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Peer reviewedBarker, Bruce; Chance, Edward – Rural Educator, 1993
Discusses ongoing efforts of the National Rural Education Association (NREA) to support rural research and data collection activities. Describes research activities and projects at three university-based rural education research centers established with NREA endorsement. Provides criteria and application procedures for NREA-endorsed research…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Research and Development Centers
Download full textScottish Council for Research in Education. – 1985
This 1984-85 annual report from the Scottish Council for Research in Education (SCRE) contains lists of officers, members, principal officials and staff; the chairman's report for 1984-85; a summary of projects in tabular form and a series of brief reports on projects; a note on overseas counsultancies; a list of SCRE publications; a note on…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedKoch, Hans-Albrecht – Library and Information Science Research, An International Journal, 1984
Report on current state of research in academic and research librarianship in Federal Republic of Germany highlights projects concerning acquisition of books; work procedure investigations; personnel requirements; cost accounting; investigations of library use (user research, user education); public relations work; librarianship; and subject…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Instruction
Scottish Council for Research in Education. – 1984
Brief reports are given of research projects worked on by staff members of the Scottish Council for Research in Education during 1983-84. Major projects included: (1) teaching strategies in the primary school; (2) second international (IEA) mathematics survey; (3) evaluation of the Craigroyston curriculum project; (4) further education for the…
Descriptors: Community Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn. – 1984
A review is presented of the operations of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). Overviews are provided of ACER activities and future planning in the following programs: (1) social context of education; (2) measurement and evaluation; (3) learning and teaching; (4) survey and psychometric services; (5) advisory services; and (6)…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Research, Educational Sociology, Evaluation Methods
Altbach, Philip G. – 1985
Literature and research on higher education are analyzed in an international and comparative context. After summarizing the development of higher education as a field of study, the following kinds of research arrangements in Europe are discussed: individual scholars, university research centers/departments, independent research centers, national…
Descriptors: Books, Comparative Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Research
Macleod, Deirdre – 2003
The main publications of the United Kingdom's Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) on vocational skills and economic development issues since 1997 were reviewed. The primary purpose of the review was to identify key messages and useful sources of further reading on a range of skills and economic development topics. The materials presented…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Delivery Systems, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
