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Welch, Ian, and n/a. "Reconstituting a tradition : core curriculum for Australian schools : a retrospect." University of Canberra. Education, 1985. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061110.121837.
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The publication of the Curriculum Development Centre's
discussion paper 'Core Curriculum for Australian Schools' in June
1980 stimulated discussion of the concept of core curriculum in
Australia. The driving force came from the Foundation Director
of the CDC, Dr Malcolm Skilbeck. This study discusses the themes
and directions to which Skilbeck was committed through a study of
his work prior to his return to Australia in 1975 and his
subsequent writings.
The study considers Skilbeck's work against general thinking
on educational matters in Australia and overseas. The initial
discussion centres on Skilbeck's work in the United Kingdom prior
to 1975. This concludes that his views were moulded by his own
research on the American progressive educator John Dewey and that
Dewey's ideals of a democratic society moulded and sustained by a
democratic core curriculum have been dominant in all Skilbeck's
subsequent thinking. The study reviews the establishment,
working and conclusions of the CDC Core Curriculum and Values
Education Working Party.
In two subsequent chapters, the study looks at Skilbeck's
approach to cultural mapping and school-based curriculum
development as the two fundamental Planks of his approach to the
development and implementation of a core curriculum for
Australian schools. The study shows that Skilbeck's concept of
cultural mapping is helpful but does not succeed in providing an
effective basis for the articulation of national guidelines. In
consequence, the CDC did not succeed in providing a framework
sufficient to hold together the infinite range of possibilities
opened UP by school-based action.
The study considers the limited published reactions to the
CDC Paper. It notes that the termination of the CDC by the
Committee for Review of Commonwealth Functions in early 1931
prevented the fuller dissemination and debate of the topic during
19S1 and subsequently. The study notes that responses were
disaapointingly few and in many cases failed to address the
central questions raised by the CDC paper, in particular the idea
of national curriculum guidelines and their application through
school-based curriculum development. The major responses came in
the State of Victoria where local circumstances encouraged
discussion of the issues raised by the CDC.
The study concludes that the CDC discussion paper was a
valuable stimulus to discussion of curricular foundations at the
time it was released but represented a point of view that was not
fully understood or appreciated at the time. It laid the
foundation for the renaissance of the general concept as
'democratic curriculum' in 1986 and provides important
indications of the potential for the development of the
Participation and Equity Program.
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Monaheng, Nkaiseng ̕Mamotšelisi. "Implementation tensions and challenges in donor funded curriculum projects: a case analysis of environmental and population education projects in Lesotho." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003450.
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This study aims to capture the challenges and tensions that arise in donor funded curriculum projects in Lesotho. Through an interpretive case study research design I investigated these challenges and tensions in two projects relevant to Education for Sustainable Development, namely the Lesotho Environmental Support Project (LEESP) and the Population/Family Education (POP/FLE) projects which are donor funded curriculum projects funded by DANIDA and UNFPA respectively. A review of donor funded curriculum projects in the field of environmental education/Education for Sustainable Development was undertaken to provide background and a theoretical context for the study. It highlighted different challenges and implementation tensions experienced by other similar projects in other countries. At the heart of such projects lies a particular political economy, which is based on development assistance to poor countries. Such development assistance is constructed around concepts of need, participation and innovation, and donor-recipient relationships. It is structured around a system of governance and management that normally uses logical framework planning as its main methodology. This political economy has shaped the two donor funded projects that were considered in this study, and has shaped many of the tensions and challenges identified in the study. To investigate the two projects, data for this study was generated through in-depth interviews, document analysis and focus group interviews, with people who had been involved with the projects at the national level. The data generation process did not involve the schools where the projects were ultimately implemented, as it was seeking to identify how local institutions such as the National Curriculum Development Centre could support better synergies between donor funded initiatives and the local context. The findings of the study revealed the ambivalent nature of donor initiatives, and identified that the political economy and donor-recipient relations influence the projects. Aspects such as the design and management of projects, the processes associated with introducing innovation in educational ideas and paradigms, pedagogical issues, and staff contributions and ownership were identified as some of the key tensions that existed in the projects. Other factors such as poor capacity levels of local staff, non-alignment with existing structures, inadequate sustainability mechanisms and the difficulty of the envisaged integration of new paradigm thinking (methods and approaches) into the existing curriculum framework were also significant tensions, given the positivist history of the Lesotho curriculum. The study recommends the need to establish mechanisms for working with donors to tackle the tensions that arise in such projects within longer-term donor assistance. It proposes that government should expedite the development of policy on donor coordination. Both donors and the NCDC need to put mechanisms in place to allow for debate and discussions on innovations brought in by the donors in relation to local needs. The study further recommends that in cases where more than one donor exists, the NCDC and the donors should work towards developing synergies between the different initiatives to avoid duplication and overlap. Finally, there is a need for projects to use bottom-up approaches for the design and formulation of projects to ensure ownership.
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Williams, E. Marion, and n/a. "An evaluation of the worth of a partial withdrawal enrichment program for gifted children based on Maker's curriculum principles." University of Canberra. Education, 1986. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061110.133018.
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As a means of addressing observed inadequacies in school
curricula, the Catholic Special Education and Guidance Service, Brisbane Catholic Education Office in 1980 established a partial
withdrawal centre for counsellor-selected gifted children.
The Learning Enrichment Centre (L.E.C.) aimed to -
1) meet the needs of enrolled gifted students by -
a) providing appropriate learning experiences; and
b) providing an administrative arrangement (partial withdrawal)
which afforded them the opportunity to interact
with like minds;
2) meet the needs of the system by -
a) developing and evaluating units of work for gifted
students;
b) conducting workshops, seminars and in-service days for
teachers.
In 1984 the L.E.C. curriculum was designed and implemented in
accordance with Maker's model of curriculum modification for gifted
students (Maker, 1982). This model outlines a set of principles which
Maker claims, recognize the characteristics and needs of gifted
students and guide the development of a qualitatively different
curriculum. In making decisions about design and implementation of
Maker's curriculum modifications, factors related to the setting, the
teachers and the students were considered.
The overall purpose of the Study was to assist teachers in making
rational decisions about future L.E.C. provision. In particular the
Study was to collect information on the worth of the program - its
relative strengths and weaknesses - and the influence on the curriculum
of the administrative arrangement.
The program was evaluated by ascertaining levels of satisfaction
typically expressed by the students.
Of secondary concern was whether the organisational arrangement
of partial withdrawal had inhibited or enhanced the program's
intentions. It was acknowledged that unfavourable attitudes of
parents, classroom teachers or peers could conceivably alter students'
receptivity of the program.
In Term 4, two parallel questionnaires, one addressing the
L.E.C., the other the regular classroom, were administered to the
students. By comparing responses on matching items, levels of
satisfaction with the L.E.C. curriculum were determined. Selected
items on the L.E.C. instrument were further to reveal how students
felt about the administrative provision and whether classroom teachers
and peers were perceived to be supportive.
Subsequent to program completion, a questionnaire was mailed to
parents bo ascertain their support for the program by asking them how
their child's emotional behaviour had changed as a result of LEC
attendance. Also they were to indicate whether they preferred that
enrichment occur in the regular classroom or partial withdrawal
setting.
To confirm the students' impressions of classroom teacher support
and interest, parents were requested to comment on their understanding
of it.
Student responses indicated that they found their LEC experiences
to be particularly interesting and enjoyable, and the LEC teachers to
be kind, helpful, friendly and fair. These perceptions differed
significantly from their perceptions of school. Elements of the Maker
model which were consistently most valued by the group were the
Process modifications, 'Freedom of Choice' and 'Higher Levels of
Thinking'.
Parents proved to be supportive of the LEC program.
