Plotting a New Course

After months of review by faculty and administrators, the School begins the millennium with a newly approved curriculum that includes intensive instruction in legal analysis and writing

Facilitating economic development through the reform of economic instruction

Economic development in many ways depends on the level of human capital in the national economy, including that of economists. Market reforms in the former Soviet Bloc urged drastic changes in economic curriculum necessary to prepare the next generation of economic leaders. This paper states that the reform of economic instruction in the Former Soviet Union should focus on both learning and action. The incorporation of mathematical methods into the new economic curriculum will occur based on close cooperation among mathematicians and economists. The new economic instruction will have an interdisciplinary character and a multidisciplinary setting. There are several second order organizational changes that need to be made. Bachelor and Master’s Degrees should replace the five-year degree. Changes in the curriculum should include separation of core courses and electives including those from other majors, detail-oriented content of the courses, a decreased number of classes per semester and increased time for each class. Faculty retraining should be coordinated both within and between the universities. Financial incentives should be created to encourage the instructors to participate in retraining, to change the content and method of the instruction, and to work effectively in the classroom.economics, economic instruction, education, reform, transition

Determinants of technology adoption in Mexico

The author tries to identify the impact of firm-, region-, and industry-specific characteristics on technology adoption by Mexican firms. Cross-sectional and panel data from 1992-99 show that the firms most likely to adopt new technology are large, train workers, have highly skilled workers, are near the U.S. border, and are owned by foreign entities. Also, bigger firms, firms with a large share of highly skilled workers, and firms that train workers, use intensively more complex technologies in their production process.ICT Policy and Strategies,Agricultural Research,General Technology,Environmental Economics&Policies,Curriculum&Instruction,ICT Policy and Strategies,Agricultural Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,General Technology,Curriculum&Instruction

A Research-Based Curriculum for Teaching the Photoelectric Effect

Physics faculty consider the photoelectric effect important, but many erroneously believe it is easy for students to understand. We have developed curriculum on this topic including an interactive computer simulation, interactive lectures with peer instruction, and conceptual and mathematical homework problems. Our curriculum addresses established student difficulties and is designed to achieve two learning goals, for students to be able to (1) correctly predict the results of photoelectric effect experiments, and (2) describe how these results lead to the photon model of light. We designed two exam questions to test these learning goals. Our instruction leads to better student mastery of the first goal than either traditional instruction or previous reformed instruction, with approximately 85% of students correctly predicting the results of changes to the experimental conditions. On the question designed to test the second goal, most students are able to correctly state both the observations made in the photoelectric effect experiment and the inferences that can be made from these observations, but are less successful in drawing a clear logical connection between the observations and inferences. This is likely a symptom of a more general lack of the reasoning skills to logically draw inferences from observations.Comment: submitted to American Journal of Physic

EAL and English: subjects and language across the curriculum

English is a core subject of the National Curriculum, and English is also the oral and written medium of instruction for the whole curriculum. ‘English across the curriculum’ conceptualises pupils applying their knowledge of these strands to other domains of subject knowledge. Subject English is highly politicised and contested; no other curriculum area undergoes such continuous scrutiny and revision. English as an Additional Language (EAL) is, in contrast, a ‘diffuse’ curriculum area which is not articulated as a distinct subject or a controversial domain of learning although, like English, EAL crosses all curriculum subjects. Part of an online series on EAL and curriculum subjects, the article discusses how pupils learning EAL apply their developing knowledge of English as well as their other languages in this particular subject area and how the curriculum in English can create additional linguistic and cultural demands on pupils learning EAL, making subject knowledge and understanding more challenging. Funded by TDA

Investigation into the Effects of Blended Learning in Students' Second Language Learning

Color poster with text, images, and graphs.Hybrid education has become increasingly common as an alternative and/or additional curriculum design in the postsecondary system. Students learn through a dual format; half of the instruction is in the classroom, while the other half is given through online instruction. This study attempted to determine if the hybrid experience is effective by examining participants' beliefs about the program and their desire to continue learning Spanish.University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

Bulletin of Information 1917-1918

Annual bulletin lists purpose of the school, faculty, students, degrees conferred, curriculum (course of studies), system of instruction, tuition costs and fees, scholarships, requirements for admission & degree, bar admission, Ninth Annual Commencementhttps://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/bulletins/1011/thumbnail.jp

Bulletin of Information 1910-1911

Annual bulletin lists purpose of the school, faculty, students, degrees conferred, curriculum (course of studies), system of instruction, tuition costs and fees, scholarships, requirements for admission & degree, bar admission, registration statistics, Fourth Annual Commencementhttps://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/bulletins/1005/thumbnail.jp

Bulletin of Information 1915-1916

Annual bulletin lists purpose of the school, faculty, students, degrees conferred, curriculum (course of studies), course schedule (lecture hours), system of instruction, tuition costs and fees, scholarships, requirements for admission & degree, bar admission, registration statistics, Seventh Annual Commencementhttps://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/bulletins/1009/thumbnail.jp