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Tournier, Barbara, Ed.; Chimier, Chloé, Ed.; Jones, Charlotte, Ed. – Education Development Trust, 2023
In education systems around the world, planners and policymakers are calling for more attention to whole-system improvement. To best address teaching and learning outcomes, teachers and head teachers need whole-system support to build professionalism and improve their practice. The middle tier of education systems, composed of professionals…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Middle Management, Educational Practices, Educational Improvement
Witt, Peter A., Ed.; Caldwell, Linda L., Ed. – Sagamore-Venture, 2018
Out-of-school time (OST) settings are powerful contexts for youth development when programs and services are intentionally designed. "Youth Development Principles and Practices in Out-of-School Time Settings" increases the capacity of students and professionals to facilitate youths' optimal transition to adulthood through maximizing the…
Descriptors: Student Development, Adolescent Development, Youth Programs, After School Programs
Lass, Leslie; Parcell, Abby – Achieving the Dream, 2014
Three community colleges--El Paso Community College, Bunker Hill Community College, and Patrick Henry Community College--incorporated technology into the curriculum to support student progress in mathematics through developmental education. Each college took its own path: El Paso developed a self-accelerated emporium-style computer lab, Patrick…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Strategies, Developmental Programs, Educational Change
Lass, Leslie; Powell, David S. – Achieving the Dream, 2014
This brief summarizes efforts to reform developmental education at Zane State College and the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC). Focused on accelerating student success and progress, the two schools pursued distinctive approaches to reform that aligned with their institutional missions and student populations. Recognizing that the…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Change, Institutional Mission, Student Needs
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Chan, Benjamin Tak-Yuen – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2009
Adult and continuing education practitioners are the core group of staff that enable the lifelong learning enterprise. However, there are few studies that look into the domain of practice of these practitioners, which is shaped by the organisation and its wider external milieux. Research on this topic naturally calls for the elucidation of…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Continuing Education, Educational Theories, Educational Practices
Brennock, Therese M.; And Others – Pointer, 1989
The Oak Park and River Forest High School (Oak Park, Illinois) Behavior Disordered Program Continuum has attempted mainstreaming of behavior-disordered students in a systematic, gradual manner. This paper describes the program, defines the role of support personnel and the unique role of the mainstream facilitator, and presents mainstreaming…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Educational Practices, High Schools, Mainstreaming
Jordan, Catherine, Ed.; Parker, Joe, Ed.; Donnelly, Deborah, Ed.; Rudo, Zena, Ed. – SEDL, 2009
This Guide is intended to share the insights of SEDL's National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning (the National Partnership) as well as information about both the academic and the organizational and management practices that successful afterschool programs use. The authors have organized these practices into the following four focus…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, After School Programs, Educational Practices, Educational Objectives
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Heiges, Harvey – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1979
Presents tips on developing an internship program for geography students on the college level. Information is presented on program initiation, development, alternative approaches, advantages and disadvantages of various approaches, objectives, and program operation. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Practices, Geography Instruction, Higher Education
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Schumaker, Jean B.; Clark, Frances L. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1990
The nature of strategy instruction combined with prevailing teaching models necessitated that the University of Kansas Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities create a new inservice teacher education format, based on such "best practices" as having ongoing training, requiring active and continued participation by key…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
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Radonovich, Sharon; Houck, Corrie – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1990
The paper describes the steps necessary to integrate a preschool program to increase least restrictive environment options for preschoolers with developmental handicaps, and reviews the case study of one preschool undergoing integration. Described are the rationale for change, the change process, daily activity schedule, and sample continuums for…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Change
Burkhart, Jennifer – 1995
This document, which is intended for adult educators and others interested in developing and delivering a workplace education program, provides an overview of workplace education. First, workplace education programs are defined as programs in which adult learners are taught basic skills by using the functional context of their jobs and a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Ayres, Barbara; And Others – 1992
This module was developed as part of a federally funded study group project, to answer the question of how students with severe disabilities can actively participate in lessons within regular elementary classrooms alongside their nondisabled peers, while still meeting their individualized goals and objectives. The module presents a brief overview…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Individualized Education Programs
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Hasazi, Susan Brody; Clark, Gary M. – Mental Retardation, 1988
Recent emphasis on employment for students labeled mentally retarded has presented new challenges for educators in the design and implementation of high school programs. Promising practices for facilitating the achievement of full employment for these students are suggested, and trends that will influence the manner in which services are provided…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Practices, Educational Trends, Employment Potential
Sonnenburg, Teresa I. – 1983
The literature review presented here was conducted to investigate various types of differentiation in programs for academically gifted elementary school students. For the purpose of the review, the term "academically gifted" refers to students with high general intellectual ability; no speciic level of intelligence is implied. Following…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Practices
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. Special Education Services Unit. – 1991
This paper on traumatic brain injuries begins with statistics on the incidence of the disorder, especially as they relate to Colorado. Traumatic brain injury is then defined, and problems caused by traumatic brain injury are discussed. The components of effective programming for students with traumatic brain injuries are described, followed by the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Head Injuries
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