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Clarkin-Phillips, Jeanette; Carr, Margaret – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2009
This project came about after discussions with the general manager of the Wellington Region Free Kindergarten Association and Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips (University of Waikato) about setting up a research partnership to support the teachers at Taitoko Kindergarten in Levin. The teachers were establishing an integrated community centre (the whanau…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Pilot Projects, Parent Workshops
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Hurley, Maureen; Patterson, Kay L.; Wilcox, F. Kim – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2006
This chapter discusses Video-based Supplemental Instruction, a variation of the SI model. (Contains 6 figures.)
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Enrichment Activities, Instructional Films, Audiovisual Instruction
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Collins, Lorna A.; Smith, Alison J.; Hannon, Paul D. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2006
Purpose: To describe an exploration in the use of synergistic learning methods in the delivery of an innovative pilot programme designed to teach entrepreneurship capacities. The programme took a tripartite approach involving nascent entrepreneurs, existing entrepreneurs and facilitators using an action research and action learning approach.…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Action Research, Experiential Learning, Entrepreneurship
Ander, Curry – 1996
Based on the belief that critical thinking patterns, language abilities, and social skills that develop from birth to age 6 are foundational to children's sociomoral development, the Phoenix Project was developed to explore the factors contributing to and affecting children's sociomoral development. This pilot project was carried out by the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Family Programs, Interpersonal Competence, Moral Development
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Univ. Library. – 1993
This report examines the institutional level deacidification program that was formalized and instituted at Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)) for its research libraries. The report is organized into six sections. The first section, which describes the project's background, discusses the acidic paper problem, available mass…
Descriptors: Cleaning, College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Technical Processes
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McKay, Richard J.; Ansara, Alice – International Journal of Career and Continuing Education, 1975
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Problems, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Junior High Schools
Kochalka, James; And Others – 1982
This paper describes a pilot project designed to provide a training and implementation program for volunteer, paraprofessional facilitators of a marriage and family intervention method known as Structured Enrichment. The intervention, which was designed to teach couples and families to negotiate specific problem issues in their relationships, is…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Family Counseling, Marriage Counseling
Henderson, Joseph Neil – 1984
Although data indicate that Alzheimer's disease occurs among all racial and ethnic populations, the Alzheimer's disease support group system is used nationally primarily by white, middle-class caregivers. Developing a model ethnic-specific support group for Hispanics requires delineation of formal and informal health care networks in the ethnic…
Descriptors: Coping, Cultural Influences, Cultural Traits, Guidelines
American National Metric Council, Washington, DC. – 1981
This report describes a project developed by the American National Metric Council (ANMC) to assess the effectiveness of the parent-through-child learning model as a method of transmitting metric knowledge. The model used has been in effect in one classroom in El Cajon, California since 1974. An elementary level classroom teacher there initiated…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Whitman, Nancy C. – 1980
The Improvement of School Programs in Mathematics through a Comprehensive Foundation Program Assessment and Improvement System (FPAIS) Approach Project is described. This project used a multi-pronged approach to reach the objective of reducing mathematics program deficiencies as identified through state-level assessments. The two major ways to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Martin, Andrew; And Others – 1979
This paper describes a project to increase staff and student awareness of sex-role stereotyping and to decrease sexist practices of students and teachers. Workshops were held in one school as a pilot for the project and subsequently in seven other rather typical elementary schools in the Dallas (Texas) Independent School District. Prior to the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Pilot Projects, Program Descriptions, Questionnaires
SWEANY, H. PAUL – 1967
THE MAJOR PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND IMAGE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGH THE USE OF INNOVATIVE CURRICULUMS. A 3-DAY PRESCHOOL WORKSHOP AND SEVERAL CONFERENCES FOR VOCATIONAL TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS FROM THREE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WERE HELD TO STUDY PROBLEMS IN IMPLEMENTING…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Grade 9, High Schools, Inservice Teacher Education
Iowa Central Community College, Fort Dodge. – 1978
This final report contains materials and forms developed for the Iowa Career Education Articulation Model (K-14). Project goals were to design and pilot a career education inventory system to determine the impact of career education upon the students, to design a monitoring process system to assess the status of career education activities, to…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Assessment
North Dakota State Board for Vocational Education, Bismarck. – 1973
The final report describes an exemplary three-year program in vocational guidance and occupational preparation in North Dakota designed to integrate career development activities throughout the elementary-secondary curriculum. The program, which involved both teachers and students in a wide variety of career development activities, resulted in the…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Guidance, Demonstration Programs
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Occupational Research and Development Branch. – 1969
This report covers the period July 1968-August 1969. During this time, library holdings increased to 10,728 items and a quarterly publication was the chief information dissemination tool. Studies completed during the period concerned the community college, practical nurse education, curriculum change in home economics; studies underway are a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Information Dissemination, Occupational Information
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