NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 41,101 to 41,115 of 41,370 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Conca, Lydia M.; Schechter, Carlota P.; Castle, Sharon – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2004
Elementary teachers engaged in weekly conversations about their students' writing. Conversations were guided by a protocol that began with an assessment of students' writing samples and then moved to the generation of instructional ideas. The conversations were analyzed for what the teachers talked about and the extent to which they generated…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Familiarity, Instructional Effectiveness, Alignment (Education)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Abbott, Chris; Grosbois, Muriel; Klein, Mickie – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2005
Case studies of email and video conferencing projects between partners in educational institutions in England and France are presented as a means of identifying the key issues that lead to the success of such activities. The writers, all of whom have a long history of being involved in such projects with schoolchildren and teachers, then consider…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Comparative Education, Case Studies
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ball, Arnetha F.; Alim, H. Samy – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2006
For scholars of literacy and educational linguistics, the years 2004 and beyond have given them cause to not only revisit racial issues 50 years after "Brown v. Board of Education," but also to revisit 25 years of language and racial politics since "the Martin Luther King Black English case." This chapter discusses what needs…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Black Dialects, Linguistics, Court Litigation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lucas, Leyland M. – Learning Organization, 2006
Purpose: This paper aims to look at the issue of culture's role in knowledge transfer within multinational corporations (MNCs). Studies of MNCs have hinted at the importance of culture to the performance of subsidiaries. Using Hofstede's cultural dimensions of power distance, individualism/collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Corporations, Cultural Influences, Context Effect
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Trenholm, Brian; Mirenda, Pat – Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 2006
This exploratory survey was conducted to gain a detailed understanding of the home and community literacy experiences of children, adolescents and adults with Down syndrome. The data were collected from 224 parents/guardians across Canada who were asked to indicate literacy goals and priorities for their children with Down syndrome, the literacy…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Down Syndrome, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education
Zero to Three (J), 2006
In too many communities, child care, health care, and other family supports and services are rarely coordinated and are too frequently determined by where families live, their level of income, and their community connections. Policy initiatives at the local, state, and federal level influence how communities are able to develop more…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Public Policy, Educational Change
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Logue, Jennifer – Philosophical Studies in Education, 2006
Implicated in contributing to the problems youth today face in trying to claim an education, an informed active participation in the social order, dominant discourses of desire in education foreclose formal, critical analysis of social structures that construct, police, entreat, and deny desire. Looking at the ways in which desire is encoded in…
Descriptors: Social Structure, Discourse Analysis, Sex Education, Curriculum
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hamburger, Susan; Charles, Jane Veronica – Journal of Archival Organization, 2006
In a desire for automated collection control, archival repositories are adopting barcoding from their library and records center colleagues. This article discusses the planning, design, and implementation phases of barcoding. The authors focus on reasons for barcoding, security benefits, in-room circulation tracking, potential for gathering…
Descriptors: Archives, Library Services, Library Automation, Facility Inventory
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Przeworski, Amy; Newman, Michelle G. – Clinical Psychologist, 2006
Despite the efficacy of cognitive behavioural treatment for anxiety disorders, more than 70% of individuals with anxiety disorders go untreated every year. This is partially due to obstacles to treatment including limited access to mental health services for rural residents, the expense of treatment and the inconvenience of attending weekly…
Descriptors: Psychological Services, Health Services, Emotional Disturbances, Mental Health Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Willment, Jo-Anne – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2004
A faculty researcher and six graduate students from the Master of Continuing Education program at the University of Calgary completed a small study of knowledge practices within government, postsecondary, and corporate workplaces across Canada. Interview results include an overview of findings and three narrative descriptions. Analysis produced a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Continuing Education, Role of Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tierney, William G.; Lechuga, Vicente M. – Thought & Action, 2005
Throughout the 20th century, academic freedom was a foundational value for the academy in the United States. The concept of academic freedom pertains to the right of faculty to enjoy considerable autonomy in their research and teaching. The assumption that drives academic freedom is that the country benefits when faculty are able to search for…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, United States History, Educational History, Professional Autonomy
Ardi, Dana; Palmer, Glenda U. – 1979
Recent legislation, notably Public Law 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act), has mandated mainstreaming of the handicapped in educational settings, including the college and university campus. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 also requires colleges and universities to accept qualified applicants regardless of handicap.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Architectural Barriers, Building Design
Kunder, Linda H. – 1977
The purpose of this document is to assemble and summarize suggestions, recommendations, and regulations--most of which have been made in the light of increasing local, state, and federal mandates--that might be helpful to school officials in making educational facilities barrier-free for handicapped students. Three survey forms are included to…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Classroom Furniture, Design Requirements, Educational Facilities Improvement
McClanahan, Ruby F.; Hastings, Chester R. – 1975
McLennan Community College is presently involved in a three-phase project designed to develop and implement a coordinated program of supportive services that will enable physically and sensorially limited adults to pursue occupationally oriented training-educational programs. This report of Phase I (January-June 1975) presents the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Community Colleges, Educational Facilities, Facilities
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Facilities. – 1970
The facility and equipment design needs of the physically handicapped are described and listed as reference and material sources. Information sources include those which have been assigned retrieval terms and those which have not, organized into the following sections--(1) educational and special education facilities, (2) public facilities, (3)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Architectural Barriers, Building Design, Deafness
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  2737  |  2738  |  2739  |  2740  |  2741  |  2742  |  2743  |  2744  |  2745  |  ...  |  2758