NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
The Role of Learning Progressions in Standards-Based Education Reform. Policy Brief. RB-52
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Mosher, Frederic A. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2011
The concept of "learning progressions" has begun to show up in discussions of education policy and research as a potential answer to the question of how to specify what being "on track" might mean. A number of recent NRC (National Research Council) reports on science education highlight the concept (National Research Council,…
Descriptors: Science Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Instructional Improvement
Alliance through Change
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sebalj, Darlene; Hudson, Susan; Ryan, Jan; Wight-Boycott, Juliet – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2007
Following a landmark organisational change event within the University of Western Sydney, when the university ceased operating as a federation of four distinct, inter-related elements and merged to become a single entity, four foundation College Managers made a strategic decision to form an alliance. This alliance significantly enhanced the…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Educational Environment, Educational Change, Change Strategies
East-West Partnerships: Lessons from UNESCO and Eidos
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Power, Colin – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2006
This article draws lessons from experience at UNESCO and Eidos pertinent to the issues of developing East-West Partnership in education. For the past 60 years, UNESCO's mission has been to promote international co-operation. It has been very much involved in promoting intellectual co-operation among the professional leaders in education. Eidos is…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, International Organizations, Partnerships in Education
Consorting with the Consortium: What the Researcher Saw!
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Arthur, Julie; Darby, Sue; Campbell, Paul – 1998
Australia's Cairns Consortium of Schools includes four state primary schools in Cairns, North Queensland. It supports provision of quality education characterized by improved student outcomes enhanced by improved teacher competencies. It is based on espoused values of mutual trust and respect. Principals use collaborative decision making processes…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Strategies, Consortia, Cooperative Programs
Australian Developments in Distance Education and Their Implications for Rural Schools.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Stevens, Ken – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1994
Discusses the impact on rural Australian schools of recent developments in distance education, including new communication technologies, changes in the concept of Distance Education Centres, the advent of open learning ("open" college courses delivered electronically by a consortium of universities), and interinstitutional networking.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Consortia, Distance Education, Educational Change
Building Literacy and Numeracy into Training: A Synthesis of Recent Research into the Effects of Integrating Literacy and Numeracy into Training Packages.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Sanguinetti, Jill, Ed.; Hartley, Robyn, Ed. – 2000
The six state-based research centers of the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium (ALNARC) investigated the effects of inclusion of literacy and numeracy standards in Australia's national training packages and the standards' impact on the quality of learning and work outcomes. The six ALNARC projects, which used a case study…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning