Purpose: In the USA, as elsewhere, there is an ongoing need to improve quality in higher education. Quality improvement models from business have not been widely embraced, and many other approaches to accountability seem to induce minimal compliance. This paper aims to contend that learning communities represent a viable alternative in the quest…

Purpose: High order leadership, problem solving skills, and the capacity for innovation in new markets, and technologically complex and multidimensional contexts, are the new set of skills that are most valued by companies and employers alike. Business simulation exercises are one way of enhancing these skills. This article aims to examine the…

This article explores the experiences of 8 Inuit curriculum authors in the Nunavut Territory of Canada during the creation of "Inuuqatigiit: The Curriculum From the Inuit Perspective". The "Inuuqatigiit" authors' story is examined in terms of the group coming together, their work with elders, the educational community's…

This article discusses human capital development through the seven soft skills elements which comprise communication skills, critical thinking and problem solving skills, team work, lifelong learning and information management skills, entrepreneurship skills, ethics, and professional moral and leadership skills. The Ministry of Higher Education,…

Drawing on feminist, poststructural, and critical theories, the purpose of this research was to understand 5th-grade girls' self-identified barriers to physical activity and work with them to find ways of negotiating those barriers in order to increase their physical activity opportunities. We worked with 11 girls in two elementary schools in…

The environmental threats humanity faces have led businesses to increasingly commit to improve their environmental performance and to increasing attempts to address environmental issues in management education. This article presents a matrix of (a) principles that can underlie and (b) attributes that can be generated by environmentally focused…

A discussion of Instructional System Development (ISD) at the Air Force Training Center. ISD is a five-step process for curriculum development which uses the systems approach. The interacting steps answer the questions "What do we teach?""How do we teach it?" and "How do we know it has been taught?" (Author/HB)

Reports on two questionnaires designed to measure the adoption of twelve new science curriculum projects. Points out discrepancies in the results of the surveys in the areas of percentage of adoption, use by teachers with different subject area specializations, and position of the teacher doing the reporting. (GS)

Article illustrated how a common and compelling theme can be developed by a teacher and then introduced into the classroom as a way of integrating the arts, science, reading, and math. (Author/RK)

Seven areas of wood technology illustrates applicable techniques, processes, and products for an industrial arts woodworking curriculum. They are: wood lamination; PEG (polyethylene glycol) diffusion processes; wood flour and/or particle molding; production product of industry; WPC (wood-plastic-composition) process; residential construction; and…

The speech given at the awards ceremony of the Midwest Talent Search Project, addresses gifted and talented students about issues in their education. The speaker urges students to be assertive in fighting curricular inflexibility and to understand the complementary functions of acceleration enrichment. He discusses the benefits of summer courses…

Author visited trial schools to see how materials are being used. (Editor/RK)

A Study of 33 Gregg shorthand and 31 touch shorthand students (equated according to sex, age, and English ACT scores indicated touch shorthand theory and reading is easier for all students to learn and dictation and transcription rates of the two groups are equal. (AG)