Although some would have preferred classroom enrichment
to partial withdrawal, they felt that schools could not
currently provide it.
It was the students' viewpoint that interactions
with peers and classroom teachers were not adversely affected
by their LEC participation. Classroom teachers were seen
to be generally supportive and interested - a perception
incidentally not shared by parents and LEC teachers.
Perceived positive attitudes towards their LEC involvement
most likely enhanced student satisfaction with the program.
The evaluation unequivocally indicated that the
LEC program based on Maker's model appealed to the students.
Though withdrawal from class possibly contributed to program
satisfaction, the level of satisfaction was very high
and could not be attributed solely to hidden curriculum
efects (the organisational arrangement).
The Study concluded that use of the Maker model
as a guide for developing LEC curricula should continue
but that parent and classroom teacher attitudes towards
the administrative arrangement should be regularly monitored
as they appeared to have the potential to enhance or
reduce students' receptivity of the program.
As a result of Study, various procedures for the
conduct of future evaluations were recommended.
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Adams, Tania Bernadette. "A conceptual framework for leadership development in the South African police service based on transformative learning theory." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6842.
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Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Leadership development is an essential and valuable tool for capacitating police leaders in the South African Police Service to deal with the diverse challenges that they face in the policing environment. There seem to be a need for leadership development processes that can stimulate change, and for perspective transformation to enable police leaders to find alternative ways of dealing with the challenges experienced in their working environment. This thesis explored transformative learning as a tool to enhance the leadership development processes of police leaders. The essential elements of transformative learning are: centrality of experience; critical thinking; rational discourse; and policy praxis. Theory development were chosen as best to carefully construct the foundational argument through non-empirical literary-based sources, in which the literature itself became the database towards theoretical formulation in this non-empirical study. The alignment and integration of the elements of transformative learning were explored as a strategy to capacitate police leaders to: reflect on past experiences; think critically about ways of dealing with policing challenges based on experiences; discuss these challenges with other police leaders; and act on reflections made during leadership development processes. The study is limited to the analysis of the status of leadership development in the South African Police Service, which was the context of this study.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Leierskapsontwikkeling is ‘n essensiële en waardevolle hulpmiddel om leiers in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens te bemagtig om die uiteenlopende uitdagings waarmee hulle te kampe het, beter te hanteer. Dit blyk egter dat daar ‘n behoefte is vir leierskapsontwikkelingprosesse wat intrinsieke verandering en ‘n paradigmaskuif vir polisieleiers te weeg kan bring en wat hulle in staat kan stel om die uitdagings binne hul beroepsveld meer doeltreffend te hanteer. Hierdie tesis ondersoek transformatiewe leerteorie as ‘n instrument om leierskapsontwikkeling van polisieleiers te bevorder. Die hoofelemente van transformatiewe leerteorie is: sentralisering van ondervinding; kritiese denke; rasionele diskoers en beleidsvorming. Teorie-ontwikkeling as navorsingsmetodologie was selekteer as die mees geskikste metodologie om die argument deur nie-empiriese literêre bronne te konstrueer, waarvolgens die gekose literatuur die databasis van die teoretiese formulasie rondom die argument gevorm het in hierdie nie-empiriese studie. Groepering en integrasie van bogenoemde elemente was ondersoek as ‘n strategie om polisieleiers te bemagtig om te reflekteer oor vorige ondervindinge; kritiese denkwyses oor hantering van uitdagings in beroepsveld met inagneming van vorige ondervindinge toe te pas; diskoers oor uitdagings met ander polisieleiers te hê en om aktief te reageer op refleksies tydens leierskapsontwikkelingsprosesse. Die studie is beperk tot die analise van die status van leierskap in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens as konteks waarbinne hierdie studie onderneem is.
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McBean, Mary Eunice. "Ethical curriculum development and teaching." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2360.
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The purpose of this project is to develop a curriculum, which will examine the ethical methods or practices used by nurses in resolving ethical dilemmas in clinical practice utilizing the Moral Decision-Making Model for staff nurses at St.Bernardine Medical Center, Five Tower North.
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Linsten, Linda. "Lärares arbetssätt i träning av elevers matematiska resonemang." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-32936.
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The ability to apply and follow mathematical reasoning is an ability students should develop according to Curriculum for the compulsory school, preeschool class and the leisure- time centre 2011. The purpose of this survey was to find out how teachers in compulsory school and preeschool class work with the ability to apply and follow mathematical reasoning. I was also interested in investigating if participation in continuing professional development in mathematics influence the teachers way of working with the students. The survey consisted of six qualitative interviewees in which three of the interviewees were part of continuing professional development in didactics for teachers educating mathematics. The result showed that all interviewees consider that it is importent to communicate mathematics, both between students as well as between teachers and students. The teachers included in continuing professinonal development showed a clear consciousness in their work to reason and follow mathematical reasoning. However, among some interviewees the consiousness appeared to come from their experience and which reflects their way of working. The student's age and how far they have developed their language also appeared to be significance to how capable they are of reasoning. The teachers analyze the ability to apply and follow mathematical reasoning, it's meaning and usage, differently.
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De, Wet M. A. "The introduction of problem based learning in Hospitality Management at the Central University of Technology, Free State, South Africa." Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 8, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/359.
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Published ArticleProblem-based learning (PBL) is a learner-centred strategy that can be used to achieve the objectives of Outcomes Based Education (OBE). The Hospitality management program has no evidence of a fixed learner-centred didactic approach such as PBL, E-learning or Resource-based learning (RBL). In considering PBL, we raised questions: Why PBL? To what extent are staff and learners prepared for PBL? What are the characteristics of the curriculum when implementing PBL etc? This paper highlights these and other questions. The outcome shows that principles of PBL are extremely applicable to Hospitality but that timetabling within the program is a concern.
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Wright, Warren Elwin. "The development of a custodial curriculum for incarcerated adults." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1492.
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Teraoka, Rie. "Developing a Curriculum Evaluation Model for the English Language Center at Brigham Young University." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2010. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd3481.pdf.
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Packard, Jill M. E. "Environmental education and the dimensions of sustainability an analysis of the curriculum of the Cuyahoga Valley Education Center /." Ohio : Ohio University, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1181072399.
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Zhong, Hua. "The effectiveness of student-centred learning in the development of a new communication curriculum in China." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2010. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/9102/.
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This study examines the introduction of a new communications key skills course in Chinese vocational education colleges, using a student-centred learning approach. This was established in response to the changing demands of employers in China’s new environment of economic growth and competition. The research explores teachers’ and students’ understanding of key skills and their attitudes to student centred learning, an approach very different to China’s traditional didactic methods. The effects of the new course are examined and barriers to effective implementation are analysed. The research was based on five higher education institutions. Both quantitative and qualitative techniques were used. Three questionnaires were employed, and three of the institutions were singled out for more detailed qualitative analysis. Through a series of case studies, focus groups, interviews and class observations data was gathered to reveal underlying attitudes towards the experiences of the new course. Both teachers and students welcomed the new approach. It was found to facilitate the development of complex communication ‘key skills’, as students were actively involved, working in groups and learning from each other. The role of the teacher changed significantly, from ‘provider of information’ to facilitator of learning. Designing activities and resources to motivate students and meet their learning needs was a new experience for Chinese teachers, as curriculum development and course textbooks had always been provided centrally. Teachers encountered a number of barriers to successful course implementation; these included difficulties in adjusting to the new methods; lack of suitable resources; poor staff development and lack of support from college management. However, both teachers and students noted an increase in students’ confidence and self-awareness resulting from the new course. Students particularly appreciated the benefits that this might bring in terms of their employability as well as their social capabilities. Recommendations are made for the further development of a student-centred learning model for communication course in Chinese vocational colleges.
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Doyle, Gregory Vincent. "The development of a curriculum for a course in basic firefighting technology." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/45.
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The lack of a current fire technology training program limits the employment possibilities of Inland Empire Job Corps Center trainees. The fire technology curriculum will provide Job Corps trainees with one more valuable skill to aid to their goal to gain and maintain meaningful employment after graduating from the Job Corps training program.
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Imoro, Kari Benge. "Enriching Studio Thinking: A New Mind-Centered Approach for Curriculum Development in Art Education." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/228117.
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This study examines the use of Studio Thinking's Studio Habits of Mind (Hetland, Winner, Veenema & Sheridan, 2007) as a framework for curriculum design. In order to compare the ideas with other current art education theories, I conduct a literature review that identifies types of thinking accessed in the visual arts classroom. Through the comparison of Hetland et. al.'s Habits of Mind with those cited by current researchers, I discuss the relevance of the Studio Habits of Mind and propose an additional Habit of Mind: Investigate. In order to explore the use of these Habits as a framework for curriculum design, I design several lessons for a local after-school program using an objectives-based lesson template. The difficulty of applying this framework to an existing template indicates the need for a new unit/lesson plan template formatted specifically to a mind-centered approach. I present my design for a new unit template, lesson template and examples. The findings of this research point to a move in art education towards a mind-centered approach in the visual arts classroom and the use of a mind-centered template for unit and lesson planning.
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Shah, Anuj Ramesh. "Web-CAT: A Web-based Center for Automated Testing." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33109.
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The fundamentals of software testing and related activities are often elusive in undergraduate curricula. A direct consequence of the lack of software testing efforts during education is the huge losses suffered by the software industry when applications are not sufficiently tested. Software practitioners have exhorted faculty members and institutions to teach more software testing in universities.
The purpose of this research is to provide answers to the needs of such practitioners and introduce software-testing activities throughout the curriculum. The most important goal is to introduce software-testing education without requiring a significant amount of extra effort on behalf of faculty members or teaching assistants.
The approach taken comprises the development of the Web-based Center for Automated Testing (Web-CAT) and the introduction of test-driven development (TDD) in courses. Web-CAT serves as a learning environment for software testing tasks and helps automatically assess student assignments.
A comparison of student programs developed using Web-CAT with historical records indicated a significant decrease in the number of bugs in submitted programs. Undergraduate students also received exposure to the principles of software testing and were able to write test cases that were on an average better than those generated by an automated test case generator designed specifically for the assignment.Master of Science
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Haskins, Sandra S. "An analysis of laboratory activities found in Applications in biology/chemistry : a contextual approach to laboratory science /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9999294.
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McGovern, Jessica H. "The Foundations Prep Course for Low Proficiency Students at Brigham Young University's English Language Center." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2076.
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At the beginning of each term, a handful of students who are linguistically unable to function in an English-speaking classroom appear at the doors of intensive English language programs across the globe. The English Language Center (ELC) at Brigham Young University (BYU) is no exception. In the recent past, five to twelve students have arrived each semester inadequately prepared for the lowest level class available. When placed in that level (Level One), these so-called "Level Zero" students have had trouble progressing and have also delayed the progress of the entire class. Without intervention, these students can continue to lag behind and pull down the level of the class throughout their time at the ELC. Finding or creating a solution to this ongoing problem was the purpose of this project. The solution presented here is to develop and implement a new curriculum designed specifically for these students. This course of action presents its own challenges, such as ensuring cost-effectiveness, providing adequate staffing, and finding or creating appropriate course materials. Each of these challenges has been addressed. Cost effectiveness and adequate staffing are ensured by utilizing unpaid interns from the BYU undergraduate TESOL minor program as teachers, and paying only one experienced teacher who functions as a supervisor and a teacher as needed. Course materials, some only recently developed, were chosen for the All Skills Class, the Vocabulary Class, the Reading Class, and the Lab Class. These classes currently constitute the Foundations Prep Course. The need for this curriculum was reiterated during a needs analysis conducted Winter Semester of 2009 by the students of the BYU Linguistics 677 (Curriculum Development) class. The Foundations Prep curriculum was then developed by the author during the summer of 2009 and implemented by her the following semester at the ELC. It is again being utilized there Winter Semester 2010. Institutional and financial feasibility, progress of students, reactions of members of the Executive Council, of the Foundations Prep Teacher/Supervisor, and of the interns, have all been examined to aid in considering the efficacy of continuing this program into the future.
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Barquero, Lucy. "A recommended curriculum development model for "Centro de investigacion y docencia en educacion" (CIDE), National University of Costa Rica." Virtual Press, 1987. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/546122.
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The purpose of this study was to design a development model of a process for developing, introducing, and implementing innovative curricula at the community university level. Focusing on higher education, the study examined a comprehensive, systems-based model to determine the extent to which it identified current curriculum and instruction development practices.The study involved four major parts: 1) a series of interviews with teachers and administrators of Ball State, 2) a review of literature about curriculum development to synthesize the material and information collected, and to use it as a base for designing a curriculum model, 3) a set of nine questionnaires sent to teacher and administrators of CIDE (Center for Research and Teaching in Education) at the National University-Costa Rica, 4) a model design which exemplified steps useful to the process of implementation and evaluation.The study illustrates and examines a variety of experiences and problems related to curriculum development. Suggested solutions which will be of interest to both institutional planners and faculty members are given throughout the study. The research suggests a framework for understanding the role of curriculum development in education and for demonstrating how the changes contribute to the quality of the program as a tool in the educational process.This model is based on the combination of organizational and instructional curriculum development with research being an integral part of each area. For any institution wishing to implement innovations suggested by this study, the model should be viewed as flexible and adaptable.Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN 57406Center for Lifelong Education
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Kristensen, Jesper Olsson. "An evaluation of the life science curriculum in Namibia and its development through stakeholders' perceptions of ʺlearner centred educationʺ." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003409.
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Following Independence in 1991 Namibia embarked on a major reform of the entire education system. The reform was perceived as a way of redressing the apartheid legacy and bringing about a democratic learner centred education for all. At the same time the reform was also seen as a prime vehicle to bring about sustainable development through incorporating relevant environmental education into various carrier subjects. One such carrier has been the subject Life Science, which is compulsory from Grade 8 to Grade 10. The Life Science Project was a joint venture between the Ministry of Education and Ibis, a Danish Development NGO, established to develop and support the implementation of Life Science in junior secondary schools. This half-thesis is an evaluation of the Life Science Project through an analysis of the central assumptions on which the Life Science curriculum is based and by investigating different stakeholders’ perceptions and understanding of the learner centred approach adopted by the curriculum. Three questions have guided this research: 1. Are there curriculum models that are more conducive for reform and change than others? 2. Do stakeholders and curriculum developers in Namibia understand the theory of social constructivism, and the systemic implications such an approach has for the education system? 3. Which approach to environmental education complements a transformative curriculum and the changes outlined in policy? From the research carried out in this half-thesis, it would appear that the Namibian education system and the Life Science curriculum suffers from what could be termed “ideological confusion”. Confusion in the sense that there are marked inconsistencies between policy and praxis, between the stated goals and aims of the reform and the curriculum designed to achieve these. This confusion is further exacerbated by various stakeholders’ different interpretations of both policy and the systemic implications the reform policy has on education. In this half-thesis I argue that embarking on an objectives driven model of curriculum cannot bring about change and transformation of the Namibian education system. I further argue that, by not having considered and implemented the necessary systemic changes to the education system, Namibia has, in fact, developed a child centred education system which is fundamentally different from a learner centred education system. Finally, I argue that environmental education, through the subject Life Science, set within an objectives driven, Child Centred Education system is inappropriate for and unable to address the need for developing an environmentally literate citizenry who are able to take informed decisions in order to address the environmental crisis and bring forth a more sustainable future.
