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Hodgson, Sarah; Papatheodorou, Theodora; James, Mary – Management in Education, 2014
The article aims to discuss preliminary findings from a participatory monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework, used in a community-based early childhood development (ECD) programme in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa, and their implications for leadership and management. The purposes of the M&E were for LETCEE, the implementing organization,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Evaluation, Community Education, Case Studies
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Okoro, Clara C.; Okoro, Iheanyi – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2009
Introduction: Medical doctors are important members of the health-care team, and to discharge their duties credibly, they need adequate and quick information. A search of the literature yielded a handful of studies on the provision and organization of medical information with little emphasis on the influence of personal variables on information…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Hospitals, Continuing Education, Information Utilization
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Fejer, Dianne; Smart, Reginald G. – Journal of Drug Education, 1973
A survey of attitudes towards drugs, knowledge about them and the use of alcohol, tobacco, illicit and psychoactive drugs was conducted among 4,693 high school students. Knowledge level and permissive attitudes tended to increase with grade level. Knowledge scores also increased, but attitudes became less permissive with increasing academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alcohol Education, Attitude Change, Drug Education
Karpinska, Zuki – Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies, 2008
A year and a half after the launch of the "INEE Minimum Standards" in December 2004, a small baseline study suggested that awareness of the existence of the handbook among educational stakeholders in Uganda was low; in addition, the study found no instance of utilization of the handbook. The present report contains the findings of a…
Descriptors: Evidence, Program Effectiveness, Stakeholders, Child Welfare
Hawks, Carla; And Others – 1990
Perception and effects of foreign language publications in engineering research are examined. Through the use of both survey and archival sources, including coverage in major scientific and technical databases as vended by DIALOG, various aspects of the foreign language barrier were measured. A foreign language barrier is said to exist when…
Descriptors: Databases, Engineering, Information Retrieval, Information Utilization
Smith, Michelle L. – 1998
A needs assessment that utilized questionnaires and an interview showed that fifth grade students at the practicum site were not able to use reference materials appropriately. Target groups for the practicum were the fifth grade students and teachers. Constructivist methods were used to increase students' knowledge of using reference materials and…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Comparative Analysis, Constructivism (Learning), Grade 5