this programming are educators' abilities to assess students' reading strengths and needs, with inconsistent and/or inaccurate practices ultimately threatening…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Early Reading, Action Research, Portfolio Assessment
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Chambers, Joan M.; Carbonaro, Mike – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2003
Within a constructivist philosophy of learning, teachers, as students, are introduced to different perspectives of teaching with robotic technology while immersed in what Papert called a "constructionist" environment. Robotics allows students to creatively explore computer programming, mechanical design and construction, problem solving,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Teacher Education Programs, Scientific Concepts, Programming
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Shane, Jordana M. Y. – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2004
Information literacy initiatives provide a vehicle for academic librarians to become agents of positive change. A campus-wide Information Literacy Initiative can improve teaching and learning, and further the mission of the institution. The Instruction Librarian may travel across literal and figurative boundaries. Librarians charged with designing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, Librarians, Partnerships in Education
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Dooley, Kim E.; Lindner, James R.; Telg, Ricky W.; Irani, Tracy; Moore, Lori; Lundy, Lisa – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2007
This study was designed to measure instructional design competencies as a result of participation in a 9-month Web-based training program called "Roadmap to Effective Distance Education Instructional Design." The researchers used a self-assessment pre- and posttest to determine participant initial and final competence in 12 areas: adult…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Instructional Design, Distance Education, Adult Learning
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Isman, Aytekin – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2005
In this article, the author describes a new instructional design model and how it was applied to an educational planning and evaluation graduate class. The model is known as the "Isman model" and is described a five-step systematic planning process: (1) input; (2) process; (3) output; (4) feedback; and (5) learning. This process can be…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Models, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change
Lai, Chih-Chien – Online Submission, 2005
The development of technology education in Taiwan has been in a huge change since the new Grade 1-9 Curriculum was fully and nationwide implemented in the 2004 school year; the two curriculum, Living Technology and Science, have been combined into the new learning areas--named "Science and Technology" for the new Grade 1-9 Curriculum.…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Technology Education
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MacPherson, Lorraine; McDonald, Linda; Drummond, Jane; Kysela, Gerard M.; Watson, Shelley – Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 2005
Teachers and administrators interested in special education topics are seeking educational opportunities for professional development in order to better meet the needs of students, but face obstacles such as time and distance in attending face-to-face instruction. Distance delivery and more specifically offering courses online, is a very viable…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Distance Education, Online Courses, Family Programs
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Zinser, Richard; Poledink, Paul – Journal of Technology Education, 2005
The Ford Motor Company launched a new pre-engineering curriculum for high schools in the Fall of 2004. Building on an earlier manufacturing program, the development process for the Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies took approximately three years. Ford and the course designers wanted the new program to incorporate the best principles and…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Integrated Curriculum, Technology Education, High Schools
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Gioka, Olga – Science Education International, 2007
The major literature review by Black and Wiliam (1998a) provided strong research evidence indicating that assessment for learning can produce significant gains in students' learning. The present study applied the main aspects of assessment for learning, as highlighted in the Black and Wiliam review, in a specific area of science education, that of…
Descriptors: Investigations, Science Education, Graphs, Qualitative Research
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