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A Typology of English-Medium Instruction
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Richards, Jack C.; Pun, Jack – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
The use of English to teach content subjects has been a growing trend in many parts of the world. It is labelled in a variety of ways, such as content-based learning, content and language integrated learning, immersion education, theme-based language teaching, and bilingual education, but it is referred to in this paper as English-medium…
Descriptors: Classification, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
What Is a Culture of Evidence? How Do You Get One? And... Should You Want One?
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Peck, Charles A.; McDonald, Morva A. – Teachers College Record, 2014
Background/Context: Contemporary state and national policy rhetoric reflects increased press for "evidence-based" decision making within programs of teacher education, including admonitions that programs develop a "culture of evidence" in making decisions regarding policy and practice. Recent case study reports suggest that…
Descriptors: Evidence, Decision Making, Teacher Education, Case Studies
Evaluation of CPD Programmes: Challenges and Implications for Leader and Leadership Development
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Nicolaidou, Maria; Petridou, Alexandra – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2011
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programmes and especially coherent leader and leadership development programmes and policies have been at the centre of educational planning worldwide. The benefits for schools, staff, and pupils arising from professional development activities have been well researched into and elaborated on extensively.…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Professional Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation
Implementing a National Qualifications Framework in Lithuania
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Tutlys, Vidmantas; Spudyte, Irma – Journal of Education and Work, 2011
The design of the national qualifications framework (NQF) in Lithuania started in 2006. The NQF was officially approved by the government decree in May 2010. This article explores the influence of the processes of institutional change on the reform of the national system of qualifications in Lithuania through the implementation of the NQF, looking…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Qualifications
Issues in Supporting the Teaching of Reading in English as a Second Language to Arabic-Speaking Children
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Wyatt, Mark – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2012
In this paper, I argue that in-service language-teacher education programs should consider all elements of the linguistic, geographical and cultural context of the teachers the course is designed for, and respond to this context in a constructivist way in program design and implementation. Using qualitative case-study data, I focused on the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Immersion Education: Practices, Policies, Possibilities. Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
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Tedick, Diane J.; Christian, Donna; Fortune, Tara Williams – Multilingual Matters, 2011
This volume builds on Fortune and Tedick's 2008 Pathways to Multilingualism: Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education and showcases the practice and promise of immersion education through in-depth investigations of program design, implementation practices, and policies in one-way, two-way and indigenous programs. Contributors present new…
Descriptors: Program Design, Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education, Program Implementation