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Bay, Mary; Lopez-Reyna, Norma A.; Guillory, Barbara L. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2012
To reform a special education teacher preparation program can be gratifying, difficult, complex, political, and urgently needed. The Monarch Center, a federally funded technical assistance center, was established to guide and support minority-serving institutions in their efforts to improve their teacher preparation programs. Four guidelines…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, Minority Group Students, Technical Assistance, Special Education Teachers
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Bibi, Nafees; Khan, Wazim – Pakistan Journal of Distance and Online Learning, 2018
Provision of dynamic guidance services is an important aspect of any educational system of a country. Because of changes in the life style of people and working patterns in various sectors due to scientific and technological developments, several problems have also come up which are linked to various aspects of education, vocational training,…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Study Centers
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Ogunniyi, M. B. – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
The new South African curriculum known as Curriculum 2005 (to depict the year of its full implementation) requires that teachers integrate school science with Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS). Curriculum 2005 has generated heated debates at various levels since its inception in 1997. This study focuses on the effectiveness or otherwise of a…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Science Teachers, Indigenous Knowledge, Teacher Attitudes
Balcazar, Fabricio E.; Ostrander, R. Noam; Garate, Teresa – National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET), University of Minnesota, 2006
This brief describes the Choices in Transition program for low-income ethnic minority youth with disabilities in Chicago. The program's goal is to support participants in the process of transition in order to improve educational and vocational success and to increase self-determination. Recommendations for improving the transition outcomes of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Career Guidance, Career Development, Transitional Programs
Torres, Celina; Marquez, Amalia – Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, 2005
In this follow-up study to "College Knowledge: What Latino Parents Need to Know and Why They Don't Know It," [see ED469295], the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute examines how postsecondary institutions are mobilizing to address the need for college information among Latino parents. The primary objective of "Reaching Higher Ground" is to profile in…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Outreach Programs, Followup Studies, Hispanic Americans
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Maples, Glenn; Harris, Bette; Greco, Anna M. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2010
Over the past 30 years, researchers have repeatedly demonstrated the need to improve academic advising. Nonetheless, at many Universities academic advising remains a neglected endeavor--poorly measured, managed and rewarded. This paper considers the implementation of an academic advising program which parallels the 360-Degree feedback approach…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Program Improvement, Program Implementation, Feedback (Response)
Education Development Center, Inc., 2006
Countries that begin implementing the Intel[R] Teach to the Future Essentials course after March of 2006 are required to collect data using the Intel[R] Teach Essentials End of Training Survey to help support program improvement. This End of Training evaluation toolkit provides guidelines on: (1) End of Training Survey administration; (2) The…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Strategic Planning, Formative Evaluation