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Download full textMokelky, Vance – 1995
The process of implementing change is extremely complicated, particularly when multiple innovations are being introduced simultaneously. Conflicting views exist regarding provincial versus local priorities, and available resources are declining. This report is a summary of a Master's thesis that analyzed the implementation process employed in 13…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Participative Decision Making, Professional Development
Riddle, Dorothy I.; Bezanson, M. Lynne – 1995
This workbook was created as a "do it yourself" tool for helping organizations and career counseling services develop policies and standards to enhance the quality of services. The process is aimed at helping articulate policies that are sensible for each organization and challenging and achievable by staff. It is intended to be a…
Descriptors: Career Development, Evaluation, Evaluation Utilization, Foreign Countries
Smith, Steven – Education Canada, 2001
When the Battle River Regional School Division (Alberta) realized that multiple staff development priorities were fragmenting school and district focus on increasing student achievement, it formed a committee of regional, district, and school stakeholders that developed six staff development priorities, all promoting student achievement, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation
Middleton, M. A. – 1981
Using the DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process, the British Columbia Ministry of Education performed a task analysis of the work of recreation workers. A survey questionnaire was developed and mailed to 600 practitioners in the field; 262 were returned, with 232 of these usable. The majority of the respondents were from the Vancouver area, were…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Job Analysis, Learning Modules
Auster, Ethel; Chan, Donna C. – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Examines some of the factors affecting the participation of librarians in professional development activities. Reference librarians working in large urban public libraries in Ontario were surveyed. Data on participation in formal and informal learning activities, together with information about their perceptions of their libraries' environment…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Librarian Attitudes
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1979
This publication includes documents from Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries in the United States and Canada related to professional development activities that emphasize personal and professional growth of individuals rather than job skills. A concise summary of issues related to professional development in ARL libraries…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Inservice Education
Clark, W. Bruce – 1999
This report focuses on promising practices in professional development as they relate to implementation of Alberta Education's 1998 "Information and Communication Technology, Interim Program of Studies." The first chapter examines fundamental issues, challenges some assumptions, and offers suggestions related to professional development…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Environment, Educational Planning, Educational Practices
Hudson, Rachel, Ed.; Maslin-Prothero, Sian, Ed.; Oates, Lyn, Ed. – 1997
Following an introduction (Hudson, Maslin-Prothero, Oates), the following 31 case studies describe flexible learning developments in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States: "Teaching Business Writing Online" (Fulkerth); "Don't Lecture Me about Flexible Learning!" (Dunning); "Improving Independent Learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication, Delivery Systems
Plant, Peter – 2001
This paper examines quality issues in career guidance, counseling, and information services in Europe and elsewhere from a range of different perspectives related to economic, ethical, and/or effectiveness criteria. Selected examples from the European Union member states, Canada, and the United States are used to illustrate how quality is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance
Standing Conference on Univ. Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults. – 1997
This CD-ROM contains 693 papers on university teaching and research in the education of adults that were presented during the 27-year period from 1970 through 1997. The CD-ROM is designed to be used with the Macintosh, Windows 95, and Windows 3.1 operating systems and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (version 3), which is included along with…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
