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Jacob Englin; Richie Roberts; Kristin S. Stair; Michael F. Burnett – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2025
Recent trends in agricultural education have demonstrated that the number of middle school programs and students has been increasing. Despite this, middle school agricultural education students, teachers, and programs have been underserved. For example, middle school agricultural education teachers lack the training and resources to meet the needs…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Agricultural Education
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Beale, Andrew V.; Scott, Paula C. – Professional School Counseling, 2001
Outlines "Bullybusters," a psychoeducational drama developed by a school's counseling and drama departments. The program depicts the negative consequences of the various forms of bullying, while informing students how they might overcome bullying's adverse effects. Subsequent classroom discussion sessions were successful in getting students to…
Descriptors: Bullying, Counselor Teacher Cooperation, Drama, Middle Schools
McEwin, C. Kenneth; Alexander, William M. – 1987
A survey conducted in 1982 sought information on teacher education for the middle level schools. Responses to the survey from schools of education indicated that teacher preparation programs have not kept pace with the growing number of teachers needed, and the predominant emphasis in available programs has been at the undergraduate level. This…
Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), Educational Needs, Middle Schools, Program Design
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Nugent, Stephanie A.; Karnes, Frances A. – Gifted Child Today, 2002
This article compiles information from program web sites, articles, and interviews with experts to describe the history and current status of the Advanced Placement program and the International Baccalaureate program. The development of the Pre-AP program, the Primary Years program, and the Middle Years program is discussed. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
McEwin, C. Kenneth; Alexander, William M. – 1982
Survey responses were received from 538 member institutions of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education on their programs for prospective middle school teachers. Results indicated that teacher preparation programs in this area have not kept pace with the growing numbers of teachers needed, and the predominant emphasis in…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Program Development
Shrestha, Bijaya K. – OSSC Bulletin, 1989
Issues pertaining to thinking skills are discussed in an attempt to clarify what thinking skills are and their components, how they function and how they can be developed in the teaching-learning environment. Chapter 1 reviews the definitions of thinking skills. These definitions are selected from the current literature on education and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1997
School-to-work efforts in the middle school provide students with in-depth exposure to a variety of careers. School-to-work efforts at the middle school level also help students identify their interests, aptitudes, and abilities. Key components of middle school school-to-work include the opportunity for students to do the following: build…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Resources, Educational Trends, Intermediate Grades
Clark, Sally N.; Clark, Donald C. – 1994
This book was designed to help school, parent, and community leaders acquire the skills necessary for the successful restructuring of middle-level schools. Chapter 1 defines middle-level education and describes the forces that shaped and continue to shape middle-level education, the evolution of middle-level schools, and current middle-level…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Cooperation, Educational Planning, Intermediate Grades
Connors, Lori J. – 1994
This report examines the effectiveness of elementary school-based family literacy programs and describes the first year evaluation of a middle-school-based family literacy program in Baltimore, Maryland. In section one it reviews the literature on adult education and early childhood intervention and proposes a hypothesis of the broad pathways by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Cooperation
Huisman, Cate – 1992
The retrospective report summarizes results and recommendations resulting from the Oregon Community Foundation's Student Mentoring Program (SMP), which brought together college students from four private universities and a number of eighth grade students from four middle schools in mentoring relationships. The students were originally defined as…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, College Students, Colleges, Grade 8
Rutherford, Barry; And Others – 1993
This review of the literature on the current state of parent and community involvement looks at the programs and practices, and their effects, in the research and practice literature, especially since 1980. The review explores past history and offers a contemporary view of the policies, trends, and factors that provide an understanding for the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Policy