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Schultz, Brian D., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
This book embraces the idea of listening to and learning from students. Although many educational theorists have long argued that incorporating children's perspectives about teaching and curriculum has the potential for increasing students' interest and participation in learning, their radical perspectives are still ignored or dismissed in theory…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Teaching (Occupation), School Activities, Educational Research
Presseisen, Barbara Z., Ed. – 1988
This collection of research reports explores teaching cognitive skills to at-risk students. Focus includes the following: (1) broad issues guiding the research; (2) historical perspective; (3) student characteristics; (4) student needs; (5) research on teaching thinking and problem solving; (6) teacher training; and (7) instructional and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Yeakey, Carol Camp, Ed.; Henderson, Ronald D., Ed. – 2003
This volume includes papers 16-32 in a 32-paper collection: (16) "Mining the Fields of Teacher Education: Preparing Teachers to Teach African American Children in Urban Schools" (Patricia A. Edwards, Gwendolyn T. McMillon, and Clifford T. Bennett); (17) "Mentoring Adolescents At Risk or At Promise" (Tammie M. Causey and Kassie…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Affirmative Action, Black Colleges
McAllister, Deborah A., Ed.; Bothman, Susan M., Ed. – Online Submission, 2005
As a part of the teacher licensure program at the graduate level at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), the M.Ed. Licensure candidate is required to complete an action research project during a 3-semester-hour course that coincides with the 9-semester-hour student teaching experience. This course, Education 590 Culminating…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Literacy Education, Global Approach, Curriculum Development
Mountney, Peter, Ed.; Mageean, Pauline, Ed. – 1985
TAFE (Technical and Further Education) is a multifaceted educational organization in Australia and few people in it, and even fewer outside, know about all its aspects outside their own areas of interest and expertise. This book provides information about some current aspects of TAFE, intended to give a broad perspective on 12 different issues.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Blue Collar Occupations
2000
This document contains 35 papers from the program development section of an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The following are among the papers included: "Using Quality Indicators to Create World-Class Curricula: From Concept to Application" (Curtis Finch,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Bachelors Degrees, Benchmarking