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Rui Pinto; Rolando Martins; Carlos Novo – Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2024
An organization's infrastructure rests upon the premise that cybersecurity professionals have specific knowledge in administrating and protecting it against outside threats. Without this expertise, sensitive information could be leaked to malicious actors and cause damage to critical systems. In order to facilitate this process, the presented work…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Information Security, Computer Security, Vignettes
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Heritage, Margaret; Kingston, Neal M. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2019
Classroom assessment and large-scale assessment have, for the most part, existed in mutual isolation. Some experts have felt this is for the best and others have been concerned that the schism limits the potential contribution of both forms of assessment. Margaret Heritage has long been a champion of best practices in classroom assessment. Neal…
Descriptors: Measurement, Psychometrics, Context Effect, Classroom Environment
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Gomez, Judelysse; White, Bryana; Zakriski, Audrey; Spoltore, Janet Dee – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2020
Underrepresented and underserved college students encounter unique challenges and barriers influencing their mental health and treatment utilization. Responding to national and local student-led demands, we hired a Multicultural Counseling Specialist (MCS) at our student counseling center. This article describes the implementation of the MCS…
Descriptors: College Students, Barriers, Mental Health, Health Services
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Dimmock, Clive – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2011
Within the context of fierce global economic competition, school diversification and specialist schools have been seen by governments as cornerstones of education policy to engineer school improvement in both England and Singapore for more than a decade. In both systems, the policy has manifested in different school types, school names and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Specialists, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Florida Department of Education, 2014
While fiscal year 2012-2013 was a year of transition for the Office of Early Learning (OEL), fiscal year 2013-2014 proved to be a year when new leadership, organizational structure, direction and vision coalesced, producing results that demonstrated the office was moving in the right direction. The first day of the fiscal year--July 1, 2013--was…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, State Legislation, Educational Quality, Accountability
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Gwatney, Manda C. – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Reports on a case study of three rural Georgia elementary school media specialists that examined the tasks performed and their perception of the importance of these tasks compared to responsibilities and tasks in "Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning", by the American Association of School Librarians. (LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Job Analysis
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Harada, Violet H. – Knowledge Quest, 2002
Discusses the importance of fostering learning communities in today's school reform movement and the potential role of the school library media specialist as a leader in building collaborative networks with classroom teachers. Highlights include a comparison of traditional and collaborative models; linking collaboration and leadership; and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change
Neuman, Delia – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1993
Discusses national standardized testing versus testing reform and provides an overview of the alternative assessment movement and its relationship to the school library media specialist. Highlights include criticisms of standardized testing; theoretical assumptions for alternative assessment; research and practice related to specific alternative…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Criticism, Elementary Secondary Education
Feger, Stephanie; Zibit, Melanie – Education Alliance at Brown University, 2005
This paper examines the role of facilitation in the Investigations Online seminars, which support the professional learning of elementary school teachers and mathematics specialists using the Investigations in Number, Data, and Space curriculum. Our study considered how a facilitator fosters collaborative discussion that leads to co-construction…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods, Seminars, Online Courses
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Forman, Janis – Business Communication Quarterly, 2004
Teaching communication to MBAs often involves focusing on corporate strategic discourse when student projects are intended to help companies move to a more advanced stage of development. This focus on corporate strategy--the language and concepts that concern the mission and direction that an organization should adopt--requires, in turn, that…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Specialists, Graduate Study, Undergraduate Study
Kirpicheva, I. K. – 1979
In describing the role of Soviet libraries in the satisfaction of information needs of specialists, I.K. Kirpicheva has provided a comprehensive picture of the extensive system for the State System Scientific and Technical Information (SSSTI) in support of the accelerated development of Soviet science and technology. Information needs arising at…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
O'Shea, M.V. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1927
This monograph presents data and conclusions derived from one phase of an investigation of objectives and methods in the teaching of modern foreign languages in high schools and colleges. A committee of specialists operating under the auspices of the American Council of Education and with financial assistance received from the Carnegie Corporation…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Graduation, High Schools
Callison, Daniel – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1993
Describes the use of mapping and portfolio assessment by school library media specialists to document changes in student reading, writing, and information use patterns. Topics discussed include new curriculum designs in language arts and social studies; information literacy; comparing earlier and later work; and student reflection. (Contains 37…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy
Silver, Paula F., Ed.; Spuck, Dennis W., Ed. – 1978
Undertaken in part to provide information to be used in comparative international studies of educational administrator preparation programs, this study of programs in the United States provides descriptions of typical programs, departments, and students; an analysis of current training trends; illumination of significant social forces affecting…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Admission Criteria, Certification