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Patrick, William J.; Stanley, Elizabeth C. – 1995
The British experience of nationwide research quality assessments and new measures to improve accountability are described. Consequences for the higher education system and for individual institutions are examined. Three national assessments of the quality of research in the United Kingdom (U.K.) in 1986, 1989, and 1992 have provided a standard…
Descriptors: Accountability, Departments, Doctoral Programs, Educational Assessment
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Malvern, D. D. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1991
The process used to select candidates for teacher training at a university department of education in the United Kingdom is described. Selection criteria, interview techniques, and essay requirements are reviewed for applicants for the training program. Tutors make assessments of candidates' personality during interviews, and these assessments…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Applicants, Competitive Selection, Departments
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Colmer, Oliver; Daly, Caroline – Teacher Development, 2004
This article explores the effects upon teacher learning of engaging in classroom research within the context of a teacher's professional life as a middle manager in a large urban school. The article is co-written by the teacher and his tutor on the Master of Teaching programme at the Institute of Education, University of London, where teacher…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Classroom Research, Theory Practice Relationship, Foreign Countries
Michell, Mick, 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 deals with the factors that were the reason for the implementation of a review process, a listing of financial sponsors and other "in kind" help from…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Heaney, John, 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 consulting and negotiating both with colleagues and others. Sections two and three address the timetabling issue. Section four explains a strategy that a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Murray, Rowena; Holmes, Sheena – Studies in Higher Education, 1997
In semi-structured interviews, 11 British university lecturers were prompted to discuss their motivations for starting, continuing, and achieving closure in collaborative staff development. Motivations included learning how to teach and involve students in learning, and drawing support from faculty development experts. Findings suggest that…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, College Faculty, Departments
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Kerry, Trevor – London Review of Education, 2005
This paper examines three concepts relating to the role of heads of department (HoDs) in secondary schools: boundary management; the roles of subject leadership and departmental functioning as HoD activities; and the place of HoDs in evolving school hierarchies. To throw light on the last an empirical study is reported that explores hierarchies in…
Descriptors: Middle Management, Role Perception, Teacher Role, Department Heads
Stewart, Denis, Comp. – 1987
This is the third in a series of 12 curriculum guides. These publications are recommendations which the committee made for a broad and balanced education program in science for young people. The main theme of this guide is that science education which young people experience during their period of compulsory schooling needs to be characterized by…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Ellington, E. C., 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. Following the introduction, section one discusses content and rationale and the need for an extended range of approaches, basic assumptions about teaching and learning, the purposes of school…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Wilson, Cathy, 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. This guide aims to raise key issues about assessment; provides a measure of up-dating with regard to development; encourages science teachers and departments to reflect on their current…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Hornsby, Joseph, Comp. – 1987
This publication is the last in a series of 12 giving the recommendations that were made for a broad and balanced education program in science for young people. This guide shows that learning to teach better science starts formally with initial training, continues through an induction period, and is consolidated through a regular in-service…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Barber, Brenda, Comp.; Michell, Mick, 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. This guide attempts to answer the questions regarding what science is taught in primary schools, what skills good primary science gives children, and how secondary schools build on primary…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Bocock, Jean, Ed.; Watson, David, Ed. – 1994
This book discusses changes in United Kingdom universities such as, expansion, diversification and revised expectations and their impact on university organization. The key dilemma is felt to be how to recover and nurture a shared sense of purpose between those who manage and those who deliver a curriculum under social and economic pressure. The…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Presidents
O'Connor, Maureen, Ed. – 1987
Most people recognize science education as an essential part of the school curriculum and the education of students growing up in a technologial modern world. School science does not thrive in isolation. It should be influenced by other curriculum areas and in turn it should influence them. However, the subject, in some instances, has been…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Development
Bentley, Di, 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. This guide covers some basic questions about health education as viewed by science teachers, gives suggestions and recommendations for how science teachers might plan their contribution to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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