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Jones, Phyllis, Ed.; Whitehurst, Teresa, Ed.; Egerton, Jo, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
In recent years, the concept of teachers as researchers in both special and mainstream school settings has become part of our everyday language. Whilst many educational practitioners will see the need for research within their setting, many may not be familiar with the technical elements they believe are required. "Creating Meaningful Inquiry in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Alternative Assessment, Theory Practice Relationship, Teacher Researchers
Shedlin, Allan, Jr., Ed. – 1992
Thousands of children exposed prenatally to drugs are now of school age, presenting schools and educators as well as social service agencies with enormous challenges. This book provides information from education, medical, public health, and social service experts on the degree of damage these children have sustained, whether that damage will be…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Child Health, Child Welfare, Crack
Roy, Loriene, Comp. – 1997
Part of a larger report on the Four Directions Project, an American Indian technology innovation project, this section includes 10 "pathfinders" to locating information on Native American cultural themes. The pathfinders were designed by students in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Texas at…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History
Barber, Larry W., Ed. – 1996
The major issues surrounding the problems in American education are intertwined and obliquely connected in ways that are not clear to the casual reader or to single-issue authors. This handbook was designed to provide educators with information to refute claims that the American public education system is in a state of disarray and imminent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Crack
Barth, Richard P., Ed.; Freundlich, Madelyn, Ed.; Brodzinsky, David, Ed. – 2000
As child welfare professionals have become aware of the impact of prenatal substance exposure on children in the adoption process or who are available for adoption, there is a heightened need for understanding a range of issues connected with prenatal alcohol and drug exposure. This book addresses many of these issues, including the impact of…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Adoptive Parents, Attachment Behavior