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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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Martin-Beltran, Melinda; Peercy, Megan Madigan – TESOL Journal, 2012
In this era of high-stakes testing, teachers are often required to follow a standards-based, standardized curriculum, which can be constraining for English to speakers of other languages (ESOL) and mainstream teachers who are trying to meet the needs of English language learners. Despite the challenges presented by such curricula, this study found…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Best Practices, English Language Learners, English Teachers
Mason, Terrence C., Ed.; Helfenbein, Robert J., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
The widely cited, though highly contested, idea that "the world is flat" (Friedman, 2004) carries with it a call for education to provide a leveling effect across continents and cultures Students in Skokie or in Skopje, as the theory goes, are expected to experience a school curriculum that shares certain common elements, goals, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Ethics, Global Education
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Li, Li; Zhao, Shouhui; Yeung, Alexander Seeshing – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2012
In a multiracial and multilingual society where bilingualism is adopted as the cornerstone of education policy, mother tongue maintenance is a significant issue. An innovative initiative termed as "modular curriculum" was introduced in Singapore primary schools to cater to Chinese students, the major ethnic group, with varying Chinese…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Curriculum Implementation, Ethnic Groups, Multilingualism
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Leavitt, Lynda B.; Kania-Gosche, Beth – Critical Questions in Education, 2010
What is meant by the term "standards"? This article will use the definition of the National Academy of Sciences for their workshop on Assessing the Role of K-12 Academic Standards, "generally used to refer to both content standards, which describe material that students should be expected to learn, and performance standards, which…
Descriptors: National Standards, Academic Standards, State Standards, Curriculum Development
Holman, Linda A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The study documented the experience of a classroom teacher and an intervention coach as they collaborated to implement writing workshop with first grade students. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected using a pre-post design to study the impact of intervention coaching on the teacher's knowledge and the students. writing development. A…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Intervention, Teacher Surveys, Writing Workshops
Kelly, Patricia J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Cultural competency training has been present in academic medicine for many years but interest has resurfaced when the Institute of Medicine released a report on health care disparity and called for curriculum improvement in medical education to eliminate the disparity in health care in the United States. This new interest, reinforced by medical…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Curriculum Development, Program Effectiveness, Competence
Wu, Dan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) is a successful educational movement initiated in the US in the 1970s to promote better teaching and learning. It has developed to incorporate writing, speaking, digital educational technologies, and other communication modalities in the past several decades. WAC initiatives have now been successfully…
Descriptors: Expertise, Higher Education, Writing Across the Curriculum, Foreign Countries
Smith, M. Melissa Richard – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the journey of a suburban middle level principal, as she led a school through an educational change process. This was a single case study design involving the school leader as principal participant, and the researcher as participant observer. The theoretical model that was developed for this…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Work Environment, Educational Environment, School Personnel
Curry, Elizabeth Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In this study, I explored the impact of collaboration and capacity building during the design and implementation of a teacher-developed middle grades Language Arts Literacy curriculum. Participants included ten teachers and a literacy coach. We developed skill-based thematic units incorporating identified strategies designed to increase student…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Curriculum Development, Action Research, Language Arts
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