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Mehisto, Peeter – Online Submission, 2012
This article first describes some general criteria that can be applied to the development of any type of learning materials. Second, the article lists criteria for creating CLIL (content and language integrated learning)-specific learning materials, and provides examples of how to apply each proposed criterion whilst also providing a corresponding…
Descriptors: Criteria, Material Development, Instructional Materials, Educational Principles
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Wallin, Desna L. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2012
The overall mission of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is "Building a Nation of Learners by Advancing America's Community Colleges." A significant component of this mission statement involves the development of leadership. The AACC believes that leadership can be learned and is committed to supporting and growing leaders. In…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Position Papers
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Moraitis, Peter; Carr, Amanda Jane; Daddow, Angela Audrey – International Journal of Training Research, 2012
This paper reports on a collaborative project aimed at addressing the learning challenges faced by non-traditional students at the interface of TAFE and Higher Education. Our pedagogy is informed by engagement with a critique of competency-based education that espouses "bringing knowledge back into" the curriculum (Wheelahan, 2010a) and a critique…
Descriptors: Expertise, Discourse Communities, Vocational Education, Curriculum Design
Watkins, Debbie; Kritsonis, William Allan – Online Submission, 2008
"The fundamental task of any educational institution is to determine the manner of defining and organizing its curriculum. At the outset the obvious fact that there is more to learn, more to teach, and more to put in the curriculum than time available presents the educators with hard choices" (Kritsonis, 2007, p. v.) Therefore it is imperative…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Development, Postmodernism, Integrated Curriculum
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Kreuger, Elizabeth – Ontario Action Researcher, 2005
In the fall of 2003, the Eastern Townships School Board grades 5 & 6 teachers were faced with implementing a one-to-one laptop initiative, a new provincial curriculum, a balanced literacy framework and a language initiative whereby the students would receive more of their instruction time in a second language. To guard against Initiative…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Consultation Programs, Integrated Curriculum, Curriculum Design
Copeland, Leon L., Sr.; Gray, Robert C. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2002
Through the competitive proposal process, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) received a three-year Teacher Enhancement Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in March 1998. The Maryland State Department of Education provided additional funds for the grant. The purpose of the grant was to administer the Technology Education…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Professional Training, Technological Literacy, Grants