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Coproduction of Knowledge: A Literature Review and Synthesis for a University Paradigm
Article in Quality Approaches in Higher Education, Vol. 6, No. 1
Q! uality Approaches in Higher Education Vol. 6 (1), 2015 article. This article presents and proposes a co-production framework to transform the learners from mere participants to co-producers, to meet the challenges of a dynamic knowledge base...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2015-02
- Keywords:Quality Approaches in Higher Education, Educational Quality, Teaching Quality, 21st Century Skills

Improving Graduation Rates at a Comprehensive University
These Workshop slides on using continouous improvement ideas to increase university graduation rates were presented at the 2013 ASQ Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI on June 3, 2013..
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2013-06
- Keywords:21st Century Skills, Continuous Improvement

Blending Innovation, Student Co-Learning, Entrepreneurship and Informal Education – Innovation 5
We are engaged with Impression 5 Science Center in Michigan, in a student co-learning project to systematically investigate how the new technologies of additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping can be adapted to the informal education environment...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2013-04
- Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, 21st Century Skills, Hands-on Learning

The Pedagogy of Science Teaching Test
This paper describes the development and testing of formative assessment items pertaining to the pedagogical knowledge of science content instruction as typically taught in science teaching methods courses...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2013-04
- Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, 21st Century Skills, Primary and Secondary Education Brief, Science,

Next Generation Science: Bridge to the Future
This conference paper focuses on the newly released The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for Today’s Students and Tomorrow’s Workforce. Included are the implications for classroom instruction...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2013-04
- Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, Science, 21st Century Skills

Saying Goodbye to One Size Fits All
(From the September 2012 Education Brief) Read how Asa Clark Middle School created an environment in which authentic collaboration, data-driven decision making and continuous improvement processes acted as the school’s guide...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-09
- Keywords:Primary and Secondary Education Brief, 21st Century Skills

From the Editor: Preparing Students for the 21st Century
(From the September 2012 Education Brief) Twenty-first century learning is about providing students with digital literacy, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking skills, and a range of other abilities they will need for the future...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-09
- Keywords:Primary and Secondary Education Brief, 21st Century Skills

Soft Skills for TQM in Higher Education Standards
(From the April 2012 Education Brief) This article examines to what extent soft skills are important for quality professionals and if accreditation standards in higher education adequately require higher education institutions to address these needs...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-04
- Keywords:Total Quality Management, 21st Century Skills, Accreditation, Higher Education Brief
IS0 26000 and Educational Leader Preparation
A discussion of ISO26000, social justice in education and the connection to social responsibility; also linkages between ISO26000 and ELCC/ISSLC Standards...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-02
- Keywords:21st Century Skills, Teaching Quality, Social Responsibility

21st Century Learning through Continuous Improvement at the Agora School District
This video with Principal Joyce de Vries, Agora School District,includes examples of preparing students for 21st Century learning. This video was included in the 2011 NQEC presentation by Rien Spies, Superintendent of Agora School District...
- Filetype: mp4
- Publish date: 2011-11
- Keywords:Conference Proceedings, 21st Century Skills, Professional Learning Communities (PLC),Webinars/Podcasts/Webcasts