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Alleviate the Stress of Meeting With Parents Kindergarten-Grade 12Student-led parent-teacher conferences allow students to take responsibility for their own learning and provide numerous parent, student, and teacher benefits. This method encourages dialogue between parents and students current progress, expectations, and... -
An Examination of the Perceived Need and Recommended Competencies for a Secondary School Principal Internship Program in the Seventh-day Adventist Educational System Kindergarten-Grade 12The purpose of this study was to examine the perceived need for, the recommended competencies of, and the delivery systems suggested, for a secondary school principal internship program in the Seventh-day Adventist educational system. This study evolved from... -
Competencies Needed by Administrators as Perceived by Officers and Committee Members in the North American Division TertiaryThe Institute of Church Ministry in conjunction with the School of Business at Andrews University was tasked with suggesting a curriculum for administrators in the Seventh-day Adventist system. A study was conducted among current administrators within the... -
Competencies, Employability and Polyvalence - Is Our University Preparing Today? Tertiary-LifelongTechnological advances, the flexibilization and polyvalence of occupations and the globalization of markets imply the use of diverse competencies that are a condition for employability. This issue, linked to education and labor, is relevant from the point... -
Competency-based Education Grade 10-TertiaryCompetencies tend to convey what the person is capable of or competent to perform, the degree of preparation, and sufficiency or responsibility for certain tasks. It tries to follow an integrative approach, considering capabilities as a dynamic combination... -
Evaluation by Competencies Grade 11-TertiaryIf competencies are expressed in a know-how based on knowledge, the evaluation must consider not only what the student knows but also what he/she does with this knowledge in different contexts. -
Evaluation of Competencies with Objective Tests - Multiple-choice Questions Grade 1-LifelongAccording to Backhoff, Peon and Sanchez (2005) multiple-choice items can be used in different contexts and for different purposes. They are used to evaluate factual knowledge, higher-order intellectual skills, or attitudinal and evaluative dispositions. With... -
Evaluation of Teaching Practice - A Review from Spain Grade 1-LifelongThe ways and conditions for the evaluation of teaching practice to promote improvement and, above all, its role in ensuring equity for all students in their right to education are analyzed. The evaluation of teaching performance should be aimed at enabling... -
Observations About Teacher Education Tertiary-LifelongAn examination of issues directly related to the preservice education of teachers dealt with in the National Commission on Excellence in Education report "A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform." Issues include competency, a grasp... -
Perceived Global Trends Cognition and Management Competencies of Master in Business Administration Students Tertiary"Today’s successful manager must stay abreast with important global trends and should possess the needed managerial competence in information technology, cross-functional abilities, leadership, emotional intelligence, finance, quantitative techniques, communication, interpersonal relationship, and cross-cultural transactions." -
Professional Competencies for a Complex World, an Innovative Educational Model TertiaryMontemorelos University developed an innovative educational model based on competencies for the formation of professionals, which not only promotes professional performance for job success, but also aims at the experience of values, a healthy lifestyle, a... -
Professional Ethics for Educational Administrators Kindergarten-LifelongAdventist educational administrators need to develop and adopt a code of ethics founded upon Christian principles and tailored to the specifics of their culture and local situation. A tentative list of ethical principles are integrity, professional competence,... -
Pros and Cons of Competency Testing for Teachers Tertiary-LifelongTeacher testing has been mandated by legislators and other public officials in response to the public outcry on quality of classroom teachers, school curriculum, and teacher preparation programs. Questions raised by the specter of testing, the pros and cons... -
Required Competencies for the Academic Deans - Basis for a Competency - Based Performance Appraisal Tertiary"This study determined the competencies and level of competencies required of the academic deans along the technical, personal and managerial areas as perceived by school heads, superior of deans, and deans themselves in order to construct a model of... -
Strengthening Education and Workplace Linkages - The E-Learning Challenge Tertiary"Globalization and technology have changed the role and function of today’s educational institutions. Educators need to understand the changes and adapt to them in order to provide students with the needed skills for today’s workplace. -
Teaching English as a Second Language: Dilemmas and Solutions Kindergarten-LifelongAdventist education is ill-prepared to meet the challenge of multilingualism. In 1980, more than 10% of Americans (23 million persons) speak a language other than English at home. Teachers in mainstream classrooms can help students with limited English proficiency.... -
The Nature of Management Dilemmas Used as Academic Projects in Higher Education Tertiary"This study investigated the management dilemmas of 53 business executives, the resolution of which were critical to the sustainable growth of their companies. These dilemmas provided internship project opportunities for graduate management students.... -
The Perceptions of Governing Board Performance Held By Trustees of Four Adventist Colleges - Select Group Practices and Behaviors in Six Competencies TertiaryHigher education board governance has, in recent years, garnered growing attention among authors and researchers, particularly in light of a confluence of social, political, and economic factors affecting the viability of private and independent colleges.... -
The Systematization of Evaluation in a Learning Process Based On Shared Work Strategies Grade 7-LifelongImmersed in the demand emanating from the incorporation of the Spanish university in the process of European convergence, where the training processes are focused on the development of academic and professional skills and where it is necessary to design innovative...