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Chong, James T.; Jennings, Penelope R.; Phillips, G. Michael – American Journal of Business Education, 2015
Financial planning is an interdisciplinary field including finance and business law topics. Consequently, standard pedagogical resources often omit topics that fall between these fields. To address a key gap in educational materials for financial planning students and faculty, this article reviews recent regulatory developments for financial…
Descriptors: Financial Services, Financial Policy, Interdisciplinary Approach, Instructional Materials
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2015
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare developed a national data standards strategy and implementation plan to enhance the comparability, quality and coherence of information across the Australian education and training sectors, including early childhood education, school education, vocational education and training (VET) and higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Standards, Data, Program Implementation
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Saito, Kiyoko – International Journal of Higher Education, 2018
The goal of this paper was to explore the directions for a Japanese Qualifications Framework (JQF) through the collation of Japanese Government expert viewpoints. This study used a qualitative case study design involving interviews with 15 Japanese government officials. It was found that Japan continues to have problems with academic degrees and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualifications, Role of Education, Higher Education
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Wright, Paul M.; Irwin, Carol – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2018
National content standards in PE address responsibility; however, learning outcomes and teacher effectiveness in this area remain poorly defined. This study employed the Social and Emotional Learning framework and a teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) model fidelity instrument to address this gap. Our purpose was to examine the…
Descriptors: Observation, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Responsibility, Physical Education Teachers
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Fernie, Scott; Pilcher, Nick; Smith, Karen L. – European Journal of Education, 2014
National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF) are a globally established and expanding phenomenon. They are increasingly merging and being mapped onto meta-qualifications frameworks. One key NQF in both these roles is the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF). Much research categorises the different types of NQF, details their success and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualifications, Educational Practices, Credits
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de Azevedo, Mário Luiz Neves – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2014
Over the past two decades regional agreements have become more significant in educational and training. This paper situates and analyses the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), the Bologna Process and the Lisbon Strategy and explores their influence on the integration of higher education systems in Mercosur (the Southern Common Market of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Higher Education, National Standards
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Shieh, Eric; Allsup, Randall Everett – Music Educators Journal, 2016
Musical independence has always been an essential aim of musical instruction. But this objective can refer to everything from high levels of musical expertise to more student choice in the classroom. While most conceptualizations of musical independence emphasize the demonstration of knowledge and skills within particular music traditions, this…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Citizen Participation, Expertise
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Petty, Teresa M.; Good, Amy J.; Handler, Laura K. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
The purpose of this study is to report National Board Certified Teachers' (NBCTs) perceived impact on student learning. The guiding research question for this study, "How do teachers perceive the influence of the National Board Certification process on student learning in their own classrooms?" was explored. A total of 496 NBCTs…
Descriptors: National Standards, Alternative Teacher Certification, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes
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Folk, Amanda L. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
This comparison seeks to determine if the three documents addressing information literacy skills and competence developed by professional library associations for postsecondary education in four predominantly English-speaking countries--the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand--have similar or varying conceptions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Postsecondary Education, Information Skills
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Ferguson, Susan J. – Teaching Sociology, 2016
This article provides a critique and an addition to observations raised by Ballantine et al. in this issue. After reviewing the strengths of Ballantine et al.'s article about the need for a core in sociology, I argue that this debate has gone on long enough and needs to be reframed around areas of agreement. Three major curricular projects (that…
Descriptors: Sociology, Foundations of Education, Debate, Educational Philosophy
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Shapiro, Deborah R.; Gurvitch, Rachel; Yao, Wei-Ru – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2016
For most physical education teacher education (PETE) programs, the constraints surrounding the undergraduate curriculum (e.g., number of credit hours, dual content certificates such as health and physical education, content knowledge) limit PETE programs to offering only one course in adapted physical education (APE) with the expectation that this…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Preservice Teachers, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers
Seng-Dao Yang Keo – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This capstone examines the National Center on Education and the Economy's (NCEE) efforts in its initial planning stage to lead the design of and build support for a proposed national system of teacher career ladders. In this career ladder system, teachers can voluntarily seek advanced certification leading up to the role of Master Teacher, and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Certification, National Standards, Career Development
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Luckin, Rosemary; Clark, Wilma; Avramides, Katerina; Hunter, Jade; Oliver, Martin – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
In this paper we review the literature on teacher inquiry (TI) to explore the possibility that this process can equip teachers to investigate students' learning as a step towards the process of formative assessment. We draw a distinction between formative assessment and summative forms of assessment [CRELL. (2009). The transition to computer-based…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation, Computer Assisted Testing
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Lekkas, D.; Winning, T. A. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2017
Consistent with quality enhancement, we report on how we used a continuous improvement cycle to formalise and embed an academic development and support programme for our School's sessional staff. Key factors in establishing and maintaining the programme included: local change agents supported initially by institutional project funding; School…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adjunct Faculty, Part Time Faculty, Temporary Employment
Blanden, Jo; Hansen, Kirstine; McNally, Sandra – Centre for Economic Performance, 2017
Childcare quality is often thought to be important for influencing children's subsequent attainment at school. The English Government regulates the quality of early education by setting minimum levels of qualifications for workers and grading settings based on a national Inspectorate (OfSTED). This paper uses administrative data on over two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care, Educational Quality, Quality Control
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