A central mission of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is the promotion of international conflict resolution education by assisting and supporting colleges and universities in their efforts at developing and offering programs, courses, and activities that focus on international peace, conflict, and security. Over the years, a number of…

In most states those aspiring to be school superintendents must satisfy a series of post-master's requirements to receive the necessary certification. At the University of South Carolina, these academic requirements can be met through the completion of a 33 credit hour program culminating in an educational specialist's degree. A survey of recent…

This article explores some of the main challenges of improving the teaching of evidence-based practice in schools of social work. The priority challenges are the needs for a general professional cultural shift, for adequate curricula, to overcome the controversy of scientific methodology, to better understand the state of the art of the…

School music has a comparatively low take-up rate as a qualification among English secondary school pupils. Existing research on the issue has proffered possible reasons for this phenomenon but has generally been piecemeal and undertheorised. This paper sets out a fresh theoretical perspective capable of providing a basis for systematic empirical…

In this article, the authors begin with a look back at the emergence of English education in the social and political context of the United States as a nation, situating the development of the research-practice divide narrative in debates concerning the nature and purpose of English as secondary-school subject in changing times. The authors turn…

This paper explores the types of questions used by teachers of geography. This paper suggests some classifications that may be relevant in evaluating the teaching of a new curriculum in geography and presents some preliminary conclusions derived from a study of several lessons at three levels in secondary school classes in geography. (Author/JR)

THE AIM OF THIS PAPER IS TO EXHIBIT SOME OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND PRACTICAL DEFICIENCIES OF CURRENT CONCEPTIONS OF HOW EDUCATIONAL INSTRUMENTS SHOULD BE EVALUATED, AND TO SHOW WAYS FOR REDUCING THESE DEFICIENCIES. THE TERM "EDUCATIONAL INSTRUMENTS" IS USED TO INCLUDE SUCH THINGS AS NEW CURRICULUMS, PROGRAMED TEXTS, INDUCTIVE METHODS, AND…

The primary purpose of this curriculum research project was to devise an instrument that would reveal general information about the philosophy, objectives, and curriculum of a school without requiring in-depth analysis of any particular subject-matter area. The instrument presented here was developed through a group-process consensus approach by…

The Agenda for Action is a model for institutionalizing a continuous and rational system of curriculum improvement. It defines the process and procedures whereby all teacher education and school service personnel programs in the College of Education at Bowling Green State University are to be reviewed and subsequently redesigned to assure that…

This is the report of a study that examined the impact of the institutional structure on the development of the professional studies course at one college, the influence it had on the staff and student commitment and perception of relevance, and the way the structure affected the nature of the program at work. The research data for the study was…

Reported are the results of a survey designed to gather data for the design and revision of undergraduate earth science curricula. Responses to questionnaires reflected opinions on the effectiveness and relevance of respondents' education to their practice of geology. Contained on the questionnaire were items regarding subjects, concepts,…

The efforts of a pair of curriculum developers to conduct "formative" and "summative" evaluation of an experimental civics course are described here, along with some of the consequences of their efforts, and a few of the pitfalls they encountered. Formative evaluation refers to those practices that produce data enabling developers to improve their…

The objective of evaluation in education is distinct from the objectives of measurement and assessment or testing. Accordingly, a synthesis of the three procedures into a single theory is not viable. Evaluation is a method of gathering empirical evidence for decision making by answering questions about the worth of educational materials,…

The background of this abstract is the involvement of Western Kentucky University in an evaluative study designed to determine the feasibility of implementing a model such as the one described in Sandefur's "An Illustrated Model for the Evaluation of Teacher Education Graduates." The purposes of the study are as follows: (a) to aid faculty and…