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Teachers' Perceptions of Personalised Learning
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Courcier, Ikumi – Evaluation and Research in Education, 2007
This paper explores personalised learning, which is a "new" teaching and learning style in the Five Year Strategy for Children and Learners launched by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) for England in 2004. The research was based on semi-structured interviews with 13 teachers mainly in charge of Key Stage 3 at two 11-18…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education
Can Public Education Survive?
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Brown, Raloy E. – National Elementary Principal, 1972
Descriptors: Class Organization, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Dropout Factors in the Process of Influencing Classroom Change Through Teacher Education.
Holt, Ladd; Uhlenberg, Don – 1978
New and innovative approaches to teaching in elementary schools are often advocated by university teacher education programs but fail to reach the actual classroom. This phenomenon was explored by interviewing graduates from the University of Utah elementary education program. These teachers were required to take two courses designed to prepare…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Class Organization, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers
Role of Supervisor and Curriculum Director in a Climate of Change. 1965 Yearbook.
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Leeper, Robert R., Ed. – 1965
Chapter 1 of this yearbook describes the current educational milieu, discusses recent educational changes and implications for educational change, and notes both problems which have hindered progress and possible solutions. Chapter 2 indicates that more than scholarship in a subject is needed in teaching, and suggests possible classroom…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection, Class Organization
"Back to Basics Mania"--Is It Hurting Our Schools?
Kaufhold, Jack
An examination of any school curriculum would reveal the existence of "basic" subjects such as reading, writing, and computation. Therefore a "return to basics" is not needed but rather a change in methodology in teaching these subjects. The following methodological changes are suggested: (1) Test each child to ascertain the level of achievement…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Curriculum Design
The Copernican Plan: A Concept Paper for Restructuring High Schools.
Carroll, Joseph M. – 1987
The Copernican Plan is a way to organize high schools on the basis of research and experience concerning more effective and efficient instruction. Research indicates that large-block scheduling has proven to be very successful. In the plan, each student will enroll in one class at a time for about 4 hours each day for a period of 30 days. An…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Class Organization, Educational Change
Middle School Research Studies, 1980.
National Middle School Association, Fairborn, OH. – 1980
The 12 papers presented at the Research Symposium of the National Middle School Association's 1980 Annual Conference are reproduced in this document. Topics covered are teachers', principals', and national leaders' perceptions of the middle school; priorities of needs, competencies, and training of middle grade teachers; a case study of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques