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Download full textWeeks, Denise Jarrett, Ed.; Stepanek, Jennifer, Ed. – Northwest Teacher, 2001
This publication takes a look at lesson study both in its Japanese form and as it is being implemented in the United States. It contains the lesson study process, the rationale for using such an approach, and illustrates how teachers and administrators around the United States are taking the first steps toward adapting and implementing lesson…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Instructional Development
Silverman, Linda, Ed. – Understanding Our Gifted, 1990
This document consists of six issues (all of volume 2) of a newsletter subtitled "Dedicated to Helping Gifted Children Reach their Full Potential". These issues deal with all aspects of parenting and educating gifted children. Major articles include: "Re-examining the Concept of Underachievement" (Joanne Rand Whitmore);…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adolescents, Child Rearing, Elementary Secondary Education
Bhaerman, Robert D., Comp. – 1978
This selected bibliography on career and vocational development of handicapped learners contains 150 annotated citations divided into nine sections. The following list indicates the topics and the number of documents in each category: trends and general overviews (9); programs and projects (35); curriculum guides, activities, and resources (44);…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1986
This module is one of a series of more than 125 performance-based teacher education (PBTE) learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational instructors. The competencies upon which these modules are based were identified and verified through research as being important to successful occupational teaching at all…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Competency Based Education, Competency Based Teacher Education
Johnson, Susan – Practical Pointers, 1981
The paper introduces the concept of movement education for handicapped students and discusses implications of the concept for learning. Guidelines are given for planning, implementing, and evaluating the program. A sample lesson plan is followed by discussions of prerequisites of efficient movement and screening activities. Suggestions for…
Descriptors: Athletic Equipment, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities
Kroenke, Lillian DeVault, Ed. – Infants and Toddlers, 2000
This document is comprised of the four 1999-2000 issues of a quarterly journal for teachers and parents of children in Montessori infant and toddler programs. The May 1999 issue presents articles on eating in the prepared environment and meeting infants' basic needs for food. The August 1999 issue includes articles discussing infants' sensory…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Cooking Instruction, Developmental Tasks
Community Update, 1995
This document consists of 11 issues of the newsletter, "Community Update," published between April 1994 and March 1995. The newsletter provides information to help schools and communities reach the National Education Goals. Each issue contains announcements of monthly satellite town meetings; developments and issues relating to the Goals…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Community Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Johnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T. – Curriculum Report, 1984
In cooperative learning, as opposed to competitive and individualistic learning, students work together to accomplish shared goals. It is the most important of the three types of learning, but least used. Research indicates students will learn more, like school better, like each other better, and learn more effective social skills when cooperative…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Techniques, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1986
This module is one of a series of more than 125 performance-based teacher education (PBTE) learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational instructors. The competencies upon which these modules are based were identified and verified through research as being important to successful occupational teaching at all…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Competency Based Education, Competency Based Teacher Education
Etling, Arlen – 1977
The booklet presents goals and activities to help practitioners of nonformal education design workshops for developing nations. Major objectives are to help nonformal educational practitioners become more sensitive to the needs of learners and to develop techniques for dealing cooperatively with people in other cultures. The document is presented…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Agents, Comparative Education
Campbell, Linley – AECA Research in Practice Series, 2001
Noting that the development of fundamental movement skills is basic to children's motor development, this booklet provides a guide for early childhood educators in planning movement experiences for children between 4 and 8 years. The booklet introduces a wide variety of appropriate practices to promote movement skill acquisition and increased…
Descriptors: Child Health, Class Activities, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Suhor, Charles – 1984
One of a series dealing with current issues affecting language arts instruction, this paper focuses on thinking skills. The paper begins by raising two issues: whether thinking skills should be taught as part of each subject area, as a separate skill, or both, and whether English and language arts teachers have a special role in the teaching of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking
d'Agostino, Micheline; And Others – Children in the Tropics, 1987
This guide, which is intended for educators interested in implementing preschool programs in developing nations, aims to sustain the working hypothesis that preschool education can be organized entirely around the themes of health and nutrition. Part 1 presents an approach to program development and discusses characteristics and use of the guide.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives, Food
Roueche, Suanne D., Ed. – Innovation Abstracts, 1997
The 52 abstracts in these 29 serial issues describe innovative approaches to teaching and learning in the community college. Sample topics include a checklist for conference presenters, plan to retain students, faculty home page, improvements in writing instruction, cooperative learning, support for high risk students, competitive colleges and the…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Community Colleges
Youth Programs, 1992
This serial issue contains five articles relating to career exploration for middle school youth. The first article makes up most of the publication. It explains the concept of Future Options Education, basic tenets of which are the following: (1) career and college preparatory interventions need to be age and stage appropriate; (2) effective…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning
