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Download full textMontclair State Coll., Upper Montclair, NJ. – 1990
Policymakers and educators agree that technology education is crucial to the development of a technologically literate society that can compete successfully in the world of the 21st century. Technology education is the study of: the application of adaptive systems, including tools, capital, materials, processes, energy, information, and people;…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Industrial Arts
Cuban, Larry – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Recent state reforms that embrace the effective schools movement may actually be counterproductive. These mandates encourage the persistence of outmoded, teacher centered, pedagogical practices and current school organizational structures, inhibiting the development of students' independent reasoning and problem-solving skills, as well as the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Logical Thinking, Problem Solving, Professional Recognition
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. – 1992
This document records the oral and written testimony of witnesses at a Congressional hearing on U.S. needs for training in high technology areas. Testimony was given by local officials, corporate officials, a union representative, and two professors of engineering from universities in Indiana. Testimony centered on jobs and job training, reforming…
Descriptors: Competition, Dislocated Workers, Economic Development, Educational Improvement
Ratcliff, James L. – 1991
For a national program assessing college graduates to succeed, it must be institutionalized at the majority of colleges and universities in the nation. The information generated must play a clear and key role in formulating state and institutional higher education policy, college matriculation standards, and degree-granting decisions. Such an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, College Faculty, College Graduates, Communication Skills
Elmore, Randy – 1991
Shortcomings in the current student assessment program in Georgia are identified, proposed revisions are described, and additional changes are recommended. Georgia educators have complained that curricula place too much emphasis on basic skills, to the detriment of subjects like science and social studies. Reform legislation in Georgia has…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Basic Skills
Public Policy Inst., Albany, NY. – 1991
This report discusses the potential for computers and other educational technologies to aid in school restructuring in New York State. Issues involved in such a restructuring are examined and include: (1) the need for a common effort in creating a state program; (2) current practices and current realities in the classroom; (3) current uses of such…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Courseware
