Purpose: The authors designed a science and engineering curricular program that includes design features that promote student interest and motivation and examined teachers' and students' views on meaningfulness, motivation and interest. Design/methodology/approach: The research approach consisted of mixed methods, including content analyses and…

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is an initiative of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ESD contributes to a sustainable community by teaching students about their personal impact on their community to help them make resourceful decisions. The researchers are interested in principals' role when implementing ESD…

As life expectancy in the United States continues to increase, there is a need to enhance interest and competency in working with older adults. There have been efforts to do so in recent years, but research indicates that there are barriers, such as lack of awareness and negative perceptions of aging. This qualitative study examines the…

Children bring a variety of cultural, linguistic, and social backgrounds into the preschool classroom. When teachers consider these backgrounds, they are better able to create environments that reflect children's cultures and to design learning experiences that build on children's prior experiences. This qualitative study examined how children's…

Medical education reform is underway, but the optimal course for change has yet to be seen. While planning for the redesign of a renal physiology course at the Duke School of Medicine, the authors used a Q-sort survey to assess students' attitudes and learning preferences to inform curricular change. The authors invited first-year medical students…

This document reports on a physical education teacher's attempts to design a physical education curriculum that would meet the needs and interests of students who were no longer required to take physical education due to changed graduation requirements. The report's first section provides an introductory overview of the problem and the teacher's…

Presents a New England History Teachers Association survey and its results. Includes questions on curriculum, classroom materials, students, and general opinions. Concludes that teachers favor increasing history requirements to include U.S., European, and non-Western or global studies. Reports that teachers rely on locally developed activities…