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California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Mental Health Schools. – 1998
This resource provides tools that are relevant to understanding the nature and scope of substance abuse. The tools are also meant to be helpful in identifying and guiding students who need help and in preventing substance abuse. The aids are grouped into five sections. Section I provides basic fact sheets on substance abuse among youth. Section II…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Health Education, Identification
Faccini, Benedict; Combes, Bernard – 1998
Early childhood development is increasingly viewed as an affirmation of children's rights. This report describes the concept of early childhood development and presents several viewpoints regarding early childhood care and development, parenting, and approaches to early education. The report also presents 10 case studies of programs to enhance the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. – 1999
A workshop on Global Perspectives on Early Childhood Education brought together leading experts on preschool education and early learning in other countries. The workshop was intended to stimulate the exchange of ideas on early childhood education by providing an opportunity for early childhood educators, researchers, and policy experts from…
Descriptors: Child Development, Conference Papers, Cultural Influences, Day Care
Aagaard, David; And Others – 1991
Developed by the Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD) out of its own experiences with special needs students, this training manual provides ideas for organizing and presenting in-service staff development programs to increase awareness of learning disabilities. The first section of the manual discusses the model used at LRCCD to prepare its…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities, Models
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1992
This publication describes alternative teacher certification programs in Texas that train interns who are generally mature, mid-career individuals. The document is organized into seven sections: (1) "Alternative Certification in Texas" discusses the history and background of the programs including legislation, the first alternative…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Career Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Frings, A.; And Others – 1993
This handbook is intended to help trainers and development workers plan and conduct training programs based on the Action Training Model (ATM). The ATM combines training with action and learning with production by building upon participants' knowledge and learning needs and involving participants in a process of active learning and cooperative…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Community Development, Developing Nations
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Planning and Policy Secretariat. – 1993
The purpose of this project was to implement the principles of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) in the "Fort McMurray (Alberta, Canada) Roman Catholic Separate School District (RCSSD) No. 32" and to collect data related to student achievement, responsibility, and attitudes in mathematics to help assess the effects of the implementation.…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs, Mathematics Achievement
Silvern, Joan, Ed. – Family Resource Coalition Report, 1990
This newsletter issue focuses on the issues surrounding and benefits of childcare that actively involves the family. Articles include: (1) "The Working Parents' Dilemma"; (2) "The Consortium of Family Organizations"; (3) "Children's Services: Directions for the Future"; (4) "Implementing Strategic Policies for…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Day Care, Divorce, Employed Parents
McAuliffe, Anne, Ed. – 1993
This digest contains the following two articles on mentoring: "Mentoring in Educational Settings: Unresolved Issues and Unanswered Questions" (Olga M. Welch); and "Learning from the Field: Mentoring Projects in Field-based Settings" (Heidi Lynch). The first article describes mentoring in general and mentoring in the schools, examines some studies…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Educational Policy, Educational Resources
Hall, Roberta M.; Sandler, Bernice R. – 1983
Issues concerning mentoring for women in higher education are discussed. After identifying benefits of mentoring for the protege, the mentor, and the institution, barriers to traditional mentoring for women are considered. Attention is directed to why men may hesitate to mentor women students and faculty, why female mentors are hard to find on…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Role, Females, Higher Education
Wood, Fred H.; And Others – 1983
A recent model for the design of staff development programs for educators includes 5 stages--readiness, planning, training, implementation, and maintenance--each of which is defined by a set of 4 to 11 practices. To test this model and the relative merits of its 38 practices and its underlying assumptions, a national questionnaire survey of over…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Principles, Inservice Education, Maintenance
Conrad, Clifton F. – 1983
The past and current condition of general education in the two-year college is examined in this four-part monograph. Part 1 reviews the history of general education, tracing its roots in the European tradition of liberal education from Greco-Roman antiquity to the end of the 19th century in America. In addition, the 20th century general education…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems
Ulisse, Peter – 1988
Designed to provide information to administrators at Housatonic Community College, Connecticut (HCC) on the status of writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) programs, this report presents an overview of WAC, strategies for its implementation, and examples of WAC programs currently in existence. Introductory sections present a brief history of and a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Community Colleges
Wheeler, Alan H. – 1989
The Clinical Field Supervisor Program at the State University of New York College at Fredonia identifies and trains college personnel and classroom teachers from area school districts to serve as clinical field supervisors and associate faculty in the teacher education program. The goal is to improve the quality and quantity of supervision that…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
University of West Florida, Pensacola. Center for Economic Education. – 1989
A 50-minute program on careers and trends in the economy was created for presentation to high school students. Designed to be attention-getting as well as educational, it includes activities to introduce students to a cluster of economic concepts, data, and tools related to career selection. Pairs of college students are trained to make the…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Decision Making, Dropout Prevention, Economic Climate
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