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Carter, Margie – Child Care Information Exchange, 1998
Discusses the reasons for mediocre child care programs and how programs could be improved by examining the relationship between high quality care for children and the organizational climate for adults. Shows how research findings are often not put into practice. Outlines Model Work Standards, standards that have the potential to improve programs…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Hansen, L. Sunny – Career Development Quarterly, 1999
Provides an overview of the series of articles and an overview of the historical context of previous theory-based models for career guidance in schools. Argues that school to work is not an intellectual strategy but an economic and political strategy that needs to be examined carefully, especially in relation to students' career needs and…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
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Pardini, Priscilla – Journal of Staff Development, 2000
Provides examples of schools and districts nationwide that use data-based decision making effectively to enhance beginning teacher induction, multi-age reading classes, literacy education, tracking of student achievement, ongoing staff development, and school discipline efforts. The programs share a commitment to putting data at the center of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teacher Induction, Data Analysis, Data Collection
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Stringfellow, Jennifer L.; Miller, Susan P. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2005
In recent years, great emphasis has been placed on providing all students access to the general education curriculum (e.g., Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, No Child Left Behind Act). Given the diversity found among today's student population, both general and special education teachers struggle to find methodologies that enhance the…
Descriptors: General Education, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Special Education
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McDonnell, John; O'Neill, Rob – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2003
This article discusses concerns with the No Child Left Behind definition of scientifically based research and its preference for random-assignment experiments from a single/within subject research perspective. A comprehensive program of research that can focus on the bridging the gap between research and practice is proposed. (CR)
Descriptors: Definitions, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
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Schwier, Richard A.; Campbell, Katy; Kenny, Richard – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2004
We presume that models and theory in instructional design inform professional practice, but theory has not been consistently built from the professional experiences of instructional designers. This study draws on the observations of five instructional designers who discuss their professional identities, their communities of practice and their…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Social Change, Organizational Change, Communities of Practice
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Zabid, A. R.; Ling, C. N. – Journal of Education for Business, 2003
In this article, the authors examine employer perceptions of local and foreign MBA graduates along with the problems encountered and factors considered important in hiring them. Based on a sample of 91 respondents, the findings show significant differences in perceptions of local and foreign MBA graduates, as well as significant differences in…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Personnel Selection, Graduates, Employer Attitudes
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Pinheiro, Marise; Campbell, Katy; Hirst, Sandra P.; Krupa, Eugene – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2006
In this study, the experiences of seven female health professionals learning online are examined and, in this context, the implications for online course designs and future research are discussed. The instruments of data collection include individual telephone interviews, journals written by the participants during online courses, and e-­mails…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Females, Allied Health Personnel, Interviews
Gayle, Barbara Mae, Ed.; Preiss, Raymond W., Ed.; Burrell, Nancy, Ed.; Allen, Mike, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
This volume offers a systematic review of the literature on communication education and instruction. Making meta-analysis findings accessible and relevant, the editors of this volume approach the topic from the perspective that meta-analysis serves as a useful tool for summarizing experiments and for determining how and why specific teaching and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Classroom Communication, Teacher Effectiveness
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Barnett, Michael – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2006
We have been exploring the potential of a web-supported professional development system, the Inquiry Learning Forum (ILF), that integrates videotaped classrooms and discussion forums for use in preservice science methods classrooms. This article examines pre- and inservice teachers' perceptions about using the ILF and how their participation in…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Web Based Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Henderson, Greg M.; Provo, Joanne – Human Resource Development Review, 2006
There is no question that organization development (OD) scholars and practitioners are confronted with new and increasingly complex challenges in helping their clients cope with a tidal wave of continuous change. The questions they face today focus on the impact of leadership, technology, globalization, and the new generations entering the…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Human Resources, Management Systems, Theory Practice Relationship
Gibbons, Louel; Jones, Lynn – 1994
The goal of this study was to develop theories about how novice teachers connect the process of reflectivity to their classroom management. The study focused on whether novice teachers connect their observations about situations which occur in case studies to their own experiences, whether they reflect before or after their actions, and whether…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Teachers
Anderson, Linda M.; Bird, Tom – 1994
This paper describes a case study of the use of cases in teacher education, comparing the responses of three prospective teachers to three cases of teaching. In an introduction to teaching course, the teacher educator used the three cases to provide alternative images of practice, hoping to influence the students' beliefs about teaching and about…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education, Higher Education
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Ministry of Education, Lisbon (Portugal). – 1996
This report, containing both English and Portuguese text, describes the historical background and current state of preschool education systems in Portugal, and presents recommendations on guideline consolidation in the implementation of a common preschool education policy. Part 1 of the report, "Historical Background," discusses the…
Descriptors: Classification, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Guides
Stahler, Theresa M. – 1996
This case study of a field and theory class examines a model designed to provide meaningful field experiences for preservice teachers while remaining consistent with the instructor's beliefs about the role of teacher education in preparing teachers for the classroom. As it turned out, the preservice teachers learned more about teaching and…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), College School Cooperation, Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Education
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