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Cheyney, Kristi – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2008
As a facilitator of professional development for preschool teachers, the author is continually faced with questions related to the great divide between theory and practice. Although most child care professionals learn that developmentally appropriate practices support the holistic growth of young children during their initial training, many…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Professional Development, Teacher Education Programs
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1983
In 1978, the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, through its Head Start program, designed and implemented the Basic Educational Skills (BES) project to foster Head Start children's readiness for school and their subsequent achievement in elementary school. The purpose of this document is to disseminate elementary-level BES materials.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Guidelines, Instructional Development
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Hosp, Michelle K.; Hosp, John L. – Preventing School Failure, 2003
The purpose of this article is to provide a rationale for collecting and using curriculum-based measurement (CB) data as well as providing specific guidelines for how to collect CBM data in reading, spelling, and math. Relying on the research conducted on CBM over the past 25 years, we define what CBM is and how it is different from…
Descriptors: Spelling, Curriculum Based Assessment, Reading Ability, Mathematics Achievement
Gerda, Joe; And Others – 1991
At the College of the Canyons in California, the majority of faculty are adjunct instructors, many of whom have had little formal background in teaching. In an effort to support these faculty and to assure the quality of instruction, the Associate Program for Adjunct Instructors was instituted. The program emphasizes the development and evaluation…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Rouse, Bill, Comp. – 1982
This booklet is designed for developing performance and competency-based student materials (PACs). The PAC, an instructional tool that focuses on helping students master a specific objective, lends itself to vocational instruction. The first nine sections of the guide, consisting of information to assist teachers in gathering background materials…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Dadzie, Stella, Comp. – 1999
This is a handbook to assist European adult educators in teaching in a multicultural society, presenting models of intercultural practice for organizational and staff development in youth and adult education. Section 1 explains the document's purpose and use, discusses the objectives and major activities of the Learning to Live in a Multi-Cultural…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Change Strategies