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Download full textBerryman, Sue E. – IEE Brief, 1991
Using cognitive science as the knowledge base for the discussion, this paper reviews why many school learning situations are ineffective and introduces cognitive apprenticeship models that suggest what effective learning situations might look like. Five wrong assumptions about learning are examined: (1) people transfer learning from one situation…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Apprenticeships, Cognitive Processes, Educational Improvement
Orr, William T., Jr. – Florida Educational Research and Development Council Research Bulletin, 1985
Program advisory committees in vocational education have traditionally been charged with the responsibility of evaluating programs for the purpose of keeping them up to date with business and industry practices and current technology. Rapid technological development and accountability requirements have led to state mandates that the advisory…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Evaluation Methods, Models, Postsecondary Education
Murphy, Harry J., Ed. – 1979
The book describes an integrated model of postsecondary education for deaf students developed at California State University, Northridge. The model uses the facilities and services of a regular university, offering special support services only where absolutely needed to insure the success of deaf students. Lectures are translated into sign…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary Services, Conceptual Schemes, Deaf Interpreting
Nathanson, Jeanne H., Ed. – OSERS News in Print, 1991
This newsletter theme issue contains several articles on postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities. "Supported Education for People with Psychiatric Disabilities...Issues and Implications" (Karen V. Unger) describes three prototypes for postsecondary education of individuals with psychiatric disabilities--the self-contained…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Deafness, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Cunanan, Esmeralda S.; Maddy-Bernstein, Carolyn – TASPP Brief, 1993
This issue, the second of a two-part series on gender equity, presents strategies that nontraditional programs around the country have found to be helpful in combating the problems of educational and occupational segregation by sex. Described in detail is the Outreach Equity Non-Traditional Program located at the Florida Advanced Technology Center…
Descriptors: College Programs, Demonstration Programs, Models, Nontraditional Education
Roberts, David, Ed. – 1989
Three challenges that face distance educators at the national, institute, and individual subject level in Australia are discussed in a set of Occasional Papers by the Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education (RMIHE). Australia is undergoing a period of major change. The binary system of universities and colleges of advanced education is…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Curriculum Development
Parker, Sue – FEDA Bulletin, 1997
This paper, which is intended for individuals responsible for information management at British further education (FE) colleges, describes the attempts by a number of FE institutions to manage their information effectively and provides guidelines for FE institutions to follow when developing their own information management strategy. After a brief…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Information Systems
Fletcher, Mike; And Others – Coombe Lodge Report, 1992
This collection of seven articles examines achievement-based resourcing (ABR), the concept that the funding of educational institutions should be linked to their success in promoting student achievement, with a focus on the application of ABR to postsecondary education in the United Kingdom. The articles include: (1) "Introduction" (Mick…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Case Studies, College Outcomes Assessment
Dixon, Stella – FEDA Bulletin, 1997
Recent national policies and legislation have made it imperative for the United Kingdom's further education (FE) institutions to adopt strategic approaches to the management of quality, change, and organizational development. It is necessary that any strategic approach developed by an FE college integrate processes, culture, and structure into a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Programs, Educational Change, Educational Quality
Boylan, Hunter R., Ed.; Kerstiens, Gene, Ed. – Research in Developmental Education, 1988
These five issues of "Research in Developmental Education," examine the theoretical models and foundations of developmental education. Included are the following: (1) "Theoretical Foundations of Developmental Education," by Hunter R. Boylan, which examines the behaviorist, humanist, and developmental theories underpinning developmental education;…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Cooperative Learning, Developmental Stages, Developmental Studies Programs
Duke, Chris, Ed. – 1985
This monograph contains five studies of participation in adult education. The first paper, "Participation in Organised Adult Education: A Review of the Literature" by R. J. Sumner, examines a selection of studies conducted in England, the United States, and Australia. Chris Duke's paper which is entitled "Participation…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Foster, Pablo; Howard, Ursula; Reisenberger, Anna – FE Matters, 1997
This report, which is an outgrowth of the Further Education Development Agency's (FEDA's) Learning Outcomes study, explores ways of identifying, recording, and valuing adult learners' goals and achievements in learning opportunities that are not designed to lead to qualifications. The following topics are discussed in the report's six chapters:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Attitude Change, Check Lists
Martinez, Paul – FE Matters, 1999
The report provides a survey of staff development (SD) managers in 505 English, Welsh, and Scottish further education colleges (227 responses). The objective was to determine how much SD has changed and matured since incorporation, and how much it has created benchmarks. Findings indicated that few staff developers had a relevant SD qualification.…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, College Faculty, Colleges
Bertrand, Olivier – Training & Employment, 1995
Analysis of recent developments in vocational education and training in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe brings out certain common problems. On the economic level, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, and Lithuania are undergoing a profound crisis. Consequences for training have included the closing of many company schools or workshops, absence of…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Bragg, Debra D. – Centerfocus, 1994
Parnell's 1985 book, "The Neglected Majority," provided a conceptual framework for tech prep initiatives. By the late 1980s, 34 states had established tech prep programs patterned loosely after Parnell's 2+2 Tech Prep Associate Degree model. The federal government became a strong supporter of tech prep through the 1990 Perkins Vocational…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Educational Objectives
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