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Hicks, Ellen Cochran – 1986
Although both museums and schools figure into a learning network that includes lifelong learning processes in both formal and informal settings, these institutions must work further on achieving common educational goals. According to "Museums for a New Century," a report published in 1984, the museum-school relationship has been marked…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Brennan, Mary Alice – 1992
This digest highlights the findings of an extensive review and analysis of the literature related to the role of libraries in education. The review was undertaken to demonstrate the critical role libraries can play in meeting the six National Education Goals adopted in 1990 by the President and the governors of the United States. The goals, which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Career Exploration, Computer Networks
Pradl, Gordon – 1984
Intended for administrators and policymakers as well as teachers, this digest discusses the nature of narratology and how it relates to language arts instruction. The digest first defines narratology as the structuralist study of narrative aimed at understanding how recurrent elements, themes, and patterns yield a set of universals that determine…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Coltrane, Bronwyn – 2003
This digest provides general information on the characteristics of English language learners (ELLs) in U.S. preschool and primary school programs and describes learning conditions and instructional practices that are most effective for educating young ELLs. The digest suggests that as young ELLs enroll in preschool and primary school programs in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language of Instruction, Preschool Education, Primary Education
Standiford, Sally N. – 1984
Intended for administrators and policymakers as well as teachers, this digest explores the nature of students' metacomprehension, or their awareness of their own understanding, and the implications of this awareness for reading instruction. After defining metacomprehension, the digest discusses why this awareness is important to the learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Perception
Meyers, Judith K. – 1989
"Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs," which was published jointly by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) in 1988, is the most recent in a series of efforts to articulate and encode professional program and practice standards that have…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Planning, Diffusion (Communication), Elementary Secondary Education