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Direct linkMacKeracher, Dorothy – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2009
Canada emerged as a nation through a confederation of provinces beginning in 1867. Since that time, responsibility for educational endeavors at all levels (elementary, secondary, and tertiary) has been assigned to the provincial governments, a responsibility they zealously guard. The federal government's role is to provide monies or transfer…
Descriptors: Social Change, Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics, Program Descriptions
Jones, Lyle V. – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2007
Applied research in psychology not only has contributed directly to societal advances but often has fostered basic research as well. Prominent examples are the programs directed by Yerkes in World War I to develop the Army Alpha test and several programs in World War II, including "The American Soldier" that assessed soldiers' attitudes during the…
Descriptors: World History, Psychologists, War, Psychological Evaluation
Black, Paul; Wiliam, Dylan – British Educational Research Journal, 2003
The authors trace the development of the King's Formative Assessment Programme from its origins in diagnostic testing in the 1970s, through the graded assessment movement in the 1980s, to the present day. In doing so, they discuss the practical issues involved in reviewing research and outline the strategies that were used to try to communicate…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Research, Program Descriptions
Afshar, Ebrahim – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2006
The Islamic Republic of Iran's parliament, the Majlis, passed in 1990 a law setting out the functions of its national library. In 2005, the inauguration of the first stage of the new national library building was celebrated as a major national cultural and architectural achievement. This article looks at the origins and evolution of the National…
Descriptors: Libraries, Government Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Networks
Download full textKofoid, Charles Atwood – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1910
This report is based in large part upon a personal examination of the fresh water and marine biological stations of Europe, made in the summers of 1908 and 1909. Its purpose is to put in convenient form for reference an account of the history, organization, equipment, and work of the various stations of Europe, and to indicate their relations to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biological Sciences, Marine Biology, Water
Hiemstra, Roger; Gadbow, Nancy – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2006
This article describes the origins, development, and changing directions in the oldest peer-reviewed online journal in adult education. An analysis of journal issues by the first author provides evidence of the impact and legacy that "New Horizons in Adult Education" has had on the field of adult education around the world during the past two…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Content Analysis
