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Smith, Vikki; Armstrong, Anne – Learning and Skills Development Agency (NJ1), 2005
Promoting an inclusive learning environment that caters for all learners and their individual needs and meeting challenging targets set in this area is a huge under taking for providers across the learning and skills sector. This booklet provides an overview that illustrates the breadth and variety that the broad banner of inclusive learning…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Inclusive Schools, Foreign Countries, Womens Education
Ward, Ben, Ed. – Language Magazine: The Journal of Communication & Education, 2002
These 12 issues of the journal include articles on such topics as the following: classical languages; early literacy; ancient languages; study abroad; teacher training; dialects; computer uses in education; classroom techniques; illustrated dictionaries for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students; communication through poetry; bilingual…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Bilingual Education, Classical Languages, Classroom Techniques
Sullivan, JoAnn Hammadou, Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers is the first in a series that will highlight cutting-edge research in the area of second language learning and teaching. After an introduction, "The Second Language Educator's Challenge: Learning about Literacy" (JoAnn Hammadou Sullivan), 12 papers include the following: (1) "Theoretical Developments in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Chinese, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Research
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 2001
This document focuses on Ohio's need for a skilled workforce. It begins by introducing the Specialization Ohio Integrated Technical and Academic Competency (ITAC) profiles. Each Specialization ITAC represents a profile of the professional or occupational competencies deemed essential for a person to perform proficiently when graduating from the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Communication Skills
DeBerg, Curtis L.; Thornton, Kelby – 1999
An innovative entrepreneurship education program was developed and delivered during summer 1998. The program was conceived by the youth program coordinator of the Butte County, California, Private Industry Council (PIC), who had been impressed by the results of a program during which the PIC hired three students from the California State…
Descriptors: Business Education, College School Cooperation, College Students, Computer Literacy
Workforce Economics Trends, 2001
Technology provides a new and effective tool for accelerating economic growth, and developing countries are embracing technology and education as the means toward attaining economic parity with the United States and other developed nations. Evidence suggests that this strategy is paying off. Developing countries are building a technology…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy, Developing Nations
Barrineau, Irene T., Ed. – 2001
These proceedings presents addresses, 60 concurrent sessions, and business meetings from a conference that evolved from a vision of people coming together--like a town meeting--to start building "communities of interest and practice." Part 1 includes the presidential-elect address on his theme for the next conference, "Pathways to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, College Instruction
Whiteman, Jo Ann M. – 2002
Computer-mediated instruction is particularly well-suited to typical community college students because it offers an alternative to the time and place constraints of traditional classrooms. Key characteristics of computer-mediated learning are as follows: instructors and students are separated by distance; instruction is delivered via computer…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, College Students, Community Colleges
Golebiowski, Zofia, Ed. – 1997
This selection of papers from the First Conference on Tertiary Literacy, which examined the role of literacy as a foundation for knowledge acquisition and dissemination that influences the academic success of tertiary students, presents a number of case studies of policy and practice in Australian universities. Keynote addresses included:…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Case Studies, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Queensland Council for Adult Literacy, Red Hill (Australia). – 1996
Papers from the 19th Adult Literacy Conference convened by the Australian Council for Adult Literacy include: "A Little to the Right on Writing" (Brendan Bartlett, Margaret Fletcher); "Deconstructing the 'Australian Language and Literacy Policy'" (Helen Beazley); "Comparing Content-Centered and Learner-Centered Approaches…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Agricultural Education
Wood, Robert W., Ed.; Hoag, Constance L., Ed.; Zalud, Garreth G., Ed. – 1997
This symposium report contains 10 papers on educational issues related to research and practice: "Collaborative Research: Using Adolescent Literature to Develop Student Pride in Rural Living" (Lisa A. Spiegel); "Perceptions of Mentoring Practices by Interns and Mentors in a Professional Development Center" (Sharon Ross and Lana…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Beginning Teachers, Childrens Literature
The Hague International Model United Nations (Netherlands). Youth Assembly. – 2001
The education systems that are in place throughout the world were created for a society different from the one that exists now. These outdated educational systems lead to a lack of motivation on the part of teacher and student and stifle new initiatives. Actions to improve this situation include the following: (1) revising the current amount and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking
Kirmayer, Paul, Ed.; Michaelson, Serena T., Ed. – 1998
This fourth journal edition, oriented towards the topic of adult education and the community in Israel, focuses on these two major themes: the different approaches to analyzing and understanding the community, its populations, and its connection to adult education; and educational institutions and cultural entities within the community. Seventeen…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Haughey, Margaret – 2000
Electronic networking can help postsecondary institutions with distance education (DE) programs respond to increasing pressures to improve the services they offer and make them more cost-effective. Some institutions immediately accepted the need for electronic networking and began to develop and implement technology plans focused primarily on…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, Continuing Education
Brauer, Gerd, Ed. – 2001
This second volume in the series "Advances in Foreign and Second Language Pedagogy" is an introduction to the pedagogy of language learning in higher education focusing on learner motivation, classroom environments, relationships for learning, and the future of language education. The book reveals numerous links to language education on the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Instruction, Bilingual Education, Classroom Environment
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