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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Curricular innovation"”.
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The Relationship Between Teacher Training and Teaching Innovative Syllabuses in Real-Time Classrooms: A Context Specific Approach (CSA) For TEFL in Bangladesh
Curricular innovation in teaching EFL has been studied around the world. But the underlying complexities of English teachers’ perspectives in the Bangladesh context remain absent in academic literature even two decades after switching from a transmission-oriented and teacher-centered mode of …
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Curriculum Innovation in a Post Primary School: A Case Study of the LCVP
… Firstly I aim to investigate the process of curricular innovation; in this case the introduction of the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (referred to as LCVP in the rest of this dissertation) in a newly constituted school. Secondly in the light of findings from this investigation I …
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Korean English teachers' perceptions about teaching English through English (TETE)
Recently a number of innovations have been implemented to transform English education in Korea, one of which is the policy of Teaching English Through English (TETE). However, this innovation seems not to have been well implemented and teachers' lack of oral proficiency in English has been a main …
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The effect of a cross-cultural instructional approach on learners' conceptions of lightning and attitudes towards science
… independence. It was against the background of curricular innovation and concomitant changes (Bishop, 1986) that the study was carried out Theoretical frameworks within multiculturalism were explored and were found to be appropriate to guide the study. These included contiguity theory, …
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Wissensmanagement für die ICT-Bildungspartner der höheren Berufsbildung in der Schweiz: Eine Konzeption für ICT-Lehrgänge
… management include institutional resistance to curricular innovation, an overemphasis on theoretical content, and the lack of models for interdisciplinary learning. In response, the dissertation proposes a knowledge management framework tailored to ICT training institutions. This framework …
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Status of the freshmen learning community initiative at Iowa State University
… common set of classes together; (4) experienced curricular innovation; and (5) increased involvement with faculty outside of the classroom. The results of this study showed that students who participated in freshmen learning communities at Iowa State University earned higher cumulative grade …
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Assessing fundamental introductory computing concept knowledge in a language independent manner
… in the domain develops as well as enable curricular innovation and reform grounded in this knowledge. My dissertation work focused on three questions regarding assessment of introductory concepts in computer science. How can existing test development methods be applied and adapted to …
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Educational methods and technologies in undergraduate veterinary medicine: a case study of veterinary teaching and learning at Glasgow, 1949-2006
… a wholesale solution. Highlights of the school’s curricular innovations to date include the clinico-pathological integrated sessions, the lecture-free final year, and the introduction of a veterinary biomolecular sciences course that allowed for a seamless vertical integration in years 1 to 4. …
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Constructing Learner Autonomy Through Control Shift: Sociocultural Implications of Teacher Cognition and Practice in a Chinese Secondary School
… LA was being promoted through a school-based curricular innovation. The participants comprised the school principal, the executive director, and all nine English Department teachers, which constituted an institutional case study, as well as individual cases. The overriding research question …
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Teachers as agents of change: teachers’ constructions of curricular change: a qualitative analysis of the STEPS PD Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) programme in Northern Ireland primary schools
… that is deemed to be integral to the success of innovation and its enactment in practice. Physical Education (PE) has not evaded this reform agenda as evidenced by the growing trend towards the adoption of movement orientated programmes. In Northern Ireland (NI) the implementation of one such …