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The Importance of Evaluation--The Case of the "The Options for Farm Families Programme" in Ireland
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Farrell, Maura; McDonagh, John – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: The article explores the significance of "evaluation" in the delivery of multifunctional extension advisory programmes and argues the necessity of integrating evaluation into programme planning, to ensure that programme guidelines are adhered to and extension advisory programmes generate their desired impact. The article focuses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fidelity, Evaluation Research, Agricultural Occupations
Teachers' Voices Concerning Collaborative Teams within an Inclusive Elementary School
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Leatherman, Jane – Teaching Education, 2009
This qualitative study examined aspects of the inclusive program in an elementary school in a rural section of the upper Midwest of the United States. This article describes a university and elementary school research partnership to study collaboration among the general education teachers and the special education staff (teachers and assistants)…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Focus Groups, Teacher Attitudes, Inclusive Schools
What Works Where You Are? The Implementation of Training Packages in Rural Australia: Support Document
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Clayton, Berwyn; Blom, Kaaren; Bateman, Andrea; Carden, Pam – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
This document was produced by the authors based on their research for the report "What Works Where You Are? The Implementation of Training Packages in Rural Australia" [ED495190] and is an added resource for further information. The original report investigates the implementation of training packages in five rural communities, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Rural Education, Program Implementation
Equivalency Programmes (EPs) for Promoting Lifelong Learning
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Haddad, Caroline, Ed. – UNESCO Bangkok, 2006
Equivalency programmes (EPs) refers to alternative education programmes that are equivalent to the formal education system in terms of curriculum and certification, policy support mechanisms, mode of delivery, staff training, and other support activities such as monitoring, evaluation and assessment. The development of EPs is potentially an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workshops, Nontraditional Education, Curriculum Development
Impact of Training on Faculty and Administrators in an Interactive Television Environment
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Dobbs, Rita – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2004
This study measured the importance of training for higher education faculty and administrators in adapting to and implementing distance education courses in an interactive television (ITV) environment. The quasi-experimental study utilized a pretest-posttest control group design with Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) used to analyze the data. The…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Statistical Analysis, Adoption (Ideas), Quasiexperimental Design
The History of Distance Education in Australia
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Stacey, Elizabeth – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
Australia's large distances and widely distributed population has meant that distance education has been an important part of its history. From the earliest provision of schooling by mail through a series of correspondence schools, both state and federal governments have provided a sound infrastructure to support distance education. Innovative…
Descriptors: Correspondence Schools, Vocational Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries