... government schools. Design/methodology/approach Using a longitudinal qualitative case study of two United Arab Emirates (UAE) government schools engaged in collaborative action research the study used focus group interviews, dialogue, observations, field notes and retrospective analysis...

... discusses implications for future educational collaboration projects to develop new teaching programs. Originality/value The paper presents a collaboration project between university, school and industry. It illustrates that new teaching approaches can be successfully realised in collaboration...

... technologies for learners into environments that are better suited to technologies for learning. Therefore, the paper suggests that the goals for learning are more important than the use of any individual technology in the classroom. Originality/value K‐16 school leaders and administrators should...

...Tom P. Abeles Purpose This paper seeks to dentify the problems of K‐12 teachers as resting in large part on the failure of the post‐secondary institutions responsible for teacher education to restructure themselves both at the level of the institution itself and at that of the schools...

... Complexity theory Adolescents Schools In order to begin to discuss “capability” in young people, I must first put the term in context. For more than 45 years, Bioss (originally the Brunel Institute of Organization and Social Studies) has been developing and using a theory of capability –which other...

...David Pearce Snyder; Sue Snyder; Wayne B. Jennings Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the capability of elementary and secondary schools to achieve complexipacity in its students. Design/methodology/approach The logic is a review of past and present school change...

... Thomas Friedman's concept of “flattener” technologies that are creating new levels of access and participation around the globe to emphasize changes that learners and schools need to use to become literate. Making use of a vignette followed by discussion of the research relevant to these developments...

...Daniel Greenberg Considers the future of education in light of developments in information technology – most notably the growth of the internet – over recent years. Suggests that information technology, which has been welcomed into schools, is a “Trojan horse” which will ultimately lead...

...‐In‐Time event that occurs in the moment of performance or in highly detailed Just‐Ahead‐of‐Time simulations that are continually revised by smart DC software. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Schools Quality Continuous innovation Whose values? Education can be seen as an emancipatory act. Teaching...