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Occasional Papers on Adult Education and Other Matters.
Badger, C. R. – 1991
These papers on adult education in Australia are grouped into four parts: (1) articles concerning some directors of university extension and adult education; (2) a paper entitled "Who Killed the WEA (Workers Educational Association)--A Footnote to History"; (3) two papers called respectively "Sir Keith Hancock--A Tribute from a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Biographies, Educational Finance
Tutoring Programs for Struggling Readers: The America Reads Challenge. Rutgers Invitational Symposia on Education.
Morrow, Lesley Mandel, Ed.; Woo, Deborah Gee, Ed. – 2001
As a result of the America Reads Challenge Act of 1997, numerous tutoring programs have been established to help ensure that every child reads independently by the end of third grade. This book describes exemplary America Reads programs across the country as well as other effective early literacy interventions, including Reading Recovery, the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Early Intervention, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Tutoring and Demonstrating: A Handbook.
Forster, Fred, Ed.; Hounsell, Dai, Ed.; Thompson, Sheila, Ed. – 1995
This handbook, primarily for new part-time teaching staff at colleges and universities in the United Kingdom, focuses on tutoring and demonstrating teaching skills. Following an introductory chapter, six additional chapters provide an orientation to tutoring and demonstrating. Chapter 2 presents an overview of the roles and responsibilities of new…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Demonstrations (Educational)
Mentoring and Tutoring by Students.
Goodlad, Sinclair, Ed. – 1998
This book provides an international, current account of the developments of mentoring and tutoring by students in tertiary and secondary education. Included are research reviews, case studies of mature projects, and ideas for new uses of student tutoring and mentoring. Chapter titles are as follows: "Students as Tutors and Mentors"…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Case Studies, College School Cooperation, College Students
Distance Education: Exemplar Training Materials.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Asian Centre for Educational Innovation for Development. – 1984
Directed at personnel responsible for distance education in India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Indonesia, and the Philippines, the training materials in this publication have been compiled with the help of distance educators in each of these geographical regions. The materials are classified into three categories and presented in separate sections…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Educational Strategies
Perspectives on Literacy.
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
Carleton Papers in Applied Language Studies. Volume I.
Young, Lynne, Ed. – 1984
The papers in this collection focus on both underlying theoretical principles of language teaching, learning, and research and exchanges of information between teachers and researchers. The following titles are included: "CALS at Carleton" (Janice Yalden); "Computers in the Teaching of Linguistics" (Jean-Pierre Paillet);…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries