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George Fox University

1995

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Full-Text Articles in Education

Teacher Resistance To Implementation, Ken R. Badley Apr 1995

Teacher Resistance To Implementation, Ken R. Badley

Faculty Publications - College of Education

Excerpt: "When teachers first confront the requirement that they implement some new idea or method into their teaching, they can respond in any of several ways. If we view on a continuum the many possible responses to such a requirement, we will see on one end those teachers who flatly refuse to make any changes. They may rationalize that their pedagogy requires no change or that they already know better than curriculum designers and consultants what needs to occur in their own classrooms and' even in classrooms in general. Jumping to the other extreme of our continuum, we find those …


The Issues In Educational Integration, Ken Badley Feb 1995

The Issues In Educational Integration, Ken Badley

Faculty Publications - College of Education

Excerpt: "Integration in the curriculum and curriculum integration, integration of faith and learning, integral learning, educational integration . . . what are we talking about? What do we mean when we say we are integrating something? And what issues are involved when we try to implement a change in the curriculum meant to nurture further integration?"


State Approved Performance Measures For Evaluating Vocational Education, N L. Mccaslin, Scot Headley Jan 1995

State Approved Performance Measures For Evaluating Vocational Education, N L. Mccaslin, Scot Headley

Faculty Publications - College of Education

The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technologt; Education Act Amendments of 1990 presented a specific requirement for a statewide system of performance measures and standards for vocational education. This study reviewed and analyzed the approved systems of measures for each of the States. Findings reveal that tlze States have approved and implemented a number of differing measures of academic and other performance. Differences were noted in number and type of measures in systems froiu state to state, as well as behveen secondary and postsecondim; systems.