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Schirr, Gary R. – Marketing Education Review, 2013
This paper shows the value of an online personal learning network or community in educational innovation. It shows how theories and best practices from service and product innovation, as well the theories of learning communities, were applied using social media to facilitate the grant proposal and course development processes for a new course in…
Descriptors: Marketing, Business Administration Education, Social Networks, Internet
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Kruger, Darrell P.; Gandy, S. Kay; Bechard, Amber; Brown, Randy; Williams, Diane – Journal of Geography, 2009
The authors share a successful Fulbright Group Projects Abroad grant award. The purpose of the grant was to enhance American educators' experience and knowledge of South Africa, in particular, and sub-Saharan Africa more generally. Toward that end, participants experienced a multifaceted view of South Africa's geographical diversity, both physical…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Grants, United States History, International Education
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Merrill, Mary Lou – Music Educators Journal, 1976
The United States Office of Education, in cooperation with the Alliance for Arts Education of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, is administering a program of grants and contracts to encourage and assist the establishment of arts education programs. Guidelines for qualifying for a grant or contact are provided. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Finance, Federal Government, Fine Arts
Hylton, Yvonne – 1981
This booklet describes the mini-awards programs that are provided by teacher centers as an alternative form of inservice teacher education. Mini-awards (or mini-grants) are monetary incentives given to an individual teacher or to a group of teachers to encourage curriculum and staff development and to address the professional needs of teachers.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Grants, Independent Study
National Council for History Education, Inc., Westlake, OH. – 1993
This document consists of the proceedings of a conference that reflected the vision of history held by the Bradley Commission. The theme of the conference was the nature of the history curriculum. The presenters at the conference focused on the impact that the report of the Bradley Commission has had during the previous five years. The document…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Archaeology, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Schubert, William H.; Weible, David M. – 1979
The ways in which a sample of faculty members from the University of Illinois at Chicago create curricula is described and compared with methods selected from the curriculum development literature. An overview is presented of the university's Curriculum Development Grants (CDG) Committee program, its historical development, and several domains of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Committees, Comparative Analysis, Conference Reports
Cronin, Michael; Glenn, Phillip – 1990
This paper describes the Oral Communication Program (OCP) developed at Radford University (Virginia) and discusses key components for a proposal to acquire funding from public or private granting agencies. Analogous to the writing-across-the-curriculum movement, the OCP encourages faculty in all academic areas to incorporate oral communication…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Programs, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development
Electronic Learning, 1989
Discusses the role of technology in education and presents 10 case studies of schools that have implemented technological solutions to curriculum objectives in kindergarten through eighth grade classrooms. Highlights include the role of the teacher; writing grant proposals; integrated learning systems; inservice training; curriculum models; local…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Mohrman, Kathryn; And Others – 1977
Presented are some basic facts about the process of getting federal money for individual research projects, institutional activities, curriculum development, or other programs in higher education institutions. Some background is given on the purposes and history of federal grant monies, and steps in the proposal process are outlined: gathering…
Descriptors: Awards, Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Federal Aid
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Trust, Jerry – Science Teacher, 1991
Describes the four major phases of a science project to create a school-site native plant habitat: (1) planning the habitat area; (2) constructing the habitat; (3) writing the related curriculum; and (4) providing inservice programs to other interested science teachers. (MDH)
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum Development, Ecology, Environmental Education
Boudreaux, Julianna L.; Dolese, Constance C. – 1981
The activities of the Secondary Curriculum Improvement Program (SCIP) of the New Orleans Public Schools from August 1977 to January 1981 are described in this report. Part 1 presents the organization process of the program, including the development of goals and objectives for the program, the organizational structure of the SCIP Centralized…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Minnesota State Council on Vocational Technical Education, St. Paul. – 1993
These two reports summarize the Minnesota State Council on Vocational Technical Education's (SCVTE) activities for the 2-year periods ending on June 30, 1991, and June 30, 1993, respectively. Summarized in the report for the period ending June 30, 1991, are the SCTVE's activities with regard to the following projects: disabilities, funding…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Apprenticeships, Career Development, Cooperative Planning
Bernstein, Alison; And Others – 1980
Trends in projects to improve women's education submitted to and supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (Fund) from 1976-78 are analyzed, and comparisons with experiences by the Fund from 1973-75 are made. The majority of Fund grants remain geared to serving adult women students, enhancing the career aspirations of…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Career Planning, College Curriculum, College Students