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Derrick-Mills, Teresa; Winkler, Mary K.; Healy, Olivia; Greenberg, Erica – Administration for Children & Families, 2015
Head Start has long focused on assessing and improving program quality to ensure that the children served receive the best possible preparation for school and life. Most research has been focused inside the classroom--the classroom environment, teacher qualifications, and teacher interactions. Of course, the classroom is important because that is…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs, Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth
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McCauley, Robert N. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1984
Many social and intellectual forces focus introductory courses not on the process of inquiry but on its products. Changes that can help refocus these courses include limiting class size, emphasizing writing skills, having all levels of faculty teach the courses, and promoting exchange of ideas in the classroom. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Communication, College Curriculum, College Faculty
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Smith, Robert E. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1992
A discussion of the implications of adopting a new example for pharmaceutical education focuses on the need to develop a new pharmacy college culture and on the faculty's role in addressing stated educational goals. Anticipated changes in staffing and faculty development and difficulties in reorganizing curricula are examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Keefe, James W., Ed.; Jenkins, John M., Ed. – 1984
Instructional leadership is the principal's role in providing direction, resources, and support to teachers and students for the improvement of teaching and learning in the school. This handbook reviews factors affecting that role in four broad domains: keeping informed about trends, planning for instructional improvement, implementing…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Objectives, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Sudermann, David P. – 1987
The report offers a comparison of instruction time for beginning languages at St. Olaf College (Minnesota) and 17 other colleges and universities, and concludes with recommendations for curricular change at St. Olaf College. Contact hours ranged from 80 hours (St. Olaf) to 171 hours. The study was undertaken in response to faculty concern that not…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Katz, Douglas S. – 1984
This report describes the benefits to vocational educators of involving volunteers in vocational programs and presents a model for planning and implementing a volunteer program. Outlined first are programmatic and nonprogrammatic approaches to designing volunteer programs. Next, in a discussion of the benefits of vocational volunteer programs, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Relations, Educational Benefits, Educational Objectives
Texas A and M Univ., College Station. Center for Community Education. – 1983
This volume consists of information and guidelines for use in developing and administering community education programs in Texas. Addressed in the individual sections of the manual are the following topics: the philosophy of community education, initiating community education programs, resolutions pertaining to community education, funding and…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies
Bishop, Tom – 1985
A series of main goals and a number of secondary objectives for the Torrance School District (California) bilingual education program are outlined and their attainment assessed. The objectives apply specifically to Japanese and Korean students of limited English proficiency in four elementary schools. The goals envision the following outcomes:…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Cultural Education