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Heaston, Amy R. "The relationship between income level and educational background and parent perceptions of a developmentally appropriate curriculum in an early childhood center." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/833011.
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The purpose of this study was to identify parent perceptions of a developmentally appropriate curriculum (goals, teaching strategies, learning activities, and assessment methods) in selected early childhood centers. The relationship between income level and educational background and parent perceptions of a developmentally appropriate curriculum was also studied. Additionally, the relationship between parent perceptions of a developmentally appropriate curriculum and the selection of early childhood centers was examined.The Parent Perception Questionnaire, developed by the researcher, was mailed to 16 licensed early childhood centers in central Indiana. Respondents included 215 parents of 4- and 5-year-old children. Income level for the total group of parents ranged from less than $16,000 to more than $48,000. The largest group of parents (26.5%) reported an educational background of 1 to 3 years of college followed by parents (26.0%) with an educational level of a high school diploma.Through the use of a Likert scale, parents rated items on goals, teaching strategies, learning activities, and assessment methods as very important, important, somewhat important, or not important. A section for additional comments was also provided for parents. Each participating center was observed one time by the researcher. The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale was used to assess the developmental appropriateness of the participating centers' environment. A two-way multivariate analysis of variance at the .05 level of significance was used to test hypotheses I, II, and III. The Pearson Product-Moment Correlation was applied to test hypothesis IV.Results1. An interaction effect of income level and educational background on parent perceptions of a developmentally appropriate curriculum (goals, teaching strategies, learning activities, and assessment methods) was found to be not significant. Hypothesis I was not rejected.2. The effect of income level on parent perceptions of a developmentally appropriate curriculum (goals, teaching strategies, learning activities, and assessment methods) was found to be not significant. Hypothesis II was not rejected.3. The effect of educational background on parent perceptions of a developmentally appropriate curriculum (goals, teaching strategies, learning activities, and assessment methods) was found to be significant. Hypothesis III was rejected.4. The relationship of parent perceptions of a developmentally appropriate curriculum to the curriculum of selected early childhood centers was correlated (r = .25).Department of Elementary Education
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Jung, Hyunil. "The Development of a Community-Based Art Education Curriculum for a Korean School in the United States: a Case Study." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1217340266.
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Waichungo, Charity Muringo. "A storytelling curriculum for character development for children ages three years to five years for the Goldia and Robert Naylor Children's Center." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Van, Hulle Paul Allen. "An effective curriculum for teaching computer numerical control machining." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2131.
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The purpose of this project was to develop and document curricular content for Computer Numerical Control education program for Mt. San Jacinto Community College. The design of the curriculum focuses on showing students how skills learned in academic classes can be applied to the workplace.
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Mendonça, Marta. "Developing teaching and learning in Mozambican higher education : a study of the pedagogical development process at Eduardo Mondlane University." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för naturvetenskapernas och matematikens didaktik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-93954.
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This thesis analyses the implementation of a student-centred learning approach at the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), in the context of the current curricular reform. The main objective of the thesis is to gain understanding of the implementation of a student-centred learning approach and how the innovation is related to the acquisition of teachers’ pedagogical competence at the above mentioned university. A sociocultural approach and more specifically Cultural Historical Activity Theory is used as a theoretical framework given that it provides a view of learning as a context based social activity. A qualitative approach based on document analysis, classroom observations and semi-structured interviews with different actors in the process of teaching, learning and teacher training was used. The findings of the three studies carried out and presented in four articles in the thesis show that the lecturers do not feel ownership of the curriculum reform introducing the new pedagogical approach, and revealed a conflict of interests in the process of implementation of the reform. Students appear to be unclear about the significance of the new approach and they cannot judge if it is correctly implemented. Contextual factors such as a high number of students in the classroom, poor infrastructure and inadequate access to educational resources also affect the students’ performance in their learning. The university teachers expressed a need for training and the creation of adequate material conditions in order to be able to apply the innovations. However, signs of positive attitudes towards this approach were also revealed by the informants, which demonstrates the existing potential of the reform. It was found that the role of the teacher is crucial in making students active, motivated and self-regulated. Moreover, the students’ active learning depends on several factors, such as contextual, social and psychological aspects of the process. In relation to the acquisition of teachers’ pedagogical competence, a comparative study of the official documents of Eduardo Mondlane University and Umeå University explicitly shows a focus on the development of pedagogical competence for all categories of teachers. However, due to significant differences in historical pre-conditions, cultural contexts and educational artefacts the findings revealed many differences in the corresponding collective activity systems. In conclusion, the thesis indicates that the implementation of student-centred learning at UEM depends on the availability of good educational infrastructure and also the development of human resources. Furthermore, less hierarchical communication at the university could accelerate the process.
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Hardman, Melinda Clement. "Developing A Teachers' Handbook for Content-based Instruction at Brigham Young University's English Language Center." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2009. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2907.pdf.
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Scarrow, Ronda. "Pedagogical Methods Used by Probationary Elementary Teachers." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3322.
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Heeding current best practice, many teachers prioritize student-centered instruction as the most effective pedagogy to achieve student learning. However, preservice teachers at a small, southeastern U.S. university have expressed reservations in executing student-centered instructional methods when they become lesson facilitators. The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine whether probational elementary teachers have the knowledge and skill set to execute student-centered instruction and identify the characteristics of this method based on their preservice experiences. The conceptual framework consisted of constructivist, humanism, and social learning, theories . The four research questions focused on participants' understanding of student-centered and teacher-centered pedagogical methods, whether or not their understandings changed in practice, and what factors influenced those changes. Purposeful sampling provided 5 probationary elementary teachers who had graduated from the same university. Data included 3 semistructured interviews, 2 classroom observations, and a review of instructional materials. Data were inductively coded and analyzed throughout the collection process. Findings revealed that each participant practiced and could theoretically identify the characteristics of both student-centered and teacher-centered methods; however, they could not identify these characteristics consistently in their own practices. Findings indicated that preservice teachers needed more exposure to student-centered pedagogy. Teachers who develop proficiency with student-centered pedagogy may be better able to empower students to solve problems, make decisions, advocate, and negotiate relationships with others. These characteristics are the foundation for active citizenship making positive social change possible.
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Hillard, Wonda Y. "An Art Educators' Perception of an Art Professional Development Workshop." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6578.
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There are no guidelines in South Carolina for developing workshops that reflect the needs of art educators, and there are no tools to evaluate and support their professional development. The problem is a lack of informative, substantive, and academically oriented art inservices that are standards-based and focused on the enhancement of pedagogy, teaching strategies, and content. The purpose of this case study was to explore participants' perceptions of an art professional development workshop as an approach to examining art standards, instructional strategies, and policy changes. Dewey's experiential theory served as the conceptual framework. A purposeful sample of 10 art educators who attended a district-sponsored professional development workshop participated in this study. After the workshop, data about educators' perceptions of the inservice were collected through a beta test and a focus group with 2 participants, 1 open-ended questionnaire with 8 participants, and a workshop observation with 20 participants. Data were analyzed using comparative analysis to identify patterns in the data. Member checking and triangulation were used to verify the data and control bias. Five themes emerged from the data: adult-centered hands-on learning, professional development experiences, grants, collaboration and networking, and best practices. This study contributes to social change by showing the importance of on-going adult-centered, research-based, hands-on professional development for educators addressing visual art standards, practice, instructional strategies, policy changes, and the facilitation of student-centered activities.
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Keith, Karin, Huili Hong, and Renee Rice Moran. "Scaffolding Student Reading of Informational Texts with Science Literacy Centers." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1014.
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Zeydel, Kim Marette. "Instructional Strategies Within a Blended Learning Model for At-Risk Students." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7357.
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Many at-risk students attending an alternative high school in a northwestern state were not graduating on-time even after a learner-centered blended learning model was implemented. The administration and teachers sought to understand why the change to a learner-centered program was only slightly increasing the graduation rate each year. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how the learner-centered instructional strategies used within a blended learning model were being implemented and supporting at-risk students. Weimer's learner-centered framework was used to ground the study and guide the research questions which examined teacher and student perspectives about the learner-centered instructional strategies that were being implemented. Interviews were conducted with 6 teachers from diverse disciplines who had taught at the study site for 3 or more years, 4 recent graduates, and 6 current students who were 18 years old or older. Classroom observations of the 6 teachers were conducted and archived student surveys from the previous 2 years were collected. All data were analyzed and coded to identify common themes and strategies regarding learner-centered instruction. The findings indicated the teachers needed professional development in how to implement learner-centered and blended learning strategies and how to help students take responsibility for their education. A yearlong professional development program focused on how to use learner-centered and blended instructional strategies was developed for teachers. Implementation of appropriate learner-centered and blended learning strategies might result in students completing their courses and increased graduation rates. As more students graduate, instead of dropping out, positive social change will occur in the community as they responsibly enter the work force.
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Griswold, Michael R. "Community Schools: Catalyst for Comprehensive Neighborhood-Based Initiatives?" University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1400081530.
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Lenzo, Terri Brown. "Online Professional Development in Preschool Settings: Music Education Training for Early Childhood Generalists." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1416315624.
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Schudel, Ingrid Joan. "Examining emergent active learning processes as transformative praxis : the case of the schools and sustainability professional development programme." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006079.
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This is a study on the nature of learning, particularly the emergence of active learning processes in the case of an environmental education teacher professional development programme – the Eastern Cape Border-Kei cohort of the 2008 Schools and Sustainability Course. This was a part-time, one-year course supporting teachers to qualify, strengthen and deepen opportunities for environmental learning in the South African curriculum. An active learning framework (O’Donoghue, 2001) promoting teaching and learning with information, enquiry, action and reporting/reflection dimensions was integrated into the Schools and Sustainability course design to support these environmental learning opportunities. In this study, the notion of active learning is elaborated as a situated, action-oriented, deliberative and co-engaged approach to teaching and learning, and related to Bhaskar’s (1993) notion of transformative praxis. The study used a nested case study design, considering the case of six Foundation Phase teachers in six primary schools within the Border-Kei Schools and Sustainability cohort. Interviews, observations (of workshops and lesson plan implementation in classrooms) and document review of teacher portfolios (detailing course activities, lesson plans, learners’ work and learning and teaching support materials) were used to generate the bulk of the data. A critical realist theory underpinning the methodology enables a view of agency as emergent from social structures and mechanisms as elaborated in Archer’s (1998b) model of morphogenesis and Bhaskar’s (1993) model of four-planar being. The critical realist methodology also enables a view of emergent active learning processes as open-ended, responsive to particular potential, but dependent on contingencies (such as learning and teaching support materials, tools and methodologies). The analysis of emergent active learning processes focuses particularly on Bhaskar’s (1993) ontological-axiological chain (MELD schema) as a tool for analysing change. The MELD schema highlights1M ontological questions of what is (with emphasis on structures and generative mechanisms) and what could be (real, but non-actualised possibilities). It enables reflection on what mediating and interactive agential processes either reproduce what is or have the potential to transform what is to what could be (2E). Thirdly, the MELD schema enables reflection on what should be – this is the 3L “axiological moment” (Bhaskar, 1993: 9) where questions of values and ethics in relation to the holistic whole are raised. Finally, the schema raises questions (4D) of what can be, with ontologically grounded, context-sensitive and expressively veracious considerations. The study describes the agency of course tutors, teachers and learners involved in the Schools and Sustainability course, as emergent from a social-ecological context of poverty and inequality, and from an education system with a dual transformative and progressive intent (Taylor, 1999). It uses a spiral approach to cluster-based teacher professional development (Janse van Rensburg & Mhoney, 2000) focusing on the development of autonomous (Bernstein, 1990) and reflexive teachers. With teachers well-disposed and qualified to fill a variety of roles in the classroom, these generative structures and mechanisms had the power to drive active learning processes with potential for manifestation as transformative praxis. Through the analysis of the active learning processes emergent from this context, the study shows that the manifestation of transformative praxis was contingent on relational situated learning, value-based reflexive deliberations, and an action-orientation with an emphasis on an iterative relationship between learning and doing. These findings enable a reframing of an interest in action in response to environmental issue and risk, to an interest in the processes that led up to that action. This provides a nuanced vision of active learning that does not judge an educational process by its outcome. Instead, it can be judged by the depth of the insights into absences (2E), the ability to guide moral deliberations on totality (3L), and by the degree of reality congruence (1M) in the lead up to the development of transformative agency (4D). The study also has a methodological interest. It contributes to educational and social science research in that it applies dialectical critical realist philosophy to a concrete context of active learning enquiry in environmental education. It reports on the value of the onto-axiolgical chain in describing a diachronic, emergent and open-ended process; in providing ontological grounding for analysis (1M); in understanding relationality in situated learing processes (2E); in focusing on value-based reflexive learning (3L) and in understanding transformative learning as “tensed socio-spatialising process” (Bhaskar, 1993: 160) where society is emergent from a stratified ontology, and agency and change are open-ended and flexible processes not wholly determined by the social structures from which they emerge (4D). Considering the knowledge interests defined in the 2011 South African Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education (South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training, 2011) and the Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS) which were implemented in South Africa from 2012 (in a phased approach), the study concludes with recommendations for exploring environmental learning in the CAPS. The study proposes working with a knowledge-focused curriculum focusing on the exploration and deepening of foundational environmental concepts, developing relational situated learning processes for meaningful local application of knowledge, supporting transformative praxis through the “unity of theory and practice in practice” (Bhaskar, 1993: 9), and implementing a spiral approach to cluster-based teacher professional development.
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Daly, Marwa El. "Challenges and potentials of channeling local philanthropy towards development and aocial justice and the role of waqf (Islamic and Arab-civic endowments) in building community foundations." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philosophische Fakultät III, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16511.
