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Kumar, Muthu; Kogut, Galyna – Teacher Development, 2006
Problem-based learning has in recent times aroused keen curiosity due to its pedagogical orientation of facilitating students' active construction of knowledge. As a curriculum model it is designed based upon the solving of either simulated or real-life problems that generally tend to be ill-structured and open-ended. In such a model students are…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Learning Modules
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Hagesaether, Gunhild; Sandsmark, Signe – British Journal of Religious Education, 2006
Christian knowledge used to be taught in the Norwegian state school as a compulsory subject for members of Lutheran churches. In 1997 this was replaced by a subject that is compulsory for all pupils, where both Christianity, other religions and secular world views are taught on an equal basis, although more time should be used on Christianity than…
Descriptors: State Schools, Parent Rights, World Views, Compulsory Education
Ponnamperuma, A. C. W.; Palmer, W. P. – Online Submission, 1987
Papua New Guinea is a young, developing nation, achieving independence in 1975. Industries which can be classified as chemical industries by western standards, are almost non-existent in Papua New Guinea. As yet, most of the raw materials it produces are exported to other countries to be processed or manufactured into useful products. However,…
Descriptors: Mining, Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations
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Vidovich, Lesley; O'Donoghue, Tom – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2004
This article builds on a previous paper published in the "International Journal of Educational Reform" (Vidovich & O'Donoghue, 2002). The stimulus for that article was the observation that while a large corpus of literature has emerged on the implications for government schooling arising out of various forces shaping educational…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
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Cort, Kathryn T.; Das, Jayoti; Synn, Wonhi J. – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2004
The purpose of this study is to present cross-functional international teaching modules. The modules presented in this paper are intended to assist higher education institutions in initiating and implementing the first level of internationalization of the business school curriculum. Although the focus is on achieving a level of global awareness,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Student Attitudes, Global Approach, Learning Experience
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Potgieter, Calvyn – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2004
In this article the impact of technology education, as a new learning area (subject) in the curriculum, on in-service teacher education in South Africa is described in order to ascertain the extent of the impact. The research on which this article is based draws on a variety of experiences and observations in the field at grassroots level (in…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Technology Education
Ahmed, Aijaz; Hafeez, Muhammad Rashid – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2007
The paper addresses a key issue in language planning of the third world countries, specifically Pakistan, a country that remained under the shackles of Colonialism till 1947. But, still the country does not have a clear cut language policy. Being richly multilingual and multicultural, it had to cope with the problem of a second language, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction
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Merchant, Guy – Educational Research, 2010
Background: Although much has been written about the ways in which new technology might transform educational practice, particularly in the area of literacy learning, there is relatively little empirical work that explores the possibilities and problems--or even what such a transformation might look like in the classroom. 3D virtual worlds offer a…
Descriptors: Social Control, Educational Practices, Educational Change, Literacy
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Boote, David N. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
At the heart of many current debates about curriculum and curriculum policy is an inadequately conceptualized and articulated notion of teachers' professional discretion. This paper begins to detail a normative and descriptive theory of the social and individual conditions required for the development of professional discretion. A better…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Evaluative Thinking, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
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Bequette, James W. – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2007
Teaching about Native artworks as part of school arts curriculum can serve to pass on traditional ecological knowledge while also contextualizing colonialism's influence on traditional and contemporary Native arts practices. This article explores how schools can actively engage in community arts partnerships with American Indians who have…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, American Indians, Ecology, Partnerships in Education
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Sandvig, J. Christopher – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2007
The rapid growth of e-business and e-commerce has made server-side programming an increasingly important topic in information systems (IS) and computer science (CS) curricula. This article presents an overview of the major features of several popular server-side programming technologies and discusses the factors that influence the selection of…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Curriculum Implementation
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Berheide, Catherine White – Teaching Sociology, 2005
For over 30 years, sociologists have expressed concern that the undergraduate curriculum in sociology lacks coherence. The sociology major continues to be loosely structured with few opportunities for sequential learning. To achieve greater coherence in the major, I recommend that departments sequence more courses or infuse both empirical and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Sequential Learning, Sociology, Curriculum Design
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Osborne, Thomas J. – History Teacher, 2003
Across the spectrum of academic disciplines, history is one of the few to be organized largely on the basis of the nation-state. With a few notable exceptions, only since the 1960s have American historians begun to see the limitations that this nation-bounded approach has imposed on the field. Since then a movement to internationalize the study…
Descriptors: United States History, Introductory Courses, Program Implementation, Research Projects
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Huntley, Ray – Education 3-13, 2005
The article examines the approach taken in one primary school to introduce a reflective teaching approach, following an OFSTED inspection. By considering the development of reflective teaching and learning, the development of a working mode and the types of skills needed in order to teach in a reflective manner, it reports on the outcomes from the…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Reflective Teaching, Teaching Methods, Elementary Education
Heenan, Barbara; Carroll, Becky; Allen, Kasi; Lopez, Laurie – Inverness Research Associates, 2006
Beginning in September, 2001 when the Portland Public Schools received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Urban Systemic Program (USP) initiative, the district focused, accelerated and strengthened its efforts to improve mathematics and science education K-12. Since its inception the authors at Inverness Research…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Science Education, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs
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