NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Garvis, Susanne; Manning, Matthew – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
In Australia, growth in the demand of early childhood services for young children aged birth to three years has placed increased pressure on the early childhood education sector as new policy stipulates the need for qualified teachers. The new policy has resulted in a growth in Master of Early Childhood Education programs in Australian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Infants
Webb, L. Dean; Metha, Arlene – Texas Tech Journal of Education, 1983
The relationship between school district size and measures of educational quality such as the training and experience of teachers, teacher turnover, and breadth and depth of program offerings is examined. Literature on the subject and results of a Colorado study support larger schools. (PP)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Program Content
Schultz, Katherine – 1992
Although the National Workplace Literacy Program is relatively new, a new orthodoxy of program development based on particular understandings of literacy and learning has emerged. Descriptions of two model workplace education programs are the beginning points for an examination of the assumptions contained in most reports of workplace education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Course Content
Marshall, David G. – Education Canada, 1985
Examines two of the most common arguments for closing elementary schools--program and economy. Suggests that there are few program or instructional reasons for closing and that reduction of teaching staff is the most significant economic gain from closing. (LFL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance
Flower, Fred, Ed.; Russell, Russ, Ed. – 1982
A party of vocational educators from the United Kingdom (UK) traveled to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) to observe the role of industrial tutors in providing technical training to German workers. During their study, the investigators focused their attention on the role of the meister in the vocational education and training system in…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs
Naylor, Michele – 2002
The characteristics of teacher educators in career and technical education (CTE) were examined in a survey of 601 CTE teacher educators. According to 359 responses (response rate, 60%), the average CTE teacher educator is a 50-year-old, white, male, tenured full-time professor with 16 years of experience in higher education. The study established…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices