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Koch, William H.; Sancier, Betty – 1985
This paper proposes an andragogical, adult education, or "learner-friendly" model as an appropriate basis for a program of continuing professional education, specifically for school social workers. It discusses the various factors that must be taken into account in the design, construction, and execution of such a program. The following factors…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Independent Study, Models, Professional Continuing Education
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Phillips, John C.; And Others – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1988
Describes the objectives, development, and implementation of a professional continuing education program for academic library personnel. The program is evaluated in terms of staff response to various activities, director support, cost considerations, and overall effectiveness. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Cost Effectiveness, Faculty Development
Wresch, William; Hieser, Rex – EDUCOM, 1984
Describes a program in which two-year college faculty were trained to program computers, the materials the faculty developed, and student reactions to these programs and to the computer assisted instructional strategy used. Indicates that faculty can learn to program and that orientation is needed to reduce student anxiety toward…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Assisted Instruction, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Burn, Barbara B.; And Others – 1990
This book reports on part of the results of an international research effort to analyze the structures and impacts of study abroad programs offered by higher education institutions in France, West Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. This volume, the first of two, presents the analysis of the structure and dynamics of study…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Credits, Developed Nations, Expenditure per Student
Griffin, Gary A. – 1983
This paper speculates about research findings that can be potentially powerful as content for preservice teacher education and influential upon the delivery of that content to prospective teachers. The primary source for the research findings which appear in the paper is the body of information prepared for the conference "Research on…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Content
Nylin, Donald W. – 1985
Beginning in fall 1982 the Aurora West Public Schools (Illinois) conducted a multi-year study to identify the nature of their instructional programs and to establish a set of position statements that would serve as guides for program review and change. A significant element of the process was the involvement of the entire staff in development of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), Community Involvement, Curriculum Evaluation
Isherwood, Geoffrey B.; And Others – Education Canada, 1986
Describes the organization, content, and outcomes of a program to train Inuit leaders to be effective school board members for the Baffin Divisional Board of Education when the Inuit first assumed control of that region's schools. Topics include school board role and formulation of educational goals and policies. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Canada Natives, Community Control
Opper, Susan; And Others – 1990
This is the second volume of a report on the findings of an international research effort designed to analyze the structures and impact of study abroad programs offered by higher education institutions in France, West Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. This volume focuses primarily upon study abroad program participants,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Age, Cultural Education
Roberts, Robin; Petrossian, Natica – 1987
This guide is intended to assist planners of job training programs in understanding the connections between the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act and the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and coordinating programs that receive funds under either or both of the acts. The first section presents overviews of both acts and a chart comparing…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal), Cooperative Planning
Karon, James P. – 1985
Using information from relevant literature and recent surveys and interviews with administrators of many of Rhode Island's smaller school districts, the report identifies options/strategies which may be useful in counteracting the potential adverse effects that low, or significantly declining, enrollments may have on the comprehensiveness of a…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Curriculum Development, Declining Enrollment, Delivery Systems
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. Resource Center on Educational Equity. – 1992
In 1987, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) initiated a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Education Project to enhance the capacity of state education agencies to assist local education agencies and schools in implementing effective HIV education within a framework of a comprehensive school health program. This publication, the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Classrooms, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Neill, Shirley Boes – 1984
A 1982 survey of school superintendents provided much of the material for this discussion of the educational applications of microcomputers and other technologies, and for planning and developing these applications in schools. Chapter I is an interview with David Moursund, an educational computing expert who discusses issues and trends in school…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
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Talisayon, Vivien M. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1989
Compares policies and programs on computers in science and mathematics education in the six ASEAN countries: Brunei, Indonesia; Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Limits discussion to the computer as a teaching aid and object of study, attendant problems, and regional cooperation. (MVL)
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education
Young, Malcolm B.; And Others – 1983
To assist Congress and administrators in the Department of Education to manage Part A of the Indian Education Act and to make decisions with respect to its future, researchers evaluated the operations and effectiveness of the program for meeting the special educational and cultural needs of Indian students. Between 1980 and 1983, researchers…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians
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Morgan, Robert L.; Hunt, E. Stephen – 1999
This third revision of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) updates and modifies education program classifications, descriptions, and titles at the secondary, postsecondary, and adult education levels. This edition has also been adopted by Canada as its standard for major field of study classification. The volume includes the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations, Cataloging
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