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Jackson, Robin, Ed. – Wessex Studies in Special Education, 1983
The journal includes nine papers on special education topics in Great Britain as well as reviews of seven books dealing with handicapped individuals. Titles and authors of the papers are as follows: "The Role of the Paediatric Occupational Therapist in Helping Children with Special Needs" (J. Jenkinson and D. Swinney); "The Pathway…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment
Vetter, Louise; And Others – 1977
A project was conducted to develop three prototype comprehensive career planning programs and to offer those prototypes as models that could be used by both educators and personnel directors who are interested in helping employed women improve their occupational status. A national survey of programs in operation in community and junior colleges…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Planning, College Programs, Employed Women
Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh (Scotland). Esmee Fairbairn Economics Research Centre. – 1978
The document introduces a project to develop course packages integrating innovative and conventional economics teaching techniques. The major objective of the project was to improve productivity in economics teaching at the college level. The document is presented in four sections. Section I explains that the project was initiated in 1976 by TEFRC…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Needs, Educational Practices
Faraday, Sally – FEDA Report, 1996
The implementation of the 1992 Further and Higher Education (FHE) Act in Britain changed the statutory responsibilities for post-school education of learners with learning difficulties and disabilities. This resulted in the so-called "Schedule 2/non-Schedule 2" divide. Research examined the impact of these changes on learners and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries
Shrestha, Bijaya K. – OSSC Bulletin, 1989
Issues pertaining to thinking skills are discussed in an attempt to clarify what thinking skills are and their components, how they function and how they can be developed in the teaching-learning environment. Chapter 1 reviews the definitions of thinking skills. These definitions are selected from the current literature on education and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
Short, Paula M. – 1988
Background for this monograph comes from a study of in-school suspension programs conducted in schools in North Carolina. Chapter 1 focuses on the effectively disciplined school in terms of a total school perspective and the characteristics of a well-disciplined school. Chapter 2 addresses three categories of administrative discipline strategies:…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Discipline, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems
Steinmetz, Andres – NCME Measurement in Education, 1976
The discrepancy evaluation model (DEM) specifies that evaluation consists of comparing performance with a standard, yielding discrepancy information. DEM is applied to programs in order to improve the program by making standards-performance-discrepancy cycles explicit and public. Action-oriented planning is involved in creating standards; a useful…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Differences, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Hochleitner, Ricardo Diez; And Others – 1978
The purpose of this report is to describe the present education system in Spain as it relates to lifelong education. The report identifies criteria and methodological problems in educational planning aimed at transforming school systems along the lines of lifelong education. It then describes how these principles have been incorporated in the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Methods
Hohn, Marcia Drew – Literacy Leader Fellowship Program Reports, 1997
This report explores one avenue for health education and promotion for audiences with low literacy levels: embedding empowerment health education directly in adult literacy programs. This approach emerged through participatory action research (PAR). The four sections correspond to the four questions around which the PAR process organizes the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Bolland, Kathleen A. – 1979
As part of a project designed to identify appropriate and feasible methods of evaluating vocational education with respect to its outcomes, this bibliography contains descriptive and evaluative annotations of a selection of empirical studies of vocational education outcomes. Following a technical introduction discussing the methodological issues…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
Black, Neil – UNEVOC INFO, 1997
Experts in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) from 11 countries participated in a UNESCO International Workshop. The countries were: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, India, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Poland, Republic of Korea, and South Africa. Workshop participants identified a range of issues relating to improving the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Faraday, Sally – FEDA Paper, 1996
A 1993 study examined the range of opportunities that Open College Network (OCN) accreditation offered to learners with learning difficulties and disabilities in Great Britain. It examined OCN quality processes, including recognition panels, moderation, and internal quality systems. Information was gathered from the National Open College Network,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Certificates, Educational Practices, Educational Quality
Bulletin of the Unesco Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, 1987
This bulletin issue contains articles and observations about continuing education for adults in various countries of Asia and the Pacific. Articles from five experts in continuing education and/or related areas in four countries in the region make up the first section. The experts are from (1) Sri Lanka (D. A. Perera); (2) Australia (Geoffrey…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Case Studies, Continuing Education, Delivery Systems
Tindall, Lloyd W.; Gugerty, John J. – 1979
One of a series of sixteen knowledge transformation papers, this paper examines the concept of the least restrictive alternative for handicapped students as it applies to vocational education and provides representative models of service delivery systems. First, the origin of the least restrictive environment concept is traced, including the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Delivery Systems, Educational Philosophy, Educational Planning
Thornberry, Terence P.; Burch, James H., II – Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 1997
Teams at several universities collaborated in studies of the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency program in three cities. This bulletin presents the findings from the Rochester (New York) Youth Development Study (RYDS) concerning the contributions of youth gang membership to delinquency. The RYDS started with a sample of 1,000 boys and girls in…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Intervention, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools