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Abend, Allen C. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1979
This article describes the development of criteria for the architectural design of school buildings to accommodate the needs of mentally and physically handicapped students. A comprehensive summary of the criteria is included, covering building design and layout, classroom and service areas, furniture, surfaces, and considerations for specific…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Classroom Design, Educational Facilities, Educational Facilities Design
Doyle, Jeff A. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2004
This article reviews three of the most widely-known guiding philosophies of student affairs for the past 65 years. The article analyzes the rise, dominance, and fall of the student services and student development philosophies and then explores the emergence of student learning as a guiding philosophy. The results of two research studies on the…
Descriptors: Student Development, Student Personnel Services, Educational Philosophy, Intellectual History
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Heritage, Margaret; Yeagley, Raymond – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
In 1922 Edward Thorndike wrote, "The task of education is to make changes in human beings. For mastery in this task, one needs definite and exact knowledge of what changes are made and what ought to be made". Seventy-nine years after he wrote these words, the 2001 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation stated, "Schools must have…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Data Analysis
Tzivinikou, Sotiria – International Education Journal, 2004
The developmental speech problems and the speech problems derived from bilingualism could have some similar characteristics but they need different intervention. So, distinguishing between them is essential. The present, multi-method (methodological triangulation), case study aimed to investigate whether it is possible to identify developmental…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, Case Studies
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Williams, P. John – Journal of Technology Studies, 2004
A typical definition of distance education is the delivery of instruction in a format that separates the teacher and learner, often both in time and space. It tends to be an umbrella term that may encompass more specific forms of education such as distributed learning, independent study, correspondence education, satellite education, etc. This…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Delivery Systems
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Karatchev, A. A.; Lavrov, N. N. – Journal of Technology Studies, 2004
This article offers insight into what Russian educators are facing on a daily basis as they try and find and pursue the best course of action as they attempt to create a curriculum that will address the major needs of Russian society now and in the immediate future. It presents issues related to training teachers of technology and entrepreneurship…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Vocational Education
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Benson, Angela D. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2004
In 2003, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), recognizing the need for a standard definition of distance education, issued a monograph that posed a definition of distance education as "institution-based, formal education where the learning group is separated and where interactive telecommunications systems are used…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Definitions, Technology Uses in Education, Influence of Technology
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Hofer, Mark – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2005
In a 1994 study commissioned by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, Mergendoller, Johnston, Rockman, & Willis (1994) examined four exemplary institutions to identify their approaches to integrating technology into teacher education. A decade later, the field would benefit from a comparison of current approaches of infusing…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Educational Strategies
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Chang, Wei-Wen – Human Resource Development Review, 2005
In light of the massive tsunami relief efforts that were still being carried out by humanitarian organizations around the world when this article went to press, this article points out a lack of human resources development research in international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) and proposes a conceptual model for future empirical research.…
Descriptors: Volunteer Training, Cross Cultural Training, Nongovernmental Organizations, Labor Force Development
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Clardy, Alan – Human Resource Development Review, 2004
Even though HRD-related programs and activities carry risks that should be monitored and assessed, there is little literature on how auditing applies to the HRD function; the existing literature on the topic defines HRD auditing in widely different ways. The nature of risk for organizational process is discussed, followed by a review of the…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Risk Management, Labor Force Development, Risk
Wessel, Lois; Spain, Jacqueline – Zero to Three (J), 2005
The authors that a collaborative approach between parents and professionals is the best way to care for a young child with asthma. They use Ed Wagner's transdisciplinary 1998 Chronic Care Model as their preferred method for collaboration. More than 5 million children in the U.S. are currently affected by asthma, and a growing body of evidence…
Descriptors: Patient Education, Diseases, Continuing Education, Young Children
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Zinga, Dawn; Bennett, Sheila; Good, Dawn; Kumpf, John – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2005
Within Canada, the needs of students with exceptionalities are addressed through a variety of policies and procedures that allow those students to receive effective and meaningful education. However, in most provinces and territories these policies are serving more as barriers than supports in addressing the needs of students with acquired brain…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Injuries, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Brown, Jason D. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2004
The purpose of the study was to describe the needs of newly released Canadian federal offenders as perceived by community parole supervisors. Seventy-four Canadian parole supervisors were asked to answer the following question: "What challenges do parolees face in the first 90 days after release?" The data were analyzed using…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Multidimensional Scaling, Foreign Countries, Federal Programs
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Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Pinto, Kristina C. – Journal of School Leadership, 2004
This nationwide qualitative study investigated how 25 school leaders, serving in schools with varying resources, perceive the practices they use to support teacher learning. The study discusses how these leaders understand the human resource challenges they face in supporting teacher learning and highlights their creative responses to these…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Principals, Catholic Schools, Private Schools
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Duffy, Francis M. – Journal of Staff Development, 2003
Hallie Preskill and Rosalie Torres (1999) describe mental models as a set of personal opinions, perceptions, and views of the world. Developed over time, such values, beliefs, assumptions, and knowledge guide people in their everyday lives and are thought of as "truths." Mental models are powerful because they frame and influence the way educators…
Descriptors: Resistance to Change, Faculty Development, Educational Change, Change Strategies
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