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Lotman, Marianne – TESL Talk, 1993
Focuses on the employment-related aspect of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes at the intermediate and advanced levels. Activities described include researched pair presentations, company research, working through occupational modules and an exercise to enhance self-image. Networking with colleagues and the community helps in the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Change Agents, Classroom Techniques, College Students
Crossman, Joanna – International Education Journal, 2005
The paper describes a qualitative study concerning the experiences of nine Thai transnational distance learners enrolled in doctoral programs in Australian universities while working in higher educational contexts in their own country. Data were collected from participant journals, an open questionnaire and dialogic email communications. The study…
Descriptors: Time Management, Change Agents, Doctoral Programs, Educational Change
Walser, Nancy, Ed.; Chauncey, Caroline, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
Scratch the surface of a successful school and you will find a web of interactions that is the root of its success. Who is it that envisions, inspires, cajoles, and rallies all the various players in and around a school toward any improvement goal? Often it's a superintendent, a principal, a professor, a special teacher, or a parent. In a word,…
Descriptors: Homework, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Cooperation
Frank, Stephen; Feinberg, Randi – Education Resource Strategies, 2008
In this paper, a companion piece to "Strategic Designs: Lessons from Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools" (ED544382), the authors analyze small high school spending in three urban districts--Baltimore City, Boston, and Chicago--to understand whether it is higher than in larger schools; if it is, why it is different; and the policy…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Case Studies, Small Schools, Academic Achievement
Shields, Regis Anne; Ireland, Nicole; City, Elizabeth; Derderian, Julie; Miles, Karen Hawley – Education Resource Strategies, 2008
This report is one of nine detailed case studies of small urban high schools that served as the foundation for the Education Resource Strategies (ERS) report "Strategic Designs: Lessons from Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools." These nine schools were dubbed "Leading Edge Schools" because they stand apart from other high…
Descriptors: Small Schools, Urban Schools, Case Studies, Educational Quality
Riviere, Adrienne – 1996
This monograph briefly describes a sampling of tools and technologies that can be used by adults with learning disabilities to improve their functional capabilities in employment, educational, or personal settings. Stressed is the importance of evaluating each technology in terms of the individual's unique profile, the function to be performed,…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Oriented Programs
Campbell, R. J.; And Others – 1991
The first of two follow-up studies, involving 53 infant teachers in England and Wales, was conducted to monitor changes in the workloads of teachers as the national curriculum and assessment were brought in following ministerial promises to reduce the burdens imposed on teachers by the implementation of the national curriculum. Data were collected…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Curriculum, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Lemlech, Johanna K.; And Others – 1992
The Norwood-University of Southern California Professional Practice School (PPS) project began in 1990-1991. Norwood is an inner-city elementary school in Los Angeles with a student population that is 99 percent Hispanic. Initial efforts to achieve a major project goal--to promote professionalization of teachers--focused on building collegial…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Cooperating Teachers, Curriculum Development
Wilson, Sally J. S. – 1991
The objective of the Master Tutors Network Study Skill Competency Program is to equip students with study skills that will improve the quality of their academic work. The program can be tailored to fit the needs of primary through postsecondary level students. The core of the program is eight study skills which are presented to the learner in a…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Elementary Secondary Education, Lesson Plans, Listening Skills
Stallings, Jane A. – 1981
The Development and Demonstration project has trained interns to lead Effective Use of Time inservice workshops for secondary school teachers of basic reading and mathematical skills. These interns then returned to their home bases and trained teachers who could in turn train other teachers to use the Stallings Effective Use of Time methods. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques
Amarillo Coll., TX. – 1987
This package contains student materials for a workshop on life skills and job seeking techniques conducted for adults by Amarillo College Adult Students and Women's Services. Materials include information sheets, quizzes, exercises, lists, surveys, sample forms, and inspirational messages. Following a short introductory section, the materials are…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Discrimination, Assertiveness, Career Development
Montana State Univ., Bozeman. Dept. of Agricultural and Industrial Education. – 1986
This unit of instruction on personal characteristics needed for successful employment is designed especially for use with all levels of vocational agriculture students. Special emphasis is given to the 10 most important personal characteristics as identified through recent research. A unit plan discusses the general aims and goals, lesson titles,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Employment Potential, Goal Orientation
Halasz, Ida M.; Desy, Jeanne – 1984
This handbook is designed to guide teachers, administrators, supervisors, inservice coordinators, and teacher educators in conducting time-use analyses. Discussed in the first two chapters of the guide are key concepts and definitions pertaining to time-use analysis and highlights of research dealing with time use in education. The remaining three…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Guidelines
Kearney, C. Philip; And Others – 1986
Four presentations from the 1985 Annual Michigan School Testing Conference on "Assessing Higher Order Skills" are offered in this paper, and the chairman of the First General Session provides an introductory section. The papers individually and collectively address the problem of defining higher order thinking skills. A second major…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames. Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences Education. – 1988
This curriculum guide provides materials for four units: work/family life-style choices, balancing work/family roles, work influences on family life, and family influences on work life. Three teaching methods are used consistently throughout the curriculum: role playing, case studies, and interviews. Each unit is composed of 5 to 10 lessons. There…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Coping, Employment, Family Influence