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Direct linkKarunaratne, Prashan Shayanka Mendis; Breyer, Yvonne A.; Wood, Leigh N. – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: Economics is catering to a diverse student cohort. This cohort needs to be equipped with transformative concepts that students can integrate beyond university. When a curriculum is content-driven, threshold concepts are a useful tool in guiding curriculum re-design. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/Methodology/Approach: The…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Integrated Curriculum, Educational Change, Concept Teaching
Download full textDepartment for Education, 2011
To support the review of the National Curriculum, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) was commissioned by the Department for Education in the spring of 2011 to produce a report detailing curricular arrangements in a number of high-performing educational jurisdictions. The principal source of information for this report has been…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Educational Research, Research Reports, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedClaydon, L; Lovegrove, M. N. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1972
Processes of change are noted as a course for the postgraduate Diploma of Education (La Trobe University, Australia) is created. Outcomes indicated there should be a careful and totally honet examination of beliefs and attitudes before the notion of innovation is considered. (JB)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Organization, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedWright, George – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1976
Described is an integrated physical science course being developed for Australian high schools. Included are the course structure, explanation of three major units of the course, and the basic concerns prompting the development of the new course. (SL)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Integrated Curriculum
Peer reviewedEltis, K. J. – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers' Associations, 1975
The decline in foreign language study in New South Wales is described, and suggestions are made for change in course content and organization to make foreign language study interesting and helpful to a larger number of students. (RM)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Organization, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedMagin, D. J. – Higher Education, 1984
Although critical thinking and developing student confidence are common objectives of courses in laboratory experimentation, a study of one Australian engineering course showed little progress toward these goals and that efforts to develop critical thinking conflicted with development of confidence. More attention to these objectives within course…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Course Content, Course Organization
Scarino, Angela; And Others – 1988
The Australian Language Levels (ALL) Project offers a coherent model for elementary and secondary language curriculum design. Book 2 of the four-volume series elaborates on each of the major features of the ALL Project proposal for language curricula outlined in Book 1, focusing on the syllabus, suggesting possible content at different…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Course Organization
Ryan, Anthony S., Ed.; Tkacz, Michael, Ed. – 1980
This review is presented as a supplement to the main report of the Western Australia State Inquiry into Teacher Educaton. Since most of the information included was obtained directly from primary sources, little of it is available elsewhere. Much of this information could well be of value to the institutions for their own analysis and planning,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Course Content, Course Organization
Peer reviewedCarroll, Michael – TESOL Journal, 1994
Focuses on student involvement in determining course structure through journal writing. Successful student writers become highly skilled at directing the course of their own learning. The data in the journals inform teachers about what is occurring in learners' heads. Reflective journal writers are adopting a professional approach to their…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Course Content, Course Organization, Creative Thinking
