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New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of School Programs. – 1980
Information on basic skills improvement programs is provided through a review of research findings concerned with the factors determining quality education. These factors fall into four key areas: (1) the classroom--use of time, classroom climate/control, teacher behaviors, student behavior, organization of instruction; (2)…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Basic Skills, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement
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Foreign Language Annals, 1988
Presents American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages guidelines, intended to serve a program development function, for the preservice preparation of foreign language teachers, focusing on the areas of personal, professional, and specialist development; communication skills; acquisition; leadership; child development; curriculum…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Instructional Development, Language Teachers
Jordan, Gillian; Jameson, Jill – 2001
This case study identifies key barriers for staff on the path to an e-University and suggests ways to unlock them. The focus of the evidence-based research is an e-University pilot development in virtual learning in progress at the University of Greenwich (England). Documentary evidence for the study included feedback from 12 sub-projects in the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Technology
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Bullough, Robert V., Jr. – Journal of Thought, 1983
Interest in educational reform is a side benefit of recent school criticism. Unfortunately, where the cause of educational failure is understood to be teachers, educational reform has become teacher reform, which most often means that greater effort will be placed on controlling teacher behavior. (LC)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Development
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Laffey, James M.; Musser, Dale – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2006
Shadow netWorkspace (SNS) is a web application system that allows a school or any type of community to establish an intranet with network workspaces for all members and groups. The goal of SNS has been to make it easy for schools and other educational organizations to provide network services in support of implementing a learning community. SNS is…
Descriptors: Open Source Technology, Communities of Practice, Social Networks, Instructional Development
Thomas, Ruth; And Others – 1992
A study identified four principles, based on transfer of learning research and cognitive theory, for guiding curricular decisions, instructional development, and teaching practices in ways that support transferable learning. The principles were as follows: (1) emphasize intermediate-level knowledge in curricular decisions; (2) create in the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Educational Principles, Educational Research
Firestone, William A.; And Others – 1983
Research for Better Schools studied regional educational service agencies (RESA's) to learn how they contribute to school improvement activities. This report outlines the variety of training and assistance services that RESA's provide to local school districts. Identifying two important conditions in the delivery of these services--trust and the…
Descriptors: Administration, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Regulation
Murk, Peter J.; Wells, John H. – 1986
The Systems Approach Model (SAM) is a dynamic approach to planning adult and continuing education that is intended to provide the flexibility, creativity, and meaningfulness necessary to meet the needs and interests of an ever-expanding and ever-aging student population. The SAM model consists of the following dynamically interrelated and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Budgeting, Continuing Education
Hollingsworth, Patricia – 1982
Drawing from an extensive literature review and interviews with faculty and administrators in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), this study report examines successful practices in basic skills instruction in community colleges. After providing background on the importance of basic skills programs in light of the increasing number…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Developmental Studies Programs
Awa, Njoku; And Others
Change is more advantageous if it incorporates an entire society rather than an element of that society, and the goals of educational development will be most fruitfully realized with a minimum of harmful effects if programs of instructional development are made to focus on the entire culture, rather than on a single social institution. A systems…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cultural Context, Developing Nations, Developmental Programs
Savage, John A. – 1977
The Corpsmember Training Institute (CMTI) is a three-week living and learning experience for all new Teacher Corps Interns and Team Leaders. The first CMTI planning process is documented in this report. The first chapter serves as an overview of the planning process. It provides a brief description of the sequence of planning events, and discusses…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Planning, Decision Making, Educational Objectives
Thoresen, Joseph D.; Robinson, Linda E. – Performance and Instruction, 1984
Discusses the assessment center approach to employee selection and describes its background, history and use, methodology (including simulation and observation), and possible applications, including its use in a professional certification program for instructional/training designers. (MBR)
Descriptors: Assessment Centers (Personnel), Certification, Competence, Evaluation Methods
Eisenberg, Michael B.; Berkowitz, Robert E. – 2000
This companion volume to a previous work focusing on the Big6 Approach in elementary schools provides secondary school classroom teachers, teacher-librarians, and technology teachers with the background and tools necessary to implement an integrated Big6 program. The first part of this book explains the Big6 approach and the rationale behind it.…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, High Schools
Alessi, Stephen M. – Journal of Instructional Development, 1988
Describes the development of an interactive videodisc in a graduate course at the University of Iowa. Procedures in an instructional development model are explained, time and cost factors in the design and development of interactive video are discussed, and guidelines are presented for interactive video production. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Guidelines, Higher Education
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Perry, Mary; Garber, Malcolm – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
The Parent Outreach Program in Toronto, Ontario, was developed to assist parents in home teaching of children with developmental delays. The program uses computers in direct service delivery, for assessment of adaptive behavior and goal attainment, development of teaching activities, and telecommunications. (JDD)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
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