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Kruglov, V. V. – Soviet Education, 1991
Describes recent changes in management education in the former Soviet Union. Identifies tendencies that have arisen in educational reform: (1) short-term seminars, courses, and conferences; (2) short-term seminars featuring foreign experts; (3) new permanent educational institutions; and (4) retraining experts in new economic knowledge. Discusses…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Business Administration Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Download full textBray, Judith L.; Armstrong, Jane – 1986
In the fall of 1984, the Education Commission of the States (ECS) was awarded a grant from the U.S. Secretary of Education's Discretionary Fund to identify alternative state roles for improving instructional materials in mathematics. To help state leaders define an appropriate and effective role in upgrading these materials, ECS proposed first to…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Mathematics Education, Surveys, Teaching Methods
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1984
The California State Board of Education is responsible for adopting textbooks and instructional materials for use in kindergarten through grade eight. The purposes of the instructional materials program are to: (1) establish clear standards for the educational and social content of texbooks and instructional materials; (2) evaluate instructional…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Instructional Materials, State Standards
Peer reviewedEllse, Mark – School Science Review, 1988
Examines secondary science textbooks for their interpretation of energy concepts. Discusses some of the confusion created by the use of the "forms of energy" approach. Advocates the use of "energy transfer" terminology. Critically examines examples of common text passages from British textbooks. (CW)
Descriptors: Energy, Energy Education, Foreign Countries, Science Education
Peer reviewedEves, Robert Leo; Davis, Larry Eugene – Journal of Geological Education, 1988
Discusses how rock-cycle diagrams can graphically illustrate the interrelationship between materials and processes in physical geology courses. Reviews nine contemporary physical geology textbooks with regard to their use of such diagrams. (TW)
Descriptors: College Science, Diagrams, Geology, Higher Education
Ekoot, Banjamin Rarakit Oluk – 1982
This paper begins with a discussion of reasons why the Uganda College of Commerce was established and how the curriculum for the Uganda Diploma in Business Studies (UDBS) was developed. A historical survey of the course development is presented, focusing on the course objectives. The achievements and non-achievements of the UDBS are analyzed,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Business Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Stevenson, Harold W. – 1985
A two part examination of the evidence concerning one possible basis for the poor mathematical performance of United States students, the content of the textbooks used in their classes, is presented. The results of a detailed analysis of Japanese and U.S. mathematics textbooks for grades 1 through 12 are reported. Two international studies (1964…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
