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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. – 1994
This document consists of papers that received recognition in a competition sponsored by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and the National Rural Institute on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. The competition sought to focus attention on problems in providing treatment and prevention services for drug and alcohol problems in rural areas. The papers…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Community Services, Correctional Education, Delivery Systems
Sturtevant, Elizabeth G., Ed.; Linek, Wayne M., Ed. – 1994
This 1994 yearbook presents 24 papers and a summary of the dissertation award winner "Overcoming Misconceptions about Science Beliefs" (G. Qian). Papers are: "The Roots of Reading: Preserving the Heritage of a Profession" (N. A. Stahl and others; "CRA Professional Programs and Progress: A Personal Twenty-Five Year Perspective" (James E. Walker);…
Descriptors: Adults, Classroom Research, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Bowen, Blannie E., Ed. – 1993
This booklet on enhancing diversity in agricultural education consists of six papers. In section 1, the paper, "Embedded Biases in Agricultural Education" (Linda Whent), identifies unconscious biases of agricultural teacher educators toward students of diverse populations, actions that reduce minority student participation in agricultural…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Attitude Change, Bias, Cultural Differences
Gallagher, Arlene F., Ed. – 1987
This book contains 44 elementary and secondary school citizenship education lesson plans, programs, projects, and learning activities that were developed by 50 teachers who participated in the 1985 Special Programs in Citizenship Education (SPICE I). This collection of educational materials is organized under the general topics of: (1)…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
Jackson, Robin, Ed. – 1982
The document presents 10 papers addressing special education programs in Wessex, England, and reviews of 11 books dealing with special education for disabled children. Papers have the following titles and authors: "The Development of New Services for Mentally Handicapped People in Horticulture and Agriculture" by D. Carter and A. Carter;…
Descriptors: Adults, Agriculture, Community Programs, Curriculum
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1978
This document is made up of a selection of some of the papers distributed to participants in courses on "Family Health and Family Planning" which have been organized each year since 1973 by the International Children's Center and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. Six courses, held between 1973 and 1978, brought together a…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adolescents, Birth, Child Development
Barnett, W. Steven, Ed.; Boocock, Sarane Spence, Ed. – 1998
A major objective of this collection is to involve researchers in a wide range of disciplines who share an interest in the long-term effects of early childhood education on poor children and their families. The book begins with a series of reviews that provide general overviews of research on the long-term effects of early childhood education. The…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Early Parenthood
Kinsley, Carol W., Ed.; McPherson, Kate, Ed. – 1995
In this practical guide to service learning, 21 contributors describe specific service-learning projects that have enhanced the curriculum in schools across the United States and that have improved student learning in the process. In the Foreword, U.S. Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley, encourages schools to incorporate service learning…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast & Islands, Andover, MA. – 1995
This packet includes reprints of articles concerning the development of a caring and ethical rural school community. The four sections of the packet overview theories and rationale for developing a caring classroom, successful programs in ethical schools and classrooms, leadership and decision making for building a caring and ethical school…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Conflict Resolution, Consciousness Raising, Educational Environment
Villegas, Ana Maria; And Others – 1993
This collection is based on two studies of approaches to increasing the supply of minority teachers. The first was a documentation study of programs supported by the Ford Foundation Minority Education Demonstration Project designed to attract minority candidates, prepare them well, and present model programs. The second study described a range of…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Differences, Curriculum, Educational Change
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1992
This 2-volume set contains 10 papers, 5 in each volume, that review and evaluate findings from the Youth Research and Technical Assistance Project, whose purpose was not only to explore studies and evaluations related to youth training and employment programs but also to provide a broader synthesis of evidence, findings, and research from related…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Opportunities, Federal Programs, Job Training
Simpson, Mary-Margaret, Ed.; And Others – 1993
Focusing on the implementation of leadership diversity efforts at 10 two-year colleges, this collection of reports represents results of an 18-month leadership diversity project coordinated by Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska, during 1991 and 1992. The following 12 articles are included: (1) "Keeping Diversity on the Front…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Selection, Affirmative Action
Collins, Norma, Comp.; Smith, Carl, Ed. – 1990
Originally developed as part of a project for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on reading programs for gifted readers is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes an overview of the project; a comprehensive search of the ERIC database; a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Creative Activities, Critical Reading
Passage, 1985
This inaugural issue of the journal concerning education programs for refugees in the United States contains 20 articles dealing with teaching English as a second language (ESL) and cultural orientation. They include "The IESL/CO/PET Program" (Anne Morgan); "Studying Refugees' Languages: A New Approach in Staff Development"…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Classroom Techniques, Community Services, Cultural Education
Mid-Continent Regional Educational Lab., Aurora, CO. – 1993
This report, which focuses on improving education in rural Nebraska, grew out of a 2-week teachers' institute held in Walthill, Nebraska, in June 1993. "Introduction: The Vision of Community-Based Schools and the Future of Rural Places" (Toni Haas, Paul Nachtigal) examines current civic and social trends in rural communities and the role…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Curriculum Development, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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