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Peer reviewedMcGreal, Rory – Journal of Distance Education, 1997
The East-West project was designed to provide Canadian adult learners, particularly learning professionals, with the opportunity to complete a Web-based course. Four provinces participated in examining different approaches to implementing accredited programs for adults that would be accessible in the workplace, at home, in schools, and in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
Gauthier, Erin K.; Reynolds, Doug – School Business Affairs, 1999
By cooperating with other district staff, law enforcement, fire and rescue personnel, and social services, educators can prevail over school violence. First steps are developing a well-trained team, an effective crisis-response plan, and an alternative site to accommodate students. Guidelines and Web sites are provided. (MLH)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Crisis Management, Elementary Secondary Education, Fire Protection
Peer reviewedNader, Philip R.; Rissel, Chris; Rowling, Louise; Marshall, Bernard J.; Sheehan, Margaret M.; Northfield, Jeff R.; Maher, Shelley; Carlisle, Rachel; St. Leger, Lawrence H.; Stewart, Donald E.; Parker, Elizabeth; Gillespie, Amaya; Stokes, Helen; Mukherjee, Dev; Nutbeam, Don; Mitchell, Anne; Ollis, Debbie; Watson, Jan – Journal of School Health, 2000
Eight papers on Australia's school health programs discuss: creating health promoting schools in the United States; intersectoral collaboration for developing a national framework for health promoting schools; school-based health promotion nationwide; auditing health promoting schools policy documentation; the nature of health service/school…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Towards a Framework for Integrating Early Childhood Development and Family Support Programs--Part I.
Peer reviewedKyle, Irene J. – Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 2000
Reviews current thinking about the optimal organization and delivery of child care and other family support programs, focusing on how child care services in selected Canadian provinces and other countries have been coordinated with other services. Presents theoretical and conceptual frameworks informing current thinking about organization and…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Peer reviewedBrewer, Gene A.; Facer, Rex L., II; O'Toole, Laurence J., Jr.; Douglas, James W. – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 1998
Reports results of a 1995 survey of 56 doctoral programs in public administration and public affairs, finding that public administration is a fragmented, interdisciplinary field, but many doctoral programs are training students for research careers. A lingering concern is whether these innovations are making a difference in the quantity and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Doctoral Programs, Educational Trends, Graduate Study
Peer reviewedDonald, Janet G.; Denison, D. Brian – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1996
A study examined the extent to which broad indicators of performance could be used for university program improvement. A survey of 356 graduates of a Canadian research university found perceived teaching quality contributed significantly to ratings of overall academic program quality. The most frequently mentioned meaningful feature was…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Croft, Lucy; Lee, Lanton – Campus Activities Programming, 1996
In addition to conventional methods of easing leadership transition in student activities organizations (orderly transfer of significant organizational knowledge, minimizing confusion, sense of completion for outgoing leaders, identification of potential leaders, careful nominee selection), retreats are recommended as a means of creating shared…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Change Strategies, Extracurricular Activities, Group Activities
Thomas, Adele – Education Canada, 1995
The Niagara Falls Secondary School Family Learning Program targets young disadvantaged parents and their preschool children for family literacy development that focuses on parent-child literacy and social interaction. Guidelines for program development include establishing partnerships based on a shared vision of family literacy, developing plans…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Disadvantaged, Family Programs
Peer reviewedMiller, Laurence – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1999
Describes approaches for working with children exposed to catastrophic community violence. Details one program, Posttraumatic Child Therapy, and its phases: pretherapy, stabilization of biopsychic response, returning to psychogeographic scene, and completion-moving toward growth and integration. Recommends that therapists must stretch counseling…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness
Peer reviewedTaylor, Linda; Adelman, Howard S. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1998
A model for providing a continuum of comprehensive school-community services incorporates systems of prevention, early intervention, and care. Key components for addressing barriers to learning include classroom-focused enabling, student and family assistance, community outreach, home involvement, support for transitions, and crisis/emergency…
Descriptors: Community Centers, Community Resources, Cooperation, Disadvantaged
Huntting, Ann – Illinois Libraries, 1999
Describes the "Jump Start" program, developed with Library Services and Technology Act funds and designed to provide more pre-school services to children in a poor community in Chicago. Discusses the project plan; workshops for area child care providers and future workers in the field; collection development; outreach to educational institutions;…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Grants, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedHarless, Joe – Performance Improvement, 1998
Argues that all stakeholders in education should be consulted regarding the purpose, goals, accomplishments, and behaviors to be influenced by education, and that specific content should be accomplishment-based. Five figures illustrate: (1) the behavior/accomplishment relationship, (2) synthesis of desired K-12 accomplishments, (3) examples of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Development, Educational Objectives
Direct linkAfshar, Ebrahim – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2006
The Islamic Republic of Iran's parliament, the Majlis, passed in 1990 a law setting out the functions of its national library. In 2005, the inauguration of the first stage of the new national library building was celebrated as a major national cultural and architectural achievement. This article looks at the origins and evolution of the National…
Descriptors: Libraries, Government Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Networks
Karcher, Michael J.; Kuperminc, Gabriel P.; Portwood, Sharon G.; Sipe, Cynthia L.; Taylor, Andrea S. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2006
As mentoring programs have proliferated, considerable variation in approaches to programmatic mentoring has emerged. Concomitant confusion exists about the context, structure, and goals that constitute mentoring as a distinct intervention. This article presents a brief summary of what is currently known about different approaches to mentoring and…
Descriptors: Mentors, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Intervention
Thorne, E. Ann; Wright, Gill – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2005
Purpose: The notion of effective strategic alliances provides the basis on which this paper proposes a framework to manage the application and outcomes of management learning. The management of key partner collaboration emerges in this paper as a major success factor in determining effective management learning. A proactive structured approach to…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Learning Processes, Management Development, Leadership Training
