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Finding the Right Capstone Course Model
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Esselstein, Rachel – PRIMUS, 2013
A capstone project is required for every graduating student from California State University, Monterey Bay. Due to dramatic growth in the number of senior math majors as well as the extreme workload required of faculty advisers, our department developed a new model for the capstone which not only addressed workload issues but also improved the…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Educational Practices, Educational Quality, Program Improvement
A Paradigm for Learning in a World of Continuous Change
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Thompson, Scott – Educational Technology, 2014
Through ongoing rapid-fire changes in the nature of communications, the social, professional, and political landscapes of our time are rapidly transforming. But the prevailing paradigm in most schools and school systems is a relic of the industrial revolution. Schools and school systems must adopt a new paradigm for learning if they are to remain…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Educational Principles
Planning & Assessing Standards Achievement: Schools Must Provide Teachers with Strategies They Can Use to Efficiently Turn School Standards Resources into Standards-Achieving Instruction
O'Shea, Mark R. – Leadership, 2005
In 2002, Principal Candy McCarthy of Alisal High School took a big risk on behalf of her teachers and students. Because her school had been designated "under-performing," she received supplemental funding for school improvement purposes. McCarthy decided to use all of the additional funds to purchase collaborative planning time for…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Teacher Collaboration, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers