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Jing, Jinxiu – English Language Teaching, 2013
The theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI theory), put forward by Gardner in 1983, claims that each person possesses different combinations of nine intelligences. In education, it advocates that teachers should address students' personal uniqueness and provide a wide range of intelligence-oriented activities and experiences to facilitate learning,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Elementary Education, Multiple Intelligences
Shah, Mahsood; Jarzabkowski, Lucy – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2013
The Australian government initiated a review of higher education in 2008. One of the outcomes of the review was the formation of a national regulator, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), with responsibilities to: register all higher education providers, accredit the courses of the non self-accrediting providers, assure…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Peckover, Sue; Hall, Christopher; White, Sue – Children & Society, 2009
A central element of the Every Child Matters reforms in England are measures which aim at improving information sharing. Amongst these are the children's database and the Common Assessment Framework, both representing technological solutions to long-standing concerns about information sharing in child welfare. This article reports some findings…
Descriptors: National Standards, Child Welfare, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Burns, M. Susan; Johnson, Richard T.; Assaf, Mona M. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2012
Future early childhood educators need to know how to teach "all" young learners effectively--including children with diverse cultural, linguistic, and economic backgrounds and children with special needs. This core textbook equips early childhood educators with the knowledge they'll need to succeed in the classroom and ensure the best…
Descriptors: Expertise, Educational Strategies, Age, Textbooks
Universities UK, 2012
The concordat to support research integrity sets out five commitments that will provide assurances to government, the wider public and the international community that research in the UK continues to be underpinned by the highest standards of rigour and integrity. Developed in collaboration with the funding and research councils, the Wellcome…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Integrity, Research Administration, Educational Research
Yang, Li-Ling; Soprano, Kristina; McAllister, Meredith – Science Education International, 2012
The overarching goal of this study is to examine what is considered most important regarding the depth, breadth and content of space science concepts as reflected in current national science education standards and science curricula in Taiwan and the US. Major findings of this study conclude that many skills and concepts articulated in the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Space Sciences, Foreign Countries, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Kishimoto, Tizuko Morchida – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2012
This article presents a study in the context of action-research performed on three-year-old children at an early childhood education centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil aiming at controlling the high noise level and ensuring the well-being of children and adults. Well-being is perceived as a state of physical and psychological satisfaction, and is a…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Public Policy
Fleming, Nora – Education Week, 2012
As out-of-school programs--and the expectations for them--grow, the field is struggling to identify the kind of training staff members need to meet those expectations. A variety of efforts have sprung up across the country to define and improve the quality of after-school staff, some of which bear resemblance to the quest to improve the…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Training Methods, Training Objectives, Educational Needs
di Fuccia, David; Witteck, Torsten; Markic, Silvija; Eilks, Ingo – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2012
By the 1970s a fundamental shift had taken place in German science education. This was a shift away from the learning of more-or-less isolated facts and facets in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics towards a restructuring of science teaching along the general principles of the respective science domains. The changes included also the addition of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Research and Development, Scientific Principles, Problem Based Learning
Hennessey, Maeghan N.; Higley, Kelli; Chesnut, Steven R. – Educational Psychology Review, 2012
Mathematics teachers face a myriad of instructional obstacles. Since the early 1990s, mathematics education researchers have proposed the use of constructivist practices to counteract these ever-prevalent obstacles. While we do give credit to the choices of instructional activities the constructivist paradigm promotes, there are problems with its…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Mathematics Education, Models, Mathematics Teachers
Johnsen, Susan K. – Gifted Child Today, 2012
Educators need to know the professional standards in their field to maintain high levels of professional competence. This article focuses on four sets of teacher preparation standards in gifted education. They address initial and advanced preparation of educators who teach students with gifts and talents. Initial preparation standards include the…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Gifted, Talent, National Standards
Dongxu, Wang; Yuhui, Shi; Stewart, Donald; Chun, Chang; Chaoyang, Li – Health Education, 2012
Purpose: The paper seeks to identify key features of prenatal care utilization and quality in western regions of China and to determine the factors affecting the quality of prenatal care. Design/methodology/approach: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted. The instrument for the study was a 10-stem respondent-administered, structured…
Descriptors: Prenatal Care, Mothers, National Standards, Social Indicators
McGuinn, Patrick – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2010
The attempt to create common standards and assessments in education obliges individuals to revisit some longstanding debates about the capacity of the American intergovernmental system to adapt to new policy demands. Some observers remain skeptical that states have the political will or administrative capacity to develop and adopt higher policy…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, National Standards, Governance, Observation
Smith, Tracy W.; Colby, Susan A. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2010
Hundreds of millions of dollars in public and private funding have been spent to develop, research, and evaluate the assessment system of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). In an effort to determine if this has been money well spent, the U.S. Congress commissioned the National Research Council (NRC) to develop a…
Descriptors: National Standards, Teacher Certification, Private Financial Support, Researchers
Dance, S. Dallas – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2015
The members of the Large Countywide and Suburban District Consortium--a group of large, highly diverse, and successful districts across the country--have made great strides in achieving college and career readiness for all students. While they are succeeding, the consortium proposes that more could be done to accomplish their objectives through…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Accountability, Program Proposals, Federal Programs