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Polite, Mary M. – 1994
This study was conducted to determine how reform at the middle school level translates into classroom practice within the framework of innovation and decision-making. A set of field notes was developed through formal and informal interviews with the building principal and two interdisciplinary teams of teachers (N=11) who had moved away from…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Curriculum Development, Educational Practices, Experimental Curriculum
Hall, William C. – 1991
This paper considers links between the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) system in Australia and industry and raises issues for discussion. The first section describes TAFE and its background, followed by descriptions of the links between TAFE and industry at the national, system, college, and individual levels. According to the research,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Continuing Education, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
Khalil, Edna M., Ed. – 1985
This report of the proceedings of a conference concerned with the quality of graduate education in the United States contains papers from plenary and concurrent sessions, information on the Council of Graduate Schools' (CGS) business meeting, notices of awareness presentations, a copy of the CGS constitution and bylaws, CGS membership list, and a…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Assistantships, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Legislation
Honig, Alice Sterling – 1990
The title question is discussed in six sections. Structural variables and issues are discussed in subsections concerning: the sex of child, the kindergarten program's day length, type, entrance age, group size, classroom aides and arrangements, and policies on promotion, failure, and retention. Interpersonal variables are explored in terms of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Change, Educational Practices
O'Brien, Leigh M. – 1991
An ethnographic investigation was conducted for the purpose of elucidating the impact of cultural contexts on teachers' values and classroom practices. Data were collected in a classroom in a Head Start center located in a small, economically depressed town in rural, central Pennsylvania. The study focused on the head teacher, the assistant…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Compensatory Education, Context Effect, Cultural Influences
McCabe, Connie – 1990
This publication presents the evaluation of the Secondary Special Education Initiative, a 5-year partnership between the New Jersey State Department of Education and nine school districts. The initiative was established in 1983 to enhance the development of high-school programs and services for educationally handicapped pupils. The initiative had…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Disabilities, Dropout Prevention, Educational Cooperation
Pogrow, Stanley – 1983
Suggesting new policies for integrating technology into existing goals of the public schools, this book presents the argument that substantial educational improvements can be made through the use of computers. Chapter 1 contains an assessment describing the nature of technology events thought likely to occur during the 1980s. (A technology event…
Descriptors: Computers, Cultural Context, Delivery Systems, Educational Needs
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1983
To assist in local school improvement, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) has developed an approach in which teams of local educational leaders are made aware of the results of effective schooling research and are trained in the processes of change and improvement. Research reviews have shown specific elements of schooling at the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum
Duffy, Thomas M. – 1983
Despite the fact that military careers require much higher levels of literacy than do comparable civilian careers, the range of literacy levels of enlistees is roughly representative of the abilities found amoung high school graduates. In response to the need to raise the literacy levels of their personnel, the Armed Forces have paid increasing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Competency Based Education, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Green, Joslyn; Brown, Rexford – 1983
Whether students learn more in private schools is a point of controversy among researchers, though the argument for tuition tax credits for parents of private school students often rests on it. In different studies comparing private and public schools, the main area of disagreement is the extent to which nonschool factors affect achievement. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bulletins, Catholic Schools, Educational Assessment
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Irele, Modupe E. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2005
The term "mainstreaming" is often used to capture distance education's re-positioning within traditional universities. However, the results of a study of written distance education policies in four land grant universities challenge the implied widespread acceptance and integration of distance education into the educational mainstream.…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Teaching Methods, College Instruction, Higher Education
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Grace, André P. – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
This article turns to the history of the modern practice of adult education to speak to the versatility of lifelong learning as a fluid and indeterminate concept that some have viewed as a learner's way out and others have viewed as a learner's burden. It identifies change forces that have shaped particular purposes and functions of lifelong…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Adult Education, Educational History
Winget, Patricia, Comp.; Kirk, Joyce, Comp. – 1989
This booklet describes seven special education programs considered exemplary within the state of California. Details of program development, staff involvement, and exemplary program components are provided, as are aspects of the selection process. Projects are drawn from efforts by elementary and secondary schools, demonstration schools, county…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Ouweneel, William M. – 1989
Private sector training is a primary force in education in the United States for a number of reasons: (1) the sheer amount of such training makes it a major factor; (2) this training has a significant impact on the nation's productivity and competitiveness; (3) it plays a major role in creating innovative and cost-effective solutions to training…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
Jarmul, David – 1979
This document examines various nonformal education strategies in the area of literacy instruction for adults. Written by a Peace Corps volunteer who worked in Nepal, the guide is organized in seven chapters. The first chapter defines nonformal education and provides a rationale for it, especially in underdeveloped countries. The second chapter…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Andragogy
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