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Yang, Ming-Ying; You, Manlai – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2010
School pupils in Taiwan spend most of their time in studying and having examinations, and consequently many of them decide what major to study in universities rather hastily. Industrial design (ID) programs in universities nowadays recruit students from general and vocational senior high schools through a variety of channels. As a consequence, ID…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Career Guidance, Educational Needs
Miller, Abby; Smith, Chandra Taylor – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2009
In 2004 ECMC Foundation published a guide called "Realizing the College Dream" (RTCD) which is designed for educators and staff to help low-income, first-generation college, middle and high school students increase their expectations of attending postsecondary education, and take steps to realize this goal. While ECMC Foundation trainings and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Use Studies, Program Evaluation, First Generation College Students
Mead, Julie F. – National Association of State Directors of Special Education, 2008
This report addresses both why and how charter schools designed for students with disabilities operate their programs and provides information learned about charter schools specifically designed for children with disabilities through a series of questions and answers. First, the legal and policy context in which such schools develop and operate is…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Disabilities, Research Reports, Accessibility (for Disabled)
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Vincent, Kerry; Harris, Belinda; Thomson, Pat; Toalster, Richard – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2007
Government guidance in the United Kingdom encourages groups of schools to take collective responsibility for supporting and making provision for excluded pupils and those at risk of exclusion. Managed moves are one way that some schools and authorities are enacting such guidance. This article presents the results of an evaluation of one such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Guidance Programs, High Risk Students, Interviews
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Miller, Linda; Paige-Smith, Alice – Education 3-13, 2004
This article considers practitioners' beliefs and practice in relation to play in the literacy curriculum in two early years settings and the impact on the experiences of the children in these settings. Both settings were working with the Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage (QCA/DfEE, 2000). One week was spent in each setting and…
Descriptors: Play, Emergent Literacy, Beliefs, Educational Practices
Educational Operations Concepts, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. – 1979
A study to evaluate Career Guidance Centers (CGCs) in Illinois resulted in both objective evaluation and in the provision of technical assistance for the regional centers. An epiphenomenon of the study activity was the development of a model for the evaluation of pilot site (exemplary) projects with the potential of its being transported to…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Community Resources
Educational Operations Concepts, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. – 1979
To improve vocational guidance and counseling programs and services in Illinois, nineteen site review teams analyzed the Career Guidance Center (CGC) programs and services offered to public and private educational and community-based agencies. (This evaluation was conducted as part of a larger study descrbed in CE 023 986.) The two major…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Community Resources