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Gorozidis, Georgios; Papaioannou, Athanasios – European Physical Education Review, 2011
The network of relations between Physical Education (PE) teachers' self-efficacy, goal orientations, attitudes, intentions and behaviours concerning the implementation of a new PE curriculum was examined. Participants were 290 Greek junior high school PE teachers. Two years after the introduction of the new curriculum, participants responded to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Physical Education, Teaching Styles, Self Efficacy
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Cabot, Jordi; Tisi, Massimo – Computer Science Education, 2011
Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) is changing the way we build, operate, and maintain our software-intensive systems. Several projects using MDE practices are reporting significant improvements in quality and performance but, to be able to handle these projects, software engineers need a set of technical and interpersonal skills that are currently…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Engineering
Banerjee, Gouri – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2011
As higher education moves increasingly to blended and fully online environments, smaller institutions often ask whether this is a desirable trend. They face many challenges in transforming their largely face- to-face didactic teaching traditions to the technology mediated learning environments. Learning effectiveness and student satisfaction are…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Liberal Arts, Course Evaluation, Electronic Learning
Bergtrom, Gerald – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2011
The principles of course redesign that were applied to a gateway Cell Biology course at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are applicable to courses large and small, and to institutions of any size. The challenge was to design a content-rich science course that kept pace with present and future content and at the same time use principles of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cytology, Biology, Science Curriculum
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Bacon, Christopher M.; Mulvaney, Dustin; Ball, Tamara B.; DuPuis, E. Melanie; Gliessman, Stephen R.; Lipschutz, Ronnie D.; Shakouri, Ali – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to share the content and early results from an interdisciplinary sustainability curriculum that integrates theory and practice (praxis). The curriculum links new topical courses concerning renewable energy, food, water, engineering and social change with specialized labs that enhance technological and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Projects, Socialization, Teamwork
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Lo, Joe Tin-yau; Po, Sum-cho – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2009
The introduction of liberal studies is a new curriculum reform initiative in Hong Kong starting from 2009. It is a kind of formal interdisciplinary curriculum built on decades of experiences garnered from the implementation of various integrated subjects with similar nature. Through the method of documentary analysis that brings all official…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Alter, Frances; Hays, Terrence; O'Hara, Rebecca – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2009
Quality arts education can produce positive learning outcomes, such as creating positive attitudes to learning, developing a greater sense of personal and cultural identity, and fostering more creative and imaginative ways of thinking in young children (Bamford, 2006; Eisner, 2002; Robinson, 2001). Arts-based processes allow children the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Implementation, Barriers, Performance Factors
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Zhou, Ji – Journal of Faculty Development, 2009
The increasing number of international teaching assistants (ITAs) in American undergraduate courses presents continued sociocultural, linguistic, and pedagogical challenges. Remaining underdeveloped, ITA training has attracted less attention in recent years. I urge a renewed enthusiasm for developing effective training curriculum. I review the…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Faculty Development, Postmodernism, Teaching Assistants
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Sobel, Donna M.; Sands, Deanna Iceman; Dunlap, Joanna C. – Action in Teacher Education, 2009
Despite a plethora of online course offerings over the past decade, we continue to see resistance to this platform for course delivery, particularly with content that is ostensibly too sensitive or difficult to deliver in this format. This article describes an approach to online course planning and design, with attention paid to creating rich and…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Online Courses, Instructional Design, Courseware
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Rechnitzer, Haim O.; Brandes, Gabriella Minnes – Journal of Jewish Education, 2009
In this article, we explore the transition from philosophical and theological manifestos to their practical and educational implementation as we analyze the official American Reform-Judaism discourse as curricular text. This analysis provides a tool for a discussion of the relationships between vision and its implementation particularly for…
Descriptors: Jews, Educational Change, Institutional Mission, Philosophy
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Elwood, Jannette – Educational Research, 2009
The five papers in this collection consider a range of important issues in relation to the English national curriculum assessment system (NCA). In responding to these articles, Jannette Elwood considers some of the issues the authors have raised generally in relation to a revised English NCA, but also more specifically she considers them from a…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy
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Huntley, Mary Ann – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2009
Using curriculum-specific tools for measuring fidelity of implementation is an essential yet often overlooked aspect of examining relationships among textbooks, teaching, and student learning. This "Brief Report" describes the variety of ways that curriculum implementation is measured and argues that there is an urgent need to develop…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Educational Change, Adoption (Ideas), Curriculum Implementation
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Syvertsen, Amy K.; Stout, Michael D.; Flanagan, Constance A. – American Journal of Education, 2009
The recommitment of public education to its civic roots has revived discussion on how to engage younger generations of citizens in electoral politics and civic life. This randomized trial of 1,670 high school students in 80 social studies classrooms evaluates the impact of an election-based civics program on students' civic knowledge, skills, and…
Descriptors: Voting, Citizenship Education, Elections, Public Education
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Kreeft, Peer Van Der; Wiborg, Gudrun; Galanti, Maria Rosaria; Siliquini, Roberta; Bohrn, Karl; Scatigna, Maria; Lindahl, Ann-Marie; Melero, Juan Carlos; Vassara, Maro; Faggiano, Fabrizio – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2009
This paper presents the rationale, development and application of "Unplugged', a new school programme for the prevention of substance abuse, which is based on the comprehensive social influence approach (CSI). The programme was developed, implemented and evaluated by a cross-disciplinary group of experts in the frame of a multi-centre study…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Curriculum, Prevention, Health Education
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Taylor, John; Dunbar-Hall, Peter; Rowley, Jennifer – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
This article presents the results of audit data compiled from a case study introducing e-portfolios into a Music Education degree program, and highlights the key challenges faced from the initial stages of student use to curricular embedding and student adoption. This article discusses the technological, social and educational impacts inherent in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, College Instruction, Technical Support
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