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Earp, Vanessa – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2009
Information literacy has gained importance over the last few decades, not only among librarians, but also with higher education faculty. Information literacy instruction is important for all college-level students. However, it is essential for teacher education students who must not only be information literate themselves, but also be able to…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Enrichment, Teacher Education Curriculum
Stolk, Machiel J.; Bulte, Astrid M. W.; de Jong, Onno; Pilot, Albert – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2009
The aim of this study is to develop a framework for professional development programmes that empowers chemistry teachers to teach and design context-based chemistry curricula. Firstly, teachers' involvement, their concerns and their professional development in several context-based curriculum innovations is discussed. Secondly, to develop such a…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Education, Professional Development, Science Teachers
Kwon, Hyuksoo; Chang, Mido – Journal of Technology Studies, 2009
The increased public awareness of the significance and necessity of biotechnology has encouraged educators to implement biotechnology instruction in various educational settings. One example is the great effort made by educational researchers and practitioners internationally to integrate biotechnology in technology education. Despite the gains in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Education, Biotechnology, Beliefs
Superfine, Alison Castro – School Science and Mathematics, 2009
Prior research has established that teachers' use of curriculum materials is affected by a range of factors, such as teachers' conceptions of mathematics teaching, and the nature and extent of their teaching experience. What is less clear, and far less examined, in prior research is the role that the teacher guide (TG) may play in mediating the…
Descriptors: Teaching Guides, Grade 6, Teaching Experience, Mathematics Instruction
Eick, Charles J.; Dias, Michael; Smith, Nancy R. Cook – School Science and Mathematics, 2009
A new National Science Foundation supported curriculum, Interactions in Physical Science[TM], was evaluated on students' conceptual change in the twelve concept areas of the national physical science content standard (B) for grades 5-8. Eighth grade students (N = 66) were evaluated pre and post on a 31-item multiple-choice test of conceptual…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Physical Sciences, Effect Size, Grade 8
Bajovic, Mira; Rizzo, Kelly; Engemann, Joe – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2009
In this paper we explored conceptual ambiguities of character education within the present Ontario Ministry of Education initiative. Through the critical lens of moral development theories and theories of mind, social and cognitive domains and their affect on character development were examined. Based on these findings three shortcomings in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values Education, Moral Development, Behavior Theories
Lieber, Joan; Butera, Gretchen; Hanson, Marci; Palmer, Susan; Horn, Eva; Czaja, Carol; Diamond, Karen; Goodman-Jansen, Gretchen; Daniels, Janese; Gupta, Sarika; Odom, Samuel – Early Education and Development, 2009
Research Findings: There is growing evidence that specific, teacher-led instruction and innovative instructional activities can lead to higher levels of achievement in literacy and in mathematics for young children at risk. There is limited research evidence, however, identifying professional development interventions that are effective in…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Implementation
Edwards, Richard; Miller, Kate; Priestley, Mark – Curriculum Journal, 2009
Drawing upon research in the curriculum of hospitality, this article explores the contrasting ways in which the prescribed curriculum is translated into the enacted curriculum in school and college contexts. It identifies organisational culture and teacher and student backgrounds and dispositions as central to the emerging contrasts. It uses this…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Organizational Culture
Cowan, Elaine M.; McMurtry, David C. – Curriculum Journal, 2009
Changes in society and government have increased concerns of low participation and involvement by people, especially the young, in the political process and decision-making. As a result, citizenship has become a focus of recent curriculum developments in many countries. In Scotland, "Values and Citizenship" has been made one of the…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Implementation
Maposah-Kandemiri, Myra; Higgins, Peter; McLaughlin, Pat – Education 3-13, 2009
This paper presents a review of practice in the use of the outdoors, and its potential in the teaching of environmental education at Muenzaniso, a Zimbabwean primary school. The school uses permaculture and Integrated Land Use Design as tools for sustainable environmental management. Evidence suggests that pressing community and curriculum…
Descriptors: Community Development, Environmental Education, Land Use, Foreign Countries
Ford, Danielle J. – Research in Science Education, 2009
The papers in this collection provide compelling arguments that the use of Adapted Primary Literature (APL) in science education holds great promise for enriching inquiry science instruction at the secondary level. The integration of this genre of written text into science curricula illustrates the ways in which reasoning in reading and reasoning…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Inquiry, Science Education, Curriculum Design
Remillard, Janine T., Ed.; Herbel-Eisenmann, Beth A., Ed.; Lloyd, Gwendolyn M., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This book compiles and synthesizes existing research on teachers' use of mathematics curriculum materials and the impact of curriculum materials on teaching and teachers, with a particular emphasis on--but not restricted to--those materials developed in the 1990s in response to the NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. Despite…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Curriculum, Educational Change
Sawyer, R. Keith, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2011
With an increasing emphasis on creativity and innovation in the twenty-first century, teachers need to be creative professionals just as students must learn to be creative. And yet, schools are institutions with many important structures and guidelines that teachers must follow. Effective creative teaching strikes a delicate balance between…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Creativity, Music, Creative Activities
Council of Chief State School Officers, 2011
The purpose of this document is to serve as a resource for states, districts, professional organizations, teacher education programs, teachers, and others as they develop policies and programs to prepare, license, support, evaluate, and reward today's teachers. A systemic approach and supportive infrastructure are essential to successful…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, State Standards, National Standards, Instructional Leadership
Venzen, Carine – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In order to "offer a first class educational experience and become the system of choice for all families the school system," challenged individual schools within the district to select and implement innovative educational theme based programs, coupled with the framework of Georgia Performance Standards (GPS), to increase the quality of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Mathematics Tests