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Anderson, Robert H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Few great ideas to guide school practice are totally new. Conscientious educators have hit some good chords over the years; the challenge is recapturing that music and building a (pedagogical) symphony around it. Philosophical ideas about teachers' views of children, curriculum, teachers, and organizational structures are discussed. (MLH)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Honey, Margaret; McMillan, Katherine – 1993
The kinds of representations and associations that elementary and secondary educators are building of the Internet and the ways in which these representations vary depending on their use were studied. Subjects were teachers from the Center for Technology in Education (New York) national telecommunications survey who had responded that they used…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Educational Practices, Educational Technology
2002
This document contains three papers from a symposium on emotional intelligence, identity salience, and metaphors in human resource development (HRD). "Applying Client and Consultant Generated Metaphors in HRD: Lessons from Psychotherapy" (Darren Short) reviews some techniques that psychotherapists have devised for using their own…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Consultants, Educational Practices
2000
This document contains three papers from a symposium on images of human resource development (HRD) that was conducted as part of a conference on HRD. "Analyzing HRD through Metaphor: Why, How, and Some Likely Findings" (Darren C. Short) examines the question of what the uses of metaphor in HRD say about how those in the field view the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Definitions, Educational Practices, Educational Research
Ward, Jane; Edwards, Judith – 2002
Learners' views on their progress and achievement in literacy and numeracy were examined in a study during which practitioners from eight further education colleges in England interviewed 70 adults (ages 16 to over 60 years) enrolled in literacy, numeracy, or English-for-speakers-of-other-languages programs. The metaphor of traveling on a learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators