This article investigates if WebQuests have been an effective instructional tool for teaching Social Sciences subjects. In order to obtain an answer to this question, a review of scholarly literature from 1995 to the present has been undertaken and action research in 8th grade U.S. history course was conducted. The literature investigation has…

This report presents the results of a pilot survey on aid effectiveness indicators in the education sector carried out by the Education for All--Fast Track Initiative (EFA-FTI) Secretariat. The covers 10 FTI-endorsed countries: Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and Rwanda. All…

This article examines variations in beliefs and practices between British English language teaching (ELT) specialists and their Chinese colleagues in a cross-cultural educational development project which used interviews and a questionnaire survey to gather the perceptions and retrospective experiences of Chinese tertiary teachers and expatriate…

The American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC) Plus 50 Initiative is a three-year initiative launched in June 2008 and funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. It was created to support a pilot group of two-year institutions to develop or expand campus programs that engage plus 50 learners. The initiative focuses on three types of…

This directory contains information gathered by a 1987 survey by the Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast and the Islands of educational resource organizations located within its region, i.e., Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the Virgin Islands. Included…

Redefining the objectives of preschool education for French-speaking Switzerland is an undertaking involving coordination among the nation's cantons (districts) and requiring the greatest care. The challenge is to formulate aims--and more generally to propose a coherent image--for preschool education beyond the sensibilities and the traditions of…

Background: In this article, we are going to present some details about the educational reform at the level of higher education (i.e. University level) taking the case of the University of Abderrahmane Mira, Bejaia. After a year of its application, we aim at mapping out the problems we have met during the last academic year and trying to find out…

This directory presents information on the 1994 census of educational research and development and service improvement organizations in the Mid-Atlantic region (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania). The introduction describes the survey methodology and provides an overview of the research and development…

To discover how courses are planned and taught, faculty and their students at three community colleges, two liberal arts colleges, two comprehensive universities, and one doctoral university were interviewed with a protocol based on current theories of course design. Their candid responses indicate that academic content, materials, student…

Interest has been expressed by many educators in the programs of higher education which are below the level of the bachelor's degree and which provide some form of official recognition for the students who complete them. This publication describes the general characteristics of such programs and the extent to which they are offered by institutions…

Prior to a UNESCO International Congress on the planning and management of educational development, a survey on educational planning and management in the world was undertaken. The survey questionnaire was sent to all members states of UNESCO, and, at the time of the conference, 50 countries had replied. This document provides a descriptive…

A feasibility study was conducted to assess the level of interest by the Developer/Demonstrator (D/D) programs of the federally-supported National Diffusion Network in collaborating with Cleveland State University's College of Education in a program of professional development for educators in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Of the 100 D/D project…

This study was commissioned by the Commonwealth of Virginia to assess the status of technology availability and usage in public schools in the Commonwealth. The study used the Milken Exchange's "Seven Dimensions for Gauging Progress with Learning Technology" as a framework. The first dimension focuses on new opportunities and benefits…