Given education policy demands, leadership programs wrestle with questions about how to prepare practicing professionals, who are aspiring leaders, for the consequential use of data. From problem identification to implementation, current leadership preparation must build a culture where research processes are accessible, interpretable, and…

Science, technology, society, and the environment (STSE) education is a part of the science curriculum in Ontario schools and also a theoretical positioning for a science teacher. This qualitative study uses individual interviews, group meetings, and action research to explore, how science teachers, develop and implement inclusive science…

This paper presents a model of an interactive mode for instructional research and development that might yield both curriculum products and scientific knowledge concerning learning and instruction. Curriculum development is discussed as an applied science and as an art, using specific research and development efforts conducted at the Learning…

A primary rationale presented for the continuance of vocational research and development is that major technological changes will require the development of curriculum programs to meet the changing needs of industry as new job skills continue to emerge. Additional factors that challenge vocational research are the development of marketable skills…

A model of human information processing is summarized and discussed in terms of the implications of the model and its associated technologies for curriculum research and development. Description of the model focuses on its input and output systems and its memory systems, i.e., long-term memory (LTM). Semantic networks are described as a…

In July 1969, Governors State University was created by an act of the legislature of the State of Illinois and, since then, has become operational. This paper is a report on curricular research and development at Governors State University, with a discussion of special emphasis factors and processes which have influenced work in the area of…

Research is an integral component of social work education, yet social work students often experience considerable fear and anxiety when faced with the prospect of engaging in research and research-related activities. Student reluctance towards research can cause significant challenges for social work educators. Literature suggests that certain…

This paper reports on a new initiative of collaborative work between the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and Cambridge University as part of the 2020-21 review of the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics Foundation -- Year 10. The ACARA mathematics curriculum development team worked with the Cambridge Mathematics…

The Federal Institute for Education and Vocational Training Research undertakes research, development, promotion, and counseling work to develop the principles of vocational training provision. Its primary focus has been problems encountered during the transition from vocational training to the labor market. The Institute has been monitoring one…

This discussion of educational technology and the role of computers is based on the author's experiences with the United Kingdom's National Development Programme in Computer Assisted Learning (NDPCAL). Highlights include curriculum development; teachers' roles; research and development; evaluation; control group experiments; instructional…

Much of modern biology has become increasingly chemical in character. Not surprisingly, students often have trouble understanding key ideas in biology because they lack foundational chemistry ideas. AAAS and BSCS are collaborating to develop and study a curriculum unit that supports students' ability to explain a variety of biological processes…

School board members can assist the change process in curriculum development by helping annually to set instructional goals through a variety of methods that could include management by objectives and community involvement. Board members can also help obtain community resources for career education, arts, and cultural programs. Another proper…

This paper focuses on the experience, reflections, and best practices related to training adult education researchers in an adult learning and leadership doctoral program at a Research I institution in the United States. We discuss embedding technology into the curriculum, fostering connections, and supporting the development of self-directedness…

The first section of this conference report attempts to set a context for the research and development recommendations made by the conferees and to reflect certain guidelines and cautions that participants felt were important. General background and some working assumptions, the present state of mathematics education as a context for conference…

Curriculum research appropriately follows, rather than precedes, development. According to the "breakthrough" view of research, curriculum development and curriculum practice exhibit a deductive applied relationship to curriculum research. The obvious fault in this view is that it ignores the milieu of value claims about what is ideal and what is…