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Davis, Buddy – 1973
Virtually every profession has adopted a special vocabulary and style of communication which tends to be incomprehensible to persons outside the profession. The special vocabularies serve the professions well--until it comes time to communicate with "outsiders." Then, the professional jargon must be translated into "universal…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Comprehensive Programs, Educational Assessment
Cox, William F., Jr. – 1974
This report describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a minority-group training program on comprehensive education planning. Thirty educators, mostly black and female, responsible for comprehensive planning activities attended a 3-week workshop covering the areas of needs assessment, goal development, planning, project…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Educational Programs, Educational Researchers, Evaluation
Hale, Sylvie van Heusden – 2000
This guidebook provides a framework for planning schoolwide improvements. It is intended to help educators redesign schools, move beyond piecemeal reforms, and reconfigure entire academic programs to help every student meet challenging standards. The guidebook describes the context of comprehensive school reform and offers a process for conducting…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1998
This handbook was designed to support Colorado schools as they make the transition from a traditional school structure to that of a comprehensive schoolwide program. It contains practical information, activities, and suggestions to assist with the development of the individual components that comprise the schoolwide planning process. The guide…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
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Kohler, Gerda – Comparative Education, 1973
As an introduction to the problems of the Indonesian education system this study first examines the present system, then considers the Sekolah Pembangunan' reform, and finally reviews the new model in relation to a possibly necessary conversion of the whole Indonesian education system. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Critical Thinking, Diagrams, Economics
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Feller, Richard A. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1973
Described a program designed to provide educational opportunities for elderly persons and considered how community colleges were able to reach young adult, pre-retirement and retirement populations. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Langellotto, Eugene – Children, 1971
Activities of low income parents of children served by a comprehensive pediatric clinic illustrate how inclusion of clients in the structure of health projects encourages them to speak and act for themselves. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Clinics, Community Health Services, Comprehensive Programs, Day Care
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Stern, E. Christa – Journal of Environmental Health, 1971
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Comprehensive Programs, Health Personnel, Home Health Aides
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Millis, John S. – Journal of Medical Education, 1970
Proper programs must be created to train physicians specifically educated to provide comprehensive medical care. (IR)
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum, Educational Environment, Faculty
Swanson, Gordon I. – VocEd, 1982
There is ample evidence that the structural characteristics of American secondary education are not well suited to vocational education. The solution may require a redesign of the structure of secondary schools, especially their governance. (SK)
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Educational Administration, High Schools, Institutional Characteristics
Goldstein, Harvey – Forum for the Discussion of New Trends in Education, 1981
The author was a member of the national advisory group designated to advise England's Secretary of State on results of the comparative study of selective and nonselective secondary schools. Here he reviews this study, published in 1980 as "Progress in Secondary Schools" and discusses some criticisms of it. (Editor/SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comprehensive Programs, National Surveys
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Ryrie, A. C. – Scottish Educational Review, 1981
This paper arises out of a longitudinal study of students in eight Scottish comprehensive schools. The schools are shown to have varied considerably in their "O" grade test results, and the differences appear to be largely but not entirely attributable to differences in the social class background of their students. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comprehensive Programs, Institutional Characteristics
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Merritt, Richard L.; Leonardi, Robert L. – Comparative Education Review, 1981
Examines reasons why the postwar secondary education system of Italy has remained static and specialized despite dramatic changes in the demands placed on it and the strong consensus in favor of reform toward comprehensive schooling. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Educational Change, Educational Demand, Foreign Countries
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Kintzer, Frederick C. – Community College Review, 1980
Identifies the major functions of short cycle education and two aspects of governance and administration related to these purposes: specifically, local or regional autonomy v national control, and comprehensive, multi-purpose v specialized programs. Considers short cycle education in 12 countries. (AYC)
Descriptors: Centralization, College Curriculum, College Role, Comprehensive Programs
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Barraga, Natalie C.; Collins, Marcia E. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1979
The article discusses the rationale for a program to develop efficiency in visual functioning for low vision individuals. Detailed identification of all visual functions necessary for maximum efficiency, along with specification of visual tasks related to developmental milestones are charted. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Definitions, Developmental Stages, Efficiency
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