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Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, 2021
This report provides the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) with comprehensive information about the status of autism research funding among federal agencies and private research organizations in the U.S. This edition of the report features analysis of funding trends in autism research from 2008-2018, the first breakdown of the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Research, Financial Support
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Tarleton, Beth – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
This paper considers the impact of research and development work around parenting by adults with a learning difficulty undertaken at the Norah Fry Research Centre (NFRC) since 2005. It discusses how our understanding of the support needs of parents with learning difficulties grew through an initial mapping study which led to the concept of…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Adults, Parents with Disabilities, Needs Assessment
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McDonald, Paula; Graham, Tina – Youth Studies Australia, 2011
Drawing on primary data and adjunct material, this article adopts a critical self-reflexive approach to a three-year, Australian Research Council-funded project that explored themes around "employment citizenship" for high school students in Queensland. The article addresses three overlapping areas that reflect some of the central…
Descriptors: Employment, Research Methodology, Focus Groups, Ethics
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Petroni, Alberto – Career Development International, 2000
A survey of 151 Italian scientists and engineers and case studies of a career development system for technical professionals revealed that career orientation (as measured by Schein's career anchors) is a useful predictor of career route preferences. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Case Studies, Engineers
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Haverkamp, Beth E.; Moore, Dwight – Career Development Quarterly, 1993
Sees implicit definitions given to career and personal counseling as reflecting dichotomy between research and practice. Says that research focus and early practice experience reinforce idea that career counseling is prototypically concerned with young adult career choice. Presents case study of targeted coaching in business to illustrate how…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counselor Training
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Zachariah-Wolff, J. Leslie; Hemmes, Kas – Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, 2006
Interest in a hydrogen economy has grown significantly in the past decade. However, the success of old technologies that are being re-engineered to work on hydrogen, as well as the creation of new hydrogen-based technologies, hinges upon public interest in and demand for such technologies. With increasing investments in the research and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economics, Research and Development, Energy
Stahl, Agneta – 1991
This report summarizes results of research and development projects concerning disabled and elderly people and transportation services carried out at the Department of Traffic Planning and Engineering in Lund, Sweden. This summary is based on 12 previous reports. The first section examines Swedish policy which stresses enabling elderly and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Bus Transportation, Design Requirements
Mittler, P. – CORE: Collected Original Resources in Education, 1978
This bibliography lists approximately 200 publications arising from work conducted in or in association with the Hester Adrian Research Centre between 1969 and 1976. They include books, chapters, journal articles, conference proceedings, teaching materials and tests, theses, and miscellaneous publications. (CP)
Descriptors: Adults, Bibliographies, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Nyhan, Barry, Ed. – 2002
This 11-chapter book is intended to explore the ways in which professional and vocational education and training (VET) can contribute toward building the emerging "knowledge society," particularly the ways in which the research and development community can take proactive steps to shape the emerging knowledge society. Part 1, on…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adults, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes