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Araujo, Marta – British Educational Research Journal, 2009
This paper examines "Fresh Start," a New Labour flagship initiative to raise education "standards" in a radical and innovative way. Drawing on a qualitative study of a comprehensive school in England, I argue that the initiative added to the problems faced by the "failing school" and promoted rather traditional ways…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Academic Standards, Educational Policy
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Swain, Jon; Swan, Malcolm – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2009
This paper describes some outcomes of a nine-month design-based research study into the professional development of 24 numeracy teachers with post-16 learners. The teachers were encouraged to integrate eight research-based teaching principles into their classroom practices as they implemented a set of discussion-based mathematics learning…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Numeracy, Teaching Methods, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Katz, Richard N. – EDUCAUSE Review, 2008
In October 2007, EDUCAUSE Vice President Richard N. Katz met with several senior leaders of the Open University: Professor Brenda Gourley, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University; Professor Denise Kirkpatrick, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Learning and Teaching; Professor Andy Lane, Director of OpenLearn; Niall Sclater, Director of the Virtual…
Descriptors: Open Education, Open Universities, Foreign Countries, Presidents
Zevenbergen, Robyn; Lerman, Steve – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2008
Interactive whiteboards (IWB) are an innovation that is gaining considerable presence in many contemporary classrooms. This paper examines the use of IWBs in mathematics classrooms. Using a productive pedagogies framework to analyse classroom videos, it is proposed that the classrooms observed used a restricted approach in their use of IWBs. It…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
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Taylor, Carol A.; Dunne, Mairead – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2011
This article considers some of the ways in which the transformative power of Web 2.0 digital technology is reconfiguring learning, knowledge and academic identities in the contemporary university. Through a focus on five specific examples, we consider the impact of virtualization processes on spatiality, materiality and embodiment, and pedagogic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Internet, Computer Uses in Education
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Twining, Peter – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
This paper describes and reflects on the development of the Schome Park Programme (SPP), which was established with the specific aim of extending our thinking about schome, which aims to be the optimal educational system for the 21st century. In an earlier stage of the Schome Initiative, it became clear that people find it almost impossible to…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Research Methodology, Educational Philosophy, Educational Innovation
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Hong, Jun; Chen, Haifeng – International Education Studies, 2008
Our higher education need to innovate education models and actively connect every member in big social system, for example, enterprises, society and environment. This paper shows some new ideas on innovating educational development based on author's studying experience in UK and in USA.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Models, Educational Innovation
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McWilliam, Erica; Haukka, Sandra – British Educational Research Journal, 2008
This article sets out reasons for arguing that creativity is not garnish to the roast of industry or of education--i.e. the reasoning behind Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi's insistence that creativity is not only about elites but involves everyone. This article investigates three key domains--scholarship, commerce and learning--to argue the importance…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Creativity, Creative Development, Labor Force Development
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Findlow, Sally – Studies in Higher Education, 2008
This article is an empirically grounded critical exploration of conflict between two associated higher education agendas--audit-driven accountability and academic innovation. Feeding into a discourse of quality, audit and power, it considers how far prevailing economic-bureaucratic models of higher education accountability might actually inhibit…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Accountability, Educational Quality
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Kiely, Richard – Language Teaching Research, 2009
This paper explores why the learning posited as an intrinsic dimension of evaluation practice and use has been difficult to achieve, and how it might be more effectively realized. In recent decades language programme evaluation has evolved from focused studies of teaching methods inspired by language learning theories to a curriculum management…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Learning Experience, English for Academic Purposes, Context Effect
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Bryden, John – Education in Rural Australia, 2007
The topic of this paper has emerged from the work of Shelton (2000, 2003), Bernhardt, Kawagley and Hill (2000), Boylan and McSwan (1998), Bryden and Boylan (2004) and others on "place-based" and "consequential" education in rural areas, prompting the question: if place-based and consequential education is "good" for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Innovation, Rural Areas, Rural Development
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Middleton, Andrew John; Mather, Richard – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2008
The educational value of Immersive Virtual Worlds (IVWs) seems to be in their social immersive qualities and as an accessible simulation technology. In contrast to these synchronous applications this paper discusses the use of educational machinima developed in IVW virtual film sets. It also introduces the concept of media intervention, proposing…
Descriptors: Intervention, Educational Technology, Internet, Educational Media
Enochsson, Ann-Britt; Rizza, Caroline – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
This research review reports on articles presenting empirical research in the area of how teacher-training institutions work on preparing future teachers for the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in their future classrooms. It was conducted mainly in English and French and covers research in 11 OECD-countries during…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
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Falchikov, Nancy; Thomson, Karen – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2008
The developing discourse which moves assessment away from a measurement model towards one of learner empowerment and the development of assessment for lifelong learning sets the context for this paper. Within this framework, we explore how the demands made on practitioners may influence current reported assessment practices. The reasons given by…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Measurement Techniques, Measurement Objectives, Lifelong Learning
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Margaryan, Anoush – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2008
Purpose: This paper seeks to advance an approach to supporting instructors in adopting new models of teaching, particularly when new technology is involved. The approach comprises three components: conceptual principles underpinning new learning models; process by which instructors are supported in understanding and applying principles; and a…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Questionnaires, Interviews, Knowledge Management
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