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Download full textPotts, Bonnie – 1994
Critical thinking skills figure prominently among the goals for education proposed by educational researchers, parents, and employers. This digest discusses the skills related to critical thinking and three specific strategies for teaching these skills. The first, Building Categories, is an inductive reasoning tool that helps students categorize…
Descriptors: Classification, Critical Thinking, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
Weber, James R. – OSSC Bulletin, 1987
Instructional leadership is long-term dedication to instructional excellence that includes both instructional and school management issues. Recent research suggests that effective principals can make a significant difference in their schools' instructional programs through a combination of personal traits, particularly a strong belief in their…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1998
The problem-solving approach to teaching and learning has proved especially useful in vocational education as a way to relate classroom learning to real-life situations or problems. The problem-solving method of teaching places the responsibility for learning on students. Educators and special reform groups in other subject areas refer to a…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Educational Practices
Robbat, Richard J. – 1986
The overall focus of this booklet is on planning for change that allows for integration of computers into articulated learning environments that will enhance the learning goal of students. The first chapter presents four major themes to increase the likelihood of combining computers and individualized instruction in schools: (1) a revitalized form…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction
Benard, Bonnie – 1995
This digest summarizes studies that provide evidence that youth with multiple and severe risks in their lives can develop into confident and competent adults; and discusses the critical role schools can play in this process of development. Resilience is the term used to describe a set of qualities that foster a process of successful adaptation and…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Critical Thinking, Educational Environment
Benard, Bonnie – 1996
This digest summarizes studies that provide evidence that youth with multiple and severe risks in their lives can develop into confident and competent adults, and discusses the critical role schools can play in this process of development. Resilience is the term used to describe a set of qualities that foster a process of successful adaptation and…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Critical Thinking, Educational Environment
Benard, Bonnie – 1997
This digest summarizes studies that provide evidence that youth with multiple and severe risks in their lives can develop into confident and competent adults; and discusses the critical role schools can play in this process of development. Resilience is the term used to describe a set of qualities that foster a process of successful adaptation and…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Critical Thinking, Educational Environment
Smith, Stuart C., Ed.; And Others – 1981
Based on the assumption that the survival of the nation's schools and their leaders depends on these leaders having real influence over the quality of schooling, this volume draws from the work of many authorities to look at leadership from three perspectives: the person, the structure, and the skills. Chapters focusing on the person who holds the…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Smith, Stuart C., Ed.; Piele, Philip K., Ed. – 1989
Recognizing the importance of good leadership to the achievement of educational excellence, the second edition of this handbook synthesizes a large body of school leadership literature and explores the subject from three perspectives: the person, the structure, and the skills. Part I examines characteristics of today's educational leaders;…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Communication Skills
