In this article, we illustrate how ideas and practices of mindfulness can be integrated into management education, drawing from our work on postgraduate programs run with working managers. Our purpose is particularly to show how mindfulness can be introduced into the curriculum in a way that is acceptable for participants and clients, and brings…

After decades of conflict with Indonesia, Timor-Leste is gradually rebuilding its education infrastructure and reclaiming its identity as an independent country. In the first decade post-independence the education sector faced many challenges, including a lack of school buildings and resources, the need to replenish and upskill the Timorese…

In 2014, the Faculty of Management and Economics at Witten/Herdecke University introduced its first international programme, the MA PPE, which served as a test case within the overall internationalisation strategy. Despite the challenges detailed in this paper the overall implementation deemed successful. The university derived many valuable…

As they prepared for the 2016-2017 school year, administrators and teachers at Design Tech High School ("d.tech"), a public charter school in Northern California, decided they needed a deeper understanding of how students learn. According to Nicole Cerra, Director of Learning, "Obviously you need to get to know students…

This study investigated leadership supports provided by an elementary principal of 15 years in a high performing diverse school. Employing document analysis and interviews, the researcher gathered and analyzed data in an effort to identify those leadership strategies that could be replicated at other school sites. The study identified the…

This international research considered two key questions: (1) What self-scrutiny, strategies, planning and processes do universities with a successfully reformed curriculum undertake?; and (2) How do these universities measure and evaluate the impact of whole curriculum reform in relation to learning and teaching and the student experience?…

This report summarizes how school and district leaders and academic coaches in two Texas school districts used assessment and other types of data to assess the quality of teaching and learning, to coach and supervise teachers, and to guide management decisions. The report also describes how district and school leaders supported teachers' use of…

The purpose of this paper is the exploration of various issues surrounding the ongoing development of the drama/performing arts program at Harris County High School in Hamilton, Georgia. Eventually, the information collected will be assimilated into a dissertation at Auburn University. For this segment of the study, a literature review was…

An elementary school located in a predominantly black neighborhood on the south side of Chicago decided it was time to restructure the curriculum (scores lagged behind the national average and interest in reading and writing had waned). The principal, parents, and teachers were given extra encouragement to use the process of team building, shared…

A study was undertaken in 1981-83 to document the nature and extent of international studies and global awareness programs in elementary and secondary schools in the United States. The study involved a national survey of 1,300 principals in which the administrators were asked to identify the most pressing needs and obstacles to program…

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the criteria used in the content selection of industrial arts courses for mentally retarded students, and develop a guide to assist industrial arts teachers in the formulation or expansion of such programs. Questionnaires were sent to directors, supervisors, and teachers of industrial arts and special…

The intention of a project was (1) to encourage college and university deans and heads of performing arts departments to hold an Arts and Entertainment Career Seminar on their own compus for faculty and performing arts majors and (2) to provide these institutions with written and visual materials for such a seminar. Two conferences were held, one…

This report provides a detailed description and analysis of the ESEA Title 5 Regional Curriculum Project undertaken by Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The ultimate purpose of the project was to find ways of strengthening the instructional leadership roles of the six participating State departments of…

The report evaluates activities of 11 aesthetic education learning centers (AELCs) to promote teacher education and curriculum development in aesthetic education for elementary schools. The AELC's are defined as learning laboratories which work with school districts to bring students and teachers together with resources and people in the arts…

This volume, the fourth of a five-volume series, contains three onsite case studies of organization development (OD) selected from a sample of 76 school districts. The purpose of the case studies was to analyze in detail different types of OD programs and their use. Each case study represents a different OD focus: case study A involves a survey…