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Maughan, Susan – Journal of Correctional Education, 1999
Examines the interpretation and implementation of the policies affecting the Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Programs in Texas. Provides recommendations for consideration by the legislature, local school districts, and county juvenile agencies. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Juvenile Justice, Nontraditional Education, Program Implementation
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Rottier, Jerry – Education, 1983
An alternative inservice concept presented attempts to individualize inservice for teachers. The basic idea is one of offering a large number of possibilities for personal-professional development to the teachers. A brief description of the risk involved and the possibility of inservice growth on the part of teachers is included. (Author/TLJ)
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Nontraditional Education, Professional Development
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Wigginton, Eliot – Harvard Educational Review, 1989
Describes Foxfire, a philosophy of education firmly grounded in principles of democratic, experiential education. Discusses how many who attempted to adopt the approach of the Foxfire books without its founding principles obtained traditional, teacher-oriented results. Describes Foxfire's educational practices and major aspects of the staff's work…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Experiential Learning, High Schools, Inservice Teacher Education
Murphy, Miriam L. – 1980
In searching for ways to provide continuing education in the humanities, community colleges can look to the various state programs sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities which, since 1970, have taken humanities education out of the traditional library/classroom environment and into non-traditional settings, such as school…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Humanities, Literature
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Ross, Shirley; Marriner, Ann – Nursing Outlook, 1985
Aspects of cooperative education are presented. Two types of cooperative education, the alternate plan and the parallel plan, are described. The benefits of cooperative education are discussed as well as ways to implement cooperative education. Cooperative education is suggested as an alternate to traditional forms of baccalaureate nursing…
Descriptors: College Credits, Cooperative Education, Higher Education, Nontraditional Education
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Creese, Robert C.; And Others – Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 1989
Creese discusses instructional approach that has been applied throughout the Aalborg University in Denmark; Leybourne and Vajpayee describe graduate program in manufacturing technology at the University of Southern Mississippi; Summers elaborates on development, structure, and implementation of a course in Industrial Engineering Technology…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Engineering, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study
Randall, Ruth E. – 1992
The role of the principal in implementing school choice policy is examined in this paper. Choice policy is viewed as a triad composed of three points--policy, consumer information, and diversity of the learning environment. Guidelines are offered for principals to help parents make school choice decisions, and several helpful booklets are…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Leveille, David E. – 1986
Ways that technology is being integrated into the instructional and administrative operation of U.S. colleges are considered, along with the application of one of the technologies, microwave, to adult learning opportunities. Changing demographics relating to adult learners over the next 10 to 15 years are identified. Eight projects applying…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Programs, Continuing Education, Educational Television
Forsten, Char; Grant, Jim; Johnson, Bob; Richardson, Irv – 1997
"Looping" is a practice that allows single-grade teachers to remain with the same class for 2 or more years. Organized in a question-and-answer format, this book answers 72 questions about looping commonly asked by teachers and parents, including questions about its benefits, disadvantages, and implementation. Chapters include: (1) "What Is…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Elementary Education, Grade Repetition, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Gregg, Soleil – 1998
This policy brief discusses legislative efforts to create separate, alternative schools for students with behavior problems. The first section of the brief identifies the following three problems with placing disruptive students in alternative schools: (1) a focus on problem students may obscure or ignore real problems in the educational system;…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Discipline, Educational Environment, Educational Legislation
Chang, Paul Min Phang – 1980
The development of an off-campus program at the Science University in Penang, Malaysia, is described in this paper. The author sees this development as a case in which administrators mediated successfully in the development and implementation of an educational policy. The program was designed to provide off-campus study opportunities for employed…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Correspondence Study, Course Organization
Webster, William E. – Educational Technology, 1990
Describes a planning process necessary for the successful implementation of a school of choice option. Topics discussed include resistance to change; development of an Organizational Status Report (OSR); developing a mission statement, goals, and objectives; a Community Communications Document (CCD); monitoring ongoing progress; and evaluation…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Fogarty, Robin, Ed. – 1995
Ten articles provide a detailed look at examples of real-world multiage classrooms; review the literature and research surrounding multiage groupings; explore the practical issues involved in organizing, conducting, and assessing multiage classrooms; and offer insight into the many implications of and subtleties that accompany multiage groupings.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews
Carter, John F. – 1982
Distance education, especially in the form of correspondence study, is not a new phenomenon, but the success of the British Open University has given it a new image. Distance education programs have been developed to respond to a variety of societal and educational situations for which traditional classroom-based approaches are less feasible. They…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Curriculum Development, Definitions, Educational History
Grant, Jim; And Others – 1995
The case for multiage education is examined and an effort is made to provide answers to the most commonly asked questions about its implementation. The questions are organized into eight groups. The first group tries to clarify the concept of multiage education and its components. Concepts such as multiyear placement, looping classrooms, split…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Continuous Progress Plan, Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment