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Download full textBryan, Elizabeth, Ed. – Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2008
Over the last several decades a number of strategies have emerged and evolved to promote gender equity in development efforts. Yet debates regarding the relative efficacy of these strategies remain. On Thursday, April 26, 2007, the Woodrow Wilson Center convened a group of experts on gender and development to address the issue of gender inequality…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Developing Nations, Females, Poverty
Jackson, Shirley A., Ed. – 1993
Comprehensive school health education is a primary prevention strategy for teaching the nation's children and their parents the skills needed for a healthy lifestyle. This publication provides information about the U.S. Department of Education's Comprehensive School Health Education Program (CSHEP) and presents four papers commissioned for the…
Descriptors: Criteria, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Weis, Lois; Fine, Michelle; Lareau, Annette – 1992
In education, it is necessary to look at students who are marginalized, and excluded, who is centered or privileged, and how, through academic discourse, silences are created, sustained, and legitimized. The three papers in this collection explore the politics of silencing and voice in education. "It's More Covert Today': The Importance of…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
Tran, Bach-Tuyet Pham; And Others – 1986
Four papers address cultural issues related to the involvement of limited-English-proficient parents in public schools in the United States. "Cultural Issues in Indochinese Parent Involvement" (Bach-Tuyet (Pham) Tran) outlines the linguistic, social, and practical barriers to Indochinese immigrant parent involvement and makes suggestions for…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Elementary Secondary Education, Family English Literacy, Hispanic Americans
Sandoval, Monica; And Others – 1986
Descriptions of four Title VII Academic Excellence projects focus on their efforts to promote limited-English-proficient (LEP) parents' involvement in schools and literacy. "Parents as Tutors" (Monica Sandoval) outlines the structure of the Brownsville (Texas) Independent School District's program to involve parents of children in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Saegert, Susan, Ed.; Thompson, J. Phillip, Ed.; Warren, Mark R., Ed. – 2001
This collection of papers shows the significant achievements that can be made through collective strategies that empower the poor to become active partners in revitalizing their neighborhoods. The 12 chapters are: (1) "The Role of Social Capital in Combating Poverty" (Mark R. Warren, J. Phillip Thompson, and Susan Saegert); (2) "Social Capital and…
Descriptors: Churches, Community Resources, Crime, Democracy
Weinstein-Shr, Gail; And Others – 1986
Four papers focus on approaches to providing literacy education. "Language and Community Building: An Intergenerational Approach" (Gail Weinstein-Shr) describes a Temple University (Pennsylvania) program to involve volunteers in English-as-a-second-language instruction to refugee children and their elders. This program provides volunteer…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Elementary Secondary Education
2000
This document contains three papers from a symposium on human resource development (HRD) and employee outcomes that was conducted as part of a HRD conference. "The Impact of Participating in Human Resource Development Activities on Individuals' Job Level and Income" (Tim de Jong, Bob Witziers, Martin Mulder) presents the results of a…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Education Work Relationship, Employee Attitudes, Employment Level
Camperell, Kay, Ed.; And Others – Yearbook of the American Reading Forum, 1995
The papers in this book focus on the strategies, practices, theory, or research related to emergent literacy, elementary and secondary reading, literature, philosophy, affective issues, school improvement, teacher training, and assessment that are related in important ways to issues in past, present and future reading education. Papers in the book…
Descriptors: Action Research, Awards, Elementary Secondary Education, Emergent Literacy
2001
This symposium on learning organization consists of three presentations. "Perception of Learning Culture and Concerns About the Innovation on Use of Innovation: A Question of Level of Analysis" (Rebecca Fatima Sta. Maria, Karen E. Watkins) reports a study of the relationship between organizational members' perception of learning culture…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
2001
This document contains three papers on human resource development (HRD) in Asia. "The Experiences of HRD Professionals Participating in Continuing Professional Development in Taiwan" (Yu-Shu [Jason] Chen) reports on a study that was based on the method of hermeneutic phenomenology and conducted to describe and interpret the experiences…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Corporations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes
2001
This document contains three papers on workplace learning issues and human resource development. "The Impact of Self-Management on Training Participation" (Jasper B. van Loo, Andries de Guip, Jo G.L. Thijssen) combines HRD and economic theory to in an attempt to explain the relationship between self-management and training participation.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Corporate Education, Economic Factors, Economics
2000
This document contains three papers from a symposium on increasing participation in learning that was conducted as part of a conference on human resource development (HRD). "Factors Influencing Employee Participation in Training: An Empirical Investigation" (Reid A. Bates) reports on a mediated model of employee participation in training…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrators, Adult Education, Adult Learning
