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Palmini, Dennis J. – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Examines several important principles of writing (e.g., different approaches for different audiences) and applies these to economics and business education. Discusses approaches to teaching writing in this context. Includes a rhetorical case assignment, teaching tips, and discussion of students' reactions to this approach. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business Education, Case Studies, Economics Education, Higher Education
Mayo, Michael; And Others – 1986
This report on the National Assistance Project for Special Education Technology provides a description, evaluation of the project, case studies, and vignettes. The project provided technical assistance to local school districts to implement technology within special education programs. In year 1, technical assistance was provided to 27 local…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Computer Uses in Education, Consultation Programs
Black, Harry; And Others – 1992
A project evaluated the overall effectiveness of the Advanced Courses Development Programme (ACDP) of the Scottish Vocational Education Council. A peer review of selected Higher National (HN) unit specifications involved 195 subject experts who completed evaluation questionnaires on specifications in their specialist areas. The main body of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Advanced Courses, Articulation (Education), Case Studies
Dwyer, David C.; And Others – 1983
This fourth volume of a six-volume study of a school district code-named "Milford" provides an ethnographic account of Kensington School today. Tracing the school's development through the 1979-80 school year, the study's central metaphor is of a ship on a perilous journey. Chapter 1 describes the school's opening day and "Crosscurrents in…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Class Activities, Classroom Environment
Barzansky, Barbara; And Others – 1983
As traditional medical school curricula began to be criticized in the 1950s, various alternatives were proposed, including the organ-system based curriculum (organized around the organ systems of the body) and the problem-based curriculum (organized around clinical problems). From an open systems perspective, any such medical school curriculum…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design
Pratt, Harold; And Others – 1982
This paper reports on two comprehensive multi-institutional collaborative efforts for school improvement. The two studies demonstrate that collaborative efforts involving multiple agencies and multiple agendas can be successful even when separated by considerable geographical distance. The school systems were concerned with implementing a locally…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
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Anderson, Terry – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2005
Design-based research is proposed as a strategy to address the need for innovation in educational contexts. The article argues the case for increased and more effective research and development in education, and then presents a discussion of design-based research as a methodological set of tools to address this need. The four phases of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Innovation, Research and Development, Research Design
Milton, Ohmer; And Others – 1978
Presented are written explanations and critical evaluations of the major teaching practices now being used in undergraduate education. Discussed are both traditional approaches to teaching (lecturing, testing, leading discussions) and new approaches (using a personalized system of instruction, teaching with computers, developing learning…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Instruction, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Belanger, Maurice – 1976
Innovation in inservice education and training of teachers (INSET) is examined within the context of the general pattern of teacher education in Canada and by means of two case studies of INSET programs--Perfectionnement des Maitreseen Mathematiques (PERMAMA) and the Atlantic Institute of Education (AIE). It is stated that, at present, most INSET…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Problems, Educational Innovation, Elementary School Teachers
Alschuler, Alfred; And Others – 1969
This teacher's manual grows out of a major research project that is attempting to discover the most effective methods of increasing motivation of the adolescent. The methods under study are combined into special courses that are given in schools by teachers, not in laboratories by research scientists nor in clinics by psychotherapists.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Havelock, Ronald G.; And Others – 1974
This document reports on a project undertaken to determine the feasibility of a periodic national survey of a sample of U.S. school districts to obtain information on the performance of the existing dissemination and utilization network for educational innovations. All the cases in this volume were originally identified from a national survey of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Watson, Douglas – 1972
This report examines some of the many varieties of alternatives now available, their problems and pitfalls, and their hopes for the future. After defining alternative schools, the report discusses the rationale for having alternatives and then summarizes the range of alternatives available at both the elementary and secondary levels. Separate…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Case Studies, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Sala, Teresa – 1976
Educational trends in Italy are investigated and case studies are presented of experimental courses in communications at five secondary schools. The study is arranged in five chapters. The first chapter examines the relationships among the creative process, the cultural context, and socio-economic influences. The second chapter presents the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communications, Comparative Education, Course Descriptions
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1976
The third in a series of reports on AAC-sponsored dialogues on liberal learning is presented. This dialogue, focusing on the role of liberal learning in professional education, was designed for both teachers and administrators representing a variety of colleges of business, engineering, fine arts, and the health sciences. In the first case study,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Administration, Business Administration Education
Falba, Christy J.; Zehm, Stanley J.; Bean, Tom; Markos, Patricia A.; Dixon, Juli K; McKinney, Marilyn – 1997
The papers presented as part of this symposium explore several aspects of integrating technology in teacher education. The title paper, presented by Christy J. Falba, reports on a study to investigate the process and progress of integrating technology into university level teacher education courses from the perspective of the university…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Innovation
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