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Peer reviewedMitchell, Vance F.; And Others – Group and Organization Studies, 1980
Explores concerns over the direction the field of organizational behavior is developing. Karl Weick identifies approaches to theory building that are misleading. Peter Frost identifies blind spots in teaching and application. Walter Nord compares both papers. The authors offer their views on directions in which the field might move. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Educational Objectives, Group Behavior, Methods
Download full textEducation Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1991
A discussion with 10 nationally recognized education reformers is summarized in this report. A goal of the discussion was to find common ways to fundamentally alter the American educational structure. Participants' statements are organized around six central themes, which form a paradigm for effective school restructuring. Sections address each of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Eckstein, Max A.; Seley, John E. – 1983
Recommendations for improving the college curriculum and the quality of the work force are presented in this report of the Network Curriculum Round Table, a Queens College project involving representatives of business, government, and education. Following a brief statement of the project's purpose and an anecdotal account of its activities, the…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives
1978
The following papers on meeting individual needs in second language instruction are included: (1) "Sprachenlernen: Beduerfnisse des Individuums in verschiedenen Leben- und Lernsituationen (Language Learning: Individual Needs in Various Life and Learning Situations)," by Eugen Egger; (2) "Peut-on accorder les besoins de l'etudiant et ceux de son…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Education Work Relationship, Individual Needs, Individualized Instruction
Steiner, H. G., Ed.; Christiansen, Bent, Ed. – 1978
This volume is largely based upon the preparation for and proceedings of the Third International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME) held in Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany, in August 1976. The volume deals with 13 broad themes of general educational interest for mathematics teachers and educators. Six of these themes divided the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Algorithms, Computers, Curriculum Development
Atlantic Inst. of Education, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada). – 1981
Nine conference papers examine educational administration in Canada and England. Three papers present the results of survey research on rural principals' reactions to decentralized budgeting in Saskatchewan (Canada), the impact of local government reforms on local educational services in England, and the effects of principals' leadership styles on…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Educational Administration, Educational Objectives, Educational Research
Shapira, R., Ed.; And Others – 1981
Issues and developments concerning the education of Israeli youth in residential schools are summarized in this report of a seminar which brought together educators from the United States and Israel. The first part of the report describes the residential school and gives its history as both part of a long tradition, and as it particularly evolved…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Compensatory Education, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth
Donmall, B. Gillian, Ed. – 1985
Papers sponsored by the Language Awareness Working Party, a task force of Great Britain's National Congress on Languages in Education concerned with common concerns of professionals in all areas of native and second language instruction, include: "The Report of the Language Awareness Working Party"; "Language Awareness in Six Easy…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Behavioral Objectives, Child Development, Children
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Berlin (Germany). – 1998
This document is a comprehensive report a subregional seminar for eastern and southern African countries on the Jua Kali movement. (Jua Kali, "hot sun" in Swahili, refers to the informal or nonformal sector of the economy.) Section 1 explains the role of the International Project on Technical and Vocational Education (UNEVOC) in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, Developing Nations, Economic Development
