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Miron, Gary, Ed.; Sorensen, Karen, Ed. – 1991
This document results from a seminar held to initiate a dialogue on the ways and means of strengthening research capacity in developing countries. The seminar participants hoped to take stock of the economic and social changes that nations around the world have witnessed in this decade. These changes have engendered shifts in educational research…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedGilbert, John K. – European Journal of Science Education, 1980
Outlines the proceedings of the Cognitive-Development Research Seminar at the University of Leeds in September, 1979. Indicates that the area of greatest interest was the differences between student conceptions and scientific norms times alternative frameworks. Outlines other studies that were presented and offers opinions on the contributions of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Download full textMiller, Nod, Ed.; Jones, David J., Ed. – 1993
The following papers are included: "Social Classification of Women's Work" (Benn, Burton); "Developing Models of Learning from Experience" (Boud, Walker); "'Research Reflecting Practice?'" (Edwards, Usher); "Metaphors and Their Implications for Research and Practice in Adult and Community Education" (Hunt); "'Common-Sense' Approach to Reflection"…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Autobiographies, Educational Research
National Inst. for Educational Research, Tokyo (Japan). – 1981
Practical guidelines are provided for the development of training programs for educational research workers. There are five chapters. Background, objectives, and organization of the seminar are discussed in the first chapter. The second chapter examines common directions, trends, and problems in the educational research of the Asian and Pacific…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne. – 1977
Over 40 papers presented at an Australian conference on curriculum evaluation are included in this publication. Among the topics are: evaluation models; the relationship of reliability to the amount of observation; Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I evaluation; designing policy-oriented research; methodology in evaluating teacher behavior;…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Policy
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1977
Twelve papers are contained in this report. Robert M. Ranftl reports on the findings of a study to identify useful techniques for optimizing productivity. John S. Packard contrasts the spirit of inquiry and the norm of productivity, and makes recommendations for the composition of a research team. David L. Williams describes procedures to ensure…
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Research, Efficiency
Heath-Camp, Betty; And Others – 1985
This document consists of four symposium papers each providing a critical examination of a particular data collection technique in vocational education research. Texts of the following presentations are provided: "Mail Survey Research," by Betty Heath-Camp; "The Telephone Interview as a Data Collection Technique," by James P. Key; "The Personal…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Research
Gerver, Elisabeth, Ed. – 1997
This document contains 10 papers from the research assessment exercise (RAE) that four organizations concerned with continuing education in the United Kingdom conducted to evaluate the quality and impact of research on continuing education in 1996. (The organizations were as follows: Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Landers, Keneston, Comp. – 1986
These proceedings contain 58 papers. Selected brief titles are: "Teaching Reading in Advanced English to Adult Chinese Students" (Bao); "Analyzing the Training of Trainers and Adult Educators" (Boshier); "Knowledge Utilization in Social Work Practice" (Baskett); "Adult Education in the U.K." (Bright); "Developing Media Literacy in Adults"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Educational Policy
Evans, Terry, Ed.; Juler, Philip, Ed. – 1992
Nineteen papers concerning various aspects of distance education and distance education research are presented in this document. The papers are: (1) "Introduction, Celebrating Difference in Research in Distance Education" (Terry Evans); (2) "Discourse or Discord? A Dilemma of Distance Education" (Philip Juler); (3)…
Descriptors: Adult Development, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conference Papers
Zukas, Miriam, Ed. – 1986
The main theme of the conference was the politics of adult education research. The following papers from the conference are included in this compilation, following the opening address (Nisbet): "Some Tension Points in Adult Education Research" (Bryant and Usher); "Key Issues in Adult Education Research" (Gerver); "Some…
Descriptors: Accountability, Action Research, Adult Education, Comparative Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Structures, Content, Methods and Techniques of Education. – 1981
An international colloquium, held in Bucharest, Romania, in November, 1980, brought together educational researchers and persons responsible for educational policies and programs. They examined ways and means of making research more relevant to socioeconomic development and of increasing the internal effectiveness of education. Topics of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Developing Nations, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
National Inst. for Educational Research, Tokyo (Japan). – 1983
Educational research in Asia and the Pacific is examined from the perspective of reform in instructional content and method. Information based on speeches and discussion at a regional workshop held in Japan in 1982 is presented in four chapters. Chapter 1 explains workshop objectives, introduces participants, and presents a general overview of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Research
Alexander, Karl L.; And Others – 1988
A seminar paper concerning the relationship between applied and basic research in the study of educational and social inequality, and two commentaries are presented. The paper--"In Defense of Ivory-Towerism: Confessions of an Unreconstructed Basic Researcher," by Karl L. Alexander, the seminar's main speaker, presents the point of view of a…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Southwell, Beth, Ed.; And Others – 1984
This document contains 53 plenary and contributed papers presented at the eighth Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) meeting. Two plenary addresses focused on mathematics research in Australia and Japan, and problem solving and symbolism. Contributed papers were classified under 13 headings including: teaching and learning theory; cognition;…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Processes, Computers, Concept Formation
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