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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, Columbus, OH. – 1998
The papers in this volume outline a vision for teacher education based on the concept of contextual teaching, defined as teaching that enables learning in a variety of in- and out-of-school contexts to solve simulated or real-world problems. They are based on the realization that the construction of knowledge is situated within, and greatly…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Improvement, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Loesch, Larry C., Ed.; Vacc, Nicholas A., Ed. – 1996
There exists in the counseling and therapy professions the paradox of widespread endorsement of research with little use of, or engagement in, research in actual practice. This situation exists in large part because many counselors and therapists are less knowledgeable of research than they are of clinical practice. This collection of digests,…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Psychology, Counseling Theories, Counselors
Staver, John R., Ed. – 1981
The 1982 Yearbook of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science (AETS) is the second in a series of three AETS yearbooks in which Ralph Tyler's 1949 curriculum rationale is used to analyze science curriculum. This publication is focused on the secondary school science curriculum (the 1981 yearbook was concerned with teaching science…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Problem Solving
Schwartz, Wendy, Ed. – 1996
The three essays of this collection explore the prevention of violence in urban schools. The first, "Preventing Violence in Schools," by Mary Hatwood Futrell and Lee Etta Powell, focuses on how to prevent violence in schools and offers recommendations on what schools and communities can do. The factors contributing to school violence are…
Descriptors: Administrators, Classroom Techniques, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Practices
Iozzi, Louis A., Ed. – 1984
Summaries of environmental education (EE) research studies conducted during the 12-year period 1971-1982 are presented in this seven-chapter publication. These chapters are: (1) "Environmental Education Research, 1971-1982--Overview" (by Louis Iozzi); (2) "Environmental Education Research Related to Ecological Foundations" (by…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Attitudes, Continuing Education
Hinkle, J. Scott; Wells, Michael E. – 1995
While referrals and collaboration outside the confines of the school are often necessary, the literature offers school counselors no guidance in the provision of family counseling services. This book emphasizes school counselors, themselves, working with families in the schools. A viable and dynamic theory of school counseling which is unique in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Counselor Training
Malone, Mark R., Comp. – 1987
Mounting research evidence has shown that an activity centered approach to elementary and middle school science education can be quite effective. This sourcebook, developed for teachers by teachers, presents many activity oriented science lessons that could be done in any elementary or middle school classroom with minimal additional experience.…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creativity, Divergent Thinking, Elementary School Science
Anderson, Kathryn H., Ed.; And Others – 1982
This compilation of four papers examines past and current retirement policies for the elderly and the implications of these policies for labor supply job choice, and educational planning for the elderly. The first paper, by Jennifer Warlick, presents a review of past federal policies on retirement and a discussion of proposed policy changes.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Educational Planning, Employment Practices
Helm, Judy Harris, Ed. – 2000
Projects are in-depth studies of a topic undertaken by a class, a group, or an individual child. Projects are intended to strengthen children's dispositions to be interested, absorbed, and involved in in-depth observation, investigation, and representation of worthwhile phenomena in their own environments. This Catalog on the Project Approach, the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Administrator Role, Cartography, Cooperative Learning
Crandall, JoAnn, Ed.; And Others – 1987
Three essays focus on integrating subject matter and the English used to communicate it as a technique for teaching limited-English-proficient students. "Integrating Language and Mathematics Learning," by Theresa Corasaniti Dale and Gilberto J. Cuevas, discusses the vocabulary, syntax, semantics, and discourse features of mathematics;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Course Content
