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Smith, Robert – Higher Education Management, 1996
A study of the faculty evaluation system at Nene College (England) is reported and compared with studies in other British universities. Evaluator, faculty, and administrator views of the program were generally positive, particularly concerning the opportunities the evaluation interviews present for discussing issues. Assessment by line manager…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Classroom Observation Techniques, College Administration
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Imrie, Bradford W. – Higher Education Management, 1996
Discussion of systematic faculty evaluation for performance and career development looks at government policy changes in the United Kingdom and compares two institutional programs. The City University of Hong Kong views the faculty performance plan/appraisal as its contribution to the institution; the University of Glasgow (Scotland) treats the…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Planning, Departments
Learning and Skills Network (NJ3), 2007
This publication provides an introduction to teaching and learning approaches for the extension topics within GCSE Physics. It highlights some specific ideas that teachers can adopt and where to find further information. It also outlines issues for managing the change. This guide contains sevens sections: Section 1 presents the policy context;…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Departments, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction
Watts, Mike, Comp.; Michell, Mick, Comp. – 1987
The intention of this guide is to consider the concepts, skills, facts, and attitudes of science which are taught in school; explore how content might be chosen; argue for a reduction in curriculum content; suggest major topics for science teaching; use examples to illustrate aspects of science content; and consider some of the implications of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Ditchfield, Christine, Comp. – 1987
This publication is one in a series of 12 giving the recommendations that were made for a broad and balanced education program in science for young people. Section one of this guide is concerned with science teaching in a multicultural society. Section two looks at the perceptions held by young people on the multi-cultural nature of science and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Burgess, T. F. – Higher Education, 1996
Three faculty workload planning methods in United Kingdom universities are compared, focusing on workload planning principles, computerized decision support, institutional contexts, political dimensions, and management of change. One is based on contact hours; the second on actual hours; and the third on translating supervision, teaching,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Faculty
Ditchfield, Christine, Comp. – 1987
This publication is one in a series of 12 giving the recommendations that were made for a broad and balanced education program in science for young people. It examines science teachers' concerns about the science education of children with learning difficulties, sets this within the context of special education, concentrates on ways to provide…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Hewton, Eric – 1982
The application of the idea of diplomacy to educational change is addressed, with attention to the problems faced by the head of a teaching and learning support group within a university, along with the role of educational advisers, or consultants, The analysis is structured based on the main elements of diplomacy. Attention is directed to an…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Conflict Resolution
Ditchfield, Christine, Comp.; Scott, Linda, Comp. – 1987
This publication is one in a series of 12 giving the recommendations that were made for a broad and balanced education program in science for young people. Section one of this guide discusses gender-related issues raised by examining the interests, attitudes, aspirations and behavior that young people bring with them into science classes. Section…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Brew, Angela, Ed. – 1995
This collection of readings is intended to provide a source book on best practices in staff development in higher education within a British context. The 13 papers are grouped into three parts: part 1 presents the educational development tradition which has focused on development of staff as teachers; part 2 considers development of staff in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrator Education, Department Heads, Distance Education
Learning and Skills Network (NJ3), 2007
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has contracted with the Learning and Skills Network to support awareness and take-up of Triple Science GCSEs through the Triple Science Support Programme. This publication provides an introduction to teaching and learning approaches for the extension topics within GCSE Biology. It highlights…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Departments, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction
Hurren, Clive – 1992
This guide to departmental planning in British secondary school modern language programs offers suggestions for producing effective work and curriculum plans. An introductory section outlines the reasons for departmental planning and discusses briefly the format and content of effective staff meetings. The second section addresses common…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, British National Curriculum, Cooperation, Course Content
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Cockburn, Anne D. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2005
This reflective paper is an account and analyses of the change process forced upon a university's education department in the light of unexpected financial downfall. Rather than rehearse the well documented research on innovation and change it focuses on the process from the head of department's prospective. The issues raised highlight that there…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Evaluation, Educational Research
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1920
This committee was appointed in August, 1916, and consisted of 17 members who are eminent in the educational, scientific, and commercial life of the nation. The committee was tasked "to inquire into the position occupied by natural science in the educational system of Great Britain, especially in secondary schools and universities, and to…
Descriptors: Departments, Educational Policy, Professional Education, Technical Education
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