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Pinheiro-Cadd, Marc – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
The faculty and administration at Drake University made the decision in 2001 to alter radically how language instruction was delivered and received, beginning by disbanding the long-standing Modern Language Department. The dissolution of the department and the new pedagogy caused ripples of concern and shock among language instructors and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Departments
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Tank, Kristina M.; Raman, D. Raj; Lamm, Monica H.; Sundararajan, Sriram; Estapa, Anne – Science and Children, 2017
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance science teaching. This month's issue describes preservice elementary teachers learning engineering principles from engineers. Few elementary teachers have experience with implementing engineering into the classroom. While engineering professional development opportunities for inservice teachers…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Engineering, Faculty Development
Franzen, Rebecca L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined how elementary teacher education programs in the Midwest Environmental Education Conference partner states (Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) address and assess the competencies set forth by the NAAEE "Guidelines for the Preparation and Professional Development of Environmental Educators". In April 2012,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Elementary Education
Rindone, Douglas – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2009
The Delaware Enhanced Assessment Grant (DE EAG) project was funded by the U.S. Department of Education in 2006 as an initiative to assist 10 state departments of education (SDE) teams, and local school district and high school teams, in implementing a comprehensive and balanced learning and assessment system (CBAS) with a strong emphasis on a…
Descriptors: High Schools, Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Program Implementation
Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines. – 1987
This mathematics curriculum guide is to serve as a model and resource to Iowa school personnel as they develop or refine mathematics curriculum. It is based on research about how students learn mathematics and on recommendations from recent reports and studies. The philosophy and eight goals are identified. The second section of the guide concerns…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Change