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Denvir, Catrina, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2020
Over the last decade, cost pressures, technology, automation, globalisation, de-regulation, and changing client relationships have transformed the practice of law, but legal education has been slow to respond. Deciding what learning objectives a law degree ought to prioritise, and how to best strike the balance between vocational and academic…
Descriptors: Legal Education (Professions), Educational Development, Job Skills, Skill Development
Morris, Arlene M., Ed. – 1981
Eight papers present information about children's motor development and its application for program design. Jerry R. Thomas, Kathi T. Thomas, and Jere D. Gallagher discuss "Children's Processing of Information in Physical Activity and Sport." In "Toward Inclusion," G. S. Don Morris considers characteristics of children and of motor tasks with…
Descriptors: Athletics, Children, Cognitive Processes, Competition
O'Neil, John, Ed. – 1998
This chapter, of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's Curriculum Handbook, contains nine papers covering curriculum guidelines for family and consumer science education (FCSE). The following are included: "Executive Summary" (Sharon S. Redick); "Status of Family and Consumer Sciences Curriculum" (Ann…
Descriptors: Consumer Science, Curriculum Development, Decision Making Skills, Family Life Education
Agran, Martin, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This guidebook provides behavioral-instructional strategies for teaching essential personal safety skills and promoting overall well-being to persons with developmental disabilities. Case studies demonstrate these strategies in practice, and detailed curriculum goals are included to guide intervention efforts. To ensure that learners both…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills
Tosteson, Daniel C., Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book details how Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts) overcame prevailing educational inertia and developed a curriculum and educational program consistent with preparing students to practice medicine in the 21st century. The New Pathway in General Medical Education program emphasizes both acquiring current knowledge and developing learning…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, College Administration, Curriculum Development
Nelsen, William C., Ed.; Siegel, Michael E., Ed. – 1980
Essays are collected on faculty development programs that are felt to have positively affected both the institutions and individual faculty members. They include: Faculty Development: Promises, Realities and Needs (William C. Nelsen, Michael E. Siegel); Improving the Scholarly Climate on Campus through a Program of Small Grants (David Marker);…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Consortia, Consultants
Thorpe, Mary, Ed.; And Others – 1993
This book on the culture and processes of adult learning contains 16 papers organized into sections on power, purpose, and outcomes; adulthood and learning; and learners' experience and facilitating learning. The following papers are included: "'Really Useful Knowledge', 1790-1850" (Johnson); "Feminist Challenges to Curriculum…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Muller, Josef, Ed. – 1986
This collection deals with post-literacy strategies in general and with strategies and techniques that have been implemented in Tanzania. The first part contains the following reports addressing general aspects of post-literacy strategies: "Issues in Post-Literacy" by Anil Bordia; "Some Curricular Aspects of Post-Literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Articulation (Education), Continuing Education
Assiter, Alison, Ed. – 1995
The 16 essays in this book discuss transferable skills in higher education drawing on the experience and information gained from two projects based in England, the Enterprise in Higher Education (EHE), initiated in 1989; and the Royal Society of Arts Education for Capability Initiative, instituted in 1991. Section 1 contains essays on transferable…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Business Administration Education, Chemistry, Cognitive Development
Groneman, Nancy J., Ed.; Kaser, Karen C., Ed. – 1995
This yearbook contains the following papers discussing the types and uses of technology in business education programs at all grade levels: "Technology's Impact on Computer and Business Curricula" (Jaderstrom); "Teaching Technology vs. Technology as a Teaching Tool" (Kizzier); "The Impact of Technology on Undergraduate Business Education…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Education, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques
Remp, Ann M., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 20 papers on the challenges that business educators face in integrating technology into the learning environment. The following papers are included: "Teaching in a Dynamic Technology Environment: An Overview and Introduction" (Ann M. Remp); "Learners and Technology: Experience, Attitudes, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administration, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education
2000
This document contains 18 papers from the human resource development and manpower training section of an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The following papers are included: "Use of Social and Economic Modeling to Plan Vocational Education and Training"…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Career Education, Competency Based Education, Computer Uses in Education