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Letshwene, Mantekana J.; du Plessis, Elize C. – South African Journal of Education, 2021
South African schools have experienced several curriculum changes over the past few years. In this article we report on the findings regarding the challenges experienced by heads of department (HODs) with the implementation of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) in accounting. A qualitative approach, modelled on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Implementation, Educational Policy, Accounting
OECD Publishing, 2024
This report analyses twelve quality assurance systems that cover non-formal adult learning to identify the quality areas and criteria typically included in these systems, as well as the evidence that training providers can submit to prove compliance with them. The different quality areas, criteria and indicators are analysed and structured in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Quality Assurance, Nonformal Education, Foreign Countries
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Fried, Leanne; Konza, Deslea; Mulcahy, Peter – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2012
In many schools in Australia students often begin their primary years with limited preparation for reading. "All hands on deck" are required to ensure the best possible student success rate for learning to read. In this project, Education Assistants, often under-utilised in schools, were used to implement a reading intervention to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Early Reading, Reading Programs, Outcomes of Education
Bentley, Danielle C. – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2014
This paper describes the inaugural success of implementing Inquiry Guided Learning Projects within a college-level human anatomy and physiology course. In this context, scientific inquiry was used as a means of developing skills required for critical thinking among students. The projects were loosely designed using the Information Search Process…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Inquiry, Curriculum Implementation
Hyland, Aine, Ed. – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2011
The "Multiple Intelligences, Curriculum and Assessment Project" at University College Cork was a collaborative project carried out between 1995 and 1999. The key research question focused on whether Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences could be applied to, and enhance, aspects of curriculum and assessment at primary and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Action Research, Foreign Countries, Multiple Intelligences
Bates, Heidi; Eccles, Karena – Alberta Education, 2008
Alberta Education is currently considering options for enhancing health and learning outcomes of students and is exploring opportunities to develop new wellness-related curriculum. This literature review is a component of this exploratory process that will inform curriculum development and was undertaken to: (1) provide a comprehensive review of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Health Promotion, Elementary Secondary Education, Definitions
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Begum, Mariam; Farooqui, Sabrin – International Education Studies, 2008
In Bangladesh, the system of assessment has always been guided by curriculum though the system only covered learners' ability of memorization and comprehension skills. Other categories of skills in the knowledge like application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation are hardly included in the assessment. Besides, some of the essential qualities such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Educational Change
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Attaochu, Egbita Ugbalu – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2013
This study was carried out to ascertain the quality assurance of teachers (lecturers) in the implementation of the curriculum of Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) in Colleges of Education (Technical) in North Central Nigeria. Two research questions were formulated and answered in this study. Survey research and evaluation designs were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Teacher Effectiveness, Curriculum Implementation
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Lindblom-Ylanne, Sari; Hamalainen, Kauko – International Journal for Academic Development, 2004
In Finland, as in other European countries, the Bologna Declaration is having a profound impact on the structure of degrees, and consequently on teaching and learning. Until now, most graduates in Finland completed a Master's without having to take a Bachelor's degree first. The Ministry of Education has set a high objective for the reform of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Regional Planning
Vassiliou, Corina – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new music education program in Cyprus. The program which was created by the author of this study, combined early childhood music education and children's literature. Nine lessons were created which included three original children stories and six songs. Five primary music teachers implemented the whole…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change
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Marsh, Scott – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2015
The capacity for schools to improve student learning represents an important area of scholarship for policymakers, schools, and scholars. In understanding how to support student learning, the notion of school leadership has emerged as a key area of research interest. Understanding the influence of this literature in schools is important. As such,…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Educational Improvement, Program Improvement, Mixed Methods Research
Bathurst, Effie G.; Franseth, Jane – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
This bulletin describes practices in one- and two-teacher schools that are helping rural boys and girls get a good education. It contains suggestions for improving the programs of schools that do not meet the needs of boys and girls in the country today. In the school year 1947-48, there were approximately 75,000 one-teacher schools and 18,000…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, One Teacher Schools, Public Schools