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1987
The following papers are included in this proceedings of a conference on agricultural education: "Misuse of Statistics" (Miller); "Significance of Doctoral Research in Agricultural Education" (Moore, Bailey, Burnett); "Identification of Science-Related Competencies Taught in Vocational Agriculture Programs in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Career Choice
Download full textSticht, Thomas G. – 1983
Research indicates that many illiterate youth and adults who become parents are unable to transfer high levels of oral language skills or to model literacy use for their children. Consequently, their children begin school without the readiness skills necessary to learn to read and thus continue a cycle of family illiteracy and employment problems.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Stansfield, Charles W.; Kenyon, Dorry Mann – 1988
The report of the Interagency Language Roundtable's invitational symposium on language aptitude testing consists of a description of the project and appendixes which include the following: (1) the symposium program and abstracts of papers; (2) a list of participants; and (3) summaries of the discussions of three working groups (on applications,…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Cooperation, Aptitude Tests, Artificial Languages
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1983
This document contains the testimony and supporting printed evidence presented at an oversight hearing on the reauthorization of the Vocational Education Act. These hearings focused on various aspects of vocational education, including vocational education research, cooperative or worksite education, and vocational education in correctional…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Correctional Education, Educational Benefits, Educational Legislation
1973
Focusing on the relationship of aesthetics to environmental planning, the document emphasizes human/environmental interaction. The major objective of the report is to increase understanding of aesthetic concepts so that the concepts can be employed in environmental research and planning. Three aspects of aesthetics are stressed: aesthetics as…
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Expression, Attitude Change, Concept Formation
Wetzel, James N. – 1977
Many research studies which deal with the teaching of economics at the college level conclude that different teaching methods do not lead to very different results in terms of student achievement. This paper suggests that one reason student achievement may fail to demonstrate the superiority of one teaching method over another is that achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, College Students
Hall, Budd L. – 1975
Emphasis placed on adult education in Tanzania stems directly from the decision to bring about development through an egalitarian rural transformation. The political decision to stress socialist development with priority to those living in rural areas preceded the creation of the adult education network and shaped its structures and organization.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Role
Knoell, Dorothy M.; And Others – 1979
The conference papers included in this collection address issues of concern to literacy development in the community college. "Functional Literacy and Persistence in the Community College," by Dorothy M. Knoell, raises questions about student persistence in the absence of requisite skills. "Training Perspective on Functional…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Allied Health Occupations Education, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln. Dept. of Adult and Continuing Education. – 1982
These proceedings of a conference on research in the field of adult education contain the texts of 40 conference papers and 4 symposia. Included among the areas examined in the individual reports are the following: education participation scale factor structure and correlates for 12,000 learners, a comparative analysis of adult education research…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
De Lisi, Richard – 1979
A review of Piaget's theory and research on children's cognitive development is presented, including a discussion of the psychological structures of intelligence, developmental constructivism, and the evolution of knowledge as a subject-object relation. Piaget's assessment techniques are summarized, including moral development, number…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Annotated Bibliographies, Children, Cognitive Development
BERKOWITZ, PEARL H.; ROTHMAN, ESTHER P. – 1967
CONCERNED WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR DISTURBED CHILDREN, VARIOUS AUTHORS DISCUSS PROGRAMS OF THE NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND PRESENT SOME THEORETICAL FORMULATIONS. PROGRAMS CONSIDERED ARE (1) "EDUCATING DISTURBED CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY--AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW" BY PEARL H. BERKOWITZ AND ESTHER P. ROTHMAN, (2) "THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN"…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Case Studies, Child Neglect, Correctional Institutions
STUART, ALLAN – 1966
A SURVEY WAS MADE OF PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS EDUCATION COURSES FOR ADULTS, PROVIDED BY 14 UNIVERSITIES IN NEW YORK CITY. YEARLY ENROLLMENTS VARIED FROM 350 TO 9,000. TEACHING METHODS VARIED ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE INSTITUTION, AND CLASSES WERE MOSTLY HELD AT NIGHT IN SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. MORE MEN THAN WOMEN PARTICIPATED, THE AGES RANGED FROM 17…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
Breneman, David W.; And Others – 1979
The authors review what is known about the relationship between education and employment and what is not known but should be. Having decided that education does not mean only schools and colleges, nor employment only work for pay, they concentrate on nine areas: (1) "Where We Stand"; (2) Present and Future Labor Market Realities; (3) Youths'…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Career Education
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. – 2001
The National Research Council formed a Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism and charged the committee with integrating the scientific, theoretical, and policy literature and creating a framework for evaluating the scientific evidence concerning the effects and features of educational interventions for young children with…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Clinical Diagnosis
Miller, Michael T.; Nelson, Glenn M. – 1997
This study sought to identify, prioritize, and generate a thematic understanding of the direction for the next decade of research and study on the culture of students in higher education. Data was collected using a Delphi survey technique of sequential questionnaires from a sample population that included 20 student affairs officers and 20 higher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agenda Setting, Attitude Measures, College Environment
