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Research Connections in Special Education, 2003
This document offers three articles reporting research and practice on the use of paraeducators to provide support to students with disabilities and their teachers. Emphasis is on research funded by the Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs. The first article notes the increasing use of paraeducators to provide…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Lewis, Karron G., Ed. – Journal of Staff, Program & Organization Development, 1996
Focusing on issues and practices related to professional development at two- and four-year colleges, selected articles in the four issues of this volume include the following: "Empowering Faculty: An Alternative Method for Allocating Funds" (B. Dangerfield, D. Stover, and C. Byers); "Research Portfolios: Connecting Projects to Products" (L.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Practices, Educational Technology
Duignan, Patrick; Johnson, Neil – Australian Administrator, 1984
The importance of school organization and its impact on teachers' commitment to staff development has been highlighted in recent research. In schools that are favorably disposed toward staff development, the norms of "collegiality" and "experimentation" prevail. Staff practices fundamental to the creation and maintenance of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
ASPBAE Courier, 1984
This issue is comprised of a series of articles dealing with adult education in Asia and the South Pacific. Included in the issue are the following articles: "Thoughts for the Advancement of Women's Project" by Sally Bruce Seddon; "Adult Education Program for Working Women in Kumi Industrial Area" by Yoon Bok-Nam; "Needs…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Developing Nations, Economic Development
SSTA Research in Brief, 1995
Interviews with 12 principals of K-12 schools in rural Saskatchewan examined practices enacted in 1992-93 to lessen the effects of the farm economic crisis on students. A seven-section literature review describes the financial, personal, family, and community components of the farm crisis in Canada and the United States and provides an overview of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Problems
Martinez, Paul; Houghton, Julia; Krupska, Marysia – FE Matters, 1998
This document, which is intended for staff development managers, senior and middle curriculum managers, student services managers, and teacher trainers in further education (FE) and higher education throughout the United Kingdom, summarizes the experience of nearly 20 further education colleges and adult education services in the United Kingdom in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Case Studies, Educational Practices
Garner, Barbara, Ed. – Focus on Basics, 2002
This volume of newsletters focuses on connecting research and practice in adult literacy programs. Issue A of August 2001 includes: "Techniques for Teaching Beginning-Level Reading to Adults" (Ashley Hager); "Beginning ESOL Learners' Advice to Their Teachers" (MaryAnn Cunningham Florez); "The Neurobiology of Reading and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Educators