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Treslan, Dennis L. – 1979
This article presents an abbreviated report of a study to develop a model for achieving student participation in the governance of senior high schools. It also presents a blueprint for the implementation of this model in existing schools. For the study, a survey was done of a representative sample of senior high school students, teachers, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, High Schools, Models
Matthews, Carol, Ed. – Learning Quarterly lc v3 n2 Sum 1999, 1999
The articles in this issue of Learning Quarterly, published by the Centre for Curriculum, Transfer and Technology (British Columbia), discuss "Charting a New Course," a strategic plan for the college, institute, and agency system in British Columbia. Introduced in 1996, the plan resulted from a collaborative effort in which institutional…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Educational Cooperation, Educational Planning
Odden, Allan; Odden, Eleanor – Brief to Policymakers, 1994
In the Australian state of Victoria, virtually all decisions about spending, curriculum, and personnel are made at the school level. Victoria's experience in developing a system of school-based management (SBM) and shared decision making offers a perspective on school reform efforts in the United States. Underlying the school restructuring trends…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Institutional Autonomy

Davies, Don, Ed.; Johnson, Vivian R., Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1996
The eight chapters of this theme issue report on studies from 12 countries that focus on the movement toward boundary crossing in education to involve families and communities in education. International studies further the understanding of the effects interventions have in promoting partnerships in education. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement
Hutchinson, Frank – 1996
This paper argues the importance of not only understanding how "cultural editing" may limit our images and those of our children for creating non-violent futures, but also of the need for quality responses by teachers and teacher educators to such editing. Cultural editing is a term futurists use to describe processes both within formal and…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Bjerstedt, Ake – 1996
This pamphlet offers an overview of five larger reports in order to facilitate the process of locating contributions originating from five peace conferences between 1990-1994. The Peace Education Commission (PEC) arranged five conferences in Groningen (The Netherlands), Firenze (Italy), Kyoto (Japan), Budapest (Hungary) and Valletta (Malta). A…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Hayden, Jacqueline – AECA Research in Practice Series, 1999
This issue of the Australian Early Childhood Association Research in Practice Series provides staff management strategies for directors and others involved with the management of early childhood settings and suggests ways to effectively delegate authority and tasks in order to reduce administrative pressures and workload. The booklet presents…
Descriptors: Administration, Day Care, Decision Making, Early Childhood Education
Lund Univ. (Sweden). Malmo School of Education. – 1996
This pamphlet presents brief abstracts of selected English language reports and papers from the activities of the project group "Preparedness for Peace." For several years this project has carried out research and development work on peace education and related issues. The tasks have also included editorial work and publishing related to…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Citizenship, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making

World Education Reports, 1995
This issue focuses on several efforts in maternal and child health education and environmental sanitation throughout the world in which bridges between technical content and participatory education have been built successfully. The following articles are included: "Editorial" (David Kahler, Bonnie Mullinix); "Women's Health…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies