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Condino-Grupp, Loretta A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation reports case studies from in-depth phenomenological interviewing of six individual female university students. The purpose of this dissertation was to describe the influence that literature experiences have had on the identity formation of said participant informants through recursive analysis of their interviews, observing how…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Interviews, Universities
Salinas, Alejandra – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this meta-analysis was to better understand the relationship between the substantive-content focus of professional development for inservice teachers of mathematics and their students' achievement. That professional development for teachers enhances student achievement has been well established by recent studies; however, those…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Mathematics Teachers, Professional Development
McGill, Monica M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Digital games are marketed, mass-produced, and consumed by an increasing number of people and the game industry is only expected to grow. In response, post-secondary institutions in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) have started to create game degree programs. Though curriculum theorists provide insight into the process of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, College Programs, Computer Games
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Chhokar, Kiran Banga – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze and profile significant national developments in higher education for sustainable development in India and to compare different educational approaches emerging in connection with education for sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach: This is an evaluative review of contrasting…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Environmental Education, Student Interests
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Waghid, Y. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2010
In a recent essay entitled "Ex and the City": on cosmopolitanism, community and the "curriculum of refuge", Molly Quinn (2010) introduces her readers to a poetic exploration of cosmopolitanism and curriculum change. She begins and inconclusively ends her essay with poetic language and affirmation of cosmopolitan justice through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Moral Values, Ethical Instruction
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Marbach-Ad, Gili; McAdams, Katherine C.; Benson, Spencer; Briken, Volker; Cathcart, Laura; Chase, Michael; El-Sayed, Najib M.; Frauwirth, Kenneth; Fredericksen, Brenda; Joseph, Sam W.; Lee, Vincent; McIver, Kevin S.; Mosser, David; Quimby, B. Booth; Shields, Patricia; Song, Wenxia; Stein, Daniel C.; Stewart, Richard; Thompson, Katerina V.; Smith, Ann C. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
This essay describes how the use of a concept inventory has enhanced professional development and curriculum reform efforts of a faculty teaching community. The Host Pathogen Interactions (HPI) teaching team is composed of research and teaching faculty with expertise in HPI who share the goal of improving the learning experience of students in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Microbiology, Educational Change, Learning Experience
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Maistry, Suriamurthee – Perspectives in Education, 2010
Continuing professional development (CPD) initiatives for teachers in South Africa take on various forms, ranging from formalised, structured, credit-bearing certification programmes to informal, relatively unstructured, situated learning programmes. While many formal programmes can claim success by measuring throughput rates, there is still much…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Ethnography, Biographies, Foreign Countries
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Williams, P. John – Journal of Technology Studies, 2010
Recent curriculum changes in the educational system of Australia have resulted in allowing optional Engineering course work to count for university entrance for students choosing to apply to a university. In other educational systems, Engineering is playing an increasingly important role, either as a stand-alone subject or as part of an integrated…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Engineering, Foreign Countries, Technology Education
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Ashman, Di – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2010
In 2010, St. Leonards Primary School in Tasmania, along with other selected schools throughout Australia, trialled the draft Australian Curriculum: Mathematics. Mathematics had been a whole school focus at St. Leonards Primary School for several years, and the school found that the opportunity to be part of the trial strongly connected with their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics
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Stefanidis, Angelos; Fitzgerald, Guy – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2010
Information Systems (IS) undergraduate student numbers in the UK have reduced by half in the last five years. An increasing number of researchers have been pondering the possible relationship between the modernity of IS curricula and its attractiveness to potential students. To support the debate about IS curricula in the UK and elsewhere, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Students, Information Systems
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Burstein, Joyce H.; Knotts, Greg – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2010
Integrating the visual and performing arts is one clear and concrete strategy to engage students in learning social studies content and concepts while making them interactive and relevant to their daily lives. In this article, the authors offer a rationale for teaching integrated arts with social studies, provide a framework for planning, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Visual Arts, Social Studies, Teaching Methods
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Charlson, Julie; Vouchilas, Gus – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2010
Accreditation for Family and Consumer Sciences and for Interior Design programs includes standards to globalize education of undergraduate students. An integrative approach to planning curriculum relates the concept of global interdependence to the development of critical thinking skills for student decision-making. This was addressed in modifying…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Interior Design, Consumer Science, Cultural Pluralism
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Ovens, Alan – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2010
The launch of New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007) brings into question the future of the reforms introduced in the 1999 curriculum, Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand National Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 1999). The aim of this paper is to critique recent physical education curriculum policy in New Zealand and…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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Keith, Bruce – Liberal Education, 2010
Think of the United States Military Academy and the typical images are of duty, character, leadership, and possibly even regimented conformity. Intellectual liberation, integrative innovation, and holistic development--hallmarks of a liberal education--are not always associated with the public's perception of the West Point experience. Yet,…
Descriptors: General Education, Transformative Learning, Innovation, Liberal Arts
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Aqlan, Faisal; Al-Araidah, Omar; Al-Hawari, Tarek – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2010
This paper provides a study of the quality assurance and accreditation in the Jordanian higher education sector and focuses mainly on engineering education. It presents engineering education, accreditation and quality assurance in Jordan and considers the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) for a case study. The study highlights the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Engineering Education, Educational Quality, Quality Control
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