"Reclaiming the Education Doctorate: A Guidebook for (re)Designing EdD Programs" is a practical guide for those seeking to (re)design a professional practice doctorate program in education that prepares Scholarly Practitioners. To tackle the comprehensive change process necessary for (re)designing the EdD, this book will guide the reader…

Developmental evaluation (DE) offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers. In this book, eminent authority shows how to conduct evaluations within a DE framework. Patton draws on insights about complex dynamic systems, uncertainty, nonlinearity, and emergence. He…

This book tells the story of engineering education at the University of Alabama, written in observation of the sesquicentennial of the College of Engineering. It explores the history of technological education in the United States, looking for southern regional variations. The book also documents the connections between technological education and…

This book examines the issue of partnerships in order to help the school community develop meaningful cooperative relationships that foster effective education. After the introduction in the first chapter, the second chapter explores current educational challenges and their impact on the changing roles of school community members. It deals with…

This book focuses on helping individuals to be effective educators and on helping improve the practice of continuing professional education. It identifies the elements of effective practice for continuing professional educators. The most common and important types of situations that continuing professional educators face, the range of choices open…

A professor and an administrator joined forces to provide answers to two basic questions: What is needs assessment, and how does one do it? Discussion of the conceptual framework of needs assessment is based on experiences in the design and implementation of needs assessments in many states at levels ranging from state departments of education to…

There have been enduring conflicts in correctional institutions between personnel charged with rehabilitative duties and those who oversee authority. It is only within the past few years that realistic communication between these groups has been tolerated. The same period of time has been characterized by the infusion of training and staff…

Prepared for the 75th anniversary of the external studies program at the University of Queensland, this essay includes a brief introduction and an introductory account of the first four directors of the program. Background information provided in the introduction includes the establishment, educational philosophy, funding sources, and…

The model proposed in this book specifies that there are four types of interrelated practices that determine the extent to which accountability is realized. These are (1) the identification of primary accountability agents and their respective program responsibilities, (2) the execution of internal program reviews by those program officers, (3)…

To describe how to implement career education concepts without disrupting or destroying the present curriculum is the goal of this book. It discusses what career development programs mean to both the teacher and youngster in the average classroom and identifies the beneficial effects such programs will have on teaching and learning. The role of…

The history of educational research programs, development, and teacher training efforts in medicine is traced. Many claim that the first organized effort to study and evaluate the broad spectrum of the teaching and learning processes in medicine was developed as the Project in Medical Education at the University of Buffalo in 1955. Commitment by…

Migrant early childhood education programs must be designed to meet the needs of young children whose growth and development are significantly influenced by their parents' employment in agriculture or agri-related industries. Such programs should strive to: foster a sense of trust in people and in the environment; develop a positive, confident,…

The book provides a selected summary of five reports regarding a study by the Council of Chief State School Officers relative to career education. In Chapter 1, The Concept of Career Education, the author presents a broad discussion of career education, its operational processes, results of a questionnaire from 41 States and territories, and…

This book provides an historical and comparative review of educational policies and practices in eight countries of eastern and southern Africa in the period since political independence. These policies and educational changes were articulated in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, decades characterized by high socioeconomic and political expectations.…

This four volume set in the series is designed especially for all members of the primary and secondary educational community, with chapter authors focusing on the pedagogical challenges in their various situations and writing about how computer-mediated communication (CMC) is used to address them. This series focuses on teaching and learning,…