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Lockwood, Anne Turnbaugh – New Leaders for Tomorrow's Schools, 1998
This expanded issue explores well-known comprehensive school reform models and provides tools and resources to assist school leaders in choosing reform programs. Case studies provide information about three well-known models: the Coalition of Essential Schools, the Paideia Program, and the Success for All Program. These reforms are discussed in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
Gitlin, Andrew; And Others – CCBC Notebook, 1982
The horizontal evaluation model was developed to remedy three major problems associated with competency-based approaches to teacher evaluation: there is no consensus regarding what competencies are essential to good teaching; teachers' behaviors may or may not be related to competencies they possess; and competency-based evaluation typically fails…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh (Scotland). Esmee Fairbairn Economics Research Centre. – 1978
Designed as an accompaniment to college level microeconomics lectures, (see SO 011 936), the package contains materials for four approaches to the microeconomics course. The course covers topics of economic concepts, issues, and tools; demand; supply; price and output determination in markets; marginal equivalency conditions and economic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Oriented Programs, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching
Levy-Reiner, Sherry, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1986
Curricular efforts at 10 colleges and universities in response to the Association of American College's report, "Integrity in the College Curriculum," are described. Reactions to this publication are also discussed by Mark H. Curtis in the essay "R Plus One: Reflections on the Impact of 'Integrity in the College Curriculum.' The…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Case Studies, College Curriculum, Core Curriculum
Ding, Xingfu – 1999
A new conceptual framework for comparative analysis of distance higher education systems, called the Systems Analysis, Typology and Shaping Mechanism (SATS), was used to compare the structures and functions of the DE systems of Australia (which includes external studies and open learning components) and China (which includes correspondence…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
Arts, Education, and Americans, Inc., New York, NY. – 1980
This monograph stresses the importance of art education in elementary and secondary schools and explains how school/community partnership in the arts can help keep arts education programs alive. Part of a series containing background information on arts programs in schools, this document is intended to aid individuals and school art advocacy…
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Artists, Case Studies
Etling, Arlen – 1977
The booklet presents goals and activities to help practitioners of nonformal education design workshops for developing nations. Major objectives are to help nonformal educational practitioners become more sensitive to the needs of learners and to develop techniques for dealing cooperatively with people in other cultures. The document is presented…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Agents, Comparative Education
Wieler, Susan S.; Bailey, Thomas R. – IEE Brief, 1997
The internship program at La Guardia Community College (New York) confirms the possibility of achieving the level of employer participation required for the success of an educational reform movement centered on work-based learning. The La Guardia program, which has existed for 25 years and has provided 1,800-2,000 internships annually, shares its…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1977
The document, written in French, presents an overview of educational programs in Senegal where ten to 17-year-old students are taught practical skills. The monograph is intended for UNESCO staff members and educational advisors as they collaborate with governments in developing nations to improve educational programs. The document is presented in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Basic Skills, Case Studies, Curriculum Development
Wilde, Francesca; Hardaker, Roger – FE Matters, 1997
This report examines issues and approaches to course design and evaluation within the higher education (HE) sector that are relevant and applicable to the United Kingdom's further education (FE) sector. Chapter 1 examines the increasing emphasis on student-centered learning in FE/HE and the implications of that trend. Discussed in chapter 2 are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Objectives
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 1999
This document includes the following papers: "The European Training Foundation's Experience in Supporting Human Resource Development in South-Eastern Europe" (Peter de Rooij); "Transition, Reconstruction and Stability in South-Eastern Europe; The Role of Vocational Education and Training" (Cesar Birzea, Peter Grootings, Tzako…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Case Studies, Citizenship Education, Civics