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Hedberg, John G.; Chang, Chew-Hung – Educational Media International, 2007
Christensen defined a disruptive innovation or technology as one that eventually takes over the existing dominant technology in the market, despite the fact that the disruptive technology is both radically different to the leading technology and often initially performs worse than the leading technology according to existing measures of…
Descriptors: Innovation, Electronic Libraries, Database Management Systems, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
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Fasoli, Lyn; James, Ranu – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2007
This article identifies problems, issues and insights through critical reflection on the rules, written and unwritten, which encroach on the research process in the "Both Ways" project. The project investigates the development and sustainability of remote Aboriginal children's services in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Geographic Isolation, Child Care Centers
Wong, Pia Lindquist; Murai, Harold; Berta-Avila, Margarita; William-White, Lisa; Baker, Susan; Arellano, Adele; Echandia, Adriana – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2007
The Multilingual/Multicultural Teacher Preparation Center (M/M Center), a teacher preparation program offered by the Bilingual/Multicultural Education Department (BMED) at California State University, Sacramento, is entering its third decade of operation. The M/M Center was established by a group of progressive teacher educators, most with a…
Descriptors: Schools of Education, Teaching (Occupation), Multicultural Education, Multilingualism
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Wright, Vivian H.; Wilson, Elizabeth K. – Education, 2007
The Master Technology Teacher (MTT) initiative at the University of Alabama is a collaborative technology partnership among university secondary education faculty, inservice teachers, and preservice teachers. MTT is designed to provide, to the partners, resources and long term development for enhancement of classroom technology integration and the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education
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Orchard, Linda – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2007
This paper describes a project aimed at helping children and their families achieve their potential. It is based in an area of high social disadvantage. The authors explain how parenting classes held at a community college (a comprehensive school with provision for adult education), have led to the development of a suite of courses leading to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Parenting Skills, Parent Education, Community Education
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Regehr, Cheryl; Stern, Susan; Shlonsky, Aron – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
Although evidence-based practice (EBP) has received increasing attention in social work in the past few years, there has been limited success in moving from academic discussion to engaging social workers in the process of implementing EBP in practice. This article describes the challenges, successes, and future aims in the process of developing a…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Social Work, Theory Practice Relationship, Research and Development Centers
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Paliwoda, Stanley J.; Librowicz, Michel – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2007
The challenges of administering an overseas management education project over a sixteen year period are recounted. When the host country is a former communist state and now a full member of the EU, the challenges are ever present from all who may be regarded as stakeholders. Federal Canadian funding enabled the creation of a local infrastructure,…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Business Administration Education, Administrator Education, Libraries
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Perin, Dolores; Greenberg, Daphne – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2007
There is a growing emphasis in adult basic education on research-based reading instruction. Using Kruidenier's (2002) framework of principles and trends, we describe research-based techniques found during a visit to an adult basic education program. We also describe how the program moved to research-based instruction, and the factors that seem…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Program Development, Reading Instruction, Professional Development
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Walsh, Thomas – Irish Educational Studies, 2007
The focus of this article is the Revised Programme of Instruction (1900), which was devised in the final years of the nineteenth century and implemented in Irish national schools between 1900 and 1922. It begins by analysing the societal and educational context for the Revised Programme. Second, the work of the Commission on Manual and Practical…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Development, Intellectual History, Instructional Development
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Madda, Christina L.; Halverson, Richard R.; Gomez, Louis M. – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background/Context: School districts are responsible for helping schools improve learning for students. However, many district initiatives conflict with each other or with existing instructional practices in schools. Recent research on urban school reform points to the value of program coherence in sustaining school change. Our paper addresses an…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Restructuring, Educational Change, Alignment (Education)
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Olafson, Lori; Giorgis, Cyndi; Quinn, Linda F.; Falba, Christy – Studying Teacher Education, 2007
This paper describes a university-school collaboration that resulted in the creation and implementation of a field-based teacher education program. Key features of this program included immersion in the field, integrated curriculum, supported reflection, and technology integration. After describing the development and implementation of the…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Teacher Education Programs, Technology Integration, Field Experience Programs
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Ling, Bin; Allison, Colin; Nicholl, James Ross; Moodley, Luke; Roberts, Dave – International Journal on E-Learning, 2007
Disabled students require full access to the higher education curriculum without suffering from discrimination due to their disability. This is a simple ethic of civilised societies, but is also increasingly becoming a legal imperative. In a relatively small number of cases access may mean accommodating manifest physical impairments such as those…
Descriptors: Institutional Environment, Information Transfer, Disabilities, Special Needs Students
US Environmental Protection Agency, 2008
Outdated, unknown, or unneeded amounts of dangerous or inappropriate chemicals are often found in K-12 schools across the nation, potentially putting students and staff at risk. Because of the nature of some of the chemicals, even small amounts may present a risk. Thus, dangerous chemicals represent one of the critical environmental health and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Workbooks, School Safety, School Buildings
Bartik, Timothy J. – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2008
This paper examines the effects of preschool expansion in Kalamazoo County on the county's economic development. Effects on the county's economic development are defined as effects on the employment and earnings of county residents. The estimated effects are found to be large relative to the costs. In addition to their relevance to Kalamazoo…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Preschool Education, Metropolitan Areas, Counties
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2008
In recent years, growing knowledge of the critical importance of early childhood development for lifelong learning and growth had led to increased calls for the professionalism of early childhood educators, including higher standards for their training and education. As part of this attention to professional development, many states are…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Cultural Pluralism
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