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Bastoni, Amanda; Pickering, Brian; Bisson, Nathan – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021
"Making Room for Change" is an educational book that will be valuable to anyone involved in secondary education. The book will provide clear examples, research, and personal reflections of how building in flexible time can be different from the historic middle and high school scheduling models. Educators of all ages and levels of…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Educational Change, Flexible Scheduling, Time Management
Dattilo, John – Sagamore-Venture, 2021
As we grow through leisure education, we tend to manage challenges to leisure and gravitate to positive experiences. These positive encounters transport us toward achieving the ultimate goals of experiencing leisure, being happy, and flourishing. The intention of "Leisure Education Program Planning, fifth edition," is to share…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Program Development, Learning Experience, Models
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Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age, 2022
This book is about inclusivity and open education in the digital age. It reports the latest data on this topic from the 2021 Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference. This annual conference focuses on challenges pertaining to the evolution of the learning process, the role of pedagogical approaches and the progress…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Innovation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Dawson, Peg; Guare, Richard – Guilford Publications, 2012
This practical manual presents an evidence-based coaching model for helping students whose academic performance is suffering due to deficits in executive skills, including time and task management, planning, organization, impulse control, and emotional regulation. In just a few minutes a day, coaches can provide crucial support and instruction…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Evidence, Intervention, Executive Function
Moraine, Paula – Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012
This book presents an innovative model for strengthening and developing executive function in any student, including those with attention, memory, organization, planning, inhibition, initiative, and flexibility difficulties. It provides guidance on how to support each student's evolving executive function, and how to encourage those who are ready…
Descriptors: Students, Executive Function, Models, Educational Innovation
Wurdinger, Scott D. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
This book should be read by anyone concerned about the future of education in the United States. It was written for students, parents, educators, administrators, and policy makers because it will require effort from all these individuals to create meaningful change in the education system. This book discusses why the education system needs to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teaching Skills, Teaching Methods, Public Schools
Semadeni, Joseph – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2009
Overcome budget cuts, lack of leadership, top-down mandates, and other obstacles to professional development by using this book's take-charge approach. Joseph H. Semadeni guides you through a systemic method to professional development that: (1) Motivates teachers to continuously learn and apply best practices; (2) Makes adult learning activities…
Descriptors: Expertise, Formative Evaluation, Goal Orientation, Teacher Leadership
Stumbo, Norma J., Ed. – Sagamore Publishing LLC, 2009
The second edition of "Professional Issues in Therapeutic Recreation: On Competence and Outcomes" is greatly expanded to include a wider variety of introductory materials and updates on current professional issues. The second edition represents a timely review of the state of affairs in the profession of therapeutic recreation. This book contains…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Quality, Ethics, Therapeutic Recreation
Neal, Larry L.; Edginton, Christopher R. – 1982
Fifteen papers address issues in therapeutic recreation for disabled persons from the perspectives of practitioners, educators, and students. The following papers are presented. "Therapeutic Recreation Service: The Past and Challenging Present" (H. Sessoms); "Therapeutic Recreatiion in an Era of Limits: A Crisis...A Challenge... An Opportunity"…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Creativity, Curriculum Development, Disabilities
Hottenstein, David S. – 1998
Some of the difficult questions surrounding intensive scheduling, along with examples of successful applications of this approach, are described in this document. This book offers a blueprint from a practitioner's perspective and is intended for educators and lay people interested in improving secondary schools. Chapter 1 demonstrates how to…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Tight, Malcolm – 1991
This book considers the meaning of part-time higher education, illustrates its scope, and looks at its relation to higher education as a whole. It provides a guide to the past, present, and future of part-time higher education in the United Kingdom. The book describes the institutions and students involved, and the context in which they operate.…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Distance Education, Educational Development, Educational History
White, Rob – 1998
The presence of young people in public spaces and the types of activities in which they engage have generated considerable debate and discussion in Australia in recent years. This guide provides brief descriptions of a range of public space projects that have been undertaken in Australia. The aim is to outline the key elements of a youth-friendly…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Foreign Countries, Leisure Time, Models
Hirsch, Paul M., Ed.; And Others – 1977
Each of the three sections of this book highlights a basic concept in communication research that needs more attention, and includes individual articles that review or apply new methods for the study of social communication. The first part deals with organizational analysis and field studies, and reminds its readers that mass communication is not…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Conceptual Schemes
Cooper, James M., Ed. – 1977
This publication contains nine papers that speak to problems related to the design and implementation of inservice education programs. These problems were ones that the authors discovered and faced as they operated their respective Teacher Corps projects. Each paper identifies a problem related to inservice education, presents solutions that were…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Involvement, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Eastmond, Nick – 1975
The 1974-75 school year marked the fifth year of operation for the Division of Instructional Development at Utah State University. The model for Instructional Development (ID) consists of four parts: (1) developing faculty awareness; (2) capitalizing on faculty initiative, primarily through small-scale funding under a program of minigrants; (3)…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, College Instruction, Higher Education
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