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Albrecht, A.; Spencer, D. C. – 1979
An outline is presented of Barnet College's flexistudy program, a system for providing a wider range of learning opportunities through a more flexible arrangement of course times and content to students who are unable to attend college regularly, who are too few in number to form a specialist class, or who wish to start school at some time other…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correspondence Study, Extension Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBarrett, L. R. – Higher Education Review, 1991
Critics of student writing in British lecture courses as "mere rehash of lecture notes" are reminded that (1) by its nature, the lecture course focuses on and is limited to information conveyed in lectures, and (2) professors refuse to use materials such as U.S. textbooks that could supplement the information conveyed in class. (MSE)
Descriptors: Assignments, Comparative Analysis, Expository Writing, Foreign Countries
Download full textHolding, Gordon – 1995
This document, which is based on the findings of a study of 10 further education (FE) colleges throughout the United Kingdom, is intended to help FE colleges review and enhance their curriculum for 16- to 19-year-old students in General Certificate of Education (GCE) A-level (Advanced Level) courses. Discussed first are the following reasons for…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment
Topping, Keith – 1988
A practical guide is presented to peer tutoring for teachers and others with an interest in promoting cooperative learning. It includes a guide to organizing peer tutoring, as well as a review of research on the effects of peer tutoring, and evidence for social and academic gains for the student and the tutor. The perspective is international,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Forster, Fred, Ed.; Hounsell, Dai, Ed.; Thompson, Sheila, Ed. – 1995
This handbook, primarily for new part-time teaching staff at colleges and universities in the United Kingdom, focuses on tutoring and demonstrating teaching skills. Following an introductory chapter, six additional chapters provide an orientation to tutoring and demonstrating. Chapter 2 presents an overview of the roles and responsibilities of new…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Demonstrations (Educational)
Peer reviewedWade, Barrie – British Journal of Special Education, 1992
This article describes Marie Clay's Reading Recovery program which provides one-half hour daily of individual instruction in reading to a school's lowest achievers. Data demonstrating the program's effectiveness and student skill maintenance are summarized. The approach is seen to be especially suitable for mainstreamed children with special…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Individual Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Green, Muriel – 2001
This document, which draws on the findings of a survey of further education (FE) colleges in the United Kingdom and case studies of 9 FE colleges, presents good practices for managers of tutoring programs and tutors. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the changing role of tutors in the post-16 sector and the importance of recruiting, training, and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Case Studies
