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Haynes, Richard M.; Chalker, Donald M. – 1997
Many school systems across the country promise a world-class education for their students. This book defines what a world-class elementary school is and provides guidance for those wishing to lead their schools to meet the standards. Chapter 1 introduces the definition of world-class schools and identifies 10 nations that represent the finest…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Comparative Education, Curriculum Design, Economic Development
Deupree, John, Ed.; Lenn, Marjorie Peace, Ed. – 1997
This collection of essays presents a set of standards to be considered for use in the delivery of U.S. credit-abroad programs and is designed to serve as a primer for institutions considering the development of such standards. The essays include: (1) "Introduction: A Growing Trend in Educational Delivery" (John Deupree), which discusses…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Case Studies, Colleges
Download full textInstitute of International Education, New York, NY. – 1997
This report, based upon studies carried out from 1994-96 by a task force of international educators, focuses on efforts to identify a language and a strategy for improving U.S.-Japan "international education." Several conclusions are reached and discussed in the text: (1) international education can be stimulated by a new transnational…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Comparative Education
Dore, Ronald; Sako, Mari – 1998
This book examines how the Japanese learn to work by exploring the following topics: common assumptions about vocational education and training (VET) that Japan brings into question; Japan's general education system and the moral quality and prestige status of the teaching and learning process; screening processes within Japan's education system…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Practices
Direct linkRubenstein, Rheta N., Ed. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2004
Teaching is a complex, ongoing endeavor that involves a myriad of decisions. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM's) Sixty-Sixth Yearbook is organized around three aspects of teaching: foundations for teaching, the enactment of teaching, and the support of teaching nurtured in preservice education and strengthened throughout a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Teachers, Secondary School Mathematics
Docking, Jim, Ed. – 2000
This book, which is designed primarily for undergraduate and graduate students of education, contains 12 papers devoted the New Labour's policies for schools in the United Kingdom. "Introduction" (Jim Docking) presents an overview of the book's contents and lists questions to help evaluate the effectiveness of New Labour's educational…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Comparative Analysis
