The authors investigated he National Educational Research and Priorities Board' s (1999, 2000) claim that evidence-based research often lacks relevance for practitioners by investigating the relevance among the Professors' of Curriculum (POC) publications between 1997 and 2003. Findings showed that forty-four (13%) were data-driven and relevant to…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent and type of extra-curricular ESD-related practice in UK universities and to record opinions about the utility of such work. Design/methodology/approach: A postal questionnaire survey of all UK universities was undertaken in 2006. Over half (51 percent) of the UK's 140 universities with…

In 2011, the chief executives of the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges & Universities systems will leave their positions, along with the governor of the state. The state will continue to face fiscal challenges, and the campuses will have to figure out how to do more with less. As "Tribune" columnist Lori Sturdevant…

This bulletin provides updated information on the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP), a taxonomy for instructional programs at all levels developed by the U.S. Department of Education's Center for Education Statistics (CES) in 1979-80. The result of the contributions of state, federal, institutional, and association representatives and…

This paper presents results from an interview investigation with teachers in Swedish nurse education especially interested in internationalising the education. The aim has been to study teachers' understandings and experiences of internationalisation against the backdrop of the strong concern for internationalisation expressed in policy documents.…

The gulf between educational leadership theory and contemporary curriculum scholarship is becoming increasingly problematic now that principals have been legally mandated to add curriculum monitoring to their duties as instructional leaders. Lacking familiarity with curriculum theory and practice, many overburdened administrators are turning to…

The Chinese economy is now a major driver of growth in the world economy. As a consequence, significant reforms were introduced which impacted on its educational systems. China is facing unprecedented pressure to produce skilled individuals to meet the demands of this rapid growth. China is in the unique position of operating in a dual system,…

This paper offers alternatives to curriculum research. It examines Bruner and Schwab's transformation since their espousal of the structure of the discipline-based inquiry in curriculum, Beitell and Eisner's call for going to the roots of curriculum thought, and the reconceptualists' urgings to recognize the need to consider the deep level…

A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY WAS MADE OF CURRENT GUIDANCE PROCESSES IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND OF THE INTERRELATION OF PRACTICES, NEEDS, AND IMPROVEMENTS. EXPLORATION INTO THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS AND ASPECTS OF VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, THEIR GUIDANCE TECHNIQUES, STUDENT PREPARATION, STUDENT SELECTION, AND CURRICULUM WERE STUDIED IN RELATION TO DIFFERENT DEGREES…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO OBTAIN AND ESTABLISH CURRICULAR COMPONENTS FROM TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND TO PROJECT THE RESEARCH INTO AN OUTLINE OF ORGANIZED SUBJECT MATTER. THE STUDY IS LIMITED TO AN INVESTIGATION OF SELECTED SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL ELEMENTS OF CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE RECORDED AS RESOURCE REFERENCES. THE DATA WERE…

This study attempted to discover how well practitioners and specialists feel the community college is providing life-science education for all of its constituency. It compared opinions of 218 administrators and instructors of public and private junior and senior colleges concerning what they thought should be taught. The information was taken from…

Five published articles by Elliot Eisner, director of a curriculum development project in the visual arts for elementary school pupils, were examined to determine the comparable applicability of expressed educational objectives. Ninety-nine goal statements were differentiated into five categories: (1) AIMS describe a desired final state or…

This feature section presents the writings of seven authors on various subject areas of the business curriculum. (MU)

The writer examines the claims of a more technological approach to everything taught in schools. He has authored a book on technology in education and is the convener of a group on technology. (CK)