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Schumm, Jeanne Shay, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2006
Weaving together the latest knowledge and best practices for teaching children to read, this indispensable text and professional resource provides a complete guide to differentiated instruction for diverse learners. Uniquely integrative, the book places the needs of English language learners and students with disabilities front and center instead…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Research Methodology, Reading Skills, Literacy Education
2000
Three presentations are provided from Symposium 36, Knowledge Management, of the Academy of Human Resource Development (HRD) 2000 Conference Proceedings. "Corporate Knowledge Management and New Challenges for HRD" (Hunseok Oh) identifies new challenges for HRD: training and developing knowledge workers, developing managers and team…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Corporate Education
Holbrook, M. Cay, Ed.; Koenig, Alan J., Ed. – 2000
This text, one of two volumes on the instruction of students with visual impairments, focuses on the history and theory of teaching such students. The following chapters are included: (1) "Historical Perspectives" (Phil Hatlen) with emphasis on the last 50 years; (2) "Visual Impairment" (Kathleen M. Huebner) which provides general information…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Blindness, Child Development, Codes of Ethics
Fisch, Shalom M., Ed.; Truglio, Rosemarie T., Ed. – 2001
"Sesame Street," 30-years-old in 1999, is possibly the most influential program in children's educational television. This book collects and synthesizes key research studies since the program's inception, describing the processes by which educational content and research are integrated into production, reviewing major studies of the…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Television, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Zack, Naomi, Ed. – 1995
This book presents a collection of papers on microdiversity that underscore the reality and scholarship of racial difference within single individuals and groups. The book includes 22 papers in 5 parts. Part 1, "Autobiography," includes: (1) "Five Arrows" (Susan Clements); (2) "Color Fades Over Time" (Brunetta R.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Faculty)
Spanier, Bonnie B.; Rosser, Sue V.; Muzio, Joseph N.; Tucker, Edward B. – 1997
This collection of four essays examines the ways in which biology, as a discipline, reflects ongoing scholarship on gender, race, ethnicity, social class, and sexual orientation. In "Natural Sciences: Molecular Biology," Bonnie B. Spanier examines common ideological distortions in biology, including superimposing stereotypical gender attributes…
Descriptors: Biology, College Curriculum, College Instruction, Engineering
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Huston, Mary M., Ed. – Library Trends, 1991
This issue contains 12 articles that present library perspectives on information literacy. Topics discussed include critical thinking and bibliographic instruction (BI); learning style theory and reference desk interviews; teaching information retrieval to end users; library instruction for faculty; cognitive authority; question formulation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style, Critical Thinking
Wolf, Lorraine E., Ed.; Schreiber, Hope E., Ed.; Wasserstein, Jeanette, Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008
Recent advances in neuroimaging and genetics technologies have enhanced our understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders in adults. The authors in this volume not only discuss such advances as they apply to adults with learning disorders, but also address their translation into clinical practice. One cluster of chapters addresses developmental…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Nonverbal Learning
Kagan, Sharon L., Ed.; Weissbourd, Bernice, Ed. – 1994
Noting that the strength of society is inextricably linked to the strength of its families, this book examines the evolution of current principles and practices in family support, and discusses future directions in quality services, training, and evaluation. The 20 chapters in this book are: (1) "America's Children and Families: An…
Descriptors: Child Health, Church Role, Community Involvement, Cultural Differences
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Evans, Emrys, Ed. – 1992
The report of the Cox Working Group on the British national curriculum, "English for Ages 5 to 16," includes recommendations for including in the curriculum the study of literature in English from other cultures. The papers of this collection show some ways in which the recommendations of the Working Group may be put into practice and…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Childrens Literature, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Caves, Roger W. – 1995
This introductory text presents a collection of articles from urban-studies journals to introduce undergraduate students to the interdisciplinary field of urban studies. The book is divided into 9 parts as follows: Part 1: Cities and Urbanism; part 2: Urban History; part 3: Urban Policy; part 4: Economic Development; part 5: Community Services and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Economic Factors, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Moss, Steve, Ed. – 1992
This monograph presents nine author-contributed papers which look at issues of aging and mental retardation from the perspectives of nine nations: Australia (by Trevor R. Parmenter), Great Britain (by Steve Moss), Canada (by Gerrit Groeneweg), Germany (by Gottfried Adam), Hong Kong (by John W. L. Tse), Indonesia (by D. Lianta), Japan (by Takeo…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cultural Differences, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems
Bennicke, Annette – 1984
Research on sex differences and language includes the following (many titles are English translations): "Language--The Child, the Women, the Family"; "Woman and Man"; "In Society's Words"; "The Life of Words"; "Verbs and Women"; "Lines from a Ladies Luncheon"; "The History of the Danish Language"; "How Sex Roles Are Represented and Conserved in…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Influences, Danish, Elementary Secondary Education
Driessen, Geert, Ed.; Jungbluth, Paul, Ed. – 1994
This collection presents a cross section of research into the theme of equal opportunities in education in the Netherlands. The majority of articles are on the Dutch situation, which resembles that of other countries in many respects. Contributions include: (1) "Educational Inequality Research in the Netherlands. Conditions, Constraints and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Adler, Sol, Ed.; King, Deborah A., Ed. – 1994
This book provides an overview of communication disorders and their causes and provides suggestions for strategies to be used by the classroom teacher in collaboration with the speech-language pathologist and audiologist to enhance communication skills development. Chapters have the following titles and authors: "Articulation Disorders" (Rhonda S.…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Cultural Differences
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