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Standley, Jayne – American Music Therapy Association, 2005
This monograph evolved from the unique, innovative partnership between the Florida State University Music Therapy Program and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. Its purpose is to serve as a model for music therapy educators, students, clinicians, and the hospital administrators who might employ them. This book should prove a valuable resource for…
Descriptors: Music, Demonstration Programs, Music Therapy, Medical Services
Kaser, Joyce S.; Bourexis, Patricia S.; Loucks-Horsley, Susan; Raizen, Senta A. – 1999
In the early 1990s, staff from the National Center for Improving Science Education (NCISE), the various Department of Education (DOE) National Laboratories, and the DOE's Office of Science Education Programs embarked on a 5-year project to develop a process to document what programs the National Laboratories were offering for teachers and…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education
Stringfield, Sam, Ed.; Ross, Steven, M., Ed.; Smith, Lana, Ed. – 1996
In 1991, the New American Schools (NAS) Development Corporation was founded by a group of business and foundation leaders interested in investing in innovative designs for school transformation. This book describes the first 3 years of development and evaluation of 9 NAS whole-school restructuring designs. The designs were very diverse, as were…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Principles
Sims, William D.; Hammond, Sandra B. – 1981
The study reviews 50 foreign language programs in the United States that are said to be both inspirational and useful for providing concrete information about the creation and preservation of successful language programs. The programs cited are exemplary and can serve as models for educators and administrators to study and visit. Program selection…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Resources, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Davidson, Judith; Koppenhaver, David – 1988
Resulting from an investigation of reading programs that refuse to tolerate acquiescence to the inevitability of reading failure, this book describes what works and why in adolescent literacy, through case studies and through observations gleaned from extensive literature searches and site visits. Chapters are as follows: (1) "Adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Education, Demonstration Programs, High Schools
Cox, June; And Others – 1985
The text reports on findings of the Richardson study, a 4-year examination of current programing for gifted and talented students. An introductory chapter comments upon current attention to gifted education and summarizes reflections on home and school influences of MacArthur Fellows. Chapter 2 reviews results of a national survey of school…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Cronin, Godfrey E.; Young, William M. – 1979
This book tells the story of how one school system in a medically underserved community near Chicago conceived and implemented primary care health facilities in two of its schools to serve all the children of the school district. The key to the preventive health care plan is the use of specially trained school nurse practitioners and health aides…
Descriptors: Children, Demonstration Programs, Financial Support, Guides
Miles, John C., Ed.; Priest, Simon, Ed. – 1990
Adventure education seeks to promote individual growth and development through the purposeful planning and implementation of educational processes that include risk in some way. This book introduces major topics in the broad literature of adventure education by bringing together 53 writings of adventure education practitioners. The writings are…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
Friedman, Myles I.; And Others – 1980
This book has a threefold purpose. First, it provides a problem-solving framework for comprehensively analyzing and attacking current weaknesses in both pre- and in-service teacher education. Next, it explains how this approach can be applied by providing concrete examples of procedures and products appropriate to each of three problem-solving…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Competency Based Teacher Education, Demonstration Programs, Formative Evaluation
Tanner, Laurel N. – 1997
This book reviews the history of the University of Chicago Laboratory School established by John Dewey in light of the current resurgent interest in the ideas and work of this educator. Chapter 1 deals with two lessons: the social nature of learning and developmentally appropriate practice. Chapter 2 examines the laboratory school idea as…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Educational History
Trute, Barry; And Others – 1994
This book reports on a 3-year project involving the design and implementation of a coordinated demonstration program for the treatment of child sexual abuse in rural Manitoba (Canada). The purpose of the project was to address problems resulting from child sexual abuse services that are sporadic and uncoordinated in rural Canadian communities.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Attitudes, Child Abuse, Community Involvement
Ferman, Louis A., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book documents the range of training programs that are being established by employers and unions; assesses porgram functioning and results; and offers insights for practitioners, scholars, and policy makers. An introduction (Ferman et al.) provides a general framework for thinking about union-management training programs and presents an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
Pines, Marion, Ed. – 1999
This document profiles nine youth programs, illustrating concepts, strategies, and lessons available to communities as they start to form an integrated network of essential services designed to prepare out-of-school youth for success in the job market of the 21st century. "Introduction" (Marion Pines) lists considerations when planning a…
Descriptors: Community Development, Conservation (Environment), Counseling Services, Delivery Systems