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Trach, John S.; Rusch, Frank R. – Child & Youth Services, 1988
Reviews current trends in curriculum programing that facilitate the transition of adolescents with handicaps into "everyday" community settings. Traditional curriculum models and instructional strategies have proved to be ineffective; recent models and strategies appear to be more promising. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Hammond, Jenny; Wickert, Rosie – Open Letter, 1993
Addresses salient questions raised by a research project on interrelationships between adult literacy and English as a Second Language. A basic issue discussed is how "pedagogy" itself should be addressed in this context: i.e., how does it relate to curriculum content and how do theory and practice come together in this area? (Contains…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Cultural Differences
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Griffiths, Morwenna; Davies, Carol – British Educational Research Journal, 1993
Reports on an action research study on improving equality of opportunity for students in a socially and racially mixed classroom. Finds that students were empowered by their involvement setting up and drawing conclusions from the study. Questions the extent to which research should focus on race, social class, or gender. (CFR)
Descriptors: Action Research, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Differences
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Mallory, Bruce L. – Exceptional Children, 1996
This article examines the theory, research, and social policy relating to family and individual life-cycle transitions for people with disabilities in the United States. Examples from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act illustrate both promising and inadequate policy…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, At Risk Persons, Disabilities
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Swift, John – Journal of Art and Design Education, 1993
Asserts that the introduction of the term "critical studies" to British art education reflects art educators' views that the practice of art alone is insufficient to gain a full experience and coincides with a political will to return to traditional forms of content and knowledge. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Art Teachers, Cultural Differences
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Karabenick, Stuart A.; Collins-Eaglin, Jan – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1995
A faculty development program that encourages faculty from different disciplines to engage in research on student cognition, motivation, and self-regulated learning in their own classrooms teaches theory as well as practice. The program has been well received by faculty and has also produced useful results for academic departments and the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Research, College Faculty, Faculty Development
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Papoulia-Tzelepi, Panayota – European Journal of Teacher Education, 1993
This article proposes a Greek elementary teacher education curriculum, which includes a four-semester, four-level practicum component. The overall program objective is preparation of reflective teachers through interweaving theory and practice in the curriculum. International trends in practicums, clinical schools, and use of technology-rich…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Education Courses, Educational Technology, Educational Trends
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Wiegele, Thomas C. – International Studies Notes, 1990
Considers biotechnology's influence on international relations, focusing on agriculture, environmental issues, law, commerce, and biological warfare. Claims that, because biotechnology cuts across international boundaries and affects public and private interests, it necessitates the rethinking of international systems theory. Urges international…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Court Litigation, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
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Rogers, P. J.; Aston, F. M. – Educational Studies, 1990
Presents four educational experiments reflecting Jerome Bruner's theories on iconic and enactive representation to emphasize the need for more research on how children learn. Advocates greater institutional cooperation among schools, teachers, and researchers to improve research implementation and reduce problems of school disruption and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Role, Concept Teaching, Educational Experiments
Monoszon, Ele Isaevich – Soviet Education, 1988
Chapter three ("Development of the Theory of Upbringing and Instruction in the Period of Completing the Socialist Reconstruction of the National Economy and the Building of Socialism in the USSR) from Ele Monoszon's "The Establishment and Development of Soviet Pedagogy" is excerpted. Examines the issue of Communist child…
Descriptors: Communism, Educational History, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
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VanSickle, Ronald L. – Journal of Social Studies Research, 1990
Reviews the information-processing approach to problem solving to apply research findings to cooperative problem solving in social studies classes. Provides examples of how experts and novices solved problems in a study on domestic Soviet affairs. Delineates a problem-solving instructional strategy by explaining nine guidelines that employ…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cooperative Learning, Educational Research, Educational Strategies
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Donaldson, Gordon A., Jr. – NASSP Bulletin, 2000
Maine's gubernatorially appointed Commission on Secondary Education produced eight overarching observations and six core principles governing learning climate, teacher expectations, differentiated instruction, assessment, democratic engagement, and program coherency. This new vision challenges schools and communities to rethink how they assess,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adolescents, Coherence, Core Curriculum
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McGee, Paid – Exceptionality, 2000
This commentary reflects on findings from previous articles that reviewed trends in special education research in the United States, Norway, Botswana, Ecuador, Australia, and Turkey. It discusses the function, funding, and subject matter of special education research, on research on the education of special education teachers, and on research…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Developing Nations, Disabilities, Educational Philosophy
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Lerner, Richard M. – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Comments on the special theme issue examining the roles of socialization, biology, and culture as they affect adaptive and maladaptive developmental outcomes. Proposes a theory-guided research approach, based on four assumptive components of contemporary developmental theories: systematic change and relative plasticity; relationism and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Development
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Schaafsma, David – Theory into Practice, 1996
Examines the importance of storytelling and the implications of silence in the classroom, describing "Write for Your Life," an interdisciplinary writing project. The project focuses on improving student writing and on writing's relevance to students' lives and communities. The context is an experience in a methods class that highlighted…
Descriptors: College Students, English Instruction, English Teacher Education, Higher Education
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