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Cousineau, Claude – 1978
Man answers a natural call for adventure in many ways including escape into fantasy, vertigo seeking, kinetic euphoria, and by exercising the pioneer spirit. Adventure education can help equip people to satisfy their need for adventure in meaningful, enriching ways. A reaction to unsatisfactory educational milieus, adventure education has emerged…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Affective Objectives, Definitions, Educational History
Maraschiello, Richard F.; Prusso, Kenneth W. – 1978
The Prekindergarten Head Start (PKHS) program employed five different instructional models: Bank Street (BS), Behavior Analysis (BA), Montessori (M), Open Classroom (OC), and Responsive Learning (RL). All program components: education, social service, health and nutrition, staff development, and parent involvement performed as expected. Data from…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Observation Techniques, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1979
This document is the second in a series of four volumes presented under the title of "Learning Opportunities for Adults." Included in this volume are eight special studies which were commissioned to investigate the needs related to the national development of adult education. These needs are summarized as follows: the introduction of new…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults, Coordination
Download full textBLACKBURN, DONALD J.; DOUGLAH, MOHAMMAD A. – 1968
THIS STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE THE METHOD ORIENTATION OF ADULTS (SPECIFICALLY, 611 RESIDENTS OF PREDOMINANTLY RURAL COLUMBIA COUNTY, WISCONSIN) FOR PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, HOBBIES AND RECREATION, ACADEMIC OR GENERAL EDUCATION, RELIGION, MORALS AND ETHICS, HOME AND FAMILY LIFE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Groups, Course Content, Educational Background
Brown, E. C.; And Others – 1977
The second of two documents designed to train paraprofessionals to work with mainstreamed mildly handicapped children presents a teacher's guide approach to inservice and preservice training. The following four topics are covered in the section on preservice training (sample subtopics in parentheses): the teacher (forming a good working…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Educational Methods, Handicapped Children, Informal Assessment
Williams, Wes; And Others – AAESPH Review, 1975
Eight basic components of instructional programs for severely handicapped students are discussed. Components are seen to involve determination of content, rationale, method, materials, measurement and student performance. Emphasized is the need for a task analysis orientation to determine content and for developmentally sound longitudinal…
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Educational Needs, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Gaven, Patricia; Williams, R. David – 1972
An experiment is proposed which will study the advantages of satellite technology as a means for the standardization of teaching methodology in an attempt to socially integrate the rural Alaskan native. With "Man: A Course of Study" as the curricular base of the experiment, there will be a Library Experiment Program for Adults using…
Descriptors: Budgets, Communications Satellites, Cultural Isolation, Educational Methods
Plowman, Paul D. – 1971
The textbook provides a philosophical basis and offers practical suggestions for formulating behavioral objectives for students in grades 1-12 in the following subjects: English and literature, social science, mathematics, science, reading, art and music, and health. Definitions, uses, sources, and types of education objectives are discussed. The…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Development, Course Objectives
Cohen, Ronald D. – 1975
The Gary, Indiana, public schools, under the supervision of William A. Wirt (1907-1938), were the most written about, analyzed, and praised of any "progressive" school system in the 1920's. Although the system was criticized in a survey made by the Rockefeller Foundation in 1918, Gary, Indiana, schools continued in their progressive mold…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational History, Educational Innovation, Educational Methods
Olmstead, Joseph A. – 1970
The purpose of this report was to evaluate the more common small group methods in terms of their effectiveness in teaching adults. A rationale for small group instruction was presented, followed by descriptions of the principal methods, and an assessment based on existing research findings. It was concluded that small group methods can be…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Bibliographies, Case Studies, Conferences
Anderson, Ronald S. – 1962
Over the years, Japan has revamped her education system a number of times. With the coming of the U. S. Education Mission in 1946, she turned her schools toward democratization. The major aims of this reform program in education were: 1) the elimination of militarism and ultranationalism; 2) democratization; 3) modernization; and, 4)…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Administration, Educational Development, Educational History
DeCrow, Roger, Ed.; Grabowski, Stanley M., Ed. – 1970
Embracing 750 items on adult education research and investigation (mostly dated 1969 or 1970), this annotated bibliography covers adult learning characteristics, program planning and administration, learning environments, instructional methods, curriculum materials and instructional devices, personnel and staffing; education of specific clientele…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids
Kulich, Jindra, Ed.; And Others – 1970
Designed especially for relative novices in residential adult education conference and institute work, this annotated bibliography covers 29 books, periodical articles, and book chapters. These items have been chosen for practical application or theoretical significance to the evaluation of program design and content and of learning within…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Annotated Bibliographies, Classification, Conferences
Hough, Robbin R. – 1968
Man engages in the continuous construction of models to describe his reality. This assumption led to some instructional research at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, developing and testing a systems model for the classroom. A model building process labeled message storage and retrieval was developed in some detail. Using this retrieval…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Methods
Sanders, H. C., Ed. – 1966
Designed to stimulate and support training for Extension work and to orient new employees, this book covers the Cooperative Extension Service (CES) and its methods of operation. It begins by describing the status of rural extension in the United States and abroad; the history of the CES and its antecendents; the legal basis, scope, functions, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agricultural Education, Audiovisual Aids, Community Development
