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Pohland, Paul; Bova, Breda – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2000
Analytically describes the annual Educational Leadership Development Conference held at St. Peter's College, Oxford University. Highlights the venue, participants, program goals, activity structure, and learning processes, drawing from the literature in adult learning, andragogy, and transformational learning and using Cranston's process model as…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Conferences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Hoines, Marit Johnsen – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
The aim of the study (Johnsen Hoines 2002) reported here was to shed light on the process through which student teachers express and interpret their understandings about mathematical notions and thereby gain insight into them. This paper focuses on how students cooperate and move between different ways of understandings. It emphases in particular…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Student Teachers, Mathematical Concepts, Teaching Methods
National Swedish Board of Universities and Colleges, Stockholm. Research and Development Unit. – 1979
Critical problems and functions of the Swedish system of higher education in dealing with adult learners are summarized in this workshop publication. Various institutional responses to the growing body of nontraditional students are discussed and it is suggested that the overwhelming reaction of Swedish higher education has been to incorporate…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Competence, Curriculum Design
Coffield, Frank, Ed. – 1996
The first paper of this set of 12 conference papers, "Nine Learning Fallacies and Their Replacement by a National Strategy for Lifelong Learning," by Frank Coffield, synthesizes the opinions of other participants, and goes beyond them to set forth an outline of a strategy for lifelong learning in the United Kingdom. Following this…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Aston Univ., Birmingham (England). – 1981
This conference addresses the need for British trade to be able to communicate with their customers in their own language. Knowledge of foreign language for trade is necessary if Great Britain is to continue competing with other countries exporting to non-English speaking markets. Industry and education at the regional and local level must work…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Exports, Foreign Countries, Industry
Hallagan, Jean E. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
This research report describes the findings of a study on teachers' ways of interpreting student responses to tasks involving equivalent expressions. The teachers in this study were engaged in model-eliciting activities designed to promote the development of their knowledge and reveal their models (or interpretations) of their students' algebraic…
Descriptors: Algebra, Thinking Skills, Grade 8, Mathematics Instruction
Knoll, Eva; Ernest, Paul; Morgan, Simon – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
This paper presents the early results of an experiment involving a class of elementary student teachers within the context of their mathematics preparation. The motivation of the exercise centered on giving them an experience with mathematical research at their own level and ascertaining its impact on their attitudes and beliefs. The students…
Descriptors: Research Tools, Mathematics Instruction, Student Teachers, Teacher Education
SERVE: SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education, Greensboro, NC. – 2003
A number of preschool and kindergarten assessment systems are being put into place across the nation, with a variety of purposes and collection methods. The "Assessing the State of State Assessments" symposium was convened to provide an opportunity for persons working most closely with state assessment systems to identify common…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Moon, R., Ed. – 1987
The examination of technological change and its impact on schools that is reported in these conference proceedings focuses on the human dimensions of this change, and in particular, whether the introduction of technology into education is causing turmoil for teachers. It is argued that teachers appear to be feeling the strain of the actual changes…
Descriptors: Alienation, Curriculum, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Smith, Douglas H.; Dowling, William D. – 1978
Prepared for discussion at an Adult Education Research Conference, this paper offers commentary and summative evaluation of eleven doctoral dissertations on the process of determining educational or training needs of specific adult populations. As context for discussion Joe Ellis' definitions of needs--Felt, Real, and Education--are noted along…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Needs
1987
In the introductory paper Patricia Senn Breivik provides background information on and an overview of a national symposium. This introduction is followed by the full text of nine papers presented at the symposium: (1) "The Academic Library and Education for Leadership" (Major R. Owens, U.S. House of Representatives); (2) "Academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Curriculum Development, Economic Development, Higher Education
Northwest Regional Education Lab., Portland, OR. Clearinghouse for Applied Performance Testing. – 1979
Several new developments in educational measurement which contribute to a broadening of assessment options were presented at the conference on Alternative Conceptions of Competence. A common theme synthesizing these alternatives was a view of the complexity of human competence and the inadequacy of the multiple-choice examination as a measure of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Perin, Dolores; Katz, David – 1987
A description is presented of the activities and outcomes of a project designed to provide training that would enhance the efforts of remedial educators to serve learning disabled students on campus. Introductory sections provide background on the increase of learning disabilities at community colleges, review the evidence of the need for the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities
Dequin, Henry C. – 1979
This report contains a narrative and two evaluations of a week-long institute on media services for handicapped students which was held at Northern Illinois University. Purposes of the institute were to: (1) extend the abilities of school library media professionals to provide media services to handicapped children; (2) supply information on…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Corset, Pierre – 1982
Part of a major project of the Council for Cultural Cooperation, the project described was specifically designed to identify the aims of, the main approaches to, and problems encountered when teaching secondary school students how to use mass media, and to make proposals on how mass media education can be effectively delivered. Following a brief…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Activities, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries
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