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Harris, Bryan – Eye on Education, 2011
Drive boredom out of your classroom--and keep it out--with the student-engagement strategies in this book. You'll learn how to gain and sustain the attention of your students from the moment the bell rings. Perfect for teachers of all subjects and grade levels, these activities go head-to-head with student boredom and disengagement, resulting in…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Roupp, Heidi, Ed. – M.E. Sharpe Inc, 2009
This practical handbook is designed to help anyone who is preparing to teach a world history course--or wants to teach it better. It opens with Peter Stearns's essay "Where Did World History Come From?" and closes with Jerry Bentley's annotated bibliographic guide to the essential content knowledge for teaching world history. In between,…
Descriptors: World History, History Instruction, Instructional Materials, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Varner, Randy L. – 1992
A curriculum of "Special Topics" for workplace education programs was developed. Project staff took into account former participants' suggestions and recommendations for workshop topics and brainstormed ideas for inclusion into the curriculum. Both commercially produced and instructor-made materials on stress management, communication…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Assertiveness, Communication Skills, Computer Literacy

Chambers, Ellie – Studies in Higher Education, 1992
This paper argues that a precondition for good studying and learning in undergraduate study is a reasonable student workload. Ways in which workload can be measured, in advance of presentation, are outlined. Suggestions on how to regulate student workload and some implications for curriculum and course design are presented. (GLR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Molek, Carol; Goss, Barbara – 1990
This document describes how an adult basic education (ABE) program in Pennsylvania conducted a study skills training course to teach 54 parents how to help their school-age children with their homework. Parents also participated in informal follow-up throughout the school year. Evaluation of the program showed that it was successful both from the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Assertiveness, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development
Wurm, Julianne P. – Redleaf Press, 2005
Are you curious about the Reggio Emilia approach but not quite sure where to begin? "Working in the Reggio Way" helps early childhood teachers bring the reflective, high-quality practices of Reggio Emilia to American programs. Based on an American teacher's experience observing and working in the schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy, this…
Descriptors: Reggio Emilia Approach, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Methods

Green, Eddie L., Ed. – Business Education Forum, 1986
This theme issue on classroom management in business education includes 17 chapters on such topics as combating teacher burnout, curriculum improvement, declining enrollments in business education, human relations in the classroom, team cohesiveness and the business department, communicating the essentials for the first week of class, and…
Descriptors: Business Education, Classroom Techniques, Computer Software, Cooperative Education
Glasgow, Neal A.; Hicks, Cathy D. – 2003
This book provides 91 key strategies for improving and re-energizing classroom practice. Combining theory, research, and practical suggestions, each strategy includes: a description of the strategy; a discussion of research supporting use of the strategy; descriptions of how to apply the strategy in instructional settings; tips on avoiding…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Collegiality, Computer Uses in Education, Cultural Pluralism
Morse, Betty R.; And Others – 1987
Developed by several colleges in California, this guide contains a curriculum for a course in Life Management (usually taught in the home economics area). The introductory sections of the guide contain the following information: recommendations from the pilot test teachers, rationale, course description, goals, justification for including the…
Descriptors: Coping, Course Content, Course Organization, Cultural Influences
Truschel, Jack; Kerrick, Joyce – 1995
A project was conducted to determine the need for and to create a distance learning-based staff development program for adult literacy instructors throughout Pennsylvania. Each of Pennsylvania's 306 adult literacy programs was sent a survey regarding their staff members' access to and knowledge about distance learning technology. Of the 100…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Bourque, Janet – 1983
A project was conducted at the Lake Washington Vocational Technical Institute to develop a curriculum and provide a pilot class in the consumer and homemaking program to address the needs of persons with the dual role of homemaker and wage earner. The format chosen for the course was a series of seminars to be conducted on-site at business offices…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Hutnyak, Dana – 2000
This teacher's instructional guide, which is part of a family and consumer sciences education series focusing on a broad range of employment opportunities, is intended to assist teachers responsible for teaching one- and two-year management programs for Texas high school students. The following are among the items included: (1) introductory…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Behavioral Objectives, Brainstorming, Career Development