The EU's lifelong learning policy has emerged as an overarching educational reform policy intended to address a wide range of issues, including education, employment and competitiveness. The question has been raised as to whether the resulting policy is merely a catch-all concept that can be applied to any needs or whether it is underpinned by a…

The article addresses the way in which EU policy-making operates, explains the relevance of "lifelong learning" for the European Commission and analyses the mechanisms by which the Commission has advanced policy-making in education and training since the Lisbon Summit. The article reviews in particular the alleged lack of effectiveness…

In 2000, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) launched the programme "Learning Regions--Providing Support for Networks'" in cooperation with the Lander. It was co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF). Some 90 regions were selected and financially supported. After one year, 71 regions continued to build-up…

Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in African Universities Partnership (MESA) is a programme which grew out of the coming together, in 2004, of a number of African universities met with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UNESCO and several African regional environment and education projects to assess the status of…

Evaluating the psychometric properties of the indicators that comprise the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) language-reasoning scale from an item response theory (IRT) perspective on a sample of observations from 334 Caribbean classrooms, Stout's procedure revealed that all indicators on this dimension are not part of a…

Human resource development for regional strategic industries is an emerging emphasis for the development of industries that have growth potential. This article identifies competencies and expertise levels needed by port and logistics industry personnel, a sector that has growth potential in Busan, South Korea. The research consisted of expert…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to offer an overview of the United Nations University's Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCE) initiative--the global process created to support the implementation of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005-2014)--and discuss the…

Presented is a bibliography of more than 200 proceedinqs and publications (1970-1977) from the nine regional deaf-blind centers and the Texas Education Agency. Following information on the address, coordinator, and states served by each center are listings, by region, of all publications. Entries are listed alphabetically by author and include…

A discussion of a televised course in ITV offered on a trial basis to educators throughout western New York. (Author)

A DETERMINATION OF THE FEASIBILITY AND DESIRABILITY OF A SIX-STATE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORK IN THE STATES OF IOWA, NEBRASKA, MINNESOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND WISCONSIN WAS CONDUCTED. IT WAS FOUND THAT A SIX-STATE, EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORK WAS POSSIBLE FROM A TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT. THE NETWORK WOULD USE ONLY EDUCATIONAL STATIONS…

The authors tell the story of the process of gaining authorization for, building criteria for, and seeking funding for regional media centers in Michigan. (Editor)

McIntryre explores the questions of county-based extention and increased specialization in Indiana. He compares the multi-county with individual county systems using variables including clientele's reactions to the two systems. (NL)

Describes an effort to attack a regional workplace illiteracy problem with a community-based needs assessment. Indicates that the needs assessment will be effective if it (1) emphasizes the social and economic effects of illiteracy, (2) explicitly links illiteracy to its regional effects, and (3) is accomplished within the time and funding…

Two years ago, the then North American Council for Online Learning released the initial "Snapshot State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada" report. This study was the first systematic examination of K-12 distance education policies and activities in each of the thirteen Canadian provinces and territories. One year ago, the…

The research reported in this paper documents the use of Web2.0 applications with six Western Australian schools that are considered to be regional and/or remote. With a population of two million people within an area of 2,525,500 square kilometres Western Australia has a number of towns that are classified as regional and remote. Each of the…