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Direct linkBielik, Tom; Finnie, Kellie; Peek-Brown, Deborah; Klager, Chris; Touitou, Israel; Schneider, Barbara; Krajcik, Joseph – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2022
To meet the demands of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), teachers need to reconsider their current instructional practices, shifting from learning about scientific ideas to making sense of phenomena and solving problems using three-dimensional learning components. Project-Based Learning (PBL) provides a framework for creating…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Science Instruction, Science Curriculum
Download full textBurr, Elizabeth; Lewis, Ryan; Crane, Eric W. – WestEd, 2020
California public schools enroll some 1.2 million students who are classified as English learners (ELs), representing a little more than 19 percent of the statewide student population. Given the size of this population and given the state's efforts over the last decade to recommend to districts materials lists for high-quality, standards-aligned…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, English Teachers, Language Arts, Teacher Attitudes
Council of the Great City Schools, 2023
In the ongoing effort to improve standards-based instruction in the nation's urban public schools, the Council of the Great City Schools published a second edition of "Supporting Excellence: A Framework for Developing, Implementing, and Sustaining a High-Quality District Curriculum." This document is designed to help districts: (1)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Urban Schools, Public Schools
Guffey, Sarah K.; Slater, Timothy F. – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
In the past few decades, scientific and educational entities in the United States have repeatedly expended considerable fiscal and human resources in an effort to establish contemporary education standards, curriculum frameworks, and assessment tools. These efforts are intended to reform the quantity and quality of K-16 Earth science education…
Descriptors: Geology, Misconceptions, Academic Standards, Educational Change
Alvunger, Daniel – Curriculum Journal, 2021
This paper explores the knowledge conceptions in teachers' curriculum making within a classroom perspective through a lens of social realist theory. Curriculum making is conceptualised as a process that occurs between students, teachers, knowledge content and contextual factors, in which teachers must balance various priorities and knowledge…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Science Curriculum, Natural Sciences, Classroom Environment
Strimel, Greg; Huffman, Tanner; Grubbs, Michael; Kim, Eunhye; Gurganus, Jamie – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2020
Engineering education has increasingly become an area of interest at the P-12 level, yet attempts to align engineering knowledge, skills, and habits to existing elementary and secondary educational programming have been parochial in nature (e.g., for a specific context, grade, or initiative). Consequently, a need exists to establish a coherent…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design
Edelson, Daniel C.; Reiser, Brian J.; McNeill, Katherine L.; Mohan, Audrey; Novak, Michael; Mohan, Lindsey; Affolter, Renee; McGill, Tara A. W.; Buck Bracey, Zoë E.; Deutch Noll, Jamie; Kowalski, Susan M.; Novak, Dawn; Lo, Abraham S.; Landel, Carolyn; Krumm, Andrew; Penuel, William R.; Van Horne, Katie; González-Howard, María; Suárez, Enrique – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
OpenSciEd is an ambitious effort to implement the vision of the "Framework for K-12 Science Education" and the "Next Generation Science Standards" broadly across the United States. The premise of OpenSciEd is that high quality instructional materials can play a critical role in transforming science teaching and learning at a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evidence Based Practice, Instructional Materials, Educational Change
Akeel, Usman Umar; Bell, Sarah Jayne; Mitchell, John E. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to present an assessment of the sustainability content of the Nigerian engineering curriculum in universities. Design/methodology/approach: Content analysis is used to generate and analyse data from three engineering documents, namely, the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards for Engineering Programmes in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Engineering Education, College Curriculum
Lewis, Gena D.; Liace, Kathleen F.; Braun, Patricia A. – World Journal of Education, 2019
Teachers present their perceptions when designing and mapping curriculum to implement standards-based instruction and assessment. It appears that teachers are willing but not always able to make curriculum and instructional decisions. Participation of teachers varies from district to district. When curriculum is given to teachers as part of their…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Academic Standards, Instruction, Curriculum Implementation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019
The Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT) is designed to help school districts and schools conduct a clear, complete, and consistent analysis of physical education curricula for K-12 students. This analysis focuses on how well a curriculum aligns with national standards for physical education. PECAT results can help school districts…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Alignment (Education)
Federiakin, Denis; Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga; Kardanova, Elena; Kühling-Thees, Carla; Reichert-Schlax, Jasmin; Koreshnikova, Yuliya – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2022
In this paper, we present a study, which models and measures the competencies of higher education students in business and economics--within and across countries. To measure student competencies in a valid and reliable way, the Test of Understanding in College Economics was used, which assesses microeconomic and macroeconomic competencies. The…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Undergraduate Students, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Meyer, Josephine C.; Passante, Gina; Pollock, Steven J.; Wilcox, Bethany R. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Interdisciplinary introduction to quantum information science (QIS) courses are proliferating at universities across the US, but the experiences of instructors in these courses have remained largely unexplored in the discipline-based education research (DBER) communities. Here, we address this gap by reporting on the findings of a survey of…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Information Science, Interdisciplinary Approach, Introductory Courses
Steele, Patricia; Burleigh, Cheryl; Kroposki, Margaret; Magabo, Myrene; Bailey, Liston – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2020
Developers and designers of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) products are expressing concerns regarding accountability for ethical design and use of VR/AR products in virtual learning environments. Within the field of education, more research is needed to determine how VR/AR designers make decisions regarding ethical issues, and particularly…
Descriptors: Ethics, Computer System Design, Computer Simulation, Instructional Design
Magaly Lavadenz; Elvira G. Armas – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This book presents a validated observation instrument to support and further develop the pedagogic expertise of teachers of English Learners in US schools. Based on sociocultural and second language teaching and learning theories, the Observation Protocol for Academic Literacies (OPAL) has a variety of uses across teacher preparation programs,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Lehman, Paul R. – Contributions to Music Education, 2020
"Vision 2020" offered a thoughtful review of the recent history of music education and an overview of its current state together with projections and questions about its future. Now that 2020 has arrived, and we are undertaking a similar review in this publication, it seems appropriate to consider once again what music education might…
Descriptors: Music Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Futures (of Society)