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Diese Arbeit bietet eine solide theoretische Grundlage zu Philanthropie und religiös motivierten Spendenaktivitäten und deren Einfluss auf Wohltätigkeitstrends, Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und einer auf dem Gedanken der sozialen Gerechtigkeit beruhenden Philanthropie. Untersucht werden dafür die Strukturen religiös motivierte Spenden, für die in der islamischen Tradition die Begriffe „zakat“, „Waqf“ oder im Plural auch „awqaf-“ oder „Sadaqa“ verwendet werden, der christliche Begriff dafür lautet „tithes“ oder „ushour“. Aufbauend auf diesem theoretischen Rahmenwerk analysiert die qualitative und quantitative Feldstudie auf nationaler Ebene, wie die ägyptische Öffentlichkeit Philanthropie, soziale Gerechtigkeit, Menschenrechte, Spenden, Freiwilligenarbeit und andere Konzepte des zivilgesellschaftlichen Engagements wahrnimmt. Um eine umfassende und repräsentative Datengrundlage zu erhalten, wurden 2000 Haushalte, 200 zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen erfasst, sowie Spender, Empfänger, religiöse Wohltäter und andere Akteure interviewt. Die so gewonnen Erkenntnisse lassen aussagekräftige Aufschlüsse über philanthropische Trends zu. Erstmals wird so auch eine finanzielle Einschätzung und Bewertung der Aktivitäten im lokalen Wohltätigkeitsbereich möglich, die sich auf mehr als eine Billion US-Dollar beziffern lassen. Die Erhebung weist nach, dass gemessen an den Pro-Kopf-Aufwendungen die privaten Spendenaktivitäten weitaus wichtiger sind als auswärtige wirtschaftliche Hilfe für Ägypten. Das wiederum lässt Rückschlüsse zu, welche Bedeutung lokale Wohltätigkeit erlangen kann, wenn sie richtig gesteuert wird und nicht wie bislang oft im Teufelskreis von ad-hoc-Spenden oder Hilfen von Privatperson an Privatperson gefangen ist. Die Studie stellt außerdem eine Verbindung her zwischen lokalen Wohltätigkeits-Mechanismen, die meist auf religiösen und kulturellen Werten beruhen, und modernen Strukturen, wie etwa Gemeinde-Stiftungen oder Gemeinde-„waqf“, innerhalb derer die Spenden eine nachhaltige Veränderung bewirken können. Daher bietet diese Arbeit also eine umfassende wissenschaftliche Grundlage, die nicht nur ein besseres Verständnis, sondern auch den nachhaltiger Aus- und Aufbau lokaler Wohltätigkeitsstrukturen in Ägypten ermöglicht. Zentral ist dabei vor allem die Rolle lokaler, individueller Spenden, die beispielsweise für Stiftungen auf der Gemeindeebene eingesetzt, wesentlich zu einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung beitragen könnten – und das nicht nur in Ägypten, sondern in der gesamten arabischen Region. Als konkretes Ergebnis dieser Arbeit, wurde ein innovatives Modell entwickelt, dass neben den wissenschaftlichen Daten das Konzept der „waqf“ berücksichtigt. Der Wissenschaftlerin und einem engagierten Vorstand ist es auf dieser Grundlage gelungen, die Waqfeyat al Maadi Community Foundation (WMCF) zu gründen, die nicht nur ein Modell für eine Bürgerstiftung ist, sondern auch das tradierte Konzept der „waqf“ als praktikable und verbürgte Wohlstätigkeitsstruktur sinnvoll weiterentwickelt.This work provides a solid theoretical base on philanthropy, religious giving (Islamic zakat, ‘ushour, Waqf -plural: awqaf-, Sadaqa and Christian tithes or ‘ushour), and their implications on giving trends, development work, social justice philanthropy. The field study (quantitative and qualitative) that supports the theoretical framework reflects at a national level the Egyptian public’s perceptions on philanthropy, social justice, human rights, giving and volunteering and other concepts that determine the peoples’ civic engagement. The statistics cover 2000 households, 200 Civil Society Organizations distributed all over Egypt and interviews donors, recipients, religious people and other stakeholders. The numbers reflect philanthropic trends and for the first time provide a monetary estimate of local philanthropy of over USD 1 Billion annually. The survey proves that the per capita share of philanthropy outweighs the per capita share of foreign economic assistance to Egypt, which implies the significance of local giving if properly channeled, and not as it is actually consumed in the vicious circle of ad-hoc, person to person charity. In addition, the study relates local giving mechanisms derived from religion and culture to modern actual structures, like community foundations or community waqf that could bring about sustainable change in the communities. In sum, the work provides a comprehensive scientific base to help understand- and build on local philanthropy in Egypt. It explores the role that local individual giving could play in achieving sustainable development and building a new wave of community foundations not only in Egypt but in the Arab region at large. As a tangible result of this thesis, an innovative model that revives the concept of waqf and builds on the study’s results was created by the researcher and a dedicated board of trustees who succeeded in establishing Waqfeyat al Maadi Community Foundation (WMCF) that not only introduces the community foundation model to Egypt, but revives and modernizes the waqf as a practical authentic philanthropic structure.
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Pausigere, Peter. "Curriculum development in an urban refugee centre in South Africa." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8871.
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The Zimbabwean refugees sheltered at Holy Cross Church* in central Johannesburg have taken the
initiative to develop their own curriculum. There have been many orientations to curriculum
development with current reconceptualisations emphasising practical and descriptive curriculum
development approaches. This research is framed specifically by Walker’s naturalistic curriculum
development model, the community-based approach to education development, literature on
refugee education and generally by broader theories of curriculum. The study employed the
ethnographic research method and gathered data through non-participant observation, interviews
and document analysis. Taking a wider approach to curriculum development and in the context of
displaced people, the research redefined the term curriculum developer to mean ordinary people
and refugees in their communal social setting. This study provides an analysis and description of how
the refugees successfully initiated and developed effective learning and training programmes which
resulted in the establishment of a school, early childhood, adult-education and vocational training
centres. The refugee meetings and school council deliberation forums guided by common values and
political, social and economic factors made practically defensible, education and training
resolutions on language, school policies, curriculum options, pedagogy, knowledge and certification
issues. On the forms of refugee-emergency education, the refugee school curriculum followed that
of the country of origin, with some minor modifications thereby preparing learners for return to
their country. The training programmes utilised a slightly adjusted curriculum of the host country in
synergies with local private colleges and prepared the refugees to integrate into the host country’s
economic communities. To improve the quality of education and training at Holy Cross there is need
for intervention from government and international humanitarian organisations. In addition to the
academic curriculum, subjects with a social reconstructionist ideology, double-shift schooling and
democratic teaching and learning approaches must be introduced as well as awarding refugees with
regionally recognised training certificates.
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Monaheng, Nkaiseng ̕Mamotšelisi. "Implementation tensions and challenges in donor funded curriculum projects : a case analysis of environmental and population education projects in Lesotho /." 2007. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/1138/.
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Marshall, James. "Perspective vol. 8 no. 4 (Aug 1974)." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10756/251209.
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Hou, Wen-Hai, and 侯玟卉. "A study of the community development center plan the curriculum which personnel training of the community development." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/30518128744640904435.
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The main aim of this study was to investigate the process how the community development center planned the curriculum of personnel training. Therefore, the aims of this study were 1.To explore the conceptions and foundation while planning the course. 2.To analyze the process of curriculum planning. 3.To investigate what problems will they have and what solutions are. 4.To conclude the consultations for the other units. The methodology used in this study is Case Study method to achieve the above-mentioned purposes. All of the Interviewees are the planners of the curriculum of human resources. And choosing eight interviewees to interview. According to the data, the study can find seven indications: 1.The community development center emphasizes the offering of the basic community development concept and guidance. 2.The developing curriculum needs to notice the practicability. 3.The foundation of diagnose the situation and requirement of the community, combining them with guidance to find the learning way of the different communities. 4.The curriculum of community development talent emphasize operating and offering the opportunities to learn from each other . 5.The qualification of the teacher emphasize on the people who have the community concept and can offer the additional resources 6.The center usually faces the administration limit, such as the time isn’t enough or the staff often change. 7.The center faces some problems in the process of administrating, including less motivated students、the lack of teachers and the curriculum is highly ditto. According to the conclusions , the study provide some suggestions of the practical situation in the community development center, the governmental agency and the other study.
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Maluleka, Jan Khazamula. "Technology education and curriculum 2005 : staff development through INSET." Diss., 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18102.
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Curriculum 2005 together with its learning areas has been introduced in South Africa in
1998. All learning areas, except Technology Learning Area, are not new. Technology is
growing so rapidly that it gives so many challenges to people. These challenges include
making technology part of our curriculum, formulating and adapting technological solutions
to problems people may experience. We have to ask ourselves what technology or
Technology Education means. Therefore, this study provides the meaning and the rationale
for Technology Education in our curriculum. This study also attempts to shed light on the
form of training educators should attend for Technology Education.
Although there are different methods of training, for example PRESET and INSET, this
study concentrates on various forms of INSET. INSET is chosen because it is a means
through which the present need for Technology Education educators can be solved. The
percentage of educators involved in part-time study will increase in relation to the number in
full-time education. The closing down of some of colleges of education in South Africa
reduces the use of PRESET and increases INSET as a means of educator training. The
advantages of using INSET instead of PRESET are provided in this study.
The National Teacher Audit of 1995 has shown that the quality of INSET in South Africa is
poor. In addition, it seems the present ad hoc way of running INSET will not cope with
challenges of training educators for Curriculum 2005 and Technology Education. Normally,
INSET is the prime strategy for addressing problems in PRESET. Unfortunately, INSET has
to train educators for Technology Education (Technology Learning Area) which was never
touched by PRESET before. For this reason, this study provides an INSET model, guidelines
and recommendations to make the suggested model of INSET work successfully.Educational Studies
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Chiou, James, and 邱宏達. "Analysis on the Functions of the Curriculum Development Center in Current Technical and Vocational Education Systems in Taiwan." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65506928424933149804.
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The main purpose of this research was to review the function of the curriculum development center of Taiwan Technology and career education system, and inspect the work and the situation of eight functions of other curriculum development center to understand the operational defect of all curriculum development centers and the problem they encountered. The eight functions were collection, research development, experiment, assessment, consult and service, drilling and expanding and international exchange. For the purpose of inquiring to the implementing change for keeping up- to-date and improvement, the research aimed on 4 items below. 1. To comprehend the function of Taiwan technology and career education curriculum development center. 2. To inquire to the operation situation of Taiwan technology and career education curriculum development center. 3. To study what was the need of Taiwan technology and career schools from Taiwan technology and career education curriculum development center. 4. To inquire of the future function development of Taiwan technology and career education curriculum development center . The research methodology was based on reference books studying, specialist forums and questionnaires. to analyse the current operation problems of the function of Taiwan technology and career education curriculum development center system and inquire of the related implementing problems. After deciding the dimension and question types of questionnaire, I edited formal questionnaires, They distributed to 18 vocational high schools (which includes general senior high schools), 7 junior colleges, 20 technology colleges and 5 technology universities. The retrieve rate was 71%. After studying and analyzing the retrieve questionnaire, The conclusion was as below. 1. The current Taiwan technology and career education curriculum development center had new function and mission for the new curriculum and continued curriculum of vocational high schools. 2.There was no obvious difference function accomplishment rate ,which was set by Taiwan technology and career education curriculum development center , between public schools and private schools. 3. There was different function accomplishment rate of Taiwan technology and career education curriculum development center among different subject teachers. The general subject teachers had the highest accomplishment rate. 4.There was different function accomplishment rate of Taiwan technology and career education curriculum development center among schools in different locations. The rural off-island area schools needed special enforcement service. 5. There was no difference among different level schools, but vocational high schools needed curriculum development center the most. 6.Different subjects teachers needed the future function of Taiwan technology and career education curriculum development center earnestly, but they were earnestly with different functions.
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Manganye, Hlengani Thomas. "The attitudes of secondary school learners towards Biology and implications for curricula development." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18112.
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This study focused on curriculum development in biology education. It was based on the
present biology curricula from grade 10-12. The purpose of the study was to investigate the
attitudes of secondary school learners towards involvement in curriculum development and
specific biology content areas of all three grades. The assumption was that future curriculum
planning and development in science (biology) education should consider learners'
preferences, interests and needs. For the empirical investigation, a sample of 666 grades
10, 11 and 12 learners from three different school types (rural, ex-model C and private
schools) in the Northern Province completed an attitude questionnaire. Statistical analysis
of the results led to the following findings, amongst others.
• With regard to willingness to be involved in curriculum development, the results were
as follows:
(a) Significant differences were found between learners when age and school
type were used as moderator variables.
(b) No significant differences were found when grade and gender were used as
moderator variables.
Regarding the attitudes of learners towards involvement in curriculum development
and specific biology content, some low but significant relationships and a number of
significant differences were found between learners' attitudes towards involvement
in curriculum development and specific biology content for all the grades. In each
instance, age, gender and school type were also taken into consideration.
These findings suggest a complete and significant restructuring of the biology curriculum in
secondary schools. A learner-centred curriculum design that actively involves learners in
decision-making will consider the needs and interests of learners. This is seen as appropriate
in an outcomes-based approach and may lead to more motivated learners.Psychology of Education
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Labuschagne, Marlien. "Promoting quality learning environments at early childhood centres through service learning / Marlien Labuschagne." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15352.
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One of the biggest challenges in early childhood development (ECD) centres in rural
districts is that teachers are not trained adequately and therefore they cannot create
learning environments in which young children can develop to their optimal potential. In
many cases a large group of children is placed in a classroom and no stimulation is given
to them, because the ECD practitioner does not have the knowledge or skills to use what is
available in the classroom to stimulate the children and facilitate learning. These teachers
are desperately in need of guidance to plan age appropriate and suitable activities that will
benefit the overall development of learners and prepare them to be ready for school. By
promoting service learning at ECD centres, especially in rural districts, both the in-service
and pre-service teachers will benefit from the teaching experience taking place.
Since 1994 a great deal of attention has been drawn to the importance of early childhood
development and the important role pre-primary education plays in the development of
young learners. Early childhood development has the potential to play a crucial role in the
socioeconomic transformation of South Africa. By improving the social and economic
transformation of the country, more people will be educated, leading to fewer problems with
aspects like school readiness and school dropout.
Against this background the study will explore service learning as a way of promoting
quality learning environments in Early Childhood Centres in rural districts.MEd (Learner Support), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015
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Snyman, Petrus Lodewikus. "A model for challenge education at the Leadership Development Centre of the Tshwane University of Technology." Thesis, 2008. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1000328.
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Thesis (MTech. degree in Education) -- Tshwane University of Technology, 2008.Investigates the dynamics of the challenge education concept. It also looks at how to design a functional model for the implementation of challenge education at the Tshwane University of Technology.
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Manqele, Clement Mandlenkosi. "An evaluation of learner-centred teaching as part of curriculum delivery in under-resourced schools." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23198.
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The educational changes introduced by the South African democratic dispensation after 1994 were meant to address the apartheid imbalances. The self-governing regime sought to bring and safeguard quality education for all, and to amend the previous education inequalities among all racial groups. Hence, the new curriculum that was introduced by the National Department of Basic Education was meant to be a drastic departure from the school curricula of the apartheid administration. One critical innovation sought was to replace a teacher-centred curriculum with a learner-centred curriculum.
The emphasis of this study, therefore, was to determine the level to which learner- centred teaching has been adopted by rural and underdeveloped schools. The selection of rural schools was informed by the obvious differences that still persist between the former Model C schools and those that were predominantly black and underdeveloped, particularly in terms of resources and the quality of teachers. Given the fact that the main feature of the Outcomes Based Education (OBE) that was introduced from 1996 is that it is resource-reliant, the main research question of the study was therefore: How do educators in rural and underdeveloped schools cope with a learner-centred teaching as part of the curriculum innovation?
In order to riposte to the study’s main question, the researcher used qualitative research methods to discern data from Physical Sciences teachers, learners and Physical Sciences Heads of Departments (Hods) from the selected schools. In addition, the researcher conducted classroom teaching observations, analysed relevant documents and interviewed some participants to determine their views and experiences on using a learner-centred approach.
The findings of the study revealed many challenges to rural schools in adopting and implementing a learner-centred approach. These include the lack of relevant resources, poor quality of teachers, insufficient and inappropriate teacher-support programmes for teachers as well as the rural environmental challenges. The overall conclusion of the study is that, after two decades since the introduction of a learner-centred approach in South Africa, rural schools have not yet managed to adopt and implement learner-centred pedagogy as an important part of the post-1994 educational innovations.
The researcher finds it ironic that apartheid education was demonized for promoting inequality around racial lines. Sadly, the post-apartheid innovations have yet to address equality among the racial groups and areas of resident. The inability of rural schools to adopt and implement learner-centred approach is depriving black and rural learners of quality learning. They are still subjected to a teacher-centred learning which does not assist them to acquire required skills which can help them to compete with those learners who are attending affluent urban schools.Curriculum and Instructional Studies
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Maimela, Hlekani Selinah. "Impact of curriculum changes on primary school teachers in Seshego Circuit, Limpopo Province." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19836.
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This research explores the impact of curriculum changes on primary school teachers at Seshego Circuit, Limpopo Province. It focuses on issues that influence teachers implementing curriculum changes. Impact of curriculum changes was examined. Principals and teachers were the respondents. The study confirmed several consequences of curriculum change. In-service training is recommended to assist the necessary adjustments to curriculum changes. Sufficient time for training is required to avoid covering an excessive amount of work during too short a time. This results in confusion and discontent. Training enables teachers to feel confident and competent. Their task becomes rewarding for them. Curriculum changes are intended for the benefit of learners and teachers. Teachers should not be discouraged when they encounter some of the more challenging impacts of curriculum changes. Attitudes should also be motivated in subjects such as Mathematics. The Department of Education is exhorted to support and guide its teachers to become a force for the greater good of South Africa.Curriculum and Instructional Studies
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Vander, Plaats Bob, Donn DeBoard, and Christiane Thies. "Perspective vol. 8 no. 7 (Dec 1974)." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10756/251206.
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"A Corpus-assisted Discourse Analysis of Music-related Practices Discussed within Chipmusic.org." Doctoral diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.51757.
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abstract: This study examined discussion forum posts within a website dedicated to a medium and genre of music (chiptunes) with potential for music-centered making, a phrase I use to describe maker culture practices that revolve around music-related purposes. Three research questions guided this study: (1) What chiptune-related practices did members of chipmusic.org discuss between December 30th, 2009 and November 13th, 2017? (2) What do chipmusic.org discussion forum posts reveal about the multidisciplinary aspects of chiptunes? (3) What import might music-centered making evident within chipmusic.org discussion forum posts hold for music education? To address these research questions, I engaged in corpus-assisted discourse analysis tools and techniques to reveal and analyze patterns of discourse within 245,098 discussion forum posts within chipmusic.org. The analysis cycle consisted of (a) using corpus analysis techniques to reveal patterns of discourse across and within data consisting of 10,892,645 words, and (b) using discourse analysis techniques for a close reading of revealed patterns.
Findings revealed seven interconnected themes of chiptune-related practices: (a) composition practices, (b) performance practices, (c) maker practices, (d) coding practices, (e) entrepreneurial practices, (f), visual art practices, and (g) community practices. Members of chipmusic.org primarily discussed composing and performing chiptunes on a variety of instruments, as well as through retro computer and video game hardware. Members also discussed modifying and creating hardware and software for a multitude of electronic devices. Some members engaged in entrepreneurial practices to promote, sell, buy, and trade with other members. Throughout each of the revealed themes, members engaged in visual art practices, as well as community practices such as collective learning, collaborating, constructive criticism, competitive events, and collective efficacy.
Findings suggest the revealed themes incorporated practices from a multitude of academic disciplines or fields of study for music-related purposes. However, I argue that many of the music-related practices people discussed within chipmusic.org are not apparent within music education discourse, curricula, or standards. I call for an expansion of music education discourse and practices to include additional ways of being musical through practices that might borrow from multiple academic disciplines or fields of study for music-related purposes.Dissertation/Thesis
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"Scaffolding in the Center: Training Tutors to Facilitate Learning Interactions with L2 Writers." Doctoral diss., 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.55486.
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abstract: Writing centers are learning settings and communities at the intersection of multiple disciplines and boundaries, which afford opportunities for rich learning experiences. However, navigating and negotiating boundaries as part of the learning is not easy or neutral work. Helping tutors shift from fixing to facilitating language and scaffolding literacy learning requires training. This is particularly true as tutors work with second or subsequent language (L2) writers, a well-documented area of tension. This mixed methods action research study, conducted at a large university in the United States (US), centered on a tutor training intervention designed to improve writing tutors’ scaffolding with L2 learners by increasing tutors’ concrete understanding of scaffolding and shifting the ways tutors view and value L2 writers and their writing. Using a sociocultural framework, including understanding writing centers as communities of practices and sites for experiential learning, the effectiveness of the intervention was examined through pre- and post-intervention surveys and interviews with tutors, post-intervention focus groups with L2 writers, and post-intervention observations of tutorials with L2 writers. Results indicated a shift in tutors’ use of scaffolding, reflecting increased understanding of scaffolding techniques and scaffolding as participatory and multidirectional. Results also showed that post-intervention, tutors increasingly saw themselves as learners and experienced a decrease in confidence scaffolding with L2 writers. Findings also demonstrated ways in which time, common ground, and participation mediate scaffolding within tutorials. These findings provide implications for tutor education, programmatic policy, and writing center administration and scholarship, including areas for further interdisciplinary action research.Dissertation/Thesis
Doctoral Dissertation Educational Leadership and Policy Studies 2019
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(10947219), Derek R. Sherman. "Cultures of writing: The state of transfer at state comprehensive universities." Thesis, 2021.
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The Elon Research Seminar, Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer, was a coalition of rhetoric and composition scholars’ attempt at codifying writing transfer knowledge for teaching and research purposes. Although the seminar was an important leap in transfer research, many ‘behind the scenes’ decisions of writing transfer, often those not involving the writing program, go unnoticed, yet play a pivotal role in how writing programs encourage and reproduce writing transfer in the classroom. This dissertation study, inspired by a pilot study conducted in Fall 2018 on writing across the curriculum programs and their role in writing transfer, illustrates how an institution’s context systems (e.g., macrosystem, mesosystem, microsystem, etc.) affect writing programs’ processes—i.e., curriculum components, assessment, and administrative structure and budget—and vice versa. Using Bronfenbrenner and Morris’ (2006) bioecological model, I show how writing programs and their context systems interact to reproduce writing transfer practices. Through ten interviews with writing program administrators at state comprehensive universities, I delineate specific actions that each writing program could take to encourage writing transfer. I develop a list of roles and responsibilities a university’s context systems play in advocating writing transfer practices. The results of the study show that research beyond the writing classroom and students is necessary to understand how writing transfer opportunities arise in university cultures of writing.
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Malcolm, Tom, Plaats Nancy Vander, and Robert E. VanderVennen. "Perspective vol. 9 no. 2 (Apr 1975)." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10756/251204.
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Schönfelder, Silvia. "Qualitätsentwicklung einer außerschulischen Biodiversitätsbildung." Doctoral thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-AEEF-E.
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(11204100), Alia Azmat. "Mind, Body, Spirit: Muslim Women's Experiences in Therapy." Thesis, 2021.
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This dissertation presents in the form of two distinct chapters conceptually related in nature. The first chapter integrates literature from various fields such as indigenous, womanist, and feminist lenses to propose nine principles when working with Muslim women. The purpose of the second chapter is to examine Muslim women’s experiences in therapy at university counseling centers. The study explores women’s experiences from a social determinants of health perspective and a narrative inquiry method—namely, how intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional, community, and policy factors inform women’s experiences. Qualitative analysis from interviews with six women suggests Muslim women navigate multiple systems which inform their beliefs about health and their experiences in therapy.