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Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1998
Family literacy programs must acknowledge the family as the primary place of learning, and developers of family literacy programs and curricula must focus on the family unit as a whole, building upon the cultural and knowledge capital of the entire family and acknowledging gender and age power relationships within the family. Educators must…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Influence, Context Effect
Valentine, Tom, Ed.; Sandlin, Jenny, Ed.; Vreeland, Diane – Beyond Basic Skills: Innovative Teaching Materials for Georgia's Teachers of Adults, 1998
This document, which was developed to assist individuals working in publicly sponsored literacy programs in Georgia, offers instructional plans and practical strategies designed to help teachers empower their students of adult literacy, adult basic education, General Educational Development, and English as a second language. Detailed guidelines…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Advertising
Teodorescu, Daniel; Stoicescu, Cristian D. – 1998
This paper compares the two educational sectors in Romania K-12 schools and higher education seeking to understand why reform in the K-12 educational system has failed while higher education reform has been more rapid and effective. The analysis uses concepts from U.S. organizational theory, such as school climate, school culture, and permanently…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Martinovic-Zic, Aida – 1998
This study investigated the ways in which a bilingual's choice between the minority first language (L1) and the dominant second language (L2), in this case English, suggests the value the language has for the social and in-group identity of the bilingual. Adult bilinguals (n=38) of widely varying L1 backgrounds were surveyed concerning their…
Descriptors: Adults, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language)
Byrne, Joseph P. – 1997
To determine the effects of trends and social forces on community college administrative structure, a review was conducted of pertinent recent literature. Findings assert that traditionally, community colleges have had highly bureaucratic organizational structures and faculty with relatively low levels of educational achievement. However, dramatic…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role
Mitchell, Stephen M.; Bacharach, Samuel B. – 1983
Because research on job characteristics as predictors of turnover is of debatable relevance to the study of school board turnover, the research reported here examines the impact of variables capable of capturing the political context. In a survey including data from 263 board members from 83 school districts in New York State, the dependent…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role
American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA. – 1990
Empowerment is based on the viewpoint that power shared is power multiplied. It contributes to increased school effectiveness by providing people with the opportunity and necessary resources to understand and change their world. The interactive processes by which people empower each other and benefit from them are discussed in this report.…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Group Unity, Intergroup Relations, Leadership Responsibility
Robinson, Norman; Wood, Marilyn – 1987
This study of incumbent British Columbia school board members prior to election analyzes relationships between individual members' feelings of political efficacy and trust and their decisions to seek or not seek reelection. The 60 subjects, from 24 districts, represented candidates (those members seeking reelection) and retirees (members not…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Decision Making, Elections, Elementary Secondary Education
Barretta, Mary Jane Trout – 1987
A 1985-1986 case study of governance conducted at Rikkyo University, a private university in Tokyo, is considered, along with weaknesses in the organizational framework of governance and how these organizational weaknesses are linked to problems in reforming Japanese higher education. The governance structure provides that each college of a…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Case Studies, College Governing Councils, Deans
Stokes, M. Jean – 1984
The nature and extent of conditions or barriers that inhibit women administrators in their professional responsibilities and careers were studied. A questionnaire mailed to 241 women was completed by 168 women with executive, administrative, and managerial responsibilities in nine universities of the State University System of Florida. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, Career Ladders, College Administration
Charters, W. W., Jr.; And Others – 1986
A longitudinal study of elementary schools formally implementing the Multiunit School model collected data suggesting that teachers' feelings of autonomy and job satisfaction are less closely associated with teacher participation on faculty teams for the management of instruction and school administration than with the presence or absence of…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Job Satisfaction
Thompson, Mark E. – 1982
The role of the academic community in providing introspection and thoughtful analysis at times of national chaos is addressed. While during the 1960s many campuses debated issues and examined national priorities, little credit has been given to academic leadership for fostering a thoughtful approach to difficult questions relating to national…
Descriptors: Activism, College Role, Democratic Values, Demonstrations (Civil)
Smith, Joan K. – 1978
The National Education Association (NEA) was significantly influenced by Margaret Haley's early 20th century probe into its power structure. As a reformer committed to the democratic process, Miss Haley became an active member of the NEA in 1900. At this time, the organization was dominated by a group of male educators (college presidents,…
Descriptors: Administration, Biographies, Decision Making, Democracy
Wayson, William W.; Pinnell, Gay Su – 1982
To understand and deal with student behavior, we must understand that most behavior is caused by objects and events in the world around the student; that students have learned personal ways of relating to those objects and events; and that in a setting like a school it is easier and more productive to alter those objects and events than to change…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns
Lazarine, Dianne – 1981
Integrating concepts of basic citizenship education with community involvement, this experiential curriculum provides a means for developing decision making and critical thinking skills within the existing fourth grade social studies curriculum. The 11 lessons, translated into into Spanish, cover the following concepts: responsibility in the care…
Descriptors: Bilingual Instructional Materials, Citizen Role, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility
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