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Download full textNational Inst. for Adult Education, Nancy (France). – 1969
This report on a national seminar attended by over 100 French adult educators from universities, industry, government agencies, and voluntary agencies is divided into three parts. Part I summarizes conclusions and recommendations made by nine commissions on conditions (including needs and objectives, obstacles to continuing education, educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aspiration, Comparative Education, Educational Objectives
Schools Council, London (England). – 1966
This study provides an overview of an experimental French language program in elementary schools in Great Britain. The program reported, sponsored by the Nuffield Foundation, covers a period from 1963 through September 1970. The first part discusses origins and aims of the pilot scheme, instructional materials, teacher education, FLES, and pilot…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Schools, Experimental Programs
Wilkins, John Grover – 1968
This study identified needs, interests, and potential of the mature women enrolled in an experimental program in continuing education for women at Pittsburgh University. One-third of the women had no previous college work while three-fifths had an incomplete undergraduate record. Five percent had completed some previous graduate study and 3% had…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Students, Attendance Patterns
Adair, J. B., Ed. – 1969
This conference report deals with the roles and objectives of adult basic education in manpower development; educational personnel and technology; educational innovation; and special problems in teaching disadvantaged adults. Office of Education activities involving regional university resource specialists are described, as is the learning center…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Twelker, Paul A.; And Others – 1972
The World Forum program gives college students an opportunity to explore a particular problem of personal and/or social consequence in the context of its anticipated alternative futures. This report explicates the nature of the program and describes the evaluation results of the developmental tryout. The goals of the program, developmental…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Evaluation
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Three nontraditional study programs at the University of Minnesota provide the setting of this study to determine what kinds of persons become students in a given program and what factors make their experience in a program a successful one. A questionnaire was distributed to students in the Experimental College, the University Without Walls, and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction
Charters, Alexander N. – 1972
University College at Syracuse University has continued to provide the so-called traditional programs because these have been designed and modified to meet continuing types of needs. The nature of the total program has been influenced by certain factors. These ingredients include: (1) the commitment of the Chancellor to the necessity of educating…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Attitudes, College Faculty
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Fort Hall, ID. – 1968
In an effort to meet the ne d for additional assistance inacademic areas and acculturation of the school age children on the Fort Hall Reservation in Southeastern Idaho, a two-week tour of the Northwest for 30 Indian students was formulated. The procedures, planning, and orientation of this project are presented, including the following topics:…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indians, Disadvantaged, Educational Experience
Williams, Reed G. – 1976
The major goal of the project was to modify the competency-based medical curriculum of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine so that essential competencies are identified and mechanisms are established to ensure that students not only learn but retain and integrate these competencies. The specific objectives of the Competency…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives
Pyfer, Julene Newland – 1972
The Experiment at Butte was a demonstration project designed to determine the effectiveness of the Joseph Tussman education model in an Adult Basic Education (ABE) program. Its major purpose was to combine in lessons the teaching of reflective skills with the teaching of ordinary ABE skills. To implement the Tussman model, three experimental…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Critical Thinking, Educational Objectives
Garfinkel, Alan – 1969
The five major chapters of this preliminary investigation contain: (1) a description of the contextual setting of the study and a discussion of its objectives and hypotheses, (2) review and analysis of related studies, (3) procedures and design of the investigation and operational definition of elements, (4) enumeration of results, and, (5) the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Objectives, Experimental Programs, Experiments
Persell, Caroline Hodges – 1973
An experimental sociological research training program at Columbia University is described and analyzed. Two broad objectives of the Columbia Program are defined: (1) to bring sociological perspectives to bear on educational theory and problems, with emphasis on discovering and codifying the methodological approaches most suitable for…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Objectives, Educational Programs, Educational Researchers
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1977
The arguments are presented for and against the Hawaii 3 on 2 program, a team-taught, flexible, individualized instructional program for primary grade students. This report is based on an advocate-adversary evaluation design. The advocate team concluded that: the program is working effectively; teachers, principals, and parents support the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Educational Objectives
SPRIGLE, HERBERT; AND OTHERS
AN EXPERIMENTAL PRESCHOOL PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF WHICH IS TO HELP THE CHILD TO LEARN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING. ORGANIZED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT COGNITIVE GROWTH PROCEEDS FROM MOTOR TO PERCEPTUAL TO SYMBOLIC FUNCTIONING, THE PROGRAM EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE AS A TOOL FOR THINKING AND REASONING. AN…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Research, Disadvantaged
COULSON, JOHN E. – 1967
AN INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS DESCRIBED AS AN INTERIM APPROACH TOWARD WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF COMPUTER-BASED INSTRUCTION. AN EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS BEING DEVELOPED BY SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION UNDER A CONTRACT FROM THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL LABORATORY FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. IT…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Objectives, Educational Technology, Electronic Equipment
