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Schmidt, William H.; Houang, Richard; Shakrani, Sharif – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2009
Whether to adopt national standards and tests has long been a subject of lively debate in the United States. With 47 states now participating in the Common Core State Standards Initiative, and a commitment from Education Secretary Arne Duncan to allocate hundreds of millions in stimulus funds to the development of common tests, the country is…
Descriptors: State Standards, National Standards, Foreign Countries, Federal Government
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Uthmann, Karl-Josef – European Journal of Education, 1991
This article reviews the structural differences in vocational training between East and West Germany; describes a large-scale program establishing suprafirm training centers; notes the shift away from centralism; and considers personnel needs, legal aspects, industry responsibility, attitudinal differences, and European perspectives. (DB)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Attitudes, Centralization, Educational Change
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Klasen, Edith – Annals of Dyslexia, 1988
The development of dyslexia research and treatment in Germany is traced, focusing on the antidyslexia movement that has influenced the public schools and led to the establishment of private sector programs. The programs recognize the importance of individual differences, clinical diagnosis, and educational treatment based on scientific…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Educational Research
Wisser, Ulrike, Ed.; Grootings, Peter, Ed. – CEDEFOP Flash, 1992
A "travelling" congress was conducted in five European cities (Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, and Vienna) to promote a mutual exchange of views between east and west. The participants stressed the growing European Community interest in current examples of cooperation with neighbors in central and eastern Europe. In addition to…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Field Trips, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation
Massey, Ian – Multicultural Teaching, 1995
Describes a combined initiative between Britain and Germany on educating secondary school students against racism and xenophobia. The development and planning of the initiative is outlined, including teacher responses. Concluding comments review some basic principles that emerged for future plans and some examples of how the initiative's aims…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Cooperation, Foreign Countries
Schmidt, Hermann W. – 1998
The European Training Foundation's Advisory Forum established four working groups, one of which was to conduct activities relating to new National Vocational Education and Training (VET) Standards. The 1995 working session accepted definitions of VET Standards and described three models. The 1996 working session decided on a checklist of steps to…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Job Training
Solomakhin, D. – 1995
A pilot center was established in Yaroslavl, Russia, to train business clerks using German curricula and training that could be applied to Russian conditions. Choice of Germany as a model was due to increasingly developing cooperation with that country in the field of vocational education. The Russians analyzed German curricula and worked out the…
Descriptors: Clerical Workers, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
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Rath, Waldtraut; Appelhans, Peter – RE:view, 1994
The State Center for Services for the Visually Impaired in Schleswig (Germany) provides intensive counseling and support to students with visual impairments in transition between school and career. The community-based program promotes vocational and social integration of these individuals through organization of a model vocational counseling…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs
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Sengstock, Wayne L.; Ruttgardt, Sieglind Ellger – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1994
The corruption of education values and the destruction of an outstanding educational system for children with mental retardation during Nazi rule in Germany necessitated a complete revamping after World War II. In its redevelopment, Germany resumed the practice of segregation and was slow to embrace social integration as adopted in other…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Trends
Thomas, R. Murray, Ed. – 1992
The place education has been assigned in the national development programs of 10 nations is discussed, the problems that these countries have encountered in managing education are examined, and the measures adopted to solve educational problems are assessed. Included are the following papers: (1) "The Nature of National Development…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Development
Schwarze, Monika – 1999
Two years ago the educational server, learn:line, of North Rhine Westfalia started at the State Institute of School and Further Education in Soest, Germany. A special pedagogical concept was put into practice and a platform for different types of schools was built--a platform for information, communication and cooperation among teachers as well as…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
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van Dam-Mieras, M. C. E.; Rikers, J. H. A. N. – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2007
In the context of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), United Nations University (UNU) initiated the creation of a network of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs) for Education for Sustainable Development. This paper describes the philosophy behind the activities performed by one of those RCEs, RCE Rhine-Meuse, an RCE…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advisory Committees, Sustainable Development, Nonformal Education
Lerman, Robert I.; Pouncy, Hillard – 1990
Developing a youth apprenticeship in the United States would boost productivity, improve the preparation of youths for the skill demands of a global economy, and simultaneously offer minority youth an avenue into the economic mainstream. Germany's "dual system" of youth apprenticeship could be adopted to form a national skill-building…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Regional Inst. of Vocational and Technical Education, Shanghai (China). – 1999
This book contains an introduction and 10 papers from the International Conference on New Trends of Development and Models of Reform in the Field of Vocational Education and Training in the 21st Century. The following papers are included: "Introduction to the Reports Held on the International Conference"; "The Development and Reform…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Business Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 1998
This publication contains workshop papers which discuss the link between the labor market and vocational training. Part I provides an overview of the workshop--its objectives, issues, and conclusions. Part II consists of seven country papers. "Labour Market Information (LMI) and Vocational Training Decision-Making in Hungary" (Lazar)…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Curriculum Development, Data Analysis, Decision Making
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