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Karunaratne, 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
Sarah French – Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, 2015
Over the past twenty years, universities have increasingly employed credit-­based modular curriculum structures in an attempt to cater to the needs of more diverse student groups and to allow students greater flexibility and choice in managing their studies. With the increasing pressures placed on Australian universities to better support teaching…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Curriculum Design, Student Needs, Student Diversity
Department 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
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Claydon, 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
Woolley, T. – South Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1974
Outlines a junior science program utilizing individualized instruction and audiovisual materials as important features of the student-centered program. (BR)
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Course Organization, Curriculum Design, General Science
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
Burns, Anne – 1995
The role of collaborative research to support curriculum change is discussed, drawing on experiences with the Australian Adult Migrant English Program during a period of extensive change. The research undertaken was to assess the impact of competency-based curriculum on classroom practice and course design. The research project engaged 30…